INDEX OF SPIRITUAL REFERENCES AND QUOTATIONS

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• Adam 36, 136, 146; as established creation of Jehovah God, 22, 23; as man's intellect, 15-18, 20
• Adam man, 127
• Adversary, current criticism as subtle, 87
• affirmations and denials, list of: 63, 65, 152
• Ananias, and Sapphira, 126, 127
• Andrew (strength), 53, 90, 91
• Arnold, Sir Edwin ("Light of Asia"), 27
• atonement (at-one-ment), 161-178; and race consciousness, 164-166; meaning of, 164, 165
• authority, external, keeps men in bondage, 104
• baptism, 73, 90, 91, 151
• Being, 40, 43, 154, 158, 164, 165; and Jesus, 169; cause and effect as law of, 78; desire and fulfillment as principle of, 79; law of unfoldment in, 24, 25
• Bhakti (Disciples of Love), 59
• birth and rebirth, 75-78 (See Spirit)
• blood of Jesus, and Paul's conception of salvation, 167, 168
• body (and mind), harmonious, and faculties contributing to harmony, 53; as instrument of the mind, 62; as temple of living God, 118-121; as transformer of life, 41, 42; building a spiritual, by following directions of Spirit, 97, 107; man's, as temple in which Christ holds religious services, 105, 106; on parallelism of change of thought and change of, 116; transformation of man's, 111-113, 153 (See man)
• bondage, concerning, 104
• Bryant, William Cullen ("Thanatopsis"), 48
• burdens, on bearing, 94, 95
• cause and effect, 8-10, 78, 161, 162
• cells 153, 154; beliefs in consciousness as affecting body, 49, 50; live vs. dead, and their relation to health, 152
• charity, on evils of 95
• Christ, 34, 35; and His reign within man, 131; as individualized mind of God, 169; body of, and regeneration, 154, 155; bringing powers of man's being into subjection to, 50; power of, 49 (See Church of Christ; God; Jesus)
• Christ consciousness, vs. Jesus consciousness, 167-171
• Christianity, pure, as taught by Jesus, vs. organized Christianity, 101-113, 132, 133, 175, 176; teaching of, regarding human race, 114
• church of Christ, as exact science, 110, 111; as man's spiritual body, 105, 106, 112, 113; as state of consciousness, 105, 106, 110; every department of man's existence covered by, 111; external organization of, vs. minds and hearts of men, 109
• civilization, new, as higher state of consciousness, 124-126
• Comforter (See Holy Spirit)
• communion, man's, with God, 136, 137
• consciousness, forming a harmonious and permanent, 71; personal, 177; spiritual (heaven), a man's rightful abode, 88; thinking faculty as executive power in, 54; true church of Christ as state of, 105, 106, 110
• creation, imperfect, as man's fault, 116, 117; transitory vs. permanent, 70
• creed (See dogma)
• criticism (See error)
• Daniel, 47, 136
• death, and sleep as brothers in metaphysical sense, 46, 48, 147; as defined by Webster, 38; as denial of God's idea of life, 149; as result of wrong concept and use of life, 45; first and second, explained, 146-150; ideas of, vs. ideas of life, and their effect on man's body, 150, 151; microbe of, 19, 20; on overcoming, 111-116, 164; on saving body from, by seeing it as temple of God, 118; on what happens after, 159; Paul on, 47, 146, 147 (See sin)
• demonstration, reasons for failure in, 85, 86
• denial, power of, 82, 83
• desire, 40; and experience, 79-82; vs. fulfillment, 77, 78
• Devil (See Satan)
• Diogenes, 75
• disciples, twelve, as faculties in the body consciousness, 52
• Disciples of Love (See Bhakti)
• disease, not natural, 120; not of God, 56; on overcoming, 115, 116; vs. health, 39
• dogma, as obstructor of soul's progress, 104, 105
• dreams, and the Holy Spirit, 136, 137
• Eden (See Garden of Eden)
• ego, as I AM, 77, 78
• Elijah, 9, 58
• Emerson (quoted), 9, 26
• error, magnifying, as subtle adversary, 87
• ether, 55, 61, 163
• evil, 22, 39, 40; denying, 56
• experience, 114
• faculties (of man's mind) (disciples), to be developed in same order as Jesus chose His disciples, 90, 91
• faith, represented by Peter, 52-54
• "fall of man," explained, 161, 163
• Father, 33-37, 64, 72, 90-92, 173, 174, 178; as man's provider and protector 94, 95; finding the, in man's inner temple, 97, 98; glory of, made manifest through Son, 24; oneness with, 98, 142, 143, 166; Son, and Holy Ghost, as Principle, ideal, and formative word, 68, 134
• fear, microbe of, 19
• flesh, as man's obedient servant, 79; as state of consciousness, 77; loosing bonds of, with words, 82, 83; vs. Spirit, 75-88
• Garden of Eden, 16, 36, 45, 96, 151; as antedating formation of this planet, 163; restoration of, on earth, 122, 123
• Genesis, 14, 15
• God, accessibility of, 10-12; and the Word, as presented by John, 66; as all-potential mind, 116, 117; as Father-Mother, and all men and women as common family, 81, 99; as infinite, vs. God as a person, 9, 10, 104; as love, 8, 9, 64; as man's higher self, 11, 12; as omnipresent intelligence, 13; as origin of all, 70; as Spirit, or Mind, 7-9, 97, 98; Christ (ideal man), as only Son of, 167; expressing, as man's mission, 99, 100; life and health as consequence of man's acquaintance with, 44; no duality in, 148, 149; Spirit as man's only leader in search for, 110 (See experience; Word)
• Godhead, man as imaging faculty in, 70, 71
• God-man relationship, 92, 112, 113, 170, 171
• God-Mind, 42, 152
• good, affirming, 56; as reality of God and man, 116-118; minimizing, as subtle adversary, 87; on pronouncing every experience as, 107, 108; vs. evil, 22, 39, 40
• greed, 54, 55
• guidance, 114
• happiness, 30, 31, 123
• hate, vs. love, 152, 153
• healing, metaphysical, secret of, 118-121
• health, 152; (life), and acquaintanceship with God, 44 (See also cells)
• hearing (receptivity), represented by Simon, afterward named Peter, 90
• heart, as faculty (center) of love, 52, 58, 62, 63
• Holy Spirit (Ghost), and its part in the reconstruction of man's body, 106-108; and man's communion with God, 137, 138; as formative word, 68; as man's only teacher and guide, 102, 103; as only authorized interpreter of Jesus Christ's gospel, 133, 139; as whole Spirit of God, 139, 140; as wise builder, 70; baptism of, 73, 90, 91, 107, 151; Jesus on blasphemy against, explained, 106, 107; man's acknowledgement of, way to harmonious consciousness, 71; relation of, to God and Christ, 133, 145
• hypnotism, 36
• I AM, 25, 26, 36, 41, 42; and imagination, 68; and its relation to I will, 29, 30; and the development of man's powers, 92; and the kingdom of heaven, 28-37; and the thinking faculty, 96; as determining all states of consciousness, 77; as Principle, 76, 77; as pure Spirit, 30; as will in flesh consciousness, as love in spiritual consciousness, 78, 79; belief in fleshly parentage as hindrance to function of, on spiritual plane, 80, 81; desire as moving factor of, 77, 78; happiness as mission of, 30, 31; identification of, with its creation, as illusion, 89, 90; (Lord God), and the perfect body, 117, 118 (See kingdom of heaven)
• I will, 29, 30
• ideas, power of, 28, 29
• imagination, 68
• inspiration (guidance) (God), 114
• intellect, 16-18, 20; as executive officer of wisdom, 58; represented by John the Baptist, 69; vs. Spirit, 22; vs. wisdom, 21-23 (See love; wisdom)
• intelligence, and life, 40 (See will; wisdom)
• Isis (See Osiris)
• Jacob (dreams), 136
• James, son of Zebedee (discrimination or judgment), 53
• Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 41
• Jehovah, as I AM, 76, 77, 157
• Jehovah God, 14, 15, 118, 119, 135, 136; as infinite Mind in expression, 11 (See man)
• Jesus, and earthly parentage, 80, 81; and His communion with God in the silence, 137, 138; and race consciousness, 164-168; and the calling of His disciples (representing body faculties), 52-54; and the Father within, 35-37; and the parable of Lazarus and the rich man, 155-158; and the part He played in opening man's way into Father's kingdom, 164, 165; and the power of the I AM, 25; and the Sermon on the Mount, in relation to regeneration, 86, 87; as demonstrator of God's law (Word made flesh), 43, 118; as enigma to worldly-wise of Judea, 71, 72; as genius, 67; as resurrected Adam, 137; as Saviour, 167, 168; as the Father (God) incarnate, 141, 142, 169; atonement of, 161-178; evolution of, from sense to soul, 169-172; man's relation to, 168, 169; obedience of, to the Father's will, 91, 92; on body resurrection, 114, 115, 118, 119; on flesh and Spirit, 75; on humility, 93; on kingdom of heaven, 31-34, 126-131; on life, 148, 149; on marriage, 83; on overcoming hard conditions, 25; on raising the dead, 38, 42, 45-47; on states of consciousness, 84; original doctrine as set forth by, and His disciples, 102-104; words of, 172-178 (See Christ; man)
• John, 66; (love), 53; on New Jerusalem, 128, 129, 159, 160
• Joseph (dreams), 136
• Joseph (husband of Mary), and dreams, 137
• judgment (discrimination, discretion), represented by James, 53
• kingdom of God, 13, 80; prophecies concerning restoration of, 122-127
• kingdom of heaven, availability, location, benefits, and conditions for entering, 31-37, 126-131; four faculties necessary for man's entry into, 53, 54; no short cuts into, 36
• knowledge, inspiration vs. experience in attaining, 114
• Koch, Robert, 17
• Lazarus (brother of Martha and Mary), 42, 47, 49
• Lazarus (the beggar), 155-158
• Leeser, Isaac ("Twenty-four Books of the Holy Scriptures"), 42
• life, as omnipresent principle and expression of Being, 40, 45, 46; eternal, 146-160; importance of affirmations in demonstrating eternal, 149, 150, 152, 153; intelligence vs. ignorance in the use of, 44 (See death; health)
• life force, and misdirected desires, 40
• logic (See reason)
• Lord's body, man's place in, 115-119
• love, 152, 153; and its attributes, 56, 61; as blind without wisdom, 78, 79; as magnet, 55, 56, 60, 61; center of, 62-64; divine, and its development, 51-65; power of, 57-59; represented by John, 53; vs. evil, 56; vs. greed, 54, 55; vs. sex lust, 64 (See Power; race consciousness; thought; wisdom)
• Lowell, James Russell, 122
• man, as a son of God (God's idea), 74, 90, 91, 103, 167, 170; as formative faculty of Being, 70, 71; as highest expression of God, 41; as organizer by nature, 105; as responsible for bringing forth perfection, 117, 118; as spirit, soul, and body, 157-159; as spiritual by birth, 163; as wise or ignorant builder of life, 90; consciousness of, summed up as God, Jehovah God, and Adam, 15; erasing personal, as short cut into kingdom of heaven, 93, 94; Holy Spirit revealed to, through his spiritual nature, 139, 140; intellectual vs. spiritual, 72; redemption of, from sin, 34; self-knowledge revealed by the I AM in, 76; to become God incarnate, 142 (See powers; regeneration; thoughts)
• marriage, and the spiritual consciousness, 83
• materia medica, vs. metaphysics, 19, 20
• mediumship, 36
• mesmerism (See hypnotism)
• metaphysics, as understanding of realm of ideas and their expression, 70
• microorganism, and thought, 14-27
• millennium, dawn of, in man's keeping, 124, 125
• Mind, 10, 12, 16, 18, 33, 41, 57, 72; as causative power,
• 82; as generator of thought, 7, 8; as knowing quality of Being, 71, freedom of, and the search for truth, 104; idea, and manifestation, as one, 14, 15, 106; innocence of, as its own defense, 107, 108;
• perfection in, to be expressed in man, as it was in Jesus, 117-120 (See body; god)
• miracles, vs. universal law, 111
• Moore, Thomas ("Thou art, O God"), 100
• Moses, 17, 157; and obedience to Spirit, 97; and the I AM, 76, 77
• New Jerusalem, explained, 112, 125, 128, 129, 159, 160
• Obedience, concerning spiritual, 93-98
• Osiris and Isis, 99
• paradise, as state of consciousness, 114
• Parker, Doctor, or microbe of death, 19, 20
• Pasteur, Louis, 17
• Paul, 47, 50, 85, 86, 137, 142, 146, 147; and his conception of man's salvation through blood of Jesus, 167, 168; and the Lord's body, 117; on natural vs. spiritual body, 105, 106
• Peter, as representing one aspect of the I AM, 15, 16; (faith), as "rock," 52-54, 90, 102, 103; (visions), 137
• Phylacteries, 172, 173, 175
• physiology, and body building, 147-149; vs. metaphysics, on health, 152-154
• Plato, 75; Emerson on, 9; on pure reason, 117
• power, love vs. intellect, in relation to, 58, 59 (See love)
• powers, man as user and not possessor of God's creation and, 92, 93
• prayer, 137, 138; and reconstruction of body, 107 (See communion; Holy Spirit)
• prayer wheels, 173, 175
• Prince of Peace, 124
• Principle, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost omnipresent as, 68, 69
• Promised Land, 113, 164
• prophecy, and the kingdom of God, 122-125
• psychic phenomena, 158
• race consciousness, 164-168; and death, 45, 46; and love, 61; and the visible reign of Christ, 123-125
• reason (of Spirit), pure, and body regeneration, 119
• rebirth (See birth)
• redemption (See man; regeneration; thoughts)
• reforms, and reformers, 7-9, 165
• regeneration, 34, 119, 147, 154; and obedience to Spirit, 112, 113; and the Sermon on the Mount, 86, 87 (See birth)
• reincarnation, 156, 157, 159
• resurrection, 48, 49, 164; of body, not limited to Jesus, 114, 115
• Rotherham, Joseph Bryant, 87
• salvation, and the Holy Spirit, 139, 140
• Sapphira (See Ananias)
• Satan, 34; as experience, 114; as personal self, 171, 172
• Science, on self-perpetuation of man's body, 115
• scriptures, as portraying progress of mind, 16; man's tendency to make idol of, 103, 104; on light and intelligence, 69
• "Secret Place," as point of contact between man and God, 72
• sects, protestant, led by Spirit in their incipiency, 109
• sensation, 45; as serpent, and the five senses, 82; vs. Spirit, 78
• Sermon on the Mount, 86, 87
• sex lust, 64
• Shakespeare (quoted), 28, 47
• sickness (See disease)
• silence, 107; vs. noise, 8 (See communion; prayer)
• Simon (See Peter)
• Simon Magus, 73
• sin, as "missing the mark," 48, 49; as related to disease and death, 154-157
• sleep (See death)
• Solomon (dreams), 137
• son of man, 25
• soul, pearl of great price within man's, 99, 100 (See man)
• Spirit, 8-9, 90; as highest realm of mind, 131; as omnipotent, silent principle of Being, 96; as permeating all things, 67; as state of consciousness, 77; man's birth into, 75-78, 80, 81; obedience to, as short cut to kingdom of heaven and wholeness, 93-98; Paul on living by, 85, 86 (See God; man)
• Spirit of truth, 37
• strength, represented by Andrew, 52, 53
• substance, 26
• supply, and love, 55
• theology, vs. metaphysical doctrine, 67, 68
• theory, vs. works, 68
• thought, as formative, 18; body as fruit of man's, 116; error, and its effect on love, 54, 55; right, as dependent on use of faith, strength, judgment, and love, 53, 54
• thoughts, as microbes, 18, 19; evil (Satan), vs. good thoughts (Christ) in man's regeneration, 34 (See man; regeneration; thoughts)
• Trinity, 134
• Truth, as written in every soul's inner sanctuary, 174; testifying in favor of, 69
• visions (See dreams)
• Wesley, John, 109
• will, as blind without intelligence, 78, 79
• wisdom, 21, 22; and love, 23, 24, 26; as of Spirit, 91; as the Father within man (also called the Christ), 35-37; exercise of, necessary to right living, 40; love and intellect in relation to, 58 (See love)
• word, as visible expression of mind and ideas, 176; as working power of God, 68; power of the spoken, 82, 83, 148, 172, 173, 176, 177; relation of God to, according to John, 66
• Word of God, 35, 121; as revelator to man of his powers and possibilities, 73, 74 (See holy spirit)