INDEX
abdominal region, as seat of renunciation (elimination), 16, 21, 158-160
Abraham, 92; on sacrifice, 25-27
Adam, 79, 81; and Eve, 35, 37, 41, 43, 57; man, 35
affirmation, misuse of, 108; power of, 128
affirmations and denials, list of, 51, 141, 169
Alexander, 67
Ananias, 75-76
Andrew (strength), 16, 18, 34, 45
apostle (see disciples)
appetite, repression vs. redemption of, 155-156; spiritual conquest of, 168-169
asceticism, 152-153
Asenath, 100-101
Atlantis, continent of (legend), 149-150
baptism, 18-19, 61, 88-91
Bartholomew (imagination), 16, 20-21, 72
Beecher, Lyman, 144
Being, both masculine and feminine, 53; character of, 52; pleasure as an end contrary to law of, 57; spiritual man as sum total of attributes of, 54
Bible, on "brain of the heart," 90; on physiology, 40
Blackstone, Sir William, on judgment, 48
body, as Garden of Eden, 163; as representative of sum total of animal world, 79, 81-82; denial and affirmation in relation to, 128; faculties, or powers and nerve centers of, represented by twelve disciples, 16-23, 48-50; redemption of, as exemplified by Jesus, 120; regeneration of, not after death, 120; spiritual refining of, 125-129; vs. experience, 45 (see resurrection; Spirit)
bowels, 21, 144, 158
cells, as mental entities, 146
