The Quimby Manuscripts

Rare first issue containing the section of letters of Mrs. Eddy's which was suppressed in later issues.

For many years a mass of documents of interest to Christian Scientists and to their critics as well, has been withheld from publication, although earnestly sought. These documents were written by Dr. P. P. Quimby, of Portland, Maine, and contain his views regarding mental and spiritual healing. They became familiar to Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy when she visited Dr. Quimby as a patient, and it has been charged by her critics that many of the ideas later promulgated in her teachings were born of the Quimby theories. In order to set this controversy at rest, many attempts have been made to gain access to the Quimby manuscripts, but heretofore without success except in piecemeal or disjointed form. The present editor, however, has been fortunate in securing from Mrs. George A. Quimby, owner of the manuscripts, permission to print the documents in full. Many of them now see the light of the printed page for the first time. Others give a full and authentic version of material from which only short extracts have previously appeared. The editor's point of view is that of the expositor, never critical save as the author of the manuscripts might have criticized his own work. All subject-matter in brackets is by the editor, also all footnotes. Italics and quotation-marks have been introduced to a slight extent. Scriptural quotations have not been corrected, because Dr. Quimby was in the habit of paraphasing in order to show how he interpreted the Bible. Some of the articles have been condensed to avoid repetition, but no material changes have been made. The terms Science, Truth, Wisdom, have been capitalized throughout in conformity with the usage in some of the articles in which these words are synonyms for Christ, or God. The same is true of the general terms for Quimby's theory, the Science of Health, the Science of Life and Happiness. The term Christian Science is used with reference to the growth of the original teaching of Jesus.

Many attempts had been made to gain access to the Quimby manuscripts, but never before had it been accomplished. Dr. P.P. Quimby wrote many documents relative to his views regarding mental and spiritual healing. Many critics of Mary Baker Eddy believe that her later teachings came from theories of Dr. Quimby, as she had been one of his patients. Contents: biographical sketch; history of the manuscripts; Quimby's restoration to health; mesmeric period; principles discovered; intermediate period; early writings; contemporary testimony; letters from and to patients; letters to patients and inquirers; Mrs. Eddy 1862-1875; questions and answers; Christ or science; world of the senses; disease and healing; God and man; religious questions; science, life, death.

Dr. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866) was a lifelong resident of Belfast, ME and a clockmaker, by trade. From the late 1840s until the time of his transition, he wrote down his own particular philosophical, psychological and metaphysical views on life, death, health, religion and the mind. His early studies of hypnosis, then called mesmerism, led him later on to develop his unique method of healing for both mental and physical affirmities. Proud of his New England heritage, passionate in his love of liberty and equality for all, outspoken in his admonitions against what he considered aristocracy and priestcraft, empathetic toward the sick and suffering, he recorded his experiences, experiments and case studies of his own life journey's explorations into humanity and spirituality, in order to leave behind, for us, what he found, for himself, to be universally applicable truths, for the benefit of all mankind. For this reason, he wrote this book. (Hardcover Edition) (700 pages)

The Quimby Manuscripts by Phineas Parkhurst Quimby are a truly great read for those who are interested in understanding more about the power of thought in healing. It is a collection of the various works of Quimby, put together by Horatio W. Dresser, a man who claimed that both he and his wife had been cured by the healing powers possessed by Quimby. The book is a concise collection of the various writing of Quimby that had previously been unattainable by the public due to being withheld by a Mrs Mary Eddy. The book is mostly made up of Quimby's work but has been edited and added to by Mr. H. Dresser in an attempt to make them more readable and to avoid repetition. Included in the book are an assortment of letters exchanged between Quimby and his patients and those interested in his works. The book is also of quite a religious flavour, with Quimby addressing how he believed his work to fit in with Christian Science. It is a highly interesting book with many remarkable ideas on the healing of the body through spiritual means and the power of thought. Quimby work is often referred to as the forerunner of the 'New Thought' movement of the 19th century. A truly unmissable read on the subject of esoteric and spiritual healing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Quimby Manuscripts by Phineas Parkhurst Quimby are a truly great read for those who are interested in understanding more about the power of thought in healing. It is a collection of the various works of Quimby, put together by Horatio W. Dresser, a man who claimed that both he and his wife had been cured by the healing powers possessed by Quimby. The book is a concise collection of the various writing of Quimby that had previously been unattainable by the public due to being withheld by a Mrs Mary Eddy. The book is mostly made up of Quimby's work but has been edited and added to by Mr. H. Dresser in an attempt to make them more readable and to avoid repetition. Included in the book are an assortment of letters exchanged between Quimby and his patients and those interested in his works. The book is also of quite a religious flavour, with Quimby addressing how he believed his work to fit in with Christian Science. It is a highly interesting book with many remarkable ideas on the healing of the body through spiritual means and the power of thought. Quimby work is often referred to as the forerunner of the 'New Thought' movement of the 19th century. A truly unmissable read on the subject of esoteric and spiritual healing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.