Mind and Body; or, Mental States and Physical Conditions

general subject of the New Psychology New Psychology: A late 19th and early 20th-century movement that applied psychological principles to self-improvement and healing, often associated with "New Thought.", and we have accordingly emphasized the psychological side of the subject. But the same material could have been used by a writer on physiology physiology: The branch of biology that deals with the normal functions of living organisms and their parts. by changing the emphasis from the psychological phase to the physiological.

We have written this book to reach not only those who refuse to see the wonderful influence of mental states over physical conditions, but also for our "metaphysical" metaphysical: Here, the author refers to spiritual or "New Thought" practitioners who believed the mind or spirit was the only reality. friends who have become so captivated with the power of the mind that they practically ignore the existence of the body—indeed, in some cases, actually denying the existence of the latter. We believe that there is a sane middle ground in "metaphysical healing," just as there is in the material treatment of disease. In this case, not only does truth lie between the two extremes, but it is composed of the blending and assimilation original: "assimilation"; the process of absorbing and integrating ideas. of the two opposing ideas and theories. But, even if the reader does not fully agree with us in our general theories and conclusions, he will find within the covers of this book a mass of facts which he may use in building up a new theory of his own. And, after all,