The History of Health and Its Derangements

 

"The usual curative agents are noxious substances, which derange some other part of the system than was at first affected... The true reliance is the recuperative power of the bodily organization and the mental confidence which reacts upon the body..."

 

I. The Premise of Direct Revelation

 

This text does not present itself as a philosophical treatise, but as a direct, word-for-word transmission from the Lord Jesus Christ, delivered through the mediumship of L. M. Arnold. The book demands that the reader look past the "elegance of rhetorical structure" and focus entirely on the Spiritual Truths being channeled. It emphasizes that True Communion with the Divine is experienced internally as a "Still Small Voice," which requires the complete surrender of man's Free-Will to God.

 

 

II. The Spiritual Nature of Health and Disease

 

The book redefines the very concepts of Wellness and Illness, stripping away purely physical explanations to reveal their Spiritual roots.

 

Health is defined as the Divine Harmony of the Body, Soul, and Spirit.

 

Derangements of health (diseases) are simply the physical manifestations of a disturbance in this Spiritual Harmony.

 

Disease is not a punishment to be feared, but a Benevolent, Corrective Dispensation from God designed to turn the Soul away from earthly lusts and back toward Divine Alignment.

 

Death is not an evil, but a welcomed transition; it is the process that releases the body from the "odic force" so that the Spirit can continue its Eternal Progression.

 

 

III. The Rejection of Noxious Medicine

 

Aligning perfectly with a natural, unpolluted approach to the physical body, the text mounts a severe critique of mainstream medical practices of the 19th century.

 

The text explicitly argues against the reliance on pharmaceuticals, noting that usual curative agents are "noxious substances" that only create new derangements in the system.

 

It specifically calls out the toxicity of treatments like calomel, arguing that any perceived cures are actually the result of the body's natural recuperative powers fighting both the disease and the drug.

 

Both allopathy and homeopathy are criticized as being steeped in empirical ignorance.

 

The author argues that True Healing bypasses chemical interventions entirely, relying instead on the Pure, Untainted Recuperative Energy of the bodily organization.

 

 

IV. The Mechanics of Faith and "Odic" Healing

 

If chemical medicine is rejected, the text replaces it with a highly structured theory of energetic and faith-based healing.

 

Faith is presented as the Ultimate Curative Agent, capable of superseding medicine entirely.

 

When a patient and a healer operate in Pure Faith, the Soul draws upon Invisible "magnetic-od and electric-od" forces present in the atmosphere to revive and restore the body's normal action.

 

This Faith also acts as a beacon, drawing in the assistance of Guardian Spirits—departed Loved Ones who can invisibly aid the physical body when their Will Unites with the patient's Faith.

 

Miracles are not violations of natural law, but rather the Execution of Higher, Unseen Spiritual Laws through the Perfect Submission of a human medium to God's Will.

 

 

V. The Dangers and Duties of Mediumship (Clairvoyance)

 

Clairvoyants possess the ability to see the Internal State of a diseased body like a luminous lamp, but they are highly susceptible to error if they rely on lower spirits for diagnoses.

 

To avoid dangerous misdiagnoses, a medium must bypass lower spirits and Seek Direct Divine Direction through sincere, submissive prayer to God.

 

A True Spiritual physician must never practice for "filthy lucre," worldly honor, or reputation. The healer must act solely for the Glory of God and the relief of suffering, requiring no praise and offering their services freely to the poor and distressed.

 

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