American metaphysics writers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Chapters: Carlos Castaneda, Mary Baker Eddy, Jane Roberts, Paul Carus, John C. Lilly, Scott Shaw, Bhagat Singh Thind, Wayne Dyer, Wallace Wattles, Chris Griscom, Florinda Donner, Esther Hicks, Ram Dass, Julia Cameron, Stephanie Adams, Robert Monroe, Helen Schucman, Barbara Brennan, Ernest Holmes, Glenda Green, H. Emilie Cady, Robert Hand, Paul Reps, Annie Rix Militz, Joseph Murphy, Tolly Burkan, David Kolb, George Stuart Fullerton, Elisabeth Haich. Excerpt: Mary Baker Eddy (July 16, 1821 - December 3, 1910) was the founder of the Christian Science religion. Her works include: She and others credit her with the ability to heal instantaneously. Married three times, she took the name Mary Baker Glover from her first marriage. She was also known from her third marriage as Mary Baker Glover Eddy or Mary Baker G. Eddy. Mary Baker Eddy was born Mary Morse Baker in Bow, New Hampshire, the youngest of six children of Abigail and Mark Baker. Although raised a Congregationalist, she came to reject teachings such as predestination and original sin. She suffered chronic illness and developed a strong interest in biblical accounts of early Christian healing. At the age of eight, Eddy began to hear voices calling her name; she would go to her mother only to learn that her mother had not called her. In her autobiography, Eddy relates one of these later experiences: According to Yvonne Cache von Fettweis, in her book Christian Healer, "Mary's religious upbringing had taught her that all men are God's servants." In her discovery of Christian Science, Eddy found that healing the sick was an integral part of Christian service. From early childhood, Eddy's life included incidents of healing others. Her family would bring sick farm animals to her to heal, for example. Some biographers have suggested Mary was high-strung or emotional; irrespective of such claims, reports from friends in the community where Eddy grew up corroborate reports of her ability to heal at a young age. Congregational church - Tilton, NHEddy frequently expressed confidence in God's love, which placed her at odds with her father's theological outlook, leading to a religious crisis when she was twelve and first eligible to join the Congregational church. Mark Baker held to a hard and bitter doctrine of predestination, believing that a horrible decree of endless punishment awaited sinners on a final judgment day. Amid their clash of views Mary developed a life-threatenin