There are those who in their own opinion have reached a greater elevation than either the Christian Scientists or the Mind Curers, "and profess to heal by the transfer of psychic energy." The chief practitioner in this sphere informed me that the relative rank of these sciences is, 1. The lower grade—the mere physical system. 2. What is called animal magnetism. 3. The mind cure. 4. The spirits (when they are good spirits). 5. Including all that is good in the others, he places in the supernal. He claimed that there has been in all ages an order called the Inspirati, who practised this method, and offered to make me a Knight of that order.
This will suffice until it fails to attract patients, when, no doubt, a sixth order, that of the Empyrean, will be devised.
Some of the Christian Scientists have attempted to construct a technical language, which, when translated, shows that they attach as much importance to learned terms as does any form of the material science that they denounce. "Gnosis.—The 'Spiritual Understanding,' the 'Immediate Intuition.' Vir.—The God in Man. Harmatia.—Off-the-trackness. Homo.—The Creature of God. Ego.—The Homo as he is. Nemo.—The Homo as he sees himself. Entheasm.—Direct Communication with God. Nihiloid.—Like unto nothing, the proper name of disease, disorder, discomfort. Yoga.—Concentration of Thought. Dama.—Subjugation of Sense. Karma.—Law of
