All effects produced on the human frame are the result of a chemical change of the fluids with or without our knowledge, and all the varieties and changes are accompanied by a peculiar state of mind. If the mind should be directed to any particular organ, that organ might become deranged or it might not. In either case the trouble is in the mind, for the body is only the house for the mind to dwell in, and we put a value upon it according to its worth. Therefore if your mind has been deceived by some invisible enemy into a belief, you have put it into the form of a disease, with or without your knowledge. By my theory or truth I come in contact with your enemy and restore you to health and happiness. This I do partly mentally and partly by talking till I correct the wrong impressions and establish the truth, and the truth is the cure. I use no medicines of any kind and make no applications. I am no spiritualist after the manner of the Rochester rappings[1] and I am not dictated to by any living man but am guided by the dictations of my own conscience as a lawyer is in pleading a case governed by the evidence. A sick man is like a criminal cast into prison for disobeying some law that man has set up. I plead his case, and if I get the verdict, the criminal is set at liberty. If I fail, I lose the case. His own judgment is his judge, his feelings are his evidence. If my explanation is satisfactory to the judge, you will give me the verdict. This ends the trial, and the patient is released. P. P. Quimby's Writings - December 1859
[1] The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism, the religious movement. The three sisters were Leah (1814–1890), Margaret (1833–1893) and Kate (1837–1892). The outbreak of rappings that occurred in Hydesville, near Rochester, New York, in 1848, and which became popularly known as the "Rochester Rappings," was of peculiar importance, not because of its intrinsic superiority to any other poltergeist disturbance, but because it inaugurated the movement of modern Spiritualism.
The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years.
In 1888 Margaret confessed that their rappings had been a hoax and publicly demonstrated their method. She attempted to recant her confession the next year, but their reputation was ruined and in less than five years they were all dead, with Margaret and Kate dying in abject poverty. Spiritualism continued as if the confessions of the Fox sisters had never happened.
[1] The Fox sisters were three sisters from New York who played an important role in the creation of Spiritualism, the religious movement. The three sisters were Leah (1814–1890), Margaret (1833–1893) and Kate (1837–1892). The outbreak of rappings that occurred in Hydesville, near Rochester, New York, in 1848, and which became popularly known as the "Rochester Rappings," was of peculiar importance, not because of its intrinsic superiority to any other poltergeist disturbance, but because it inaugurated the movement of modern Spiritualism.
The two younger sisters used "rappings" to convince their much older sister and others that they were communicating with spirits. Their older sister then took charge of them and managed their careers for some time. They all enjoyed success as mediums for many years.In 1888 Margaret confessed that their rappings had been a hoax and publicly demonstrated their method. She attempted to recant her confession the next year, but their reputation was ruined and in less than five years they were all dead, with Margaret and Kate dying in abject poverty. Spiritualism continued as if the confessions of the Fox sisters had never happened.
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