The Quimby Manuscripts, was written by American clockmaker, mentalist and mesmerist, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, and originally published in 1921. P. P. Quimby has been pronounced the founder of the 'New Thought.' spiritual movement in the United States. There was controversy as to whether he also originated Christian Science. This set of documents, published in 1921 in response to a campaign to question his early role in Christian Science, shows that Quimby anticipated many of the key ideas of both movements. Dresser, the ...
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The Quimby Manuscripts, was written by American clockmaker, mentalist and mesmerist, Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, and originally published in 1921. P. P. Quimby has been pronounced the founder of the 'New Thought.' spiritual movement in the United States. There was controversy as to whether he also originated Christian Science. This set of documents, published in 1921 in response to a campaign to question his early role in Christian Science, shows that Quimby anticipated many of the key ideas of both movements. Dresser, the editor was an early follower of Quimby. He shows that not only did Quimby have contact with Eddy, the founder of Christian Science, he probably also coined the term 'Christian Science.'
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It is rather astonishing to read that "Because of this abandonment of his earlier work, his writings are often forgotten today." The truth is that he had an agenda and created faux histories to substantiate his agenda. Dresser's "earlier work" was not forgotten, but dismissed as fraudulent. In this case, Quimby did not found a religion and indeed was not religious. He used "mesmerism," which was in vogue during his day, to attempt to effect cures by the "laying on of hands" and human mind-control. Quimby was barely literate and many of the so-called "papers" where by others or later-written creations ("forgeries"). "Quimby" is a convenient, if thoroughly dis-proven, straw man used after his death to launch religious attacks on others. He was what he himself said he was, and that is not a religious healer nor founder of any religion. If a reader wants to read some unbiased, fact-based history about Quimby (or Dresser for that matter), litigation-happy Dresser would not be the one to go to. Go to scholars, among whom Robert Peal or Gillian Gill stand out for their honest evaluations of both Quimby and Dresser.
