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Phineas Parkhurst Quimby Medium
1802 - 1866
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (February 16, 1802 - January 16,
1866) was a New England philosopher, magnetizer, mesmerist, healer, and
scientist, who resided in Belfast, Maine, and had an office in Portland,
Maine. Quimby was a watch and clockmaker by trade, and held several patents
for mechanical devices. “The Father of New Thought”
Although there are many opinions on who the actual founder
of New Thought is, since the essence of the movement is rooted in the
interpretation of Quimby's teachings, Quimby should be credited as the
overall intellectual father of New Thought. Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, who
was known as "Park," was born on February 16, 1802, in Lebanon, New
Hampshire. He was apprenticed as a clockmaker and had little traditional
education. Several important elements of his life led to the development of
his ideas of mental healing.
The first important milestone was when Quimby developed
tuberculosis but became disillusioned with the method of treatment
prescribed by his physician and gave up hope of recovery. A friend suggested
that he take up a physical outdoor activity such as horseback riding to
improve his condition. While his severe physical ailments prevented him from
trying this suggestion, Quimby tried the next best thing and embarked on
carriage trips. This course of action produced remarkable results and his
recovery prompted much thought on the matter. However, he did not pursue
this further until several years later.
In 1838, Quimby began studying Mesmerism after attending a
lecture by Doctor Collyer and soon began further experimentation with the
help of Lucius Burkmar, who could fall into a trance and diagnose illnesses.
Quimby again saw the mental and placebo effect of the mind over the body
when medicines prescribed by Burkmar, with no physical value, cured patients
of diseases. From the conclusions of these studies, Phineas Quimby developed
theories of mentally aided healing and opened an office in Portland, Maine
in 1859. Among the students and patients who joined his studies and helped
him to commit his teachings to writing were Warren Felt Evans, Annetta
Seabury Dresser and Julious Dresser, the founders of New Thought as a named
movement, and Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science
movement.
Warren Felt Evans was one of the first individuals which
wrote seriously on the teachings of Phineas Quimby. Though unlike some other
students, he did not specifically establish a movement under these teachings
but he did, in fact, open a practice in Salisbury, Massachusetts. Although
the most important gift that Evans left to New Thought was his written work,
Evans also took the important step of integrating the philosophies of
Swedenborg and Quimby.
Although Warren Felt Evans focused on producing written
works on the issues, and Annetta and Julius Dresser did not address their
own learnings immediately, Mary Baker Eddy (formerly known as by the surname
Patterson) developed a movement out of the ideas she derived from Quimby's
teachings. Through the treatment for her poor health, Eddy came to be a
student of Phineas Quimby and out of this came her own unique ideas about
metaphysical healing. In 1862, Eddy received treatment from Quimby and was
cured quickly. Though her health tended to fluctuate, when she practiced the
latter techniques her condition improved. Though the commonalities between
their works are quite apparent, Eddy had to personally integrate her own
Christian faith with Quimby's ideas since he tended to be critical of
traditional religious practices.
In 1879 practitioners assembled the Church of Christ,
Scientist and soon ordained Eddy as the pastor. At this point the
controversy that delineated the split between New Thought and Christian
Science was characterized by the dispute between Mary Baker Eddy and Edward
J. Arens, her former student, and Julius Dresser, who continued along with
his wife and son to dispute Eddy over the origin of certain ideas. However,
Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy weathered the storm of plagiarism
accusations and the movement still survives today. Annetta and Julius
Dresser continued their attack on Eddy throughout the rest of their lives.
Dr.
Quimby died on Jan. 16, 1866, at his residence in Belfast Maine, where he
lived most of his life, at the age of sixty-four years, and was the result
of too close application to his profession and of overwork. A more fitting
epitaph could not be accorded him than in these words:-- "Greater love hath
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." For, if
ever a man did lay down his life for others, that man was Phineas Parkhurst
Quimby.
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