The Science Beyond Religion

Mary Baker became famous as a scientist when she discovered in 1866 the principles of Christ healing which she applied to the healing of disease on an almost commercial basis. Also, she was able to teach to others these principles for the same effect. In the early years of her healing work, a medical doctor whom she had assisted to heal a 'hopeless' case, suggested that she should write a book about her new scientific method of Christ healing (which she later called "Christian Science)." Little did the good doctor know that this was already ongoing and that the work would turn out to be so huge in scope that it would take nine full years to complete.

Mary Baker wrote about this period, saying that she needed to understand the "science" that was involved. Of course, her discovery became widely publicized over the years and her "Christian Science" became one of America's major religions. The book that she had labored on for so many years, eventually sold by the millions. It was the standard textbook of her science, called "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." Like any scientific research document, the book was constantly updated by her. When she died in 1910, well over three hundred separate editions of it had been published. Soon, the book became a classic. It became studied daily by countless people all over the world. It is almost ironic against this background, that her greatest achievement, on which all her work was evidently founded, had remained obscured from the public for a hundred years. This portion of her work is the creation of a scientific method for discovery itself, for ordering exploration, for developing questions that need to be answered, for exploring fundamental principles and so forth. It is the exploration of this element of her work which the book series, "Discovering Infinity," is devoted to. The series is not designed to explore Mary Baker's religion, even though this religion has achieved more in the arena of Christian healing than any other. Instead, the series is designed to explore the scientific structures and processes behind her discoveries which had been left in obscurity for a hundred years. This is what the book series, Discovering Infinity, is focused on. The actual discovered elements, themselves, are all presented in Volume 3 of the series. Except, by the time this volume was written, it became evident that the real work had just begun.

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