Universal theosophy : the science of health and healing consisting of a full course of lectures, sixty questions answered, clear and complete instructions regarding the practical demonstration of the principles of mental healing, as taught in private classes by able and experienced teachers to which is added a glossary and index, making it the only complete text book published upon this important subject / by W.J. Colville.

  • Colville, W. J. (William Juvenal), 1862-1917.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Universal theosophy : the science of health and healing consisting of a full course of lectures, sixty questions answered, clear and complete instructions regarding the practical demonstration of the principles of mental healing, as taught in private classes by able and experienced teachers to which is added a glossary and index, making it the only complete text book published upon this important subject / by W.J. Colville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    day, except during the summer vacation, he has trav- eled very extensively over this continent, speaking many times in nearly all the large cities and in many of the smaller cities, towns, and villages throughout the east and west. He has twice revisited England during.the past few j^'ears, and has also paid several visits to Paris. Wherever he goes he draws the most thoughtful and enlightened elements in the communi- ties, never failing to arouse and sustain the deepest in- terest in the work he is so ably inspired to carry for- ward. Perhaps the most noticeable of all his triumphs was his reception in California, last summer. The Golden Gate, published in San Francisco, and the Carrier Dore, published in Oakland, paid him the highest of high compliments, while the San l''ranoisco Chronicle and other leading daily papers gave long and compli- mentary notices of himself and his work. One of the most astonishing features connected with his speaking is his utter insensibility to fatigue in the discharge of his arduous and multiple duties. While in California he frequently spoke thirteen times a week and grew strong upon it. It is almost impossible for any person attending a very few of his lectures to form a just idea of his style and manner on the platform. He has luo fixed style, but vividly, portrays the individuality of the inspiring influence at the time. On some oc- casions he remains almost motionless, at another time he speaks with great fire and energy and in- dulges in rapid and intrepid movements on the stage. Sometimes his accent is the purest English, at other times it is decidedly French or German. From this cause alone have arisen the most divergent accounts