The Methodist-Episcopalian minister-turned-physician and philosopher of healing Warren Felt Evans (1817-1889) was one of the earliest practitioners of mental healing, also known as "mind cure." Originating in New England in the second half of the 19th century, mind cure spread through the country in the 1880s. Drawing from Evans's unpublished journals, I recount his struggles with chronic ill health and his turn to the Quietist mystics and Swedenborg, and then to the mesmerist-turned-mental-healer P. P. Quimby to procure both healing for his ills and philosophical sanctification for his soul. The transformational route Evans traveled reflects the mythico-religious journey of the wounded healer who suffers through a creative illness on the way to becoming a healer himself. The article places Evans and the mind cure movement within late-19th-century Boston's medical and cultural milieu. Evans's approach to psychological healing is explored by focusing on his mind-body healing philosophy and mental therapeutics as described in his first 2 mind cure books The Mental Cure (1869) and Mental Medicine (1872).
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机译:的Methodist-Episcopalianminister-turned-physician和哲学家的治疗沃伦觉得埃文斯(1817 - 1889)是其中之一心理治疗最早的实践者,也被称为“精神治疗。”英国在19世纪下半叶,心灵治愈蔓延到整个国家1880年代。我讲述他的挣扎与慢性疾病和他向寂静主义的神秘主义者Swedenborg,然后到新闻官mesmerist-turned-mental-healer p p Quimby治愈他的疾病和采购工作他的灵魂的哲学神圣化。埃文斯转型路线反映了伤员的mythico-religious旅程治疗师通过创造性的疾病折磨的人成为治疗自己。埃文斯和心灵治愈内部流动的地方比做波士顿医疗和文化环境。探讨了通过专注于他的身心康复吗哲学和精神疗法所描述在他的第一个2心灵治愈书的心理治疗(1869)和精神医学(1872)。
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