Truth About Spiritual Healing 1956 HARRY EDWARDS ~ Metaphysics ~ British Medical ~ Anglican

Title: The Truth About Spiritual Healing

Author: Harry Edwards

Description: First Edition. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket rubbed; spine lightly toned, small chip to top edge of rear panel; not price clipped. DJ in a clear archival sleeve. pp. 153, plus [1] page advertising. 21.5 x 13.5 cm.

A scarce copy of Harry Edwards' (1893-1976) account of his efforts to establish recognition for spirit healing with the British Medical Association and the Church of England. It describes the work and results of the investigative commission that was appointed in 1953 by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

Chapters:

- Foreword;
- The Motive;
- Proof of Spiritual Healing;
- The Case for Recognition;
- Medical Evasion Tactics;
- The Archbishops' Commission on Divine Healing;
- Medical Evidence Supplied to the Commission;
- More Medical Evidence for the Commission;
- Report of the British Medical Association;
- Medical Support for Spiritual Healing;
- How to Prove Spiritual Healing;
- The Church and Spiritual Healing;
- The Only Way;
- Forecast of the Commission's Findings;
- Healing of the Soul.
- Appendix I (the Archbishops' Commission questionnaire on divine healing and the author's answers).
- Appendix II (Statement by Harry Edwards to the Archbishops' committee on divine healing at Lambeth Palace, on July 7, 1954).
- Appendix III (Statement by Harry Edwards in reply to the findings published in the British Medical Journal, May 11, 1956).

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good

Publisher: Spiritualist Press
Place: London
Year: 1956