This is part of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind After my last post, one of the commenters asked if I was going to provide a summary and personal comments. … Continue reading a summary and personal comments on the biography of a virginal mind
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Part V – The Twilight of a God (xxv-xxxiii)
This is part of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind When Alexander had given way to fears of supernatural influence, his mind grew so disturbed and so easily alarmed that, … Continue reading Part V – The Twilight of a God (xxv-xxxiii)
Part 3 – A Woman Becomes a Diety (xii-xx)
This is part of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind But the desire for glory has great power in washing the tincture of philosophy out of the souls of men. … Continue reading Part 3 – A Woman Becomes a Diety (xii-xx)
The Shakers & Ms. Eddy
This is one of several posts exploring the accusations of plagiarism leveled against Ms. Eddy, as well as what may have influenced the writing of Science & Health. This, and future posts dealing with this topic will be tagged MBEPlagerism. In Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind (1), Dakin drops a paragraph pertaining … Continue reading The Shakers & Ms. Eddy
Part 2: A Book to Conjure With (vii-x)
This is part of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind As with Part 1, Dakin beings Part 2 with a Plutarch quote. Often in his speaking he would be transported … Continue reading Part 2: A Book to Conjure With (vii-x)
Part 1: A Quest for Minerva’s Parentage (i-vi)
This is part of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind Dakin's choice of title for Part 1: A Quest for Minerva's Parentage, is intriguing. It seems Dakin is seriously (sarcastically?) … Continue reading Part 1: A Quest for Minerva’s Parentage (i-vi)
the Biography of a Virginal Mind / Forward: pages vii – x
This is the second of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind In the forward, on page vii, Dakin begins by acknowledging that "Popular conceptions of Mrs. Eddy have shown an … Continue reading the Biography of a Virginal Mind / Forward: pages vii – x
the Biography of a Virginal Mind
This is the first of a series of posts about Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind, by Francis Dakin. For all posts on this topic, see the tag the Biography of a Virginal Mind It must be borne in mind that my design is not to write histories, but lives. -- Plutarch I've started … Continue reading the Biography of a Virginal Mind
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