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)
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Part IV – The Secret Place of the Most High (xxi-xxiv)
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 ... Growing diffident of the protection and assistance of gods, and suspicious of friends. -- Plutarch Again, Plutarch's quote neatly … Continue reading Part IV – The Secret Place of the Most High (xxi-xxiv)
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)
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)
Georgine Milmine & The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy
In reading the forward of Francis Dakin's biography, Mrs. Eddy. The biography of a virginal mind, I was struck by Dakin's praise of Georgine Milmine and her book, The life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the history of Christian Science. On p. x, Dakin writes of Milmine's work: That her book was withdrawn, and … Continue reading Georgine Milmine & The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy
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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