oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
It's your choice Badger of course and true... Baha'is do not place much confidence in "...spiritualism and mediums..."
As to "spiritual healing I will share some excerpts from Baha'i sources:
"There are two ways of healing sickness, material means and spiritual means. The first is by the use of remedies, of medicines; the second consists in praying to God and in turning to Him. Both means should be used and practiced.
Illness caused by physical accident should be treated with medical remedies; those which are due to spiritual causes disappear through spiritual means. Thus an illness caused by affliction, fear, nervous impressions, will be healed by spiritual rather than by physical treatment. Hence, both kinds of remedies should be considered. Moreover, they are not contradictory, and thou shouldst accept the physical remedies as coming from the mercy and favor of God, who hath revealed and made manifest medical science so that His servants may profit from this kind of treatment also. Thou shouldst give equal attention to spiritual treatments, for they produce marvelous effects."
(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 375)
"...in this new century the attainment of science, arts and belles lettres, whether divine or worldly, material or spiritual, is a matter which is acceptable before God and a duty which is incumbent upon us to accomplish. Therefore, never deny the spiritual things to the material, rather both are incumbent upon thee."
(Abdu'l-Baha, Baha'i World Faith - Abdu'l-Baha Section, p. 376)
"A physician is needed to prescribe. Through his skill the principles of the book are correctly and effectively applied until the patient is restored to health. Christ was a heavenly Physician. He brought spiritual health and healing into the world. Bahá'u'lláh is, likewise, a divine Physician. He has revealed prescriptions for removing disease from the body politic and has remedied human conditions by spiritual power."
(Abdu'l-Baha, The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 249)
There are over two hundred sixty references to "spiritual healing" that I see on the "Ocean" search engine and the above are only a few of them.
Hello arthra, I have not read your posts in many months.
I have read your selections, above, on healing. Please could I ask, did Bahauallah write about spiritual healing, or spirits, and could you possibly show a couple of selections from his writings?
All the best,
OB