Written by William W. Walter in 1918. Clearly explains cause and effect, Mind and Matter and the effect of our thoughts upon our physicality. Bible quotes included, Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science ideology, understanding of a personal God and the difference with Primal Cause. Clear deductive explanations.
Written by William W. Walter in 1918. Clearly explains cause and effect, Mind and Matter and the effect of our thoughts upon our physicality. Bible quotes included, Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science ideology, understanding of a personal God and the difference with Primal Cause. Clear deductive explanations.
Written by William W. Walter in 1918. Clearly explains cause and effect, Mind and Matter and the effect of our thoughts upon our physicality. Bible quotes included, Mary Baker Eddy, Christian Science ideology, understanding of a personal God and the difference with Primal Cause. Clear deductive explanations.
THE SICKLE
BY
William W. WalterPREFACE
‘This book was written for the thinker, and not
the triffer it was not written to benefit the writer,
but to enlighten the honest searcher for ‘Truth.
‘The price was placed at twenty-five dollars to
prevent its fall into the hands of the trifler, for the
trifler takes paper and binding and size into con-
sideration in determining the value of a book,—
the thinker scans the contents,
‘To the trifler it would be dear at any price and
to the actual thinker it would be cheap at any price.
‘That large sales or financial gain were not the
intent of the writer, should be evident. Were this
true, the book would have been put on the market at
the usual price.
This is a metaphysical work, and therefore, the
determination of its price was based upon the meta-
physical (mental) viewpoint,—that the human
mind values cheaply that which it estimates as
cheap, but craves that which it @nds difficulty in
obtaining.INTRODUCTION
That a misconception is responsible for ninety,
if not one hundred, percent of all the ills, troubles,
suffering, ete., of this life can be logically proved.
‘That a misconception could be handed down for
thousands of years and only occasionally pereeived
as a misconception seems incredible, but such is a
fact, for a misconception has been handed down
from father to son, as actual truth, for the past
nineteen centuries, and not until the last fifty years
has the magnitude of this misconception been fully
revealed.
Those who have had the courage previously to
dispute this age-long mistake, have been called
unbelievers, lost sheep, ete.
‘The misconception of which I speak, is that
regarding God.and man, and their true relation to
each other.
To state merely that there is a misconception
without pointing it out clearly so that all may
understand, is to but partially do the good of which
one is capable.
78 INTRODUCTION
Had not this misconception been hidden under
the cloak of religion, thinkers, no doubt, would have
unearthed this father of all lies and destroyed it,
with self-evident trath; but whenever a thinker, in
his search for truth, intruded upon the so-called
confines of church or religion, he was subtly made
to understand that his research must be abandoned
insofar as it assailed the religious tenets of the
church,
Progress in all other lines of endeavor, was per-
missible, but religious doctrines must ever be those
of our forefathers, regardless of erudity or errors.
A few, possessing the courage born of convietion,
made known their discovery of the Truth, only to
meet with ridicule. Nevertheless, the advanced
ideas promulgated by these few, are today bring-
ing forth their fruition in a higher understanding
of Cause and effect, God and man. No doubt these
sincere thinkers were greatly handicapped in tell-
ing plainly what they had discovered because of
the ridicule heaped upon them, and because they
feared they would be misunderstood.
‘This book is written for the express purpose of
destroying the age-long misconception regarding
God and man, and I claim no special mission fromINTRODUCTION 9
a personal God, neither do I claim to have been
especially inspired by such a God,
‘This book is the outcome or fruit of years of
study of the most advanced thought of this and
past ages. Nearly all of the various students and
writers, who wrote of the primal Cause or God,
have contributed to my enlightenment to the point
that this book became possible,
Every system and theory advocated by these
various writers promising help or enlightenment
regarding the power of Mind or thought was con-
scientiously tested in actual application. The
wheat in each instance was slowly sifted from the
chaff by actual demonstration and carefully gar-
nered, the chaff discarded.
T have experimented in this metaphysical work
with as much care as any chemist ever exercised
in his most painstaking tests.
‘Every experiment in my work has been carefully
watched and noted and, after years of conscientious
study and practice, a sure foundation has been
acquired, and also ability to present the facts on
which this foundation rests, so clearly that anyone
willing to apply himself as diligently to this study
as he would to the study of music or mathematics,
can gain an-understanding of the Science of Life.10 INTRODUCTION
He can demonstrate what he has learned of this
Science only so far as he has progressed in his
knowledge, the same as would be true of music
or mathematics.
In the Science of music, the fruit or effect of
one’s musical knowledge is shown in the harmony
that flows from pen, voice or instrument; and in the
Science of Life, the fruit or effect of one’s under-
standing is shown in the harmony, health and love
that one can bring into one’s life through the appli-
cation of right thought. :
‘You are not asked to blindly believe or accept
what I have written in this book. In fact, to
blindly accept or believe is a detriment to the be-
liever.
‘You are asked to use your reasoning powers, and
to put into actual application the much or little
understanding that you may gain by reading and
studying this book. The results or blessings re-
ceived from a conscientious study and right appli-
cation of the Truth (true thought). herein con-
tained will he sufficient proof to convinee the most
skeptical, if he approaches the work with an honest
determination to prove the truth or error of what
is herein written. _‘CHAPTER
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Preface... 2 eee ee B
Introduction. 2 2... 1
Emptying Out . . 2 . . . 2B
God. + 36
Man . 46
You . + 68
Thought . se 64
Understanding Versus Belief | | | 71
The Holy Trinity 4
‘Metaphysics = 101
Nature . 7
Sin +151
Disease... = 162
Self Healing . - 113
Healing Others . oe MO
Experiments and Experiences . 218
‘Metaphysical Diagnosis = 288
‘Methods. . - + 286 -
‘The Unholy Trinity = 804
Application ae - 316
Instantaneous Healing . . - 860
Conclusion . se 85
Revelation and Prophecy. - +319
nTHE SICKLE
CHAPTER 1
EMPTYING OUT
‘You cannot add to a vessel already full. First
you must empty the contents, then there will be
room for the new.
‘This statement applies equally as well to the
mentality of the individual as to a vessel. It is
illustrative of the fact that an individual who be-
lieves that what he knows is the truth, even though
it be error, will not accept the actual Truth when
presented to his mentality. Therefore I have found
in my metaphysical work that it is first necessary
to show the ‘individual that that which he believes
to be truth, is in reality error, before the actual.
‘Truth can be accepted or understood by him. The
individual mentality having been emptied of the
error that filled it, is ready to have Trath take the
place of the error. A
Jesus of Nazareth was the greatest metaphysi-
cian of all time, and the same error in the men-
34 THE: SICKLE
tality of the people in the time of Jesus, and which
filled it so completely that there was no room for
actual Truth, is in the mentality of the people
today. As this error pertains. to Life, God, and
man (the reflection or image of God), it is the
Girect reason for the inability of humanity, even
to this day, to understand the actual truth of Life
when it is presented.
‘Truth is slways mental, It is the knowing of
actuality or fact.
Error is always mental. It is delusion or self-
deception.
‘The way to become free from an illusion or delu-
sion is to become aware of the facts regarding it,
and then the delusion, or self-deception, vanishes
and the corresponding fact takes its place in the
mentality.
‘To disillusion mankind of an error that has been
viewed as truth since the world began, seems almost
an impossible task. Nevertheless, one universal de-
lusion that had stood for centuries as truth, has_
Deen destroyed through the light of reason and
experience, namely, that the earth is flat; so’ why
may not another universal delusion be banished
through the same means?
It is the desire of the writer to prove to theEMPTYING OUT 15
reader of this book that the beliefs which are re-
sponsible for the ills and poverty in this world are
but delusions.
To do this it will be necessary to gain and retain
the interest of the reader that he may be induced
to read carefully and thoughtfully the matter pre-
sented. This will tend to clear a vessel hitherto
filled with erring human beliefs.
Another factor in proving that ills and poverty
are but delusions rests upon the consent or refusal
of the reader to accept the facts presented,—
whether he is so blinded by old beliefs and super-
stitions as to be unwilling or unable to think for
himself and is satisfied to abide by what his father
believed before him, or is open to conviction.
It will also depend upon the ability of the writer
to state clearly the truths which he wishes to im-
part, in order that the student may grasp an under-
standing readily.
The vital error of mankind is the belief regard-
ing their God and man.
‘The almost universal belief is that the Creator
and ruler of heaven and earth is a personal God,
presumably sitting upon a throne, reigning much
as would a humen king.
For thousands of years those who have found