The Science of Mind by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes originally copyrighted and published in 1926 has lain dormant in the back room of time. It is with pleasure that we make this fine publication available again. In so doing, we would like to call attention to the word “God” as used in this book. The author gives definitions in the glossary that help to understand his use of this symbol but it is the consensus of opinion of some of the students of Ernest
Holmes’ Science of Mind that it might be advisable now to call attention to the fact that this word or symbol has been misused, abused and misunderstood for such a long time that a short explanation here might make the study of this great work more meaningful. It is with this thought in mind that I would like to clarify what the symbol “God” expresses. It is, of course, understood that the significance of the principle of infinity expressed in one symbolic word becomes limited by the understanding of the reader. It is because of this fact that too many have suffered through an existence of limitation, confusion, and fear. We acknowledge that there are truths to be learned from the Bible, and in the first chapter of Genesis verse 26 it says, “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness...” To fully understand this statement, it is necessary for us to understand what the word or symbol “God” represents. When we use the word “God”, it should call to mind all that is ? all that exists in the invisible world and the visible world since everything that is made is made of infinite spirit. Since we are made in the image and likeness of Infinite Spirit, we create through the same principle as God, this Infinite Spirit, and under the same Law of cause and effect. It is necessary that we remember that we live in two worlds at the same time, the invisible world of cause where thoughts and ideas are the creators and the material world of effect where the results or manifestations of our thoughts and ideas come into being.
