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made, laid the foundation for the worldwide modern healthculture
movement.
They were not blinded or confused by the conflicting theories of books
and authorities, or by the action of a thousand different drugs on a

legion of different symptoms, but applied common-sense reasoning to
the solution of the problems of health, disease and cure.
They went for inspiration to field and forest rather than to the murky
atmosphere of the dissecting and vivisection rooms. They studied the
whole and not only the parts, causes as well as effects and symptoms.
Realizing that man had lost his natural instinct and strayed far from
Nature's ways, they studied and imitated the natural habits of the
animal creation rather than the confusing doctrines of the schools.
Thus they proclaimed the "return to Nature" and the "new gospel of
health," which are destined to free humanity from the destructive
influences of alcoholism, red meat overeating, the dope and tobacco
habit, and of drug poisoning, vaccination, surgical mutilation,
vivisection and a thousand other abuses practiced in the name of
science.
When parents learn how to create children in accord with natural law,
how to mold their bodies and their characters into harmony and beauty
before the new life sees the light of day, when they learn to rear their
offspring in health of body and purity of mind in harmony with the
laws of their being, then we shall have true types of beautiful manhood
and womanhood, then children will no longer be a curse and a burden
to themselves and to those who bring them into the world or to society
at large.
These thoughts are not the mere dreams of a visionary. When we see
the wonderful changes wrought in a human being by a few months or
years of rational living and treatment, it seems not impossible or
improbable that these ideals may be realized within a few generations.
Children thus born and reared in harmony with the law will be the
future masters of the earth. They will need neither gold nor influence to
win in the race of life--their innate powers of body and soul will make
them victors over every circumstance. The offspring of alcoholism,
drug poisoning and sexual perversity will cut but sorry figures in
comparison with the manhood and womanhood of a true and noble
aristocracy of health.

Chapter II
Catechism of Nature Cure
The philosophy of Nature Cure is based on sciences dealing with newly
discovered or rediscovered natural laws and principles, and with their
application to the phenomena of life and death, health, disease and
cure.
Every new science embodying new modes of thought requires exact
modes of expression and new definitions of already well-known words
and phrases.
Therefore, we have endeavored to define, as precisely as possible,
certain words and phrases which convey meanings and ideas peculiar to
the teachings of Nature Cure.
The student of Nature Cure and kindred subjects will do well to study
these definitions and formulated principles closely, as they contain the
pith and marrow of our philosophy and greatly facilitate its
understanding.
(1) What Is Nature Cure?
Nature Cure is a system of building the entire being in harmony with
the constructive principle in Nature on the physical, mental, moral and
spiritual planes of being.
(2) What Is the Constructive Principle in Nature?
The constructive principle in Nature is that principle which builds up,
improves and repairs, which always makes for the perfect type, whose
activity in Nature is designated as evolutionary and constructive and
which is opposed to the destructive principle in Nature

(3) What Is the Destructive Principle in Nature?
The destructive principle in Nature is that principle which disintegrates
and destroys existing forms and types, and whose activity in Nature is
designated as devolutionary and destructive.
(4) What Is Normal or Natural?
That is normal or natural which is in harmonic relation with the life
purposes of the individual and the constructive principle in Nature.
(5) What Is Health?
Health is normal and harmonious vibration of the elements and forces
composing the human entity on the physical, mental, moral and
spiritual planes of being, in conformity with the constructive principle
of Nature applied to individual life.
(6) What Is Disease?
Disease is abnormal or inharmonious vibration of the elements and
forces composing the human entity on one or more planes of being, in
conformity with the destructive principle of Nature applied to
individual life.
(7) What Is the Primary Cause of Disease?
The primary cause of disease, barring accidental or surgical injury to
the human organism and surroundings hostile to human life, is
violation of Nature's Laws.
(8) What Is the Effect of Violation of Nature's Laws on the Physical
Human Organism?
The effect of violation of Nature's Laws on the physical human
organism are:
Lowered vitality. Abnormal