One Law: Henry Drummond on Nature's Law, Spirit, and Love

by Ruth L. Miller, Henry Drummond

Overview

This latest addition to the Library of Hidden Knowledge series provides a modern understanding of Henry Drummond’s powerful philosophical writings about the harmony between science and spirituality.

Is there not reason to believe that many of the Laws of the Spiritual World, hitherto regarded as occupying an entirely separate province, are simply the Laws of the Natural World? —Henry Drummond

Using spiritual experience to explain scientific principles, New Thought pioneer Henry Drummond’s provocative essays demonstrate the direct connection between spiritual law and natural law to introduce a worldview unbound by conventional thought. Today his groundbreaking observations are as relevant as ever, and in One Law, Dr. Ruth Miller incorporates the modern laws of physics, biology, cybernetics, and ecology with Drummond’s original essays to decode the spiritual realm.

Bridge the gap between science and spirituality and forever change the way you see the world by rediscovering Drummond’s provocative theory that natural law and spiritual law are one and the same.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781582704210
Publisher:	Atria Books/Beyond Words
Publication date:	06/11/2013
Series:	Library of Hidden Knowledge Series
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Ruth L. Miller served as associate professor at San Jose State University and as Director of Curriculum and Evaluation for Rogue Community College. She was ordained in the New Thought tradition and became the pastor of the Lifeways Center in Portland, Oregon. She is currently a traveling preacher, serving New Thought and Unitarian-Universalist churches in Oregon, Washington, and California.

Table of Contents

A Note from the Editor vii

Introduction xi

Interpretations: Modernized for the Twenty-First-Century Reader

Foreword-Discovering the Naturalness of the Supernatural 3

I The Role of Law in Science (Introduction: Part I) 10

II Many Fields, One Law (Introduction, Part II) 18

III Biogenesis 30

IV Environment 51

V Conformity to Type 76

VI Growth 96

VII Love: The Greatest Thing in the World 111

Notes 135

Original Text: Abridged

Natural Law in the Spiritual World (Published in 1883) 143

Preface 145

I Introduction-Part I: A New Science 151

II Introduction-Part II: One Law 157

III Biogenesis 166

IV Environment 185

V Conformity to Type 203

VI Growth 220

The Greatest Tiling in the World (Published in 1889) 231

Notes (Abridged) 247

Reader's Group Guide 251

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Miller is a teacher of teachers, with an inestimable gift for translating large weighty subjects into wisdom that is accessible to modern spiritual seekers. She simplifies what could be complex concepts with gentleness and good humor, making the path of self-realization an enjoyable journey under her care. In One Law, she gets to the heart of arcane yet timeless truths of another era, weaving science and spirituality with insights and tools that are hugely relevant today.

director of the Bliss Breakthrough Program and author of The Magdalene Path - Claire Sierra

In One Law, Henry Drummond tells us that it is ‘altogether unlikely’ that humanity’s spiritual life and being would be separated ‘into two such incoherent halves.’ This statement written seven generations ago, provides all the insight we need for dealing with today’s ecological and subsequently, social and economic crises. The prophesies by those who have understood One Law in the depths of their souls for centuries are coming true today. Dr. Ruth Miller’s profound writings lead us to ask who are these people, what are their practices, how do their languages connect them to the energies of the planet, and how might we look to them for a type of leadership so foreign to we who have been isolated in one of those incoherent halves?"

chair of the Earth & Spirit Council of Portland, OR and author of Three Worlds - Milt Markewitz

Dr. Miller is a teacher of teachers, with an inestimable gift for translating large weighty subjects into wisdom that is accessible to modern spiritual seekers. She simplifies what could be complex concepts with gentleness and good humor, making the path of self-realization an enjoyable journey under her care. In One Law, she gets to the heart of arcane yet timeless truths of another era, weaving science and spirituality with insights and tools that are hugely relevant today.”

“In One Law, Henry Drummond tells us that it is ‘altogether unlikely’ that humanity’s spiritual life and being would be separated ‘into two such incoherent halves.’ This statement written seven generations ago, provides all the insight we need for dealing with today’s ecological and subsequently, social and economic crises. The prophesies by those who have understood One Law in the depths of their souls for centuries are coming true today. Dr. Ruth Miller’s profound writings lead us to ask who are these people, what are their practices, how do their languages connect them to the energies of the planet, and how might we look to them for a type of leadership so foreign to we who have been isolated in one of those incoherent halves?"

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