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THE SECRET SCIENCE

AT WORK

New Light on Prayer

By

Max Freedom Long

AUTHOR OF

The Secret Science Behind Miracles

Published by

HUNA RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

P.O. Box 2867, Hollywood Station,

Los Angeles 28, Calif., U. S. A.

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CONTENTS

PAGE

FOREWORD

ix

CHAPTER

I

REDISCOVERING THE LOST SCIENCE

1

II

GETTING ACQUAINTED WITH THE LOW

SELF

14

III DEVELOPING THE LATENT ABILITIES

OF THE LOW SELF

33

IV AKA THOUGHT-FORMS, AURAS, AND

THEIR MEASUREMENT.

THE

"AURAMETER"

49

49

V TELEPATHIC CONTACT BETWEEN PER-

SONS

61

VI MANA AND THE SURCHARGE OF MANA

72

VII

THE HIGH SELF

84

VIII MAKING THE PRAYER OF THOUGHT-

FORM CLUSTERS

97

IX CONTACTING THE HIGH SELF AND

PRESENTING THE PRAYER

115

X SUMMARY OF

THE HUNA PRAYER

METHOD

.

127

ΧΙ

XII

HEALING BY LAYING ON OF HANDS 137

THE TELEPATHIC MUTUAL HEALING

GROUP

vii

150

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CHAPTER

XIII CONTACTS MADE THROUGH SIGNA-

TURES, ALSO SIGNATURE AURAS AND

MEASUREMENTS

XIV MORE FINDINGS OF THE HRA

PAGE

169

. 182

XV THE PROBLEM OF THE UNANSWERED

PRAYERS

194

XVI THE PROBLEM OF THE BLOCKED PATH 209

XVII ARE FIXATIONS BROUGHT OVER FROM

FORMER LIVES? ARE THERE UN-

SUSPECTED SPIRIT OBSESSIONS?

XVIII THE VARIOUS DEGREES OF FIXATION

AND OBSESSIONAL INFLUENCE, WITH

A SELF-TEST CHART

222

. 239

XIX CLEARING THE SLIGHTLY BLOCKED

PATH

248

XX NEW LIGHT ON THE TEACHINGS OF

JESUS

265

XXI THE SECRET MEANING BEHIND THE

BAPTISMAL RITE

277

XXII THE SECRET MEANING BEHIND THE

FOOT-WASHING RITE

. 291

COMMUNION RITE

XXIII THE SECRET MEANING BEHIND THE

. 301

XXIV THE SECRET MEANING BEHIND THE

CRUCIFIXION

XXV CONCLUSION

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FOREWORD

My first book, Recovering the Ancient Magic, which

reported on the psycho-religious beliefs of the ancient

Polynesians and endeavored to explain the magic used

by the native priests of Hawaii (the kahunas) was pub-

lished in London in 1936. It came out in a small edi-

tion of less than a thousand copies and was distributed

mainly in the British Commonwealth before the out-

break of World War II. During the war the plates and

remainder of the book edition were destroyed by enemy

bombing. Though so few of the books had been sold,

it had been placed in libraries, and over a thousand read-

ers wrote to me concerning the discovery of the ancient

system. A lively and valuable correspondence ensued,

and much additional material from related fields was

sent to me.

In 1948 a revised and greatly expanded book on the

same subject was published in America under the title,

The Secret Science Behind Miracles. This was a book

which I had hoped would put readers on their own feet,

so to speak, in trying out the old methods if they wished.

However, hundreds of letters soon poured in asking

about self-help, or just asking for help.

It was clear that some method must be devised to

handle this unexpected flow of questions, and also there

seemed here to be a promise of help for further research

and practical tests. So with the help of some of the let-

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