Mental Therapeutics; Or, Just How to Heal Oneself and Others by Theron Q. Dumont, first published in 1916, is a practical guide to mental healing. The book views disease and health as states deeply affected by the mind. Drawing from the New Psychology movement, Dumont suggests that the body’s natural healing abilities can be activated through suggestion and purposeful thinking. Unlike many other books of that time, he describes mental healing as a logical system grounded in psychological and physical principles, not in supernatural or mystical ideas.
A main idea in the book is that the mind affects the whole body. Dumont explains that every organ and cell has its own kind of “corporeal intelligence” that reacts to mental influence. He highlights the sympathetic nervous system and the solar plexus, calling the latter the body’s “abdominal brain,” which acts as the instinctive center that controls vital organs and keeps us healthy. Dumont believes that disease often happens when fear, anxiety, worry, and negative mental habits disrupt the normal work of this subconscious intelligence.
The book then offers practical ways to restore health using mental suggestion. Dumont shows how using affirmations and auto-suggestion can retrain the subconscious mind, swapping unhealthy habits for positive ones that help the body heal itself. He also explains how focused mental energy can be aimed at certain organs or body functions to boost energy, improve blood flow, aid digestion, and support healthy cell activity.
Dumont often points out the strong link between breathing, the nervous system, and mental control. He shares breathing exercises meant to stimulate the solar plexus, calm emotions, and balance nervous energy in the body. The book also covers distant mental healing, describing how focused thoughts can be sent to help someone else using mental induction and suggestion.
Mental Therapeutics is more than just a guide to healing methods. It offers a philosophy that sees the mind as one of the body’s most powerful tools for healing. Dumont believes that by building self-control, letting go of harmful mental habits, and focusing thoughts on health instead of illness, people can tap into the body’s natural ability to heal and take charge of their own well-being.
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