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The Divine Science Way is a gathering of individuals interested in bridging the old division or dualism still apparent as New Thought and Christian Science. The misconception that Science and Mysticism are contradictory voices and that one must be one and not the other, continues in teaching, writing and speaking. This gap in understanding is now obsolete.

Applying the contemporary teachings of Scientific Metaphysics will lead us into the confrontation with mystical experience and applying the practices of mysticism will lead us into a confrontation with Science. Western mysticism calls its two ways the apophatic and the kataphatic traditions. The apophatic way (negative way or "without the light") is the "expanding in the negative" of Science and is the recognition and acknowledgement of our necessity for spiritual rationality, for grounding reason in the divine Principle, the Reason for reason -- one infinite divine Mind called "God."

Scientific metaphysics has split into two positions as many times as has mysticism.

While each "side" can solve the problems of existence by holding to their side alone and ignoring the other, neither can "dissolve" (end) the paradox. The relative view thinks it has solved the problem when it disappears. Both Science and Mysticism warn the searcher for Truth not to be deceived by "healings" since the paradox will return "in fairer form."

We recommend that those who see themselves as the Science of Mrs. Eddy's Christian Science in its clear and correct form read, study and understand the teachings of Lillian DeWaters.

And we recommend that those who see themselves as the children of Emma Curtis Hopkins read, study and understand the writings of Margaret Laird.

These two women focus for us The Eternal Paradox (Truth) of Being. Paradox (Christ), the riddle of our own God-Being arises before us every step of our way in some new form until we BE the Self we eternally are. When understanding unfolds, the Paradox confronting us "dissolves" into the Unity alone which is standing before us. This is the Divine Science Way. more...

Rob Craig, M. Div., leads our gathering. more...

The Divine Science Way is a gathering of individuals who define Divine Science for themselves by being the individual divinity of humanity or true humanhood. For us this means embracing a scientific approach to existence and in so doing rejecting the traditional and popular God-ideas, the old theology which cannot update itself since there is no truth in it. We believe that pre-scientific metaphysics is obsolete. This is the Science Age. The Apocalypse of John, called Revelation, predicted the coming of the New Age. The references listed in our reading list and other materials of authors and teachers are not our personal teachers. They represent the ideas which drive our lives. Through long searching we have discerned the clearest articulators of contemporary metaphysical science speaking to our present understanding. All of the old views are not false; neither are all of the new opinions true. Our unfolding understanding provides the key to new insights which open us to new understanding. Hearing the Voice of Christ today confronts the one who is ready and willing to accept it within and as his very own Self.

We find Dr. Irwin Gregg's book The Divine Science Way to be a clear and simple summary statement of his living of divine Science a generation ago. For someone new to metaphysics and the scientific idea of God, who appreciates the teachings of Jesus, but finds organized Christianity boring, redundant and unhelpful this little book may be of use. For us in the Divine Science Way, the works of Mrs. Margaret Laird and Hubert Benoit, studied together, offer a very challenging vision of true humanhood for the more advanced student. These works exercise our powers of discernment (Christ) more than any writings we have found to date. We have found Mrs. Laird's teachings to be the evolving voice of that late 19th century teaching of the early pioneers of Scientific Christianity known by different names today. A challenge to today's thinkers is to make the teachings of Divine Science relevant to the 21st Century. Mrs. Laird's courage in being the Science of the one infinite spiritual Mind is inspiring to us.

Also, we have found the works of the Jesus Seminar scholars to be a great contribution to stimulating our questions about the spiritual meaning of the Jesus teachings. Although one will not find the teachings of Divine Science in them per se, ignoring discoveries of scholarly findings which more correctly evaluate the New Testament in an analytical, scientific manner may impede the unfoldment of one's advancing metaphysical and spiritual understanding.