mortal mind

noun

, Christian Science.

the illusion that mind and life arise from matter and are subject to death. Compare mind ( def 19 ).

First recorded in 1870–75

We learn in Christian Science that all inharmony of mortal mind and body is illusion.'

Matter is but the subjective state of what is here termed mortal mind.

You demonstrate the process of Science, and it proves my view conclusively, that mortal mind is the cause of all disease.

Again I ask: What evidence does mortal mind afford that matter is substantial, is hot or cold?

Mortal mind admits that it sees only material images, pictured on the eye's retina.

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