“This angel had in his hand “a little book,” open for all to read and understand. Did this same book contain the revelation of divine Science, the “right foot” or dominant power of which was upon the sea, — upon elementary, latent error, the source of all error’s visible forms? The angel’s left foot was upon the earth; that is, a secondary power was exercised upon visible error and audible sin.” (Science and Health p559)
In the article Immortality Brought to Light, Dorothy Rieke writes “Let us take heed lest we place our foot only upon visible error and audible sin. When we deny the aches, the pains, the sickness, the sin, our work is less than half done-we must not forget to handle, reduce to nothingness through clear realization of God’s allness, the elementary, latent error, the source of all error’s visible forms.What is the elementary error? It can be nothing else but the belief that man was born into matter. Remember that the angel felt it important to place the right foot, or dominant power, upon the source of all error’s visible forms, that of material birth. If the angel were to stand on one foot only, he had better stand on the right foot, for if there were no latent, elementary error-that of man having been born into matter- there could never be any visible error. There would be no physical body to have disease, no material sense to feel pain, no mortals with whom to be in conflict, no matter to accumulate error, no mortal mind to be worried or fearful. How well is the right foot of omnipotent Truth placed upon the latent error of material birth when we know that man is immortal and understand he is so.”
Thank you lesson writer for this lesson on the divine source of Christian Science.