Dr. Murdo MacDonald-BAYNE, PH.D (21 June
1887 - 26 February 1955) was a Scottish- born healer,
lecturer, and author. He was born in the Parish of Kenmore,
Perthshire, the second son of a landholder and was named
MurdoBayneMacDonald,'Bayne'beinghismother'smaiden
name which he later used as nom de plume.

His early education was in medicine but he became
dissatisfied with the standard medical training of the day. In
1913 he married and two sons were born of this union. After
his wartime service he studied holistic healing methods and
metaphysics, also travelling extensively to Commonwealth
countries where he lectured and formed further centres. In
his later life he was honoured with doctorates of Divinity and
Philosophy.

When the First World War was declared, he enlisted at
Aldershot into The Highland Light Infantry on November 12,
1915. He was released from military service as of October 5,
1920whenherelinquishedhiscommission, retainingtherank
of Lieutenant. He received the British War Medal, Victory
Medal, and the Military Cross.

Dr Bayne founded "The College of Universal Science" in
Manchester, England during the early 1930s where he taught
metaphysics. In 1944 a former student, Mr. Andrew Hutt,
formally introduced Dr Bayne to a public gathering held in
Escom Auditorium, Johannesburg, South Africa. It is here he
established a centre, the Sanctuary of the Silent Healing Power
which for several years mailed a regular monthly letter to
subscribers worldwide.

In1948 he presented a series of fourteen lectures at Escom
House in Johannesburg during which he was overshadowed
by the figure of the Christ who spoke to those present, and
these talks were set down in the book Divine Healing of Mind
and Body (the Master Speaks Again).