The Church of the Higher Life is a

New Thought The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...

church located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1894 by Helen Van-Anderson, a student of

Emma Curtis Hopkins Emma Curtis Hopkins (September 2, 1849 – April 8, 1925 age 75) was an American spiritual teacher and leader. She was involved in organizing the New Thought movement and was a primary theologian, teacher, writer, feminist, mystic, and healer, w ...

. The Church was the first New Thought organization with a regular leadership and governance. Van-Anderson's preaching attracted large crowds, outgrowing its meeting-place twice.

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