This is a list of New Thought writers, who have written significant primary works related to
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 ...
. New Thought is also commonly referred to by such names as the "
Law of Attraction" or "Higher Thought".
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Alexander (magician)
Claude Alexander Conlin (June 30, 1880 – August 5, 1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was an American spiritual author, vaudeville magician who specialized in mentalism an ...
– ''The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. Q'' and other books and pamphlets.
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James Allen (author)
James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, '' As a Man Thinketh'', has been mass-produced si ...
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As A Man Thinketh
''As a Man Thinketh'' is a self-help book by James Allen, published in 1903. It was described by Allen as "... ealingwith the power of thought, and particularly with the use and application of thought to happy and beautiful issues. I have trie ...
'' (1903); ''Above Life's Turmoil'' (1910); ''Byways to Blessedness''.
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Uell Stanley Andersen – ''Three Magic Words'' (1954); ''The Secret of Secrets: Your Key to Subconscious Power'' (1958); ''The Magic in Your Mind'' (1961); ''The Key to Power and Personal Peace'' (1972); ''The Greatest Power in the Universe'' (1976); ''Happiness is the Secret of Secrets''
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William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932)
was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of the pseudonymous works attribut ...
[Butler-Bowden, T. (2008) ''50 Prosperity Classics: Attract It, Create It, Manage It, Share It: Wisdom from the Best Books on Wealth Creation and Abundance.'' Brealey Publishing. p 302.] – ''Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life'' (1900); ''The Law of the New Thought: A Study of Fundamental Principles & Their Application'' (1902); ''Nuggets of the New Thought'' (1902); ''Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World'' (1906); ''The Secret of Mental Magic: A Course of Seven Lessons'' (1907); ''Self-Healing by Thought Force'' (1907); ''The Secret of Success'' (1908); ''Practical Mental Influence'' (1908); ''The Mastery of Being: A Study of the Ultimate Principle of Reality & the Practical Application Thereof'' (1911); ''Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology'' (1911); ''Practical New Thought: Several Things that Have Helped People'' (1911); ''Mental Pictures'' (article in "The Nautilus" magazine) (November 1912); ''Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic'' (1912); ''New Thought: Its History and Principles or The Message of the New Thought, A Condensed History of Its Real Origin with Statement of Its Basic Principles and True Aims'' (1915); ''The Seven Cosmic Laws'' (March 1931).
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Raymond Charles Barker – ''Treat Yourself to Life''; ''Money is God in Action''
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Brandon Bays – ''The Journey: A Road Map to the soul''; ''The Journey for Kids: Liberating your child's shining potential''; ''Freedom Is: Liberating Your Boundless Potential''; ''Consciousness: The New Currency''; ''The Journey: A Practical Guide to Healing Your Life and Setting Yourself Free''; ''Living The Journey: Using The Journey Method to Heal Your Life and Set Yourself Free''
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Michael Beckwith – ''Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential''
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Genevieve Behrend – ''Your Invisible Power'' (1921); ''How to Live Life and Love It'' (1922); ''Attaining Your Heart's Desire'' (1929)
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Joseph Sieber Benner – ''The Impersonal Life'' (1914); ''The Way Out'' (1930); The Way Beyond (1931)
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Clara Beranger
Clara Beranger (' Strouse; January 14, 1886 – September 10, 1956) was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Biography
Beranger was born Clara Strouse in Balti ...
– ''Peace Begins At Home'' (1954)
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Dorothea Brande
Dorothea Brande (1893–1948) was an American writer and editor in New York City.
Biography
She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago (later merged with Armour Institute of Technology to become ...
– ''Wake Up and Live'' (1936)
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Nona L. Brooks
Nona Lovell Brooks (March 22, 1861 – March 14, 1945), described as a "prophet of modern mystical Christianity", was a leader in the New Thought movement and a founder of the Church of Divine Science.
Biography
Brooks was born on March 22, 1861 ...
– ''Short Lessons in Divine Science''; ''Mysteries''; ''Divine Science and the Truth''
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Grace Mann Brown
Grace Mann Brown (April 16, 1859; Pippin, Wisconsin,1925; Denver, Colorado) was an American writer and spiritual leader. Her work was related to the New Thought Movement, Divine Science and Christian Science. Much of her work focused on spiritual ...
– ''Studies in Spiritual Harmony'' (1901–1903), ''Food Studies'' (1902–1904), ''Seven Steps in the life of S. A. Weltmer'' (1906), ''Life Lessons: A Series of Practical Lessons of Life, from Life, and about Life'' (1906), ''Soul Songs by Ione'' (1907), ''The Word made Flesh, A Study in Healing'' (1908), ''To-day; the Present Moment is God's Own Time'' (1910–1911), ''The Inner Breath; 'Vivenda Causa', a revelation of old world wisdom in new world form'' (c. 1922), ''Dollars and Health: concerning the psychology of the spleen and other things...'' (1915?), ''Think Right for Health and Success'' (1916), ''Mental Harmony'' (1916)
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Henry Harrison Brown
Henry Harrison Brown (1840-1918) was a spiritualism, spiritualist and early New Thought leader and author. He founded the "Now" Folk group, which operated out of San Francisco.
Born in Massachusetts, little is known of his early life besides that ...
– ''Art of Living'' (1902), ''New Thought Primer, Origin, History and Principles of the Movement'' (1903), ''How to Control Fate Through Suggestion'' (1906), ''Not Hypnotism but Suggestion'' (1906), ''Psychometry'' (1906), ''Dollars Want Me'' (1917)
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Rhonda Byrne
Rhonda Byrne ( ; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book '' The Secret'' is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a p ...
– ''The Secret'' (2006); ''The Power'' (2010); ''The Magic'' (2012); " The Hero".
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H. Emilie Cady
Harriet Emilie Cady (July 12, 1848 – January 3, 1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings.Vahle(2002), p71 Her 1896 book ''Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity'' i ...
[Talbot, E.A. (1921) ''Lessons in meditation.'' E.P. Dutton & Company. p. 101.] – ''Lessons in Truth'' (1896); ''Finding The Christ in Ourselves'' (1891); ''How I Used the Truth''; ''God A Present Help''
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Terry Cole-Whittaker
Terry Cole-Whittaker (born December 3, 1939, in Los Angeles), or Dr. Terry, is a New Thought author and United Church of Religious Science minister, and the founder of Terry Cole-Whittaker Ministries and Adventures in Enlightenment.
History
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– ''Live Your Bliss''; ''What You Think of Me is None of My Business''
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Johnnie Colemon
Johnnie Colemon (February 18, 1920 – December 23, 2014) was an influential minister and teacher in the New Thought movement. She is often referred to as the “First Lady of New Thought”. Colemon founded several large organizations within th ...
– ''Open Your Mind and Be Healed'' (1997)
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Robert Collier (author)
Robert Collier (April 19, 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri – January 9, 1950) was an American author of self-help and New Thought metaphysical books in the 20th century. He was the nephew of Peter Fenelon Collier, founder of ''Collier's Weekl ...
– ''The God in You''; ''The Magic Word''; ''The Book of Life'' (1925); ''The Secret of the Ages'' (1926); ''The Secret Power''; ''Riches Within Your Reach: The Law of the Higher Potential''; ''The Science of Getting What You Want''; ''The Life Magnet''
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Russell Conwell
Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 – December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, author, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphi ...
– ''Acres of Diamonds''
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Malinda Cramer
Malinda Elliott Cramer (February 12, 1844 – August 2, 1906) was a founder of the Church of Divine Science, a healer, and an important figure in the early New Thought movement.
Biography
Cramer was born in Greensboro, Indiana, the daug ...
– ''Divine Science & Healing.''
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Benjamin Creme
Benjamin Creme (5 December 1922 − 24 October 2016) was a Scottish artist, author, esotericist, and editor of ''Share International'' magazine.
He asserted that the second coming, prophesied by many religions, would come in the form of ''Ma ...
– ''The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom'' (1980), ''Transmission: A Meditation for the New Age'' (1983), ''The Ageless Wisdom Teaching'' (1996), ''The Great Approach'' (2001), ''The Art of Co-operation'' (2002), ''The Art of Living'' (2006), ''The World Teacher for All Humanity'' (2007), ''The Awakening of Humanity'' (2008)
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Mike Dooley
Mike Dooley (born 7 February 1961, Orange, California) is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and entrepreneur in the philosophical New Thought movement. His teachings contain the premise that our "thoughts become things," an expression ...
– ''Infinite Possibilities: The Art of Living Your Dreams, Leveraging the Universe: 7 Steps to Engaging Life’s Magic, Manifesting Change: It Couldn't Be Easier, The Top 10 Things Dead People Want to Tell You''
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Horatio Dresser
Horatio Willis Dresser (January 15, 1866 – March 30, 1954) was a New Thought religious leader and author in the United States. In 1919 he became a minister of General Convention of the Church of the New Jerusalem, and served briefly at a Swede ...
– ''The Quimby Manuscripts''; ''The Power of Silence''; ''Spiritual Health and Healing''
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Wayne Dyer
Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer completed a Ed.D. in guidance and counseling at Wayne State University in 1970. Early in his career, he worked as a high sch ...
– ''Power of Intention''; ''You'll See It When You Believe It''
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Warren Felt Evans – ''The Mental-Cure, Illustrating the Influence of the Mind on the Body''; ''The Divine Law of Cure''
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Charles Fillmore (Unity Church)
Charles Sherlock Fillmore (August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948) founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, with his wife, Myrtle Page Fillmore, in 1889. He became known as an American mystic for his contributions to spiritualist int ...
[Mosley, G. (2006) ''New Thought, Ancient Wisdom: The History and Future of the New Thought Movement.'' Templeton Foundation Press. p. 134. .] – ''Christian Healing'' (1909); ''Talks on Truth'' (1922); ''The Twelve Powers of Man'' (1930); ''Prosperity'' (1936); ''Jesus Christ Heals'' (1939); ''Teach Us to Pray with Cora Fillmore'' (1941); ''Atom-Smashing Power of Mind'' (1949)
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Myrtle Fillmore
Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore (August 6, 1845 – October 6, 1931) was an American who was co-founder of Unity, a church within the New Thought Christian movement, along with her husband Charles Fillmore. Before that she worked as a sc ...
– ''Healing Letters''; ''How to Let God Help You'' (1956)
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Emmet Fox
Emmet Fox (30 July 1886 – 13 August 1951) was an Irish New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century, primarily through years of the Great Depression, until his death in 1951. Fox's large Divine Science church services were held in Ne ...
[Mosley, G. (2006) ''New Thought, Ancient Wisdom: The History and Future of the New Thought Movement.'' Templeton Foundation Press. p. 136. .] – ''Power Through Constructive Thinking'' (1932); ''The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life'' (1934); ''Find and Use Your Inner Power'' (1941)
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James Dillet Freeman – ''Be!''; ''The Story of Unity''
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David Friedman (composer)
David Allen Friedman is a film and theatre composer, songwriter, author, lyricist and conductor based in New York City. He received a 1997 Backstage Bistro Award for Composer of the Year and a 1997 Johnny Mercer Award for Songwriter of ...
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The Thought Exchange'' (2012)
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Shakti Gawain – ''Creative Visualization'' (1978); ''Creating True Prosperity'' (1997)
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Ursula Newell Gestefeld – ''The Builder and the Plan''; ''The Woman Who Dares''
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Neville Goddard – ''The Feeling is the Secret'' (1944); ''The Power of Awareness'' (1952)
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Thaddeus Golas – ''
The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment'' (1971)
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Joel S. Goldsmith – ''The Infinite Way, The Art of Spiritual Healing, Thunder of Silence, Practicing the Presence''
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Wilmer Ingalls Gordon – ''I Suggest: Suggestion and Osteopathy'' (1901); ''How to Live 100 Years: Or, the New Science of Living'' (1903); ''The New Force'' (1903)
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Stuart Grayson – ''Spiritual Healing: A Simple Guide for the Healing of Body, Mind, and Spirit.''
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Joseph Perry Green – ''Pre-natal and post-natal culture'' (1916)
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Charles F. Haanel – ''The Master Key System'' (1917); ''Mental Chemistry'' (1922); ''The New Psychology'' (1924); ''The Amazing Secrets of the Yogi'' (1937); ''A Book About You'' (1928)
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Frank Channing Haddock – ''Power of Will: A Practical Companion Book for the Unfoldment of the Powers of Mind''
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Manly P. Hall
Manly Palmer Hall (18 March 1901 – 29 August 1990) was a Canadian author, lecturer, astrologer and mystic. Over his 70-year career he gave thousands of lectures and published over 150 volumes, of which the best known is ''The Secret T ...
– ''The Secret Teachings of All Ages'' (1928)
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Henry Thomas Hamblin – ''Dynamic Thought: Harmony, Health, Success, Achievement''; ''Within You is the Power''; ''Science of Thought''; ''The Message of a Flower''; ''The Open Door''
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Louise Hay
Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017) was an American motivational author and the founder of Hay House. She authored several New Thought self-help books, including the 1984 book '' You Can Heal Your Life''.
Early life and ...
– ''
You Can Heal Your Life'' (1984)
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Esther Hicks
Esther Hicks ( née Weaver, born March 5, 1948) is an American inspirational speaker, channeler, and author. She has co-written nine books with her late husband Jerry Hicks, presented numerous workshops on the law of attraction with Abra ...
and Jerry Hicks – ''Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires'' (2005); ''The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent: Living the Art of Allowing'' (2005); ''The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham Esther and Jerry Hicks'' (2006); ''The Astonishing Power of Emotions'' (2008); ''Money and the Law of Attraction: Learning to Attract Health, Wealth & Happiness'' (2008).
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Napoleon Hill
Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book ''Think and Grow Rich'' (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted th ...
– ''Think and Grow Rich'' (1937); ''Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude'' (with
W. Clement Stone
William Clement Stone (May 4, 1902 – September 3, 2002) was an American businessman, philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.
Biography
Stone was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1902. His father died in 1905 leaving his family ...
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Ernest Holmes
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (January 21, 1887 – April 7, 1960) was an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of a spiritual movement known as Religious Science, part of the greater New Thought movement, whose spir ...
[Mosley, G. (2006) ''New Thought, Ancient Wisdom: The History and Future of the New Thought Movement.'' ]Templeton Foundation Press
The John Templeton Foundation (Templeton Foundation) is a philanthropic organization that reflects the ideas of its founder, John Templeton, who became wealthy via a career as a contrarian investor, and wanted to support progress in religious an ...
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The Science of Mind'' (1926)
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Fenwicke Holmes
Fenwicke Lindsay Holmes (1883–1973) was an American author, former Congregational minister, and Religious Science leader. The brother of Ernest Holmes, Fenwicke is widely recognized for being an important factor in the establishment of Religio ...
– ''The Science of Faith''; ''The Law of Mind in Action''; ''Ernest Holmes: His Life and Times''
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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, ...
– ''Spiritual Law in the Natural World'' (1894); ''The Key to Power'' (1895); ''Studies in High Mysticism'' (1924); ''Scientific Christian Mental Practice''
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William Hornaday
William H. D. Hornaday (26 April 1910 – 17 March 1992), affectionately known as "Dr. Bill" to his congregation of over 7,000, was the leading minister at Founder's Church of Religious Science in Los Angeles, California. A former business execu ...
– ''My Prayer For You''; ''Life Everlasting''; ''Success Unlimited''; ''Help For Today'' (with
Ernest Holmes
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (January 21, 1887 – April 7, 1960) was an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of a spiritual movement known as Religious Science, part of the greater New Thought movement, whose spir ...
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Mitch Horowitz
Mitch Horowitz (born November 23, 1965) is an American writer in occult and esoteric themes. He is the former editor-in-chief of TarcherPerigee. A frequent writer and speaker on religion and metaphysics in print and on television, radio, and onl ...
– ''One Simple Idea: How the Lessons of Positive Thinking Can Transform Your Life'' (2014); ''Miracle: The Ideas of Neville Goddard'' (2017); ''The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality'' (2018); ''The Power of the Master Mind'' (2018); ''Awakened Mind: How Thoughts Create Reality''; ''The Secret of Think and Grow Rich: The Inner Dimensions of the Greatest Success Program of All Time''; ''Think Your Way to Wealth: Action Plan''; ''The Mastery of Good Luck'' (2019); ''Million Dollar Mind: The High Road to Success and Power'' (2019); ''The Power of Your Subconscious Mind and How to Use It'' (2020); ''The Miracle Habits: The Secret of Turning Your Moments into Miracles'' (2020)
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Jean Houston
Jean Houston (born 10 May 1937) is an American author involved in the human potential movement. Along with her husband, Robert Masters, she co-founded the Foundation for Mind Research.
Biography
Early life and education
Houston was born in New ...
– ''Mystical Dogs: Animals as Guides to our inner Life Inner Ocean Publishing (2002); ''Jump Time: Shaping Your Future in a World of Radical Change Sentient Publications (2nd Ed. 2004); ''The Passion of Isis and Osiris: A Union of Two Souls Wellspring/Ballantine (1998); ''A Mythic Life: Learning to Live our Greater Story HarperSanFrancisco (1996); ''Manual for the Peacemaker: An Iroquois Legend to Heal Self (with Margaret Rubin) Quest Books (1995); ''Public Like a Frog: Entering the Lives of three Great Americans Quest Books (1993); ''The Hero and the Goddess: The "Odyssey" as Mystery and Initiation Ballantine Books (1992); ''Godseed: The Journey of Christ Quest Books (1988); ''A Feminine Myth of Creation (with Diana Vandenberg, in Dutch) J.H. Gottmer (1988); ''The Search for the Beloved: Journeys in Mythology and Sacred Psychology Tarcher (2nd Ed. 1997); ''The Possible Human: A Course in Extending Your Physical, Mental, and Creative Abilities Tarcher (2nd. Ed. 1997); ''Life Force: The Psycho-Historical Recovery of the Self Quest Books (2nd. ed. 1993)
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Vernon Howard – ''Cosmic Command''; ''Psycho-Pictography: The New Way Use the Miracle Power of Your Mind''; ''The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power''; ''Esoteric Mind Power''; ''The Power of Your Supermind''; ''Pathways to Perfect Living''; ''Treasury of Positive Answers''; ''The Mystic Masters Speak''; ''There is a Way Out''; ''1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle''; ''Inspire Yourself''; ''Esoteric Encyclopedia of Eternal Knowledge''; ''Solved:The Mystery of Life''; ''Your Power of Natural Knowing''; ''A Treasury of Trueness''; ''700 Inspiring Guides to a New Life''; ''The Power of Esoterics''; ''Secrets of Higher Success''; ''Secrets of Mental Magic, How to Use Your Full Power of Mind''; ''Action power: The miracle way to a successful new life''; ''Your Magic Power To Persuade and Command People''; ''The Power of Psycho-Pictography: How to Change and Enrich Your Life with the Aid of Creative Visualisation''
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Barbara Marx Hubbard
Barbara Marx Hubbard (born Barbara Marx; December 22, 1929 – April 10, 2019) was an American futurist, author, and public speaker. She is credited with the concepts of "The Synergy Engine" and the "birthing" of humanity.
Early life and educa ...
– ''The Evolutionary Journey''; ''The Hunger of Eve''; ''Birth 2012 & Beyond: Humanity's Great Shift to the Age of Conscious Evolution''; ''The Suprasexual rEvolution: Toward the Birth of a Universal Humanity''
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George Wharton James
George Wharton James (27 September 1858 – 8 November 1923) was an American popular lecturer, photographer, journalist and editor. Born in Lincolnshire, England, he emigrated to the United States as a young man after being ordained as a Methodis ...
- ''Quit Your Worrying!''
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Byron Katie
Byron Kathleen Mitchell, better known as Byron Katie (born December 6, 1942), is an American speaker and author who teaches a method of self-inquiry known as "The Work of Byron Katie" or simply as "The Work". She is the founder of Byron Katie Int ...
- ''Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life'', with Stephen Mitchell,
Harmony Books
Harmony Books is an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, itself part of publisher Penguin Random House. It was founded by Bruce Harris, a Crown executive, in 1972.
The imprint has been used for such books as:
*Jill Freedman, ''Circus Days'' ( ...
, 2002; ''I Need Your Love—Is That True? How to Stop Seeking Love, Appreciation, and Approval and Start Finding Them Instead'', with Michael Katz, Harmony Books, 2005; ''A Thousand Names for Joy: Living in Harmony with the Way Things Are'', with Stephen Mitchell, Harmony Books, 2007; ''Question Your Thinking, Change the World: Quotations from Byron Katie'', edited by Stephen Mitchell,
Hay House
Hay House is a publisher founded in 1984 by author Louise Hay, who is known for her books on New Thought. Hay House has its headquarters in Carlsbad, California, and is (as of 2018) run by Reid Tracy. Hay House descr ...
, 2007; ''Who Would You Be Without Your Story?: Dialogues with Byron Katie'', edited by Carol Williams, Hay House, 2008; ''Tiger-Tiger, Is It True?'', illustrated by Hans Wilhelm, Hay House, 2009; ''Peace in the Present Moment'', with
Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle ( ; ; born Ulrich Leonard Tölle, February 16, 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author of ''The Power of Now'' and '' A New Earth''.
After being recommended by Oprah Winfrey, his first book, ''The Power of No ...
, Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc 2010, Newburyport, MA 2010; ''The Four Questions: For Henny Penny and Anybody with Stressful Thoughts'', by Byron Katie, Illustrated by Hans Wilhelm, TarcherPerigee 2016; ''A Mind at Home with Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around'', by Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell, HarperOne 2017.
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Walter C. Lanyon – ''It Is Wonderful''; ''Ask''
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Christian D. Larson – ''Your Forces and How To Use Them''; ''The Ideal Made Real or Metaphysics for Beginners''
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Morris Lichtenstein
Morris Lichtenstein (1889–1938) was the founder of the Jewish Science, Society of Jewish Science. Born in Lithuania, he later moved to Cincinnati, Ohio where he was ordained by the Reform Hebrew Union College in 1916, becoming the first Eastern E ...
– ''Jewish Science and Health'' (1925)
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Max Freedom Long – ''Self-Suggestion and the New Huna Theory of Mesmerism and Hypnosis.''
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Orison Swett Marden
Dr. Orison Swett Marden (1848–1924) was an American inspirational author who wrote about achieving success in life and founded ''SUCCESS'' magazine in 1897. His writings discuss common-sense principles and virtues that make for a well-rou ...
[Starker, S. (2002) ''Oracle at the supermarket: The American preoccupation with self-help books.'' Transaction Publishers. p 22.] – ''Peace, Power, and Plenty''; ''Every Man A King, or, Might in Mind-Mastery''
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Annie Rix Militz
Annie Rix Militz (1856–1924) was an American author and spiritual leader. An early organizer of the New Thought Movement, she is best known as the founder of Home of Truth. With her sister Harriet Hale Rix, Annie Rix Militz was a founder ...
– ''Concentration''
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Kenneth G. Mills
Kenneth George Mills (January 25, 1923 – October 8, 2004) was a Canadian metaphysical/philosophical speaker and author. An exponent of the oral tradition, he gave spontaneous lectures and poetry for over 37 years. At the same time, he became not ...
– The Key: Identity; Change Your Standpoint, Change Your World
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Edward Morrissey
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Mary Manin Morrissey
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Alfred G. Moses – Jewish Science: Divine Healing in Judaism (Main text)
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A. K. Mozumdar - ''The Triumphant Spirit''; ''The Conquering Man''; ''The Mystery of the Kingdom''; ''The Commanding Life''; ''Christ on the Road of Today''; ''Key to the New Messianic World Message''; ''Christ Speaketh''; ''Today and Tomorrow''; ''Open Door to Heaven''; ''The Life and the Way'';
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Prentice Mulford
Prentice Mulford (April 5, 1834 – c. May 30, 1891) was an American literary humorist and California author. In addition, he was pivotal in the development of the thought within the New Thought movement. Many of the principles that would becom ...
– ''Thoughts Are Things'' (1889); ''Your Forces and How to Use Them'' (1888); ''Prentice Mulford's Story: Life By Land and Sea'' (1889); ''Thought Forces Essays'' (1913); ''The God in You'' (1918)
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Joseph Murphy (author)
Joseph Denis Murphy (May 20, 1898 – December 16, 1981) was an Irish author and New Thought minister, ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science.
Early life
Dr. Joseph Murphy was born in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, the son o ...
– ''The Miracles of Your Mind'' (1953); ''Magic of Faith'' (1954); ''Believe in Yourself'' (1955); ''How to Attract Money'' (1955); ''Prayer Is the Answer'' (1956); ''How to Use Your Healing Power'' (1957); ''The Healing Power of Love'' (1958); ''Stay Young Forever'' (1958); ''Mental Poisons and Their Antidotes'' (1958); ''Techniques in Prayer Therapy'' (1960); ''The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind'' (1963); ''The Miracle of Mind Dynamics'' (1964); ''The Amazing Laws of Cosmic Mind Power'' (1965); ''Your Infinite Power to Be Rich'' (1966); ''The Cosmic Power Within You'' (1968); ''Infinite Power for Richer Living'' (1969); ''Miracle Power for Infinite Riches'' (1972); ''The Miracle of Mind Dynamics: Use Your Subconscious Mind to Obtain Complete Control Over Your Destiny'' (1972); ''The Cosmic Energizer: Miracle Power of the Universe'' (1974); ''Within You Is the Power'' (1977); ''How to Use the Laws of Mind'' (1980)
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Michael Murphy (author)
Michael Murphy (born 3 September 1930) is the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement and author of ''The Future of the Body'' and other books on topics related to extraordinary human potential.
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– Powerful Attitudes
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Caroline Myss
Caroline Myss (pronounced ''mace''; born 1952) is an American author of 10 books and many audio recordings about mysticism and wellness. She is most well known for publishing '' Anatomy of the Spirit'' (1996). She also co-published The Creation o ...
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Anatomy of the Spirit'' (1996)
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Earl Nightingale
Earl Nightingale V (March 12, 1921 – March 25, 1989) was an American radio speaker and author, dealing mostly with the subjects of human character development, motivation, and meaningful existence. He was the voice during the early 1950s of ...
– ''The Strangest Secret'' (1956).
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Joel Osteen
Joel Scott Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American lay preacher, televangelist, businessman and author based in Houston, Texas. Known for his weekly televised services and several best-selling books, Osteen is one of the more prominent figu ...
– ''The Power of I Am''
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Charles Brodie Patterson
Charles Brodie Patterson (1854–1917) was a Canadian expatriate New Thought publisher, author, and editor. Patterson, a Canadian expatriate who lived in New York City, was labelled the movement's leader when he died in the early 20th century.
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– ''New Thought: A 21st Century Awakening''
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Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American Protestant clergyman, and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book '' The Power of Positive ...
– ''The Power of Positive Thinking'' (1952)
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Catherine Ponder – ''The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity'' (1962); ''The Prosperity Secrets of the Ages'' (1964); ''The Dynamic Laws of Healing'' (1966); ''The Healing Secrets of the Ages'' (1967); ''Pray and Grow Rich'' (1968); ''Open Your Mind To Prosperity'' (1971); ''Open Your Mind To Receive'' (1983); ''Secret of Unlimited Prosperity'' (1983); ''The Prospering Power of Prayer'' (1983); ''The Dynamic Laws of Prayer'' (1987); ''The Prospering Power of Love'' (2006)
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Bob Proctor – ''You Were Born Rich'' (1984)
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John Herman Randall, Jr.
John Herman Randall Jr. (February 14, 1899 – December 1, 1980) was an American philosopher, New Thought author, and educator.
Life
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the son of a Baptist minister, he graduated from Morris High School in New Yor ...
– ''A New Philosophy of Life''
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James Arthur Ray – ''The Science of Success'' (2003); ''Practical Spirituality: How to Use Spiritual Power to Create Tangible Results'' (2003); ''Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want'' (2008); ''The Seven Laws of True Wealth: Create the Life You Desire and Deserve'' (2009)
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Della Reese
Delloreese Patricia Early (July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017), known professionally as Della Reese, was an American jazz and gospel singer, actress, and ordained minister whose career spanned seven decades. She began her long career as a s ...
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Israel Regardie
Francis Israel Regardie (; né Regudy; November 17, 1907 – March 10, 1985) was a British-American occultist, ceremonial magician, and writer who spent much of his life in the United States. He wrote fifteen books on the subject of occultism.
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– ''The Art of True Healing: A Treatise on the Mechanism of Prayer and the Operation of the Law of Attraction in Nature'' (1937); ''The Art of True Healing: The Unlimited Power of Prayer and Visualization''
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Rachel Naomi Remen
Rachel Naomi Remen (born February 8, 1938, New York, New York) although trained as a pediatrician gained fame as an author and teacher of alternative medicine in the form of integrative medicine. She is a professor at the Osher Center of Integrat ...
– ''Kitchen Table Wisdom''
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Jane Roberts
Dorothy Jane Roberts (May 8, 1929 – September 5, 1984) was an American author, poet, psychic, and spirit medium, who channeled a personality who called himself "Seth." Her publication of the Seth texts, known as the ''Seth Material'', establ ...
-''Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul''
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Frank B. Robinson - ''The Strange Autobiography of Frank B. Robinson''
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John Selby – ''Secrets Of A Good Night’s Sleep''; ''Peak Sexual Experience''; ''Seven Masters, One Path''; ''Expand This Moment''
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Florence Scovel Shinn
Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey – October 17, 1940) was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years.Gatlin, Linda; Edwards, Rita"P ...
– ''The Game of Life and How to Play it''
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Alethea Brooks Small
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Samuel Smiles
Samuel Smiles (23 December 1812 – 16 April 1904) was a British author and government reformer. Although he campaigned on a Chartist platform, he promoted the idea that more progress would come from new attitudes than from new laws. His prim ...
– ''Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct'' (1859)
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W. Clement Stone
William Clement Stone (May 4, 1902 – September 3, 2002) was an American businessman, philanthropist and New Thought self-help book author.
Biography
Stone was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 4, 1902. His father died in 1905 leaving his family ...
– ''Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude'' (with
Napoleon Hill
Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book ''Think and Grow Rich'' (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted th ...
) (1960); ''The Success System That Never Fails'' (1962)
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Masaharu Taniguchi
was a Japanese New Thought leader, founder of Seicho-no-Ie.
He began studying English literature at the Waseda University, Tokyo. In parallel, he also studied the works of Fenwicke Holmes, and subsequently translated Holmes' book, '' The Law o ...
– ''The Science of Faith''
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Three Initiates – ''
The Kybalion
''The Kybalion'' (full title: ''The Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece'') is a book originally published in 1908 by "Three Initiates" (often identified as the New Thought pioneer William Walker Atkinson, 1 ...
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Sarah Elizabeth Titcomb – ''Mind-Cure on a Material Basis'' (1885), ''Aryan Sun Myths: The Origin of Religions'' (1889)
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Elizabeth Towne
Elizabeth Jones Towne (May 11, 1865 – June 1, 1960) was an influential writer, editor, and publisher in the New Thought and self-help movements.
Early life
Elizabeth Jones was born in Oregon, the daughter of John Halsey Jones. She first marri ...
– ''Experiences in Self-Healing''
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Ralph Waldo Trine
Ralph Waldo Trine (October 26, 1866 – November 8, 1958) was an American philosopher, author, and teacher. He wrote many books on the New Thought movement. Trine was a close friend of Henry Ford and had several conversations with him about su ...
– ''In Tune With the Infinite'' (1897); ''The Greatest Thing Ever Known'' (1898); ''Character-Building Thought Power'' (1899); ''This Mystical Life of Ours'' (1907); ''Thoughts From the Highway'' (1912); ''The Higher Powers of Mind & Spirit'' (1917); ''Power That Wins'' (with Henry Ford) (1928); ''The Man Who Knew'' (1934)
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Thomas Troward
Thomas Troward (1847–1916) was an English author whose works influenced the New Thought Movement and mystic Christianity.
Background
Troward was a divisional Judge in Punjab in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comp ...
– ''The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science'' (1904); ''The Dore Lectures on Mental Science'' (1909); ''The Hidden Power''; ''The Creative Process in the Individual'' (1915); ''The Hidden Power and Other Papers on Mental Science'' (1921)Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning.
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Iyanla Vanzant – ''Tapping the Power Within: A Path to Self-Empowerment for Women''
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Neale Donald Walsch
Neale Donald Walsch (born September 10, 1943) is an American author of the series ''Conversations with God''. He is also an actor, screenwriter, and speaker.
Biography
Walsch was brought up as a Catholic by a family who encouraged his quest for ...
– ''
Conversations with God
''Conversations with God'' (''CWG'') is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch. It was written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers. The first book of the ''Conversations with God'' series, ''Conversations ...
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Wallace Wattles
Wallace Delois Wattles (; 1860 – 7 February 1911) was an American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements.
Wattles' bes ...
– ''The Science of Getting Rich'' (1908); ''Health Through New Thought and Fasting'' (1924)
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Lilian Whiting
Lilian Whiting (October 3, 1847 – April 30, 1942) was an American journalist, editor, and author of poetry and short stories. Her father was Illinois State Senator Lorenzo D. Whiting. She served as literary editor of the ''Boston Evening Tr ...
– ''The Outlook Beautiful''
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet. Her works include the collection '' Poems of Passion'' and the poem "Solitude", which contains the lines "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you ...
– ''The Heart of the New Thought''; ''New Thought Common Sense''
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Stuart Wilde
Stuart Wilde (24 September 1946 – 1 May 2013) was a British writer. Best known for his works on New Age, self-empowerment, and spirituality, he was also a lecturer, teacher, humorist, essayist, scriptwriter, lyricist, and music producer. He wa ...
– ''Grace, Gaia, and the End of Days: An Alternative Way for the Advanced Soul''
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Henry Wood
Sir Henry Joseph Wood (3 March 186919 August 1944) was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hund ...
– ''The New Thought Simplified: How to Gain Harmony and Health''
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Paramahansa Yogananda
Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh; January 5, 1893March 7, 1952) was an Indian Hindu monk, yogi and guru who introduced millions to the teachings of meditation and Kriya Yoga through his organization Self-Realization Fellows ...
[Goldberg, P. (2010) ''American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation How Indian Spirituality Changed the West.'' Random House Digital, Inc.] – ''
Autobiography of a Yogi
''Autobiography of a Yogi'' is an autobiography of Paramahansa Yogananda (5 January 1893 – 7 March 1952) first published in 1946.
Paramahansa Yogananda was born as Mukunda Lal Ghosh in Gorakhpur, India, into a Bengali Hindu family. '' ...
'' (1946)
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Catherine Yronwode
Catherine Anna Yronwode (née Manfredi; May 12, 1947) is an American writer, editor, graphic designer, typesetter, and publisher with an extensive career in the comic book industry. She is also a practitioner of folk magic.
Early life
Catherine A ...
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Gary Zukav
Gary Zukav (born October 17, 1942) is an American spiritual teacher and the author of four consecutive New York Times Best Sellers. Beginning in 1998, he appeared more than 30 times on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' to discuss transformation in hum ...
[Goldwag, A. (2007) ''Isms and Ologies: All the Movements, Ideologies and Doctrines That Have Shaped Our World.'' Random House Digital, Inc. p 303.] – ''
The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics''; ''The Seat of the Soul''
See also
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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 ...
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Law of Attraction (New Thought)
The law of attraction is the New Thought spiritual belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life.Whittaker, SSecret attraction, ''The Montreal Gazette'', 12 May 2007. The belief is based ...
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List of New Thought denominations and independent centers
This is a list of New Thought membership organizations. It is historically based, therefore not all of these groups may be in existence at this time.
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References
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Lists of writers