Henry Thomas Hamblin
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Henry Thomas Hamblin was an English mystic
, New Thought
author, and founder of magazine The Science of Thought Review, which achieved wide readership.
, London, to a poor family. Despite his lack of money and education, he eventually qualified as an Optician
and founded the highly successful firm, "Theodore Hamblin" (which eventually became part of Dollond and Aitchison). He was also a mystic who, at times, could reach a state of consciousness in which, "all care, anxiety and fear vanished, and I felt that I was cradled in Divine Love.... The deep peace of the Eternal flowed through me like a river; yet at the same time it was as though I was being carried along on a stream of Divine Bliss...".
Though successful and prosperous materially, Hamblin also suffered from depression and night terrors. But it was the sudden death of his ten-year old son which precipitated a personal crisis leading him to sever his connections with the business world and seek answers from the "divine presence" he had experienced earlier in life.
Inspired by this presence, he started to write in the early 1920s - his first book, "Within You Is The Power" eventually sold over 100,000 copies. He went on to write a number of other books (see below) and also founded a magazine, "The Science of Thought Review", in 1921, (now called "New Vision") which attracted high-profile contributors such as Joel Goldsmith
.
Hamblin's work is continued to this day through the Hamblin Trust, a registered charity which publishes his books and the magazine, "New Vision" (founded in 1921). The trust, set in three acres of gardens in Bosham
, West Sussex, is also a venue for organisations and events promoting healthy living and personal development.
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Mysticism
Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
, New Thought
New Thought
New Thought promotes the ideas that "Infinite Intelligence" or "God" is ubiquitous, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect.Although New Thought is neither...
author, and founder of magazine The Science of Thought Review, which achieved wide readership.
Life
Hamblin was born in WalworthWalworth
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, London, to a poor family. Despite his lack of money and education, he eventually qualified as an Optician
Optician
An optician is a person who is trained to fill prescriptions for eye correction in the field of medicine, also known as a dispensing optician or optician, dispensing...
and founded the highly successful firm, "Theodore Hamblin" (which eventually became part of Dollond and Aitchison). He was also a mystic who, at times, could reach a state of consciousness in which, "all care, anxiety and fear vanished, and I felt that I was cradled in Divine Love.... The deep peace of the Eternal flowed through me like a river; yet at the same time it was as though I was being carried along on a stream of Divine Bliss...".
Though successful and prosperous materially, Hamblin also suffered from depression and night terrors. But it was the sudden death of his ten-year old son which precipitated a personal crisis leading him to sever his connections with the business world and seek answers from the "divine presence" he had experienced earlier in life.
Inspired by this presence, he started to write in the early 1920s - his first book, "Within You Is The Power" eventually sold over 100,000 copies. He went on to write a number of other books (see below) and also founded a magazine, "The Science of Thought Review", in 1921, (now called "New Vision") which attracted high-profile contributors such as Joel Goldsmith
Joel S. Goldsmith
Joel Solomon Goldsmith was a author, teacher, spiritual healer, mystic, and founder of The Infinite Way movement.- Early years :...
.
Spiritual Teaching
The essence of Hamblin's mystical experience and philosophy was of the omnipresence, omnipotence and all-goodness of God ("The Kingdom or realm of God is with us now and always"). He believed that "abounding health, sufficiency of supply, achievement, accomplishment and joy indescribable are the normal state for man.", and that, to achieve this state, man needed to come into "harmony with Cosmic Law". Over time the emphasis of Hamblin's written work changed from showing people how to change their lives through right thought and faith, to teaching them how to find a living consciousness of God for himself alone.Hamblin's work is continued to this day through the Hamblin Trust, a registered charity which publishes his books and the magazine, "New Vision" (founded in 1921). The trust, set in three acres of gardens in Bosham
Bosham
Bosham is a small coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, about ) west of Chichester on an inlet of Chichester Harbour....
, West Sussex, is also a venue for organisations and events promoting healthy living and personal development.
Books by Henry Thomas Hamblin
- Within You is the Power (Science of Thought Press, 1998).
- The Way of the Practical Mystic (Polair Publishing, 2004).
- The Story of my Life (Science of Thought Press).
- My Search for Truth (Science of Thought Press).
- The Message of a Flower (Science of Thought Press).
- The Power of Thought (Science of Thought Press).
- Life Without Strain (Science of Thought Press, 1974).
- The Life of the Spirit (Science of Thought Press).
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External links
- The Hamblin Trust
- Download Free Ebook of "The Power of Thought" by Henry Thomas Hamblin (Success Manual Strategist Edition 2010)
- Download Free Ebook of "Within You Is The Power" by Henry Thomas Hamblin (Success Manual Strategist Edition 2010)
- Download Free Ebook of "Dynamic Thought" by Henry Thomas Hamblin (Success Manual Strategist Edition 2010)
- Download Free Ebook of "The Life of the Spirit" by Henry Thomas Hamblin (Success Manual Strategist Edition 2010)
- Henry Thomas Hamblin (Biographical sketch)
- Hamblin Trust (Chidham and Hambrook community info)
- Why meditate? (Article from "New Vision" magazine)