List of New Thought writers
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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...
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- James AllenJames Allen (author)James Allen 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 since its publication in 1903...
- Above Life's Turmoil, As A Man ThinkethAs a Man ThinkethAs a Man Thinketh is a literary essay of James Allen, published in 1902.- Basis of the book :The title is influenced by a verse in the Bible from the Book of Proverbs chapter 23 verse 7, “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.”...
, Byways to Blessedness. - U.S. Andersen - Secret of Secrets
- William Walker AtkinsonWilliam Walker AtkinsonWilliam Walker Atkinson was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q...
- Thought Vibration, or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World, The Mastery of Being, Your Mind and How to Use It.
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- Raymond Charles BarkerRaymond Charles BarkerRaymond Charles Barker was a leader and author in the New Thought spiritual movement. Barker was the founder and first minister of the Church of Religious Science in Manhattan. Some of his students included future Religious Science leaders Stuart Grayson and Louise Hay...
- Treat Yourself to Life, Money is God in Action - Michael BeckwithMichael BeckwithMichael Beckwith is a New Thought minister, author, and founder of the Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California, a New Thought church with a congregation estimated in excess of 8,000 members...
- Spiritual Liberation: Fulfilling Your Soul's Potential - Clara BerangerClara BerangerClara Berenger was an American screenwriter of the silent film era and a member of the original faculty of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.-Biography:...
- Peace Begins At Home - Dorothea BrandeDorothea BrandeDorothea Brande was a well-respected writer and editor in New York.She was born in Chicago and attended the University of Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago , and the University of Michigan...
-- Wake Up and Live - Nona Lovell BrooksNona L. BrooksNona Lovell Brooks , 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 :...
- Short Lessons in Divine Science, Mysteries, Divine Science and the Truth - Kate Atkinson BoehmeKate Atkinson BoehmeKate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne's magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book New Thought Healing Made Plain was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918...
- The Attainment of Happiness, The Radiant Path to Achievement, Mental Healing Made Plain. - Rhonda ByrneRhonda ByrneRhonda Byrne is an Australian television writer and producer, best known for her New Thought works, The Secret—a book and a film by the same name. By the Spring of 2007 the book had sold almost 4 million copies, and the DVD had sold more than 2 million copies omt. She has also been a producer...
- The Secret, The Power
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- H. Emilie CadyH. Emilie CadyHarriet Emilie Cady was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings. Her 1896 book Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity is now considered the core text on Unity Church teachings...
- Lessons in Truth, Finding The Christ in Ourselves, How I Used the Truth, God A Present Help - Dale CarnegieDale CarnegieDale Breckenridge Carnegie was an American writer, lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills...
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living - Robert CollierRobert Collier (author)Robert Collier was an author of self help, and New Thought metaphysical books in the 20th century.Collier was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 19, 1885. He was the nephew of Peter Fenelon Collier, founder of Collier's Weekly. He was involved in writing, editing, and research for most of his...
- The Life Magnet - Malinda CramerMalinda CramerMalinda Elliott Cramer was a founder of the Church of Divine Science, a healer, and an important figure in the early New Thought movement.- Biography :...
- Divine Science & Healing. - Terry Cole-WhittakerTerry Cole-WhittakerTerry Cole-Whittaker, or Dr. Terry, is a New Thought writer and United Church of Religious Science minister, and the founder of Terry Cole-Whittaker Ministries and Adventures in Enlightenment.-History:...
- Live Your Bliss, What You Think of Me is None of My Business - Russell ConwellRussell ConwellRussell Herman Conwell was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture Acres of Diamonds...
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- Horatio DresserHoratio DresserHoratio Willis Dresser was a New Thought religious leader and author.-Early life:Dresser was born January 15, 1866 in Yarmouth, Maine to Julius and Annetta Seabury Dresser. His parents were involved in the early New Thought movement through their study with Phineas Parkhurst Quimby...
- The Quimby Manuscripts, The Power of Silence, Spiritual Health and Healing - Henry Drummond - The Greatest Thing in the World
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- Warren Felt EvansWarren Felt EvansWarren Felt Evans was an American author of the New Thought movement. He became a student of the movement in 1863, after seeking healing from its founder, Phineas P. Quimby...
- The Mental-Cure, Illustrating the Influence of the Mind on the Body, The Divine Law of Cure
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- Charles FillmoreCharles Fillmore (Unity Church)Charles Sherlock Fillmore , born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, with his wife, Myrtle Page Fillmore, in 1889...
- Metaphysical Bible Dictionary, The Twelve Powers of Man - Myrtle FillmoreMyrtle FillmoreMary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore was co-founder of Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, along with her husband Charles Fillmore. Prior to that time, she worked as a schoolteacher....
- Healing Letters - Emmet FoxEmmet FoxEmmet Fox was a New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century, famous for his large Divine Science church services held in New York City during the Great Depression.- Biography :...
- The Sermon on the Mount: The Key to Success in Life - James Dillet FreemanJames Dillet FreemanJames Dillet Freeman was a poet and a minister of the Unity Church, a New Thought denomination. Freeman was born in in Wilmington, Delaware. He was a registered member of the Cherokee tribe...
- Be!, The Story of Unity
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- Neville GoddardNeville GoddardNeville Lancelot Goddard was an influential Metaphysics teacher and New Thought author.-Biography:Neville Goddard was born on 19 February 1905 in St. Michael, Barbados in the British West Indies, to Joseph Nathaniel Goddard, a merchant, and Wilhelmina Nee Hinkinson...
- Feeling Is The Secret - Thaddeus GolasThaddeus GolasThaddeus Golas is generally known for having written The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment, which has become known as a classic book on human consciousness and spirituality. The book was first published in 1972 by J.E. Casey of San Francisco...
- The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment - Joel S. GoldsmithJoel S. GoldsmithJoel Solomon Goldsmith was a author, teacher, spiritual healer, mystic, and founder of The Infinite Way movement.- Early years :...
- The Infinite Way - Stuart GraysonStuart GraysonStuart Grayson was an American New Thought author and Religious Science minister, pastoring to Manhattan's First Church of Religious Science until 1999 and was the director of the Center for Creative Living. He was the Pastor Emeritus there until his death. Grayson appeared on a weekly television...
- Spiritual Healing: A Simple Guide for the Healing of Body, Mind, and Spirit.
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- Charles F. HaanelCharles F. HaanelCharles Francis Haanel was a noted American New Thought author and a businessman. He is best known for his contributions to the New Thought Movement through his book The Master Key System....
- The Master Key - Frank Channing HaddockFrank Channing HaddockFrank Channing Haddock was an influential New Thought and self-help author, best known for his series, The Power-Book Library.-Early life and career:...
- Power of Will: A Practical Companion Book for the Unfoldment of the Powers of Mind - Henry Thomas HamblinHenry Thomas HamblinHenry Thomas Hamblin was an English mystic, New Thought author, and founder of magazine The Science of Thought Review, which achieved wide readership.-Life:Hamblin was born in Walworth, London, to a poor family...
- Dynamic Thought: Harmony, Health, Success, Achievement; Within You is the Power; Science of Thought; The Message of a Flower; The Open Door - Esther HicksEsther HicksEsther Hicks is an American inspirational speaker and best-selling author. She has co-authored nine books with her husband Jerry Hicks, presented workshops on the Law of Attraction and appeared in the first release of the film The Secret...
and Jerry Hicks - Laws of Attraction, Ask and it is given: Learning to manifest your desires. - Louise HayLouise HayLouise Hay is an American motivational author, and the founder of Hay House, a publishing company. She has authored several New Thought self-help books, and is best known for her 1984 book, You Can Heal Your Life.-Biography:...
- You Can Heal Your Life - Napoleon HillNapoleon HillNapoleon Hill was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success...
- Think and Grow Rich - Ernest HolmesErnest HolmesErnest Shurtleff Holmes was an American writer and spiritual teacher. He was the founder of a Spiritual movement known as Religious Science, a part of the greater New Thought movement, whose spiritual philosophy is known as "The Science of Mind." He was the author of The Science of Mind and...
- The Science of MindThe Science of MindThe Science of Mind is a book by Ernest Holmes. It proposes a science with a new relationship between humans and God. Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, originally published it in 1926. A revised version was completed by Holmes and Maude Latham and published in 1937.Holmes' writing details... - Fenwicke HolmesFenwicke HolmesFenwicke Lindsay Holmes was a religious author and brother of Ernest Holmes, widely recognized for being an important factor in the establishment of Religious Science and the founding of the United Centers for Spiritual Living...
- The Science of Faith, The Law of Mind in Action, Ernest Holmes: His Life and Times - Emma Curtis HopkinsEmma Curtis HopkinsEmma Curtis Hopkins organized New Thought and was a primary theologian, teacher, writer, feminist, mystic and prophet who ordained women at what she named the Christian Science Theological Seminary of Chicago...
- High Mysticism, Scientific Christian Mental Practice - William HornadayWilliam HornadayReverend William Hornaday, affectionately known as "Dr. Bill" to his congregation of over 7,000, is the leading minister at Founder's Church of Religious Science in Los Angeles, California...
- Jean HoustonJean HoustonJean Houston is an American scholar, lecturer, author and philosopher who has helped pioneer and motivate the human potentials movement. As a teacher and visionary thinker, Houston holds conferences and seminars with social leaders, educational institutions and business organizations worldwide...
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- Walter C. LanyonWalter C. LanyonWalter Clemow Lanyon was the author of more than 40 books on New Thought spirituality. All his books are about Christian maturity for the Body of Christ .-History:...
- It Is Wonderful, Ask - Christian D. LarsonChristian D. LarsonChristian D. Larson was a New Thought leader and teacher, as well as a prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books. He is credited by Horatio Dresser as being a founder in the New Thought movement...
- The Ideal Made Real or Metaphysics for Beginners - Morris LichtensteinMorris LichtensteinMorris Lichtenstein was the founder of the 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 European student to ever study at the institution.Lichtenstein served as a Rabbi...
- Jewish Science and Health - Max Freedom LongMax Freedom LongMax Freedom Long was an American teacher and New Thought philosopher.-Early career:Shortly after graduating from UCLA in 1917, Long moved to the island of Hawaii to teach in elementary schools. When he arrived, he claimed that some Native Hawaiians were practicing what he called magic...
- Self-Suggestion and the New Huna Theory of Mesmerism and Hypnosis.
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- Mildred MannMildred MannMildred Mann was active in the New Thought Movement and taught metaphysics in New York City. She founded the Society of Religious Pragmatism, which was later reorganized as the Society of Pragmatic Mysticism in Vermont...
- Become What You Believe - Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden was an American writer associated with the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner.Marden was born in Thornton Gore, New Hampshire to Lewis and Martha Marden...
- Peace, Power, and Plenty, Every Man A King, or, Might in Mind-Mastery - Annie Rix MilitzAnnie Rix MilitzAnnie Rix Militz was an author and early organizer of the New Thought Movement. She is best known as the founder of Home of Truth...
- Concentration - Kenneth G. MillsKenneth G. MillsKenneth George Mills 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 noted for his accomplishments in music, particularly as the conductor of the choral ensemble...
- The Key: Identity; Change Your Standpoint, Change Your World - Edward MorrisseyEdward MorrisseyEdward Morrissey is the second ex-husband of Rev. Mary Manin Morrissey. He pled guilty to money laundering and using funds from his wife's New Thought church, Living Enrichment Center, for personal expenses. Edward Morrissey was sentenced to federal prison for his crimes...
- Mary Manin MorrisseyMary Manin MorrisseyMary Manin Morrissey is a New Thought minister from Oregon, U.S.A. She was a founding minister of Living Enrichment Center in the 1970s. By the mid-1990s, the church's congregation was variously estimated at numbering between 2,000 and 5,000, making it the biggest New Thought church in the state...
- Alfred G. MosesJewish ScienceJewish Science is a Judaic spiritual movement comparable with the New Thought Movement. Many of its members also attend services at conventional synagogues....
- Jewish Science: Divine Healing in Judaism (Main text) - A. K. MozumdarA. K. MozumdarAkhoy Kumar Mozumdar was an Indian-born lecturer and writer of the New Thought Movement during the first half of 20th-century United States...
- Prentice MulfordPrentice MulfordPrentice Mulford was a noted literary humorist and California author. In addition, he helped found the New Thought movement.- Biography :...
- Joseph MurphyJoseph Murphy (author)Joseph Murphy was New Thought minister ordained in Divine Science and Religious Science and author.Murphy was born in Ireland, the son of a private boy's school headmaster and raised a Roman Catholic. He studied for the priesthood and joined the Jesuits...
- Michael MurphyMichael Murphy (author)Michael Murphy is the co-founder of the Esalen Institute, a key figure in the Human Potential Movement and author of both fiction and non-fiction books on topics related to extraordinary human potential.- Biography :...
- Powerful Attitudes - Caroline MyssCaroline MyssCaroline Myss is an American medical intuitive and mystic as well as the author of numerous books and audio tapes, including five New York Times Best Sellers: Anatomy of the Spirit , Why People Don't Heal and How They Can , Sacred Contracts , "Invisible Acts of Power" , and Entering The Castle...
- Alfred G. Moses
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- Charles Brodie Patterson - New Thought: A 21st Century Awakening
- Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent PealeDr. Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".-Early life and education:...
- The Power of Positive Thinking - Catherine PonderCatherine PonderCatherine Ponder is an American minister of the Unity Church, and author of books in the prosperity field....
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- Della ReeseDella ReeseDelloreese Patricia Early, known professionally as Della Reese , is an American actress, singer, game show panelist of the 1970s, one-time talk-show hostess and ordained minister. She started her career in the 1950s as a gospel, pop and jazz singer, scoring a hit with her 1959 single "Don't You...
- Frank B. RobinsonFrank B. RobinsonFrank Bruce Robinson , a pharmacist of Moscow, Idaho, son of an English Baptist minister, Robinson studied in a Canadian Bible school but later rejected organized religion in favour of the New Thought Movement. He founded the spiritual movement Psychiana in 1928.-References:...
- J. Herman RandallJohn Herman Randall, Jr.John Herman Randall Jr. was an American philosopher, New Thought author, and educator.-Life:Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan as the son of a Baptist minister, he graduated from Morris High School in New York City and obtained his A.B. from Columbia University in 1918. He obtained an A.M...
- A New Philosophy of Life
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- Florence Scovel ShinnFlorence Scovel ShinnFlorence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years...
-- The Game of Life and How to Play it - Alethea Brooks Small
- Samuel SmilesSamuel Smiles-Early life:Born in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland, the son of Samuel Smiles of Haddington and Janet Wilson of Dalkeith, Smiles was one of eleven surviving children. The family were strict Cameronians, though when Smiles grew up he was not one of them...
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- Masaharu TaniguchiMasaharu Taniguchiwas a Japanese New Thought leader, founder of Seicho-no-ie.He began studying English literature at the University of Waseda, Tokyo. In parallel, he also studied the works of Fenwicke Holmes, and subsequently translated Holmes' book, The Law of Mind in Action into Japanese...
- The Science of Faith - Elizabeth TowneElizabeth TowneElizabeth Towne was an influential writer, editor, and publisher in the New Thought and self-help movements.-Career:Both Elizabeth Towne and her second husband William E. Towne were for many years associated with the International New Thought Alliance , and served on its board in various capacities...
- Experiences in Self-Healing - Eckhart TolleEckhart TolleEckhart Tolle is a German-born Canadian resident, best known as the author of the The Power of Now and A New Earth, which were written in English. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world...
- The power of now - Thomas TrowardThomas Troward-Background:Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism....
- The Creative Process In The Individual, The Edinburgh & Dore Lectures on Mental Science, The Hidden Power - Three Initiates - The Kybalion
- Ralph Waldo Trine - The Greatest Thing Ever Known
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- Neal Donald Walsch - Conversations with GodConversations with GodConversations with God is a sequence of books written by Neale Donald Walsch, written as a dialogue in which Walsch asks questions and God answers...
- Wallace WattlesWallace WattlesWallace Delois Wattles was an American author. A 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....
- The Science of Getting Rich - Lilian WhitingLilian WhitingLilian Whiting was an American journalist and author.Born at Niagara Falls, New York, she was literary editor of the Boston Traveler from 1880 to 1890, editor of the Boston Budget in 1890-93, and afterward spent much of her time in Europe...
- The Outlook Beautiful - Ella Wheeler WilcoxElla Wheeler WilcoxElla Wheeler Wilcox was an American author and poet. Her best-known work was Poems of Passion. Her most enduring work was " Soiltude", which contains the lines: "Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone"...
- The Heart of the New Thought, New Thought Common Sense - Stuart WildeStuart WildeStuart WildeBackground informationBornSeptember 24, 1946 Farnham, EnglandNationalityBritishOccupationWriter, lecturer, essayist, humorist, scriptwriter, lyricist, music producerWriting period1983–presentSubject...
- Grace, Gaia, and the End of Days: An Alternative Way for the Advanced Soul - Henry WoodHenry WoodHenry Wood was a British conductor.Henry Wood may also refer to:* Henry C. Wood , American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient* Henry Wood , English cricketer...
- The New Thought Simplified: How to Gain Harmony and Health - Marianne WilliamsonMarianne WilliamsonMarianne Williamson is a spiritual activist, author, lecturer and founder of The Peace Alliance, a grass roots campaign supporting legislation currently before Congress to establish a United States Department of Peace. She is also the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that...
- Alfred North WhiteheadAlfred North WhiteheadAlfred North Whitehead, OM FRS was an English mathematician who became a philosopher. He wrote on algebra, logic, foundations of mathematics, philosophy of science, physics, metaphysics, and education...