Radiant Living emerged from the
American-based philosophical movement New Thought. New Thought activist Phoebe
Holmes travelled the world lecturing about Radiant Health Clubs. She apparently
visited New Zealand in the 1920s and 1930s. https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/radiant-living/the-origins-of-radiant-living
THE PATHWAY TO
SPIRITUAL MASTERY By Phoebe Marie Holmes
How To Make Our Mental Pictures
Come True (A SERIES OF EASY
LESSONS IN THE ART OF VISUALIZING) BY GEORGE SCHUBEL 1922 [INTRODUCTION BY MRS. GENEVIEVE BEHREND]
Seeing Our Mental Pictures Through BY George Schubel 1922
Late in 1921 George Schubel decided that his
corner of Brooklyn – the neighborhood of Ridgewood (today part of Queens) –
would benefit from a radio station. Publisher and editor of the weekly
Ridgewood Times, Schubel was not a “radio bug,” …
…
Schubel was given a call
sign and permission to broadcast on the 360-meter wavelength. One evening in
February, WHN made it’s debut with an improvised program of records,
player-piano rolls, and a live piano set by maestro Stroehlein. …
…
On the air an average of fifty-seven hours a week, the station
quickly evolved to the rhythms of household life in Ridgewood. … At 2:15
programming resumed with Genevieve Behrend’s daily discourse on “Mental Science" …
Source: American
Babel: Rogue Radio Broadcasters of the Jazz Age
By Clifford J. Doerksen
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