Florence Scovel Shinn

(1871-1940) was a New Thought teacher and writer. Florence Scovel Shinn's approach to New Thought is practical, attempting to bring metaphysical ideas down to earth for everyday people. Affirmations are at the core of her work. Tidbits from her 3 books follow.

Shinn expressed her philosophy as:
The invisible forces are ever working for man who is always ‘pulling the strings’ himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract.

The Game of Life And How To Play It [1925]

So we see, to play successfully the game of life, we must train the imaging faculty. A person with an imaging faculty trained to image only good, brings into his life "every righteous desire of his heart"—health, wealth, love, friends, perfect self-expression, his highest ideals.
Whatever man feels deeply or images clearly, is impressed upon the subconscious mind, and carried out in minutest detail.
Man must prepare for the thing he has asked for, when there isn't the slightest sign of it in sight.
For example: A woman found it necessary to look for an apartment during the year when there was a great shortage of apartments in New York. It was considered almost an impossibility, and her friends were sorry for her and said, "Isn't it too bad, you'll have to store your furniture and live in a hotel." She replied, "You needn't feel sorry for me, I'm a superman, and I'll get an apartment."
She spoke the words: "Infinite Spirit, open the way for the right apartment." She knew there was a supply for every demand, and that she was "unconditioned," working on the spiritual plane, and that "one with God is a majority."
She had contemplated buying new blankets, when "the tempter," the adverse thought or reasoning mind, suggested, "Don't buy the blankets, perhaps, after all, you won't get an apartment and you will have no use for them." She promptly replied (to herself): "I'll dig my ditches by buying the blankets!" So she prepared for the apartment—acted as though she already had it.

Your Word Is Your Wand [1928]
A man called asking me to speak the word for his right work.
I gave him the statement:
"Behold I have set before thee the open door of destiny and no man shall shut it!"It didn't seem to make much impression, so I was inspired to add:
"And no man shall shut it for it is nailed back!"

Nothing is too good
to be true
Nothing is too wonderful
to happen
Nothing is too good
to last
CONCLUSION
Choose the affirmation which appeals to you the most and wave it over the situation which confronts you.

The Secret Door To Success [1941]

If you have spoken the word for a home, prepare for it immediately, as if you hadn't a moment to lose. Collect little ornaments, table-cloths, etc. etc.!
I knew a woman who made the giant swing into faith, by buying a large arm-chair; a chair meant business, she bought a large and comfortable chair, for she was preparing for the right man. He came.
Someone will say, "Suppose you haven't money to buy ornaments or a chair?" Then look in shop windows and link with them in thought.
Get in their vibration: I sometimes hear people say; "I don't go into the shops because I can't afford to buy anything." That is just the reason you should go into the shops. Begin to make friends with the things you desire or require.
I know a woman who wanted a ring. She went boldly to the ring department and tried on rings.
It gave her such a realization of ownership, that not long after, a friend made her a gift of a ring. "You combine with what you notice."The last chapter is a delightful Metaphysical interpretation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, one of Grimm's Fairy Tales called "THE INNER MEANING OF SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS".