Many people think that a New Thought church is part of a new age religion but that isn’t the case. New age includes various practices such as crystals, tarot cards, astrology, and psychic readings. These activities are not part of a traditional church. Unlike the new age movement, New Thought does not involve itself in the use of crystals, pyramids, etcetera. While New Thought is open to truth from whatever source, it discourages (but does not condemn) involvement with occultism.
The New Thought movement is a spiritually-focused or philosophical interpretation of New Thought beliefs. Started in the early 19th century the three major religious denominations within the New Thought movement are Religious Science, Unity Church and the Church of Divine Science. There are many other smaller churches within the New Thought movement, as well as schools and umbrella organizations.
The earliest identifiable proponent of what came to be known as New Thought was Phineas Parkhurst Quimby, an American philosopher, mesmerist, healer, and inventor. Quimby developed a belief system that included the tenet that illness originated in the mind as a consequence of erroneous beliefs and that a mind open to God's wisdom could overcome any illness.
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