True marriage love comes from the minds of people who are in a married state.

One aspect of Swedenborg's writing that I’ve seen are his ideas on marriage. Swedenborg himself remained a bachelor all his life, but that did not hinder him from writing voluminously on the subject. His work on Marriage Love (Conjugial Love in older translations)(1768) was dedicated to this purpose.

All who seek the roots of life dig in solitude for them.

Carl Henrik Andreas Bjerregaard (1845-1922) was born in Denmark in 1845. Graduating from the University of Copenhagen in 1863, he went on to become a professor of botany. In 1873 he came to America for political reasons in 1873 from his native Denmark (he had been a spy for the Danish army)and in 1879 became Librarian at the Astor Library, which later merged with the Lenox Library to form the Reference Division of the New York Public Library, eventually becoming Chief of its Main Reading Room. His interest in the spiritual life can be seen in the books and articles he wrote. 

While engaged as the chief librarian of the main reading room of the New York City Public Library, C.H.A. Bjerregaard's book "The Inner Life and the Tao-Teh-King" (published by The Theosophical Society in 1913) was reviewed in the February 16, 1913 edition of the New York Times daily newspaper. While cautioning that Bjerregaard's translation of the great Chinese classic was comparable to that of other writers, the N.Y. Times' review notes that Bjerregaard departed from conventional thinking by suggesting that "the only way of [properly] reading the book [was] in the light of mysticism...[as] it [was] not possible to handle it as a Confucian document is handled." As further explained in the N.Y. Times' review, Bjerregaard held the view that there was a "revelation in the Tao-Teh-King of a wonderful life of simplicity in the pre-ethical period -- a life of mystical character...those who followed it did not dream mysticism or theosophy but actually lived the mysteries." 

Of particular interest to note is the contribution C.H.A. Bjerregaard made in scholarly fields that differed from his own. One such example is the "Anthropological & Ethnographic" Introduction that he wrote for Rev. J.G. Wood's "Illustrated Natural History" book published in 1886 by George Routledge & Sons Company. Later, in July of 1900, C.H.A. Bjerregaard published a review of Henrik Isben's play, "When We Dead Awaken" in The Ideal Review with the prefare that "...if the winter season had been before us, I would not review Ibsen's [last] play, "When We Dead Awaken," because the impressions made by it would correspond too well with the dreariness of the cold. But summer is before us and we are full of the rising life and fruitfulness..." (New York City's Moonstruck Dramastore).

Weltmer's Magazine - March 1901 issue - C.H.A. Bjerregaard's essay "The Hypnotic" Here

Selected Content from the March 1905 Edition of The Etude Home Notes An address was delivered before the National Society of Musical Therapeutics, February 2d, by Prof. C. H. A. Bjerregaard, on “The Metaphysics of Music.” Here 

C.H.A. Bjerregaard's published books: 

The Great Mother; a gospel of the eternally feminine.. (1913) 

The Inner Life and the Tao-teh-king (1912) 

Lectures on mysticism and nature worship (1897) 

Sufism : Omar Khayyam and E. Fitzgerald (1915) 

Sufi Interpretations of the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald (1902) 

All who seek the roots of life dig in solitude for them. ~ C. H. A. Bjerregaard

DEACONESSES IN EUROPE AND Their Lessons for America BY JANE M. BANCROFT, Ph.D(1890) • Acknowledgments are also due to Mr. Gillett, Librarian of the Union Theological Seminary, and to Mr. C. H. A. Bjerregaard, of the Astor Library, for putting not only the facilities of the library, but their personal assistance, at the service of the writer. Jane M. Bancroft. New York city, June 5, 1889.

Carl Henry Andrew Bjerregaard was regarded as one of the leading advanced thinkers of the country in all esoteric teachings related to mysticism. Following his immigration to the U.S. and prior to his death on January 28, 1922, Carl Henry Andrew Bjerregaard published a great number of lectures, essay, and books that firmly established his standing as a Theosophist.

A Means to Perpetual Life?

Doctor Cornwall Round was, like his name, quite round and plum. In his younger years he had been an officer in the army, and he sometimes wondered if some indulgences in his early years might have kept him from the full demonstration of the abundant life. He was knowledgeable of Hinduism. He accepted in principle the relationship of the subjective and objective minds, together with its power building and rebuilding the body but frequently made himself the exception to the rule. Dr. Cornwall Round was a physician and surgeon. A friend of both Harry Gaze and Thomas Troward, he was probably a student of both of their works. 

“I accept the idea of a physical as well as spiritual immortality, but please do not publicize me as Doctor or I may be ruled out of the medical profession.”

 At that time it was against the ethical code of the B. M. A. to use the tide of Doctor in connection with his personal opinions in the press. 

Round had experimented extensively with hypnotic subjects. Because some of his results were so full of interest and significance a series of experiments were arranged in his home. Thomas Troward, Harry Gaze, officers of the Psycho-Therapeutic Society[1] and most of the physicians who had accepted and practiced mental healing attended (Some had tested hypnosis for medical usage, sometimes as an anesthetic for the milder operations). ...

The "Empire Builder".

James Jerome Hill (1838 – 1916), was a Canadian-American railroad executive. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway[1], which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as The Empire Builder.

"Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work."

Stiffening Your Mental Backbone.

Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (1874–1959) was an American journalist and author, born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research. 
He published:

From the limited to the unlimited.

Thomas Troward regarded death very much as he would regard traveling from one country to another. He remarked to Behrend several times, that he was interested in the life beyond and was ready to go. His only concern seemed to be the sorrow that it would cause his wife and family. Troward would have said, “I am simply passing from the limited to the unlimited.” He died on May 16th, 1916, in his sixty-ninth year.


An hour before Quimby breathed his last (January 16, 1866), he said : “I am more than ever convinced of the truth of my theory. I am perfectly willing for the change myself, but I know you all will feel badly, and think I am dead; but I know that I shall be right here with you, just as I always have been. I do not dread the change any more than if I were going on a trip to Philadelphia.”

“If a thing is true at all, there is a way in which it is true throughout the universe.”

The Quimby Manuscripts were published by Horatio W. Dresser in 1921.

Troward died in 1916, his knowledge of Quimby would have been limited.

NEW THOUGHT

A spiritual philosophy and practice any one can use for making life more meaningful and satisfying.

NEW THOUGHT TEACHES US :
• HOW TO HEAL the ills caused by belief in separation
• HOW TO EVOLVE from fear based religion
• HOW TO ENRICH RELATIONSHIPS
• HOW TO USE MIND to create ones' choice of experiences
• HOW TO UNDERSTAND the world and its appearances
• HOW TO EXPRESS the qualities of God

NEW THOUGHT - THE PREMISE
• GOD IS REAL: THE ONE and only power in the Universe, the original cause and present expressing AS every individual human . God's presence is everywhere all the time. We experienced God as Love, Energy, Wisdom, Substance and Mind.
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• MIND IS CREATIVE: Our thought and belief directs the Power to create the qualities in our lives. Our (false) belief in separation has caused us to experience a world lacking in the elements for our happiness and unfoldment. With careful thinking and looking inward (to Spirit) for direction and strength, and consenting to let God flow through us, we can handle any situation, reach any goal.

THE HEART of the NEW THOUGHT teaching:
• Remembering God, as the Reality within us, and making It a constant in all our activity, is the heart of our spiritual practice and the key to enriching our lives. The world around us gives out ‘separating’ experiences and messages that, if not managed with spiritual understanding, make life seem hard, even hopeless at times.
• A sound spiritual consciousness and a healthy core belief about God are created and nurtured through classes and study groups and regularly experiencing the Sunday Celebrations at the Life Enrichment Centre. It is through our lives that the presence of God is healing and empowering, building healthy relationships and co-creating a peaceful world.

From

The NEW THOUGHT MINISTRY of Dr Jaclyn K Darby

http://www.life-enrichment.ca/index.html

The Do-What-You-Love Guide [http://zenhabits.net/love-it/]

The Secret?

Once upon a time there was DVD that came out. I didn’t buy into because the introduction reeked of the power of suggestion. In my studies of ancient history I’d never encountered anyone dying to cover up the law of attraction. The book was interesting due to the black and white pictures in the back. Who were these people?

The book "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles (1860–1911), published by Towne in 1910, espouses the principle that truly believing in the object of your desire and focusing onto it will lead to that object or goal being realized on the material plane. He mentions in the book if you don’t like it you can return it. He came from a poor farm beginning and established himself as a writer. His publisher was Elizabeth Towne.

Wattles died in Ruskin, Tennessee on Feb 6, 1911, of complications arising from hookworm. He starved to death, in a manner of speaking.

You Can Catch Things From People Who Don't Belong To Your Church: The Death of Wallace D. Wattles (1860-1911)

Charles F(rancis) Haanel (1866– 1949) wrote the book “The Master Key System”. If he actually ran a course based on these principles for $1500 per person then that would have been the approximate cost of a first class ticket on the Titanic. He was associated with Elizabeth Towne's New Thought magazine The Nautilus. 

 

Notes on Charles F. Haanel: Part One -- The Canonical Version

Notes on Charles F. Haanel: Part Two -- Mister Blue Sky

Prentice Mulford (1834–1891) was a noted literary humorist and California author who wrote “Thoughts Are Things”. He abandoned life and went into the woods, only to discover that in the wilds everything has a mate and he didn’t. He wrote of life.

Some Pages of Brown Paper: The Death of Prentice Mulford, May 1891

Robert Collier (1885 – 1950) wrote “The Secret of the Ages” and “Riches Within Your Reach”. He wanted to write books based on practical psychology.Collier was cured from food poisoning or tainted food through Christian Science, he became interested in health products and felt that 98% of our illnesses came from chemically treated, denatured foods. From this illness came the desire to investigate how the Mind could so quickly and surely cure a trouble that doctors had been working on for months--that there must be powers in the Mind he had never even suspected; and if it had dominion over his physical self, why could it not cure business problems too? Why could it not correct any financial lack? Why could it not bring him anything of good that he might wish?


She may be the original self-help guru, but Genevieve Behrend was born in 1881 in Dresden Ontario..#2
She billed herself as the only personal student of Judge Thomas Troward[1], although Troward considered Archdeacon Wilberforce a student. Troward had the ability to explain rather complex metaphysical ideas in a way that even a child could understand.
From 1912 onward she taught a practical daily application of the metaphysics. She established ‘The School of the Builder’ in New York in 1925 and for the next 35 years she toured, lectured, had a correspondence course and was popular on the radio.
LibriVox recording of Your Invisible Power, by Genevieve Behrend. Read by Algy Pug. here
She says to meditate every morning at 5 AM. Horatio W. Dresser said the same thing.

Collier with his connection to Christian Science we trace to MEB who started Christian Science and from her we go back to Phineas Parkhurst Quimby of whom she was a patient.

On the other hand, Behrend is connected to Troward, who was a member of the “Higher Thought Centre” in England which was the equivalent of the Mental Science or New Thought movement in America and Phineas Parkhurst Quimby is generally recognized as the father of the movement.

Quimby taught Health and Happiness. You have an ego and a spiritual side. Dis-ease he called an error due to ignorance of the Truth about what you really are. He died before he could teach this to the world. His “new thought” has become tainted with occultism, tarots, spiritualism, reincarnation and other elements.

The “secret” was “the father within that does all the work”
or the “Christ dwelling within”.

Essentially Elizabeth Towne published anything. William Atkinson is a prime example. He wrote books classified as “New Thought” but also wrote books on the occult using an alias. People do have to make a living.

My journey has led me to the founders of Unity, Church of Truth, Home of Truth, Divine Science and Religious Science and others.
And it continues.

[1] Troward, intellectualized God and the Universe based on his understanding of the Bible and metaphysics he picked up on while in India. For that matter William James and Horatio W. Dresser both, too, intellectualized God rather the exponential experience of God. People like Nona Brooks, H. Emilie Cady and Malinda E Cramer wrote of the experience of God or how to experience God. As did many others of the “New Thought”

2

See

How To Be and Have What You Want.

Or

Rev. Harry Gaze