STEPPING STONES TO PEACE

Ida C. Craddock (1857 –  1902) was a 19th-century American advocate of free speech and women's rights.

She wrote extensively on sexuality, leading to her conviction and imprisonment for obscenity.
Craddock wrote many serious instructional tracts on human sexuality and appropriate, respectful sexual relations between husband and wife. Among her works were Heavenly Bridegrooms, Psychic Wedlock, Spiritual Joys, Letter To A Prospective Bride, The Wedding Night and Right Marital Living. http://newthoughtlibrary.com/craddock-ida/ida-craddock-homepage-with-bio.htm#TopOfBio

These sex manuals were all considered obscene by the standards of her day. Their distribution led to numerous confrontations with various authorities, often initiated by Craddock herself. She was held for up to several months at a time on morality charges in five local jails as well as the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane.

Her first two full-length books, Lunar & Sex Worship and Sex Worship, were on comparative religion.

Her writings on supernatural topics also continued throughout her life. One of her last books on this subject was Heaven of the Bible, published in 1897.
Facing further legal proceedings after her release, she committed suicide.

 John Bascom (1827 – 1911) has been called the "often unrecognized father of New Thought." During a time in which Pantheism had entered mass consciousness and was largely the accepted view, Bascom articulated the principles that eventually came to epitomize the New Thought movement. His work supports the understanding of the relationship of God to the soul and personality, articulating a theology of a living personal God, human rights and the continuation of the soul after death reconciling Science and Faith through the philosophy, variously called Natural Theology, Science of Mind, and Constructive Realism.

From the CD set "I Will Be Still an Instant and Go Home,"

A PRAYER
HELP me, 0 God, to daily rise above
The claims of so-called death, disease and sin,
To keep my thoughts within Thy realm of love,
And listen for the "still small voice" within.

Help me to lay aside all thought of self,
To humble be, to love my fellow man;
0 keep me free from insincerity,
And I will do for Thee the best I can.

STEPPING STONES TO PEACE
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BY
JANE GREY SYME

BOSTON
HOOPER PRINTING COMPANY
1909
A New Thought poet who created some delightful poems that speakers love to use in their talks.

 The quest is to find the real you. When you understand the living methods of Spiritual Mind Treatment you will learn how to apply them in order to effect a new vision of yourself, achieving wonders you never thought possible. It gives me great joy to share with you my many years of experience in living the Principle.

My sincere hope is that my book will help you in this positive enterprise. The Privilege of Choice
Rev. Dr. Norma Sackheim
http://lightoftruth.org/leadership/