“it was common delusion”

Modern Spiritualism, which held that the spirits of former humans could communicate with the living, originated in Hydesville, New York, in 1848,

Give Your Best To The World

To abide in the Christ is to actually live in the Christ consciousness, and every part of mind and soul is permeated, through and through, with the life and the power of the Christ. Your entire being is in the hands of higher power; you are in a world where things are absolutely mastered by the spiritual will, and your mind is so spiritualized that it responds perfectly to the power of divine will. The Pathway of Roses by Christian D. Larson

 Ernest Simplifies Troward

"THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THE EARS OF UNDERSTANDING"

THE PRINCIPLE OF VIBRATION

"Nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates."

Use the Power of the Present Moment for Real Inner Change

"Hold yourself up high!"
Keep your chin up.
Consciousness likes heights.
Dare to follow!
Guy Finley

"Wrong decisions tumble recklessly out of self-centeredness,
while right decisions flow casually out of self-wholeness." VH

There is much good sense in the old sailor’s maxim.
“When you get rattled, Look aloft!”
William Walker Atkinson

 If you cannot see beyond the material universe and understand that ALL IS MENTAL(ITY)! You will repeat your mistakes!

Who am I, really? What world do I belong to?

The nature of the soul is to see truth of our individuality and to discover the sense of belonging that comes from unity. ~ Gemma Stone

"Recall unhappy events in your life, then remember that a new self will prevent their repetition." ~ Vernon Howard

The more criticism, the more lack and limitation YOU experience.
The more appreciation, the more abundance YOU experience.

Gratitude multiplies the good!

Being in the flow is yummy and fulfilling. God has not changed, life has not changed. I AM in the flow when I AM working for the good of all, when I AM seeing all as one. In Truth there’s nothing to resist so I AM is giving up my resistance.  (The flow of the Infinite Current as Prentice Mulford called it)

The Living Christ

In July, 1914, Mr. Paul Tyner, who acquired his interest in the New Thought from the publications of Helen Wilmans, in 1893, became the leader of the New Thought Centre, 85 Hanover Street, Edinburgh. Mr. Tyner, author of The Living Christ, editor of The Temple, Denver, Colorado, and in 1898-99 editor of The Arena, was associated with Mr. Patterson in the Alliance School of Applied Metaphysics, in New York; and, in cooperation with Mr. Eugene Del Mar, author of Spiritual and Mental Attraction, and The Divinity of Desire, organized the first Mental Science Temple in New York. He was minister of the New Thought Temple, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1909-10, and of the Dayton, Ohio, Truth Centre, 1910-11. Later, while in New York, Mr. Tyner organized in connection with the New Thought Magazine, edited by W. W. Atkinson, Chicago, Illinois., 140 New Thought reading rooms in different parts of the country.  A History of the New Thought Movement By Horatio W. Dresser - Page 118

The "principle of "non-resistance" .

“Cramer, Brooks, Rix Militz, and the Fillmores were simply the most dedicated of Hopkin’s numerous students who spent the last two decades of the nineteenth century criss-crossing the nation on missionary journeys, lecturing and healing the sick, establishing churches, schools, and seminaries, and producing journals, pamphlets, tracts and novels elaborating what become known by the 1890’s as “the New Thought” perspective.”From: Satter, Beryl. “Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity and the New Thought Movement 1875-1920” by Beryl Satter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Pg. 81


Charles Fillmore placed a large glass bottle at the exit for customers to place a love offering for the meal they had just enjoyed in restaurant he instituted in Unity Village It always made a great profit. When Charles passed on the restaurant was put under the charge of a manager who then put out a menu with prices. They ceased making such a profit!!!. A love offering always is the best way to go rather than make a set charge: Give without thought of receiving and the return will be pressed down and overflowing.

Malinda Cramer offered her primary class (eight lessons) for $5, her theological class (twelve lessons for $10 and her normal class, including diploma for $25. ECH charged $50.
It was one morning in 1885, while in prayer that Malinda Cramer had simply asked, "Is there any way out of these conditions? Is there any power in the vast universe that can heal me?" The answer came intuitively. The illumined realization of the power of the Infinite Spirit freed her from the belief that her condition controlled her. She studied with the "teacher of teachers," Emma Curtis Hopkins as did many others. As she let go of old habits of belief, she became healed.

In 1887, Mrs. Hopkins, went to San Francisco at the request of interested people and taught a class of 250 people, including Mrs. Sadie Gorie, Miss Harriet Hale Rix, and Annie Rix (Prior to marrying Paul Militz[1]).

Annie Rix Militz first step was to join Mrs. Sadie Gorie, another member of Hopkin’s San Francisco class in establishing a “metaphysical bureau” (a combination metaphysical bookstore and healing and teaching center). The bureau expanded quickly. It soon included a kindergarten, a school, a “Christian Science Bazaar” (labor exchange) and a “charitable branch” that distributed goods to the poor.”
Mrs. Militz, who became the leading teacher in California, moved in 1896 to Los Angeles and established the Home of Truth there. Mrs., Militz was also the leader in the establishment of the other Homes of Truth in California. The Master Mind, the monthly periodical representing this branch of the movement, was begun in 1911. Annie Rix Militz relied entirely on freewill offerings for her healing, teaching, and preaching services.
[1]T. J. Shelton, editor of Scientific Christian and Mr. Paul Militz, who with Mr. Shelton, were the first to teach Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, editor of Nautilus.
Nautilus had an average monthly circulation of 85000 in the 1920s. From: Satter, Beryl. “Each Mind a Kingdom: American Women, Sexual Purity and the New Thought Movement 1875-1920” by Beryl Satter. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. Page 249

Towne published Wallace Wattles who also wrote for Nautilus.

“He wrote almost constantly. Then it was that he formed his mental picture. He saw himself as a successful writer, a personality of power, an advancing man, and he began to work toward the realization of this vision . . . . He lived every page of "How to be a Genius." In the last three years he made lots of money, and had good health, except for his extreme frailty.”

Excerpt from a letter written by Wallace Wattles daughter, Florence Wattles, to the editor of Nautilus New Thought magazine shortly after his untimely death in 1911..
The book "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Wattles, 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

In 1906, William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932) had used the phrase in his New Thought Movement book Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, stating that "like attracts like.” William Walter Atkinson also wrote occult books under various aliases so to state Towne was dedicated to strictly New Thought is questionable. She published what sold.


The following year, Elizabeth Towne, the editor of The Nautilus Magazine, a Journal of New Thought, published Bruce MacLelland's prosperity theology book Prosperity Through Thought Force, in which he summarized the principle, stating:

"You are what you think, not what you think you are."

The phrase "Law of Attraction" appeared in the writings of the Theosophical authors William Quan Judge in 1915, and Annie Besant in 1919.

Napoleon Hill released The Law of Success in 16 Lessons (1928) which directly references the Law of Attraction, by name, repeatedly. Napoleon Hill released The Law of Success in 16 Lessons (1928) which directly references the Law of Attraction, by name, repeatedly.

The "principle of "non-resistance" was a popular concept taught in conjunction with the Law of Attraction.

“Law of Attraction” continues to sell books. It had nothing to do with the teachings of Quimby, MEB, Hopkins or any of their students. But by writing “law of attraction in capitals does not make it an absolute law. That’s an ego thing, not from Spirit.

The Nautilus was a magazine of the New Thought Movement, founded in 1898 by Elizabeth Towne. In May 1900, Towne moved the magazine to Holyoke, Massachusetts, which became its permanent home until its discontinuation in August 1953, when Towne retired from publishing at the age of 88. Towne also published, under the "Elizabeth Towne" imprint, books consisting of material which had run in serialized form in the magazine, generally supplying introductions to the compiled works.
Authors who were published in the magazine include:

• William Walker Atkinson
• Kate Atkinson Boehme
• Jonathan Balcombe
• Florence Tabor Critchlow
• Paul Ellsworth
• Orison Swett Marden
• Edwin Markham
• Thomas J. Shelton
• I am sermons 1900
• The Law of Vibrations 1900
• Elizabeth Towne
• William Towne

•  Wallace D(elois) Wattles

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"As above, so below."?

"That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above,
and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below,
to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing".

O son, how many bodies we have to pass through,
how many bands of demons,
through how many series of repetitions and cycles of the stars,
before we hasten to the One alone?
Hermes Trismegistus

The alleged teacher the magical system known as Hermetism of which high magic and alchemy are thought to be twin branches. The name Trismegistus means thrice greatest Hermes, and is the title given by the Greeks to the Egyptian god Thoth or Tehuti, a lord of wisdom and learning. At one time the Greeks thought two gods inseparable. Thoth governed over mystical wisdom, magic, writing and other disciplines and was associated with healing, while Hermes was the personification of universal wisdom and the patron of magic.

The myths go further. Both gods are associated with sacred writings.

According to legend Hermes Trismegistus is said to have provided the wisdom of light in the ancient mysteries of Egypt. "He carried an emerald, upon which was recorded all of philosophy, and the caduceus, the symbol of mystical illumination.




Hermeticism or the Western Hermetic Tradition is a set of philosophical and religious beliefs or gnosis based primarily upon the Hellenistic Egyptian pseudepigraphical writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus who is the representation of the conflation of the Egyptian god Thoth with the Greek Hermes. These beliefs have heavily influenced the Western Esoteric Tradition and were considered to be of great importance during the Renaissance and Reformation.

Most of the writings were lost with the fire and destruction of the Ancient Library of Alexandria[1]

Yet, there are three major works which are widely believed texts for Hermetic beliefs:

• The Corpus Hermeticum is the body of work most widely known and is the aforementioned Greek texts. These eighteen books are set up as dialogues between Hermes and a series of others. The first book involves a discussion between Poimandres (also known as Nous and God) and Hermes, supposedly resulting from a meditative state, and is the first time that Hermes is in contact with God. Poimandres teaches the secrets of the Universe to Hermes, and later books are generally of Hermes teaching others such as Asclepius and his son Tat.

• The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus is a short work which coins the well known term in occult circles "As above, so below." The actual correct text of that maxim, as translated by Dennis W. Hauck is

"That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing"

. The tablet also refers to the three parts of the wisdom of the whole universe. Hermes claims his knowledge of these three parts is why he received the name Trismegistus (thrice-great, or Ao-Ao-Ao meaning "greatest"). As the story is told, this tablet was found by Alexander the Great at Hebron supposedly in the tomb of Hermes.

• The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy is a book published in 1912 CE anonymously by three people calling themselves the "Three Initiates." Many of the Hermetic principles are explained in the book.
The "Three Initiates" who authored The Kybalion chose to remain anonymous. William Walker Atkinson is popularly held to be one (if not all) of the Three Initiates who anonymously authored The Kybalion, which certainly resembles Atkinson's other writings in style and subject matter. Atkinson's two co-authors in the latter venture, if they even existed, are unknown, but speculation often includes names like Mabel Collins, Michael Whitty, Paul Foster Case, and Harriett Case.

[1] The Royal Library of Alexandria, or Ancient Library of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt, was the largest and most significant great library of the ancient world. It flourished under the patronage of the Ptolemaic dynasty and functioned as a major center of scholarship from its construction in the 3rd century BC until the Roman conquest of Egypt in 30 BC.



Ancient and modern sources identify four possible occasions for the partial or complete destruction of the Library of Alexandria:

• Julius Caesar's fire in the Alexandrian War, in 48 BC;
  
• the attack of Aurelian in the 3rd century AD;
  
• the decree of Coptic Pope Theophilus in AD 391; and
  
• the Muslim conquest in 642 AD or thereafter.

International New Thought Alliance/International Metaphysical League

Charles Brodie Patterson (1854–1917) was a Canadian expatriate New Thought publisher, author, and editor. Patterson, a Canadian expatriate who lived in New York City, was labelled the movement's leader when he died in the early 20th century.
Patterson was born in 1854 in Nova Scotia. After graduating from the Pictou Academy in Pictou, Nova Scotia, Patterson pursued mercantile activities. At 31, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut for treatment from a mental healer. He studied at the Mental Science Institute in the city and attended the Alliance of Divine Unity.
He died June 22, 1917, in New York City.

In 1888, Patterson established the Metaphysical Alliance of Hartford, and served as president until 1904. In 1893, he opened the Alliance Publishing Company in New York City. He published books by New Thought and metaphysical authors including Horatio Dresser, Ursula Gestefeld, and Augustus Le Plongeon. Patterson published 15 books on New Thought, including The Measure of a Man, The New Way to Educate Children, and The Rhythm of Life. Patterson was labelled the New Thought movement's leader when he died in the early 20th century.
He edited Mind magazine and the Library of Health journal, as well as Arena, the most influential New Thought publication of its time.
In addition to serving as a past president of the International New Thought Alliance(along with such stalwarts as W.W. Atkinson, Horatio Dresser, Christian D. Larson, and Annie Rix Militz), Patterson was president of the International Metaphysical League from 1899 to 1903, and the later, the New Thought Federation.

All existence is interpretation. As living human beings we are interpreters of our own nature through experience of its possibilities. Confronted by its depths, we are attracted to its heights through the drawing power of our ideals, a power that impels us upward, however strong the gravity of our sensuous nature, What is natural is succeeded by what is possible.

From METAPHYSICS OF BALZAC
BY
URSULA N. GESTEFELD [1898]

Ursula N. Gestefeld (1845 - 1921) was a greatly talented healer and teacher. In 1888, Gestefeld published a book under the title, "Ursula N. Gestefeld's Statement of Christian Science," and although she gave full credit to MEB as its founder, she incurred MEB’s wrath who practically cut her off from the movement. Gestefeld , like a great number of New Thoughters, looked elsewhere and studied Honoré de Balzac to rationalize her experience.

CHILD/ADULT/PARENT

In terms of TA the CHILDren of Egypt have become ADULTs. Or maybe the ADULTs merely decided they don’t need a PARENT but merely another ADULT leading them. Time will tell. Erik Erikson coined the phrase the Mid-life crisis.