The History of New Thought: From Mind Cure to Positive Thinking and the Prosperity Gospel (SWEDENBORG STUDIES)
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Long before The Secret writers and healers in the New Thought movement argued that the mind shapes reality. In this clear wideranging history John S. Haller Jr. traces New Thought from its nineteenthcentury rootsPhineas P. Quimby Emma Curtis Hopkins and othersthrough William Walker Atkinson an early popularizer of the law of attraction to its imprint on modern selfhelp and popular psychology. Rather than centering on denominations Haller follows people practices and ideas: mental healing affirmations prosperity teachings and the movements dialogue with science and religion (including the influence of the Swedish scientist mystic and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg). He shows how New Thought migrated from lectures and magazines into boardrooms pulpits and bestsellers shaping a durable American optimism: the conviction that thought can transform life. The History of New Thought is essential reading for anyone interested in American religious history psychology or the roots of contemporary selfhelp.
