The New Age

Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of consciousness and existence. In popular usage the word refers loosely to a number of non-traditional belief systems and spiritual practices.

This project includes key metaphysical wirters and teachers of the 20th century.

Key Figures

• James Allen (1864-1912), New Thought
• Nona L. Brooks (1861-1945), New Thought
• Emilie Cady (1848-1941), New Thought
• Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), American writer & motivational speaker
• Edgar Cayce (1877-1944), American psychic
• Robert Cochrane (1931-1966), English witch
• Aleister Crowley (1875-1947), English occultist
• Umberto Eco (1932- ), Italian medievalist
• Charles Fillmore (1854-1948), New Thought
• Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931), New Thought
• Dion Fortune (Violet Mary Firth) (1890-1946), Welsh occultist
• Emmet Fox (1886-1951), New Thought
• Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), Lebanese-American poet
• Thaddeus Golas (1924-1977), Hippie philosopher
• Joel Goldsmith (1892-1964), New Thought
• George Gurdjieff (1866-1949), Founder of the Fourth Way
• Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), German novelist
• Ernest Holmes (1887-1960), New Thought
• Fenwicke Holmes (1883-1973), New Thought
• Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849-1925), New Thought
• P. D. Ouspensky (1878-1947), Russian philosopher
• Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist
• Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), American writer (Positive Thinking)
• Israel Regardie (1907-1985), English occultist
• Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940), New Thought
• Annalee Skarin (1899-1988), Mormon mystic
• Herman Slater (1938-1992), Owner, Magickal Childe Bookstore
• Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925), Founder of Anthroposophy
• Masaharu Taniguchi (1893-1985), New Thought
• Nikola Tesla (1856-1943), Croatian/Serbian scientist
• Ralph Waldo Trine (1866-1958), New Thought
• Thomas Troward (1847-1916), New Thought
• Guido von List (1848-1919), Austrian occultist
• Robert Anton Wilson (1932-2007), Discordian & Chaos Magician