Start My Family Tree Welcome to Geni, home of the world's largest family tree.

Join Geni to explore your genealogy and family history in the World's Largest Family Tree.

Metaphysics - New Thought

« Back to Projects Dashboard

Project Tags

Add tags

Related Projects

view all

Profiles

James Allen (1864 - 1912)
Extracted from ) James Allen (November 28, 1864–1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, ...
Emilie Cady (1848 - 1941)
Extracted from H. Emilie Cady (1848–1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings. Her 1896 book Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical C...
Charles Sherlock Fillmore (1854 - 1948)
Extracted from ) Charles Sherlock Fillmore (August 22, 1854 – July 5, 1948), born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, with his wife, Myrtle Page Fillmore...
Myrtle Page (1845 - 1931)
Extracted from Mary Caroline "Myrtle" Page Fillmore (August 6, 1845, Pagetown, Ohio - October 6, 1931) was co-founder of Unity, a church within the New Thought movement, along with her husband Charle...
Emmet Fox (1886 - 1951)
Extracted from Emmet Fox (July 30, 1886–August 13, 1951) was a New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century, famous for his large Divine Science church services held in New York City during...

About

edit
history

New Thought is a metaphysical movement loosely organized around several key beliefs:

Spirit is the ultimate reality
The true human self is divine
Thoughts attuned to the divine are a positive force for good
All disease has a mental origin
Right thinking has a healing effect
Positive thinking brings positive results
Negative thinking brings negative results

New Thought developed in the United States, particularly in New England, beginning in the 1830s. It has affinities to Neo-Platonism and American Transcendentalism. New Thought gave rise to many similar philosophies, including Higher Thought, Mental Science, Metaphysical Healing, and Practical Christianity.

Key Figures

James Allen (1864-1912)
Nona L. Brooks (1861-1945)
Emilie Cady (1848-1941)
Charles Fillmore (1854-1948)
Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931)
Emmet Fox (1886-1951)
Joel Goldsmith (1892-1964)
Ernest Holmes (1887-1960)
Fenwicke Holmes (1883-1973)
Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849-1925)
Catherine Ponder (1927- )
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby (1802-1866)
Florence Scovel Shinn (1871-1940)
Masaharu Taniguchi (1893-1985)
Ralph Waldo Trine (1866-1958)
Thomas Troward (1847-1916)

Organizations & Societies

Church of Divine Science
Science of Mind (Religious Science)
Seicho-no-Ie
Unity Church
The Infinite Way

Major Works

Emmet Fox, The Sermon on the Mount: the key to success in life (1934)
Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind (1926)

Resources

Wikipedia, List of New Thought writers