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The purpose of this book is to indicate the Natural Principles governing the relation between Mental Action and Material Conditions, and thus to afford readers an intelligible starting-point for the practical study of the subject of Mental Science. Contents: - Spirit and Matter. - The Higher Mode of Intelligence Controls the Lower - The Unity of the Spirit - Subjective and Objective Mind - Further Considerations Regarding Subjective and Objective Mind - The Law of Growth - Receptivity. - Reciprocal Action of the Universal and Individual Minds - Causes and Conditions - Intuition - Healing - The Will - In Touch With Subconscious Mind - The Body - The Soul - The Spirit

First published in 1909, “The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science” is the ground-breaking and influential work on the power of the mind by English author and jurist Thomas Troward. Largely credited with helping to create the New Thought Movement and the philosophy of the Science of the Mind, Troward’s work is cited by Ernest Holmes, Joseph Murphy, Emmett Fox, and others as a major influence on their philosophies. This collection of lectures explores how to control thoughts so that the full power of the mind may be realized. Troward fuses Western philosophy and Christianity with Eastern ideas of meditation and enlightenment to create a new movement that focuses on the power of positive thought and affirmations to change one’s life. Written in a logical and easy-to-understand format, Troward takes his readers through explanations of the differences between the subjective and objective mind, the law of growth, the power of intuition, the process of cause and effect, the purpose of will power, and how to heal one’s own mind, and many more topics. “The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science” remains a valuable and enriching guide on how to lead a happier and more fulfilling life. This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper.

In this title Thomas Troward presents a simple theory of evolution and deriving highly optimistic conclusions for the prospective future development of us human beings. The book's message is highly relevant as a counter to the dire apocalyptic prognostications which are currently rife in certain quarters and which, if uncontested, can only depress the human spirit and hinder human progress to ever-higher degrees of enlightenment.

Thomas Troward (1847-1916) was an English author whose works influenced the New Thought Movement and mystic Christianity.Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism.After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect. The philosopher William James characterized Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science as "far and away the ablest statement of philosophy I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement."According to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) archivist Nell Wing, early AA members were strongly encouraged to read Thomas Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. In the opening of the 2006 film The Secret (2006 film), introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production.Troward was a past president of the International New Thought Alliance. (wikipedia.org)

Thomas Troward was an early New Thought writer who had an immense impact on those who would follow. Ernest Holmes, Frederick Bailes, Joseph Murphy, and Emmett Fox cited him as a major influence, and Genevieve Behrend was his student. It is impossible to over estimate his importance to the New Thought movement. His intense fusion of Eastern and Western philosophy is unmatched.

The early "New Age" philosophy of New Thought, which was wildly popular at the turn of the 20th century, owes much of its emphasis on the concept of "mind over matter" to the works of Thomas Troward.THIS book contains the substance of a course of lectures recently given by the writer in the Queen Street Hall, Edinburgh. Its purpose is to indicate the Natural Principles governing the relation between Mental Action and Material Conditions, and thus to afford the student an intelligible starting pointfor the practical study of the subject.

Written in 1917. A hardtofind work by pioneer in Mental Science, Judge Thomas Troward. Troward's writings and lectures greatly influenced Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science and writer of The Science of Mind. This book was one of the first to combine thought energy, scientific reasoning and testing, and creative power, and to see the interconnection of the three.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Here is the cornerstone of Troward's philosophy and a milestone in metaphysical reasoning, especially that of the New Thought movement and the Science of Mind. These two classics in a single volume provide a full statement of metaphysical science.