Product Description

"The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a loosely allied group of organizations, authors, philosophers, and individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning healing, life force, Creative Visualization, and personal power. The New Thought Movement developed in the United States during the mid to late 19th century and continues to the present time. It promotes the ideas that God is all powerful and ubiquitous, Spirit is the totality of all things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, most sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

About the Author

"Charles 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, in 1889. He became known as an American mystic for his contributions to metaphysical interpretations of Biblical scripture.

In a pamphlet called "Answers to Your Questions About Unity" , poet James Dillet Freeman says that Charles and Myrtle both had health problems and turned to some new ideas which they believed helped to improve these problems. Their beliefs are centered around two basic propositions: God is good. God is available; in fact, God is in you. The pamphlet goes on to say that:

About a year after the Fillmore's started the magazine Modern Thought, they had the inspiration that if God is what they thought - the principle of love and intelligence, the source of all good - God is wherever needed. It was not necessary for people to be in the same room with them in order for them to unite in thought and prayer.

In his later years, Fillmore felt so young that he thought that he might be physically immortal, as well as believing that he might be the reincarnation of Paul of Tarsus." (Q

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1185963 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 187 pages

Customer Reviews

A View of the Christ that is available to all of us.....
This book is for anyone who is not afraid of Jesus or God, or for those of you who are and can't figure out why. It is a systematic approach to developing the Christ Spirit that is in each and every one of us. If you shimmer at the word "metaphysical", you may not want to buy this book. If you yearn for the Love of God and haven't found it, I would recommend a buy....:-)

Peace, and happy discovery. P.S. If you like Eric Buttorworth, you will love Charles Fillmore

A METAPHYSICAL CLASSIC AND MASTERPIECE
Charles Fillmore is a foremost metaphysician, and very erudite communicator. This is one of his most basic books, delving into science, religion, and spirituality. As in all his books, the last section has questions for each chapter which help immensely in noting and understanding the basic points of his philosophy.

Response to "Unity Lunacy"
While I haven't read this particular work by Charles Fillmore, I am quite familiar with his works and Unity principles. While certainly Unity is not conventional, nor fundamentalist, one would be hard-pressed to define it as a cult. These principles are grounded in the basic teacings of Jesus, certainly not snake oil! Simply put, Unity basically asserts that God is all and we are all somehow a part of God as we are created in God's image and likeness. The Fillmore's discovered the healing power of God in their lives and gradually sought to pass this knowledge on. They never did assert that they stumbled onto anything new, and they always affirmed Jesus as teacher and as divine-nothing cult-like here unless one defines all of Christianity to be a cult! I highly recommend Charles Fillmore's writings as well as those of his wife's, Mrtyle Fillmore.