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The law of attraction is the New Thought spiritual belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life. [1] [2] The belief is based on the idea that people and their thoughts are made from "pure energy" and that like energy can attract like energy, thereby allowing people to improve their health, wealth, or personal relationships.
The book describes many New Thought beliefs such as the law of attraction, [2] creative visualization and man's unity with God, and teaches the importance of truth, harmonious thinking and the ability to concentrate.
Wallace Delois Wattles (/ ˈ w ɑː t əl z /; 1860 – 7 February 1911) was an American New Thought writer. He remains personally somewhat obscure, [1] but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements.
Esther Hicks and Jerry Hicks [43] – Ask and It Is Given: Learning to Manifest Your Desires (2005); The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent: Living the Art of Allowing (2005); The Law of Attraction: The Basics of the Teachings of Abraham Esther and Jerry Hicks (2006); The Astonishing Power of Emotions (2008); Money and the Law of Attraction ...
It reuses the same basic concepts as older American self-help books of the New Thought movement, such as William Walker Atkinson's The Law of Attraction in the Thought World. [3] An attempt by Hicks to copyright the phrase Law of attraction was rejected by the United States Patent Office because it had been used by Atkinson as early as 1906. [6]
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) [1] is a new religious movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from a variety of origins, such as Ancient Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Chinese, Taoist, Hindu, and Buddhist cultures [citation needed] and their related ...
The Secret, described as a self-help film, [3] [4] uses a documentary format to present a concept titled "law of attraction".As described in the film, the "Law of Attraction" hypothesis [5] posits that feelings and thoughts can attract events, feelings, and experiences, from the workings of the cosmos to interactions among individuals in their physical, emotional, and professional affairs.
The Haanel family was of Swedish extraction, but had lived in Silesia, Prussia, before emigrating to Canada and thence to the United States. [4]In St. Louis: History of the Fourth City, the author Walter B. Stevens wrote that "Charles F. Haanel was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Hugo and Emeline (Fox) Haanel."