The Edinburgh and Dore Lectures on Mental Science
by Thomas Troward
The lectures in this book were one of the earliest (1904-1909) explanations of how our minds control our lives. Unlike many of todays books on positive thinking -- which focus on material success -- this is a deeply spiritual book. 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 classic statement." It must be remembered in reading Troward that he was a product of his time. His books use scientific jargon that was present around 1900. He was raised in the Church of England and had read the Bible daily from boyhood.
Thomas Troward will be remembered as a pioneer of the New Thought movement from his contribution of a few small volumes that have had a profound effect on the understanding and development of spiritual metaphysics. His philosophy played a major role in the work of prominent New Thought teachers such as Emmet Fox and Ernest Holmes.
