BY HARV BISHOP Affirmations can be powerful, but there is much more to the creative power of the mind and imagination. Our thoughts create our reality in multiple ways, writes Gary Lachman in his fascinating recent book Lost Knowledge of the Imagination. These alternative ways of knowing include paying loving attention to the beauty that…
BY KAI ELLIOT If you would’ve told me, ten years ago, that I would have my own website and I’d be writing about Illness Positivity(tm) for the spiritual field – I would have thought you were nuts! When I took my first yoga class, eighteen years ago, I would’ve told you you were nuts –…
BY HARV BISHOP My wife and I are walking into the life of our dreams and yet we have done no formal New Thought affirmative prayer practices for almost two years. We leave for New York and then Europe next month, both long-held bucket list items. Yet this isn’t a one-off, “cross the trip off…
500 years ago this week, Martin Luther launched the Protestant reformation with his 95 theses that challenged Catholic church authorities. Without that move away from centralized religious dogma, New Thought and alternative spirituality would not exist. New Thought spiritual pioneers experimented with what worked in their lives without blind acceptance of tradition. What in New…
Edgar Cayce (1877-1945) was a southern Christian who became a widely known trance channel whose teachings helped birth the alternative spirituality movement. New Thought historian Mitch Horowitz’s recent book Mind As Builder explores the relationship between Cayce and New Thought teachings. I recently caught up with Mitch to ask about Cayce and New Thought. Following our Q…
