Christian D. Larson
Encyclopedia
Christian D. Larson was a New Thought
leader and teacher, as well as a prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books. He is credited by Horatio Dresser as being a founder in the New Thought
movement. Many of Larson's books remain in print today, nearly 100 years after they were first published, and his writings influenced notable New Thought authors and leaders, including Religious Science
founder, Ernest Holmes
.
Larson during his life was honorary president of the International New Thought Alliance
and lectured extensively during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a colleague of such notables as William Walker Atkinson
, Charles Brodie Patterson, and Home of Truth founder Annie Rix Militz
. He developed the Optimist Creed in use today by Optimist International
, better known as the Optimist Clubs.
New Thought
New Thought promotes the ideas that "Infinite Intelligence" or "God" is ubiquitous, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect.Although New Thought is neither...
leader and teacher, as well as a prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books. He is credited by Horatio Dresser as being a founder in the New Thought
New Thought
New Thought promotes the ideas that "Infinite Intelligence" or "God" is ubiquitous, spirit is the totality of real things, true human selfhood is divine, divine thought is a force for good, sickness originates in the mind, and "right thinking" has a healing effect.Although New Thought is neither...
movement. Many of Larson's books remain in print today, nearly 100 years after they were first published, and his writings influenced notable New Thought authors and leaders, including Religious Science
Religious Science
Religious Science, also known as Science of Mind, was established in 1927 by Ernest Holmes and is a spiritual, philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement. In general, the term "Science of Mind" applies to the teachings, while the term "Religious Science"...
founder, Ernest Holmes
Ernest Holmes
Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was an American writer and spiritual teacher. He was the founder of a Spiritual movement known as Religious Science, a part of the greater New Thought movement, whose spiritual philosophy is known as "The Science of Mind." He was the author of The Science of Mind and...
.
Larson during his life was honorary president of the International New Thought Alliance
International New Thought Alliance
The International New Thought Alliance is an umbrella organization for New Thought adherents "dedicated to serving the New Thought Movement’s various branches, organizations and individuals".- History :...
and lectured extensively during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a colleague of such notables as William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q...
, Charles Brodie Patterson, and Home of Truth founder Annie Rix Militz
Annie Rix Militz
Annie Rix Militz was an author and early organizer of the New Thought Movement. She is best known as the founder of Home of Truth...
. He developed the Optimist Creed in use today by Optimist International
Optimist International
Optimist International is an international service club organization with 3,200 clubs and almost 100,000 members in more than 35 nations throughout the world. The international headquarters is located in St...
, better known as the Optimist Clubs.
Books
- The Ideal Made Real or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners (1912)
- On the Heights (1908)
- The Pathway of Roses
- Nothing Succeeds Like Success
- Perfect Health
- What Right Thinking Will Do
- The Great Within
- Your Forces and How to Use Them
- Brains and How to Get Them
- Arthur Dimmesdale