{"collection":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_unity_atom_atom22_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_nth_unity_atom_atom22_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_nth_unity_atom_atom22_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nth/unity/atom/atom22.htm","summary":"*Atom-Smashing Power of Mind* is a New Thought religious text by Charles Fillmore (co-founder of Unity Church), structured as a study guide with chapter-by-chapter discussion questions across thirteen chapters. Its central argument is that mid-20th-century atomic science confirms and parallels the spiritual metaphysics taught by Jesus: the same energy released by splitting the atom is, Fillmore claims, the energy that Jesus and Elijah wielded through prayer and concentrated thought. The book covers spiritual healing, the development of a \"radiant body\" through metaphysical practice, superconsciousness, and the nature of God-Mind, consistently framing Christian scripture in terms borrowed from physics and psychology. A distinctively bold claim runs throughout: that humanity stands on the threshold of achieving bodily immortality through mastery of spiritual law, and that atomic energy will only benefit civilization once humanity first undergoes inner spiritual transformation. Fillmore also draws Shakespeare into this framework, arguing that his literary genius reflects deep metaphysical and subconscious knowledge. The work is representative of mid-century New Thought \u2014 optimistic, syncretic, and earnest in its effort to reconcile scientific materialism with idealist Christian mysticism.","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Atom-Smashing Power of Mind: Question Helps","tradition":"Sacred Texts: New Thought","translated_text":null,"word_count":3300}