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Creative Mind and Success: Part I: The Control of Thought

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*Creative Mind and Success* (1919) is an early New Thought self-help text by Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, belonging to the American metaphysical tradition that treats mind and spiritual law as the primary forces shaping material reality. Its central argument is that unlimited prosperity and success are available to anyone who learns to align their thinking with what Holmes calls "Divine Mind" or the "Great Principle of Life" — an all-powerful, inexhaustible cosmic intelligence. Holmes contends that the universe operates like a mold-and-pour system: God or Spirit can only act *through* human consciousness, so a person's inner acceptance and belief creates the mental mold into which creative power flows to produce tangible results. Drawing on Jesus and Lazarus as a practical case study, he frames biblical miracles as demonstrations of this mental law rather than supernatural exceptions. A distinctive claim is that gratitude is not merely an attitude but an operational mechanism — giving thanks *before* receiving a desired outcome strengthens the "inner acceptance" that allows Spirit to deliver it. The text thus positions prosperity theology within a quasi-scientific framework of mental laws, distinguishing it from simple petition-prayer by insisting that belief must be unconditional and that the universe's abundance is structurally unlimited.

Creative Mind and Success: Part I: The Control of Thought

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