New Thought · 1887–1960
Ernest Holmes
Ernest Holmes founded Religious Science and wrote 'The Science of Mind.' He systematised mental and spiritual laws into a comprehensive philosophy, teaching that thought is creative and that understanding one's divine nature unlocks unlimited potential.
Key Works
- The Science of Mind
The Dream.Align.Rewire Perspective
The neuroscience behind Holmes's teaching
Holmes' 'treatment' — his term for affirmative prayer — is structurally identical to a CBT technique called a behavioural experiment: acting 'as if' the desired state were already true in order to gather evidence that it is. He systematised New Thought into something that reads like a proto-cognitive model. The Science of Mind is essentially a comprehensive manual for belief change, written before the field of cognitive science existed.
The Annotated Edition
Read the original — with Christie's annotations
Christie L. Russell's annotated edition of Ernest Holmes's key works adds the neuroscience, NLP, and CBT commentary that places each passage in its modern context — making century-old wisdom immediately actionable.
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DAR workbooks & tools for Holmes's work
The Science of Mind — Quick-Start Cheat Sheets
Core mental science principles with CBT and NLP annotations.
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