Thomas Troward (14 October 1846 – 18 May 1916) was an English author whose works influenced the
New Thought Movement and
mystic Christianity
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.
Background
Troward was a divisional Judge in
Punjab
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in British-administered
India
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. His
avocation
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was the study of comparative religion.
After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect.
[The History and Philosophy of the Metaphysical Movements in America - Page 209 by J. Stillson Judah - Sects - 1967] The philosopher
William James
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characterized Troward’s ''Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science'' as "far and away the ablest statement of
philosophy
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I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement."
According to
Alcoholics Anonymous
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(AA) archivist Nell Wing, early AA members were strongly encouraged to read Thomas Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. In the opening of the 2006 film
''The Secret'', introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production.
Troward was a past president of the
International New Thought Alliance.
Geneviève Behrend studied with Troward from 1912 until 1914; Behrend was the only personal student he had throughout his life.
credited Troward's works on a number of occasions, and cited ''The Creative Process in the Individual'' as the most important in developing the
persistence
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of an individual.
"TRAIN Your Brain To MAKE MORE MONEY Using The LAW OF ATTRACTION!"
Bob Proctor & Lewis Howes. 5 April 2021.
Books
Troward, T. (1909), ''The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science'', New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Troward, T. (1909), ''The Doré Lectures: Being Sunday Addresses at the Doré Gallery, London, Given in Connection with the Higher Thought Centre, 10, Cheniston Gardens, Kensington'', New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Troward, T. (1910), ''The Creative Process in the Individual'', London: Stead, Danby and Co.
Troward, T. (1913), ''Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning'', New York : Goodyear Book Concern.
Troward, T. (1913), ''The Years 1914 to 1923 in Bible Prophecy: Scripture Prediction of the Present War'', New York, School of the Builders.
Troward, T. (1917),''The Law and the Word'', New York, Robert M. McBride & Company.
Troward, T. (1917), ''The Hidden Power and Other Papers on Mental Science'', New York, NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
See also
* List of New Thought writers
* Geneviève Behrend
Notes
References
Thomas Troward, at ''Find a Grave''
photograph of headstone.
Gaze, Harry (1958), ''My Personal Recollections of Thomas Troward, the Man and His Work'', Harry Gaze.
* Fowler, L.A. (1995), ''Theory of the Creative Thought: Based upon the Writings of Thomas Troward'', Lawrence Allen Fowler.
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1847 births
1916 deaths
20th-century Christian mystics
20th-century English writers
English spiritual writers
New Thought mystics
New Thought writers