This Thing Called Life

by Ernest Holmes

Overview

The great contribution of Ernest Holmes to modern thought is the specific form of meditation and prayer by which man can control outward conditions of his life instead of permitting conditions to control him. Based soundly and thoughtfully upon the teachings of Jesus and other great spiritual leaders and philosophers, THIS THING CALLED LIFE is an outline of the practice of Faith by which problems of every kind may be solved by every man and woman, directly, simply and effectively.

Recognised as one of the foremost teachers of religious science and philosophy since William James, in this book Mr. Holmes courageously declares that for centuries man has been putting the cart before the horse, that he is not helpless in the face of poverty, disease, evil and unhappiness, but that by this clear and simple system of thought and faith he can dominate them and introduce into his experience their exact opposites—abundance, health, good and happiness. If man will try and learn how to think, writes Mr. Holmes, he can dominate his entire life and everything in and around it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789125979
Publisher:	Papamoa Press
Publication date:	12/05/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	93
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Ernest Shurtleff Holmes (1887-1960) was an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. He was the founder of a Spiritual movement known as Religious Science, part of the greater New Thought movement, whose spiritual philosophy is known as “The Science of Mind.” In 1942, he was bestowed with the Cross of the Commander of the Grand Humanitarian Prize of Belgium, named an honorary member of the Eugene Field Society in 19447, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Philosophy by Andhra University in India in 1945, as well as a Doctor of Letters by The California College of Medicine and the Foundation Academic University of Spiritual Understanding in Venice, Italy.

Born into a poor family in Lincoln, Maine, on January 21, 1887, the son of Anna Columbia (Heath) and William Nelson Holmes, Holmes left school and his family in Maine for Boston at the age of 15. From 1908-1910 he attended Leland Powers School of Expression in Boston, where he was introduced to Mary Baker Eddy’s Science and Health, as well as Christian Science.

In 1912 Holmes joined his brother Fenwicke, a Congregationalist minister, in Venice, California, to study the writings of many New Thought Movement authors. In 1919 he published his first book, The Creative Mind, and after almost a decade of touring Holmes committed to remaining in the L.A. area to complete his major work, The Science of Mind, published in 1926. The principles he taught went on to inspire and influence many generations of metaphysical students and teachers.

In February 1927, Holmes incorporated the Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy, Inc., and later that year he began publishing the Science of Mind magazine. In 1935 he reincorporated his organization as the Institute of Religious Science and Philosophy, and in 1954 it was re-established again as a religious organization called the Church of Religious Science.

Holmes died in L.A. on April 7, 1960 at the age of 73.