Section IV: History of New Thought

Question 1

What was Charles Fillmore’s role in the New Thought Movement?

Answer 1

Charles Fillmore was co-founder of Unity School of Christianity and developed a distinct interpretation of the bible. He expanded “Keys to Scripture” by Mary Baker Eddy into “Mysteries of Genesis”. He started a new magazine “Modern Thought”.

Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NSMNnRJGndoceyAXyyxFrZHMbCXCZ-Nu/view?usp=sharing
Spirits in Rebellion, Chapter 7 - Unity School of Christianity

Question 2

What was Myrtle Fillmore’s role in New Thought?

Answer 2

Myrtle Fillmore was co-founder of Unity School of Christianity, and it was her healing after attending a lecture of Dr. E.B.Week’s that sparked the beginning of Unity. She began the Society of Silent Help which later became known as Silent Unity, and also authored the children’s magazine, Wee Wisdom.

Source: Spirits in Rebellion, Chapter 7 - Unity School of Christianity;
Healing Letters;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nfNcefhj44fF5_RgCnUcsX-BPQEIdRSdsXh0VGAMjdU/edit?usp=drive_link

Question 3

What was Mary Baker Eddy’s role in the New Thought Movement?

Answer 3

Mary Baker Eddy was the founder of Christian Science, and author of the textbook of Christian Science called Science and Health (1875). Some of the personnel associated with Mary Baker Eddy who were former Christian Scientists were Emma Curtis Hopkins (Teacher of Teachers), Ursula Gestefield (founder of Science of Being), Arthur B. Corey, Joel Goldsmith, etc. She sought healing from Phineas P. Quimby in 1862, and was the first to really organize a healing ministry, which inflcuenced the New thoguth movement.

Source: https://poda.io/b/Ai3AXj8Kh9miC2ozmFpC
Spirits in Rebellion, Part I

Question 4

What was Phineas P. Quimby’s role in the New Thought Movement?

Answer 4

Phineas P. Quimby is credited as the Father of New Thought in America. He became healed of tuberculosis after a horseback ride upon suggestion of a friend of his. He began to practice hypnotism and began practicing mental healing on people who were willing to submit to the experience, opening his mental healing practice in Portland, Maine in 1859. He began to question whether or not the clairvoyant abilities were true to fact and whether it was the remedy itself or if the patient’s belief in the cure that caused healing, and he ultimately came to the conclusion that the patient’s belief in being cured was the cure. He believed that “the cause of man’s misery and trouble lies in our false reasoning.” Quimby also believe that there is no intelligence, no power or action in matter itself, he believed God to be invisible and infinite wisdom.

Source: https://poda.io/b/Ai3AXj8Kh9miC2ozmFpC
Spirits in Rebellion, Part I

Question 5

What was Nona Brooks role in the New Thought Movement?

Answer 5

Nona Brooks, alongside Malinda Cramer, was co-founder of Divine Science. She was healed by Mrs. Bingham, a student of Emma Curtis Hopkins, of a persistent throat ailment that hindered her from eating regularly for quite some time. She was from Pueblo, CO, and eventualy linked up with Malinda Cramer in Denver, CO, where the two discovered they had been teaching nearly identical beliefs. Malinda Cramer and the Brooks sisters both agreed to name their teachings as Divine Science.

Source: Spirits in Rebellion, Chapter 8 - Divine Science;
https://poda.io/b/Ai3AXj8Kh9miC2ozmFpC