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New Thought, new thought
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A theory of the nature of disease, a system of therapeutic practice, and a religious sect believing in these, founded on principles formulated by Phineas P. Quimby of Portland, Maine, U.S.A. Hence New Thoughter, one who holds and practises ‘new thought’; a member of the sect following the principles of Quimby. Also transf.
1887W. H. Holcombe Condensed Thoughts Christian Sci. (ed. 6) 45 New thought always excites combat in the mind with the old thought, which refuses to retire. 1899H. W. Dresser Voices of Freedom ii. 22 The term ‘New Thought’, now the accepted appellation of a doctrine which has differentiated itself from..mental science..and become the representative teaching of those who..are not worshippers of personality, are not bound to certain books, but remain independent. Ibid. 23 The New Thought..is both a philosophy of life and conduct and a mode of healing. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. iv. 94 A current..has recently poured over America..to which..I will give the title of the ‘Mind-cure movement’. There are various sects of this ‘New Thought’, to use another of the names by which it calls itself. 1907― in American Mag. Nov. 58/2 To relax, to say to ourselves (with the ‘new thoughters’) ‘Peace! be still!’ is sometimes a great achievement of inner work. a1910― Some Probl. Philos. (1911) i. 18 Compare Prentice Mulford and others of the ‘new thought’ type. 1937D. Canfield Fables for Parents 128 Being a Congregationalist and not a Christian Scientist or a New Thoughter. 1942A. Huxley Let. 30 Dec. (1969) 485 The strengthening and extension of such religions as Christian Science, Theosophy, New Thought, ‘I Am’, in which the stress is wholly on powers, personal advantages and future time. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 7 Sept. 12/4 Loss of that strength would weaken the old-line men as against the groping ‘new-thoughters’ in the party. 1967D. T. Kauffman Dict. Relig. Terms 330/1 New Thought, American religious movement,..emphasizing ‘the divinity of man and his infinite possibilities..’. Groups are now found in many parts of the world. |