The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science
By: Thomas Troward (1847-1916) Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 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 philosopher William James characterized Troward’s Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science as "far and away the ablest statement of philosophy I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement." According to Alcoholics Anonymous (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. First Page: SCIENCE THE EDINBURGH LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE BY THOMAS TROWARD LATE DIVISIONAL JUDGE, PUNJAB THE WRITER AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATES THIS LITTLE VOLUME TO HIS WIFE FOREWORD. This book contains the substance of a course of lectures recently given by the writer in the Queen Street Hall, Edinburgh. Its purpose is to indicate the Natural Principles governing the relation between Mental Action and Material Conditions, and thus to afford the student an intelligible starting point for the practical study of the subject. T.T. March, 1904. CONTENTS. I. SPIRIT AND MATTER. II. THE HIGHER MODE OF INTELLIGENCE CONTROLS THE LOWER III. THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IV. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MIND V. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MIND VI. THE LAW OF GROWTH VII. RECEPTIVITY. VIII. RECIPROCAL ACTION OF THE UNIVERSAL AND INDIVIDUAL MINDS IX. CAUSES AND CONDITIONS X. INTUITION XI. HEALING XII. THE WILL XIII. IN TOUCH WITH SUBCONSCIOUS MIND XIV. THE BODY XV. THE SOUL XVI. THE SPIRIT I... Continue reading book >>

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

By: Thomas Troward (1847-1916)

Thomas Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 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 philosopher William James characterized Troward’s Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science as "far and away the ablest statement of philosophy I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement."

According to Alcoholics Anonymous (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.

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SCIENCE

THE EDINBURGH LECTURES ON MENTAL SCIENCE

BY THOMAS TROWARD LATE DIVISIONAL JUDGE, PUNJAB

THE WRITER AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATES THIS LITTLE VOLUME TO HIS WIFE

FOREWORD.

This book contains the substance of a course of lectures recently given by the writer in the Queen Street Hall, Edinburgh. Its purpose is to indicate the Natural Principles governing the relation between Mental Action and Material Conditions, and thus to afford the student an intelligible starting point for the practical study of the subject.

T.T.

March, 1904.

CONTENTS.

I. SPIRIT AND MATTER. II. THE HIGHER MODE OF INTELLIGENCE CONTROLS THE LOWER III. THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IV. SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MIND V. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MIND VI. THE LAW OF GROWTH VII. RECEPTIVITY. VIII. RECIPROCAL ACTION OF THE UNIVERSAL AND INDIVIDUAL MINDS IX. CAUSES AND CONDITIONS X. INTUITION XI. HEALING XII. THE WILL XIII. IN TOUCH WITH SUBCONSCIOUS MIND XIV. THE BODY XV. THE SOUL XVI. THE SPIRIT

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