The Power of Unity; The Amazing Discoveries of Charles Fillmore

by Ruth L. Miller, Martha Shonkwiler (Illustrator)

The Paths to Power Series is designed to be easy reading biographies of the founders of New Thought. They are easy reading for all ages from juvenile to adult.Imagine growing up with Indians as your neighbors and playmates—then having your father leave, then getting seriously injured so you can’t play anymore….Imagine completing your education at a neighbor’s kitchen table at night, while working as a printer’s helper during the day—even though your leg still hurts and is shorter than the other one…Imagine getting a job with the railroad and moving to the Wild West, then meeting the love of your life—only to have her move away!Imagine driving a mule train over the mountains into the mining fields, with one leg lame … building a business and then losing it … marrying the love of your life and then watching her get sicker and sicker… and then miraculously healed!That’s how life was when a Power stronger than anyone led Charles to heal that leg and then help mil-lions of others to experience that same Power!

65 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 24, 2013

About the author

Dr. Miller served as Associate Professor and Director of the Cybernetic Systems Program at San Jose State University and as Director of Curriculum & Evaluation for Rogue Community College. She has led countless workshops on new paradigms, systems thinking and futures research, and has served as adjunct faculty at Antioch University-Seattle, Marylhurst University, Portland State University, as well as the Living Enrichment Institute, and New West Seminary.

After years of research into the nature of consciousness, Dr. Miller found she could no longer ignore the spirit. She became coordinator for Adult Religious Education in a small-town Methodist church while helping to found a Unitarian-Universalist fellowship there. In the process, she began a series of courses that would lead to ordination. She was ordained in the New Thought tradition and became the pastor of the Lifeways Center in Portland, Oregon, then interim Assistant at Unity of Beaverton. She is currently a “circuit riding preacher,” serving New Thought and Unitarian-Universalist churches in Oregon, Washington, and California.