The editor of A Course In Materialization began studying the Teachings in 1977. He noticed that the original Teachings were far more powerful than the more modern teachings. The art of Materialization gave him millions of new choices and a life than can only be described as miraculous. He was able to retire at the young age of thirty eight. Volume one of A Course In Materialization has more than seven hundred pages of quotes from nineteen books by fourteen original teachers of the laws of abundance, prosperity, success, supply, opulence, attraction, power, compensation, love, affinity, harmony, imagination, ability, soul, mental control, manifestation, wholeness, increase, growth, liberty, individuality, spirit, reciprocity, the creative process, being, production, subjective mind, justice, unfolding substance, force, and related topics such as how to develop willpower, visualization, concentration, affirmations, and autosuggestion. A Course In Materialization is a transmission from the Infinite Consciousness to you. The goal in publishing A Course In Materialization is to create some of the most positive and uplifting books ever written. Most of the modern living teachers of the manifestation teachings have left out hundreds of important safeguards. Morality, ethics, integrity, unselfishness, compassion and character building are examples of some of those safeguards. Most of the original teachers in A Course In Materialization spent decades perfecting their understanding and practice of the Materialization Teachings. The hundreds of safeguards in A Course In Materialization demonstrate the expertise of these original teachers. The fourteen original teachers quoted in volume one 1. Christian D. Larson 2. Henry Thomas Hamblin 3. Elizabeth Towne 4. Thomas R. Gaines 5. George Winslow Plummer 6. E. V. Ingraham 7. Ralph Waldo Trine 8. Brown Landone 9. Julia Seton 10. Richard Ingalese 11. Thomas Troward 12. Genevieve Behrend 13. Mary A. Dodson 14. Ella E. Dodson. A POWERFUL combination!
Henry Thomas Hamblin was an English mystic, "New Thought" author, and founder of magazine "The Science of Thought Review", which achieved wide readership.
The essence of Hamblin's mystical experience and philosophy was of the omnipresence, omnipotence and all-goodness of God ("The Kingdom or realm of God is with us now and always"). He believed that "abounding health, sufficiency of supply, achievement, accomplishment and joy indescribable are the normal state for man.", and that, to achieve this state, man needed to come into "harmony with Cosmic Law". Over time the emphasis of Hamblin's written work changed from showing people how to change their lives through right thought and faith, to teaching them how to find a living consciousness of God for himself alone.
Hamblin's work is continued to this day through the Hamblin Trust, a registered charity which publishes his books and the magazine, "New Vision" (founded in 1921). The trust, set in three acres of gardens in Bosham, West Sussex, is also a venue for organisations and events promoting healthy living and personal development.
I enjoyed reading this. It has a lot of great teachings from 14 different authors. Although I read it cover to cover, it's the type of book you could just open to any page and find a great lesson.