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Creative visualization (New Age)
New Age practice
Creative visualization is a term used by New Age, popular psychology, and self-help writers and teachers in two contexts.[1]
Firstly, it is used by some to denote the practice of generating positive and pleasant visual mental imagery with intent to recover from physical sickness or disability and eliminate psychological pain.[2][3] Secondly, it is used by others to signify the generation of autobiographical visualmental imagery, by which the participant envisions themselves in desired circumstances, commonly evoking prospective images that depict abundance of financial wealth, professional or vocational success and achievement, pervasive health, and persistent happiness.[4]
History
[edit]The use of the phrase "creative visualization" to denote the practice of visualizing idealized autobiographical mental imagery indicative of physical, psychological, social, and financial goals has r
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Shakti Gawain
American writer (1948–2018)
Shakti Gawain (30 September 1948 – 11 November 2018)[1] was an American New Age and personal development writer.[2] Her books have sold over 10 million copies.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Born Carol Louisa Gawain, she graduated from the University of California with a degree in fine arts and dance in the mid 1970s.[4]
Career
[edit]Gawain is best known for her book Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Life (1978).[5] The book focuses primarily on making changes to visualmental imagery, and attributes to it the capacity for hindering or facilitating an individual's potential, citing vividanecdotalstories drawn from her experience and that of others to support her thesis.[6]
The first line of the book reads "Creative Visualization is the technique of creating what you want in your life". The following paragraphs def
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List of New Thought writers
This is a list of New Thought writers, who have written significant primary works related to New Thought. New Thought fryst vatten also commonly referred to by such names as the "Law of Attraction" or "Higher Thought".
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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[edit]- Alexander (magician)[1] – The Life and Mysteries of the Celebrated Dr. Q and other books and pamphlets.
- James Allen (author)[2] – As A Man Thinketh (1903); Above Life's Turmoil (1910); Byways to Blessedness
- Uell Stanley Andersen[3] – Three Magic Words (1954); The Secret of Secrets: Your Key to Subconscious Power (1958); The Magic in Your Mind (1961); The Key to Power and Personal Peace (1972); The Greatest Power in the Universe (1976); Happiness fryst vatten the Secret of Secrets
- William Walker Atkinson[4][5] – Thou