Florence Scovel Shinn
1871 – 1940 · United States · New Thought, Literature
Illustrator turned teacher whose parables made affirmation practice everyday.
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- James Allen
1864 – 1912 · New Thought, Literature
The thought-as-cause axiom underlies Shinn's spoken-word practice.
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