Joseph Murphy
1898 – 1981 · Ireland · New Thought, Psychology
Recast affirmation as subconscious programming for a postwar readership.
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Inherited from1
- Ernest Holmes
1887 – 1960 · New Thought, Philosophy
Murphy taught in Religious Science before writing The Power of Your Subconscious Mind.
Passed the work to1
- Louise Hay
1926 – 2017 · New Thought, Psychology
Subconscious-mind healing is the mechanism Hay's affirmations assume.
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