Neville Goddard
1905 – 1972 · Barbados · New Thought, Philosophy
Taught imagination as the sole creative power; 'assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled'.
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Inherited from1
- Thomas Troward
1847 – 1916 · New Thought, Philosophy
Troward's law of subjective mind is the engine of Neville's imagination technique.
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- Michael Beckwith
1956 · New Thought, Theology
Imagination-as-cause is a live strand in contemporary New Thought preaching.
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