How to Download The Spirit of Opulence (1921) DOC

In 1921, British author Thomas Troward published his famous work "The Hidden Power," which included a short chapter titled "The Spirit of Opulence." Because of the special interest in this particular chapter it has been republished multiple times as a quick-read pamphlet. It is this short chapter which has been reprinted here for the convenience of the interested reader.In this chapter, Troward explains: "If we believe that some form of self-starvation is necessary to our producing good work, then so long as we entertain this belief the fact actually is so for us....Do not 'think money,' as such, for it is only one means of opulence; but think opulence, that is, largely, generously, liberally, and you will find that the means of realising this thought will flow to you from all quarters, whether as money or as a hundred other things not to be reckoned in cash."Thomas Troward (1847–1916) was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. After his retirement from the judiciary in 1896, Troward set out to apply logic and a judicial weighing of evidence in the study of matters of cause and effect. The philosopher William James characterized Troward’s Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science as "far and away the ablest statement of philosophy I have met, beautiful in its sustained clearness of thought and style, a really classic statement."According to Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) archivist Nell Wing, early AA members were strongly encouraged to read Thomas Troward's Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science. In the opening of the 2006 film The Secret, introductory remarks credit Troward's philosophy with inspiring the movie and its production. Troward was a past president of the International New Thought Alliance. Geneviève Behrend studied with Troward from 1912 until 1914; Behrend was the only personal student he had throughout his life.Other works by Troward include: The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science 1904 The Dore Lectures on Mental Science 1909 The Creative Process in the Individual 1915 Bible Mystery and Bible Meaning 1913 The Law and the Word 1917 The Hidden Power and Other Papers on Mental Science 1921