Description
Book SynopsisThe Spiritual Journey of Charles Fillmore sheds new light on the life and work of an essential spiritual pioneer. In this landmark new biography, author Neal Vahle uses thorough new research, interviews with those who knew Fillmore, and his intimate familiarity with Fillmore's writings to introduce readers to the intriguing cofounder of the Unity movement. Beyond standard biography, Vahle's comprehensive treatment also extensively details Fillmore's era's philosophical and spiritual landscape. It gives readers an excellent overview of the metaphysical movement's evolution through time.
While it will serve as an excellent introduction for new students of the New Thought movement, even devoted enthusiasts will discover previously unknown dimensions of Fillmore's teachings in passages drawn from the archives of
Unity magazine and other sources. This work, together with Vahle's earlier books
Torch-bearer to Light the Way: The Life of Myrtle Fillmore (Open View, 1996) and
The Unity Movement: Its Evolution and Spiritual Teaching (Templeton Foundation Press, 2002), established him as the premier historian of the Unity movement.
Table of ContentsPreface / ix
Acknowledgments / xiii
Introduction / xv
1. From Businessman to Spiritual Teacher / 3
2. Co-creator of the Basic Unity Teaching / 9
3. Co-creator of the Doctrine of the Twelve Powers / 35
4. Sources of Charles Fillmore’s Spiritual Teaching / 49
5. Charles, the Jesus Christ Standard, and New Thought / 89
6. Regenerating the Human Body / 106
7. Metaphysical Healer / 115
8. Organizer of Spiritual Ministries / 120
9. Myrtle Page and Cora Dedrick / 139
10. “He Had an Uncommon Lot of Common Sense” / 151
Appendixes
A. Emanuel Swedenborg / 166
B. Ralph Waldo Emerson / 171
C. Emma Curtis Hopkins / 174
D. Franz Anton Mesmer / 179
E. Warren Felt Evans / 184
F. Helena Petrovna Blavatsky / 188
G. Mary Baker Eddy / 191
