New Thought and metaphysical religion in America

E314562

metaphysical tradition religious movement spiritual movement

New Thought and metaphysical religion in America is a spiritual movement emphasizing the power of mind, positive thinking, and metaphysical principles to promote healing, prosperity, and personal transformation.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
New Thought literature	3
Religious Science	3
Divine Science movement	1
New Thought Christianity	1
New Thought and metaphysical religion in America canonical	1
New Thought practitioners	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2963005 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Thought and metaphysical religion in America
Context triple: [Mary Morse Baker, hasInfluenced, New Thought and metaphysical religion in America]

A. On the Spiritual Law
On the Spiritual Law is an early Christian ascetic treatise by St. Mark the Ascetic that offers concise spiritual maxims on inner struggle, grace, and the keeping of God’s commandments.
B. The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience is a landmark 1902 work of psychology and philosophy in which William James analyzes personal religious and mystical experiences to explore the nature and value of religion.
C. The At‑One‑Ment Between God and Man
The At‑One‑Ment Between God and Man is a religious volume from the "Studies in the Scriptures" series that explores Christian doctrines of atonement and reconciliation between humanity and God.
D. The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
E. God in Search of Man
God in Search of Man is a seminal work of Jewish theology and philosophy by Abraham Joshua Heschel that explores the dynamic relationship between God and humanity, emphasizing divine concern and human responsibility.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New Thought and metaphysical religion in America
Target entity description: New Thought and metaphysical religion in America is a spiritual movement emphasizing the power of mind, positive thinking, and metaphysical principles to promote healing, prosperity, and personal transformation.

A. On the Spiritual Law
On the Spiritual Law is an early Christian ascetic treatise by St. Mark the Ascetic that offers concise spiritual maxims on inner struggle, grace, and the keeping of God’s commandments.
B. The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience is a landmark 1902 work of psychology and philosophy in which William James analyzes personal religious and mystical experiences to explore the nature and value of religion.
C. The At‑One‑Ment Between God and Man
The At‑One‑Ment Between God and Man is a religious volume from the "Studies in the Scriptures" series that explores Christian doctrines of atonement and reconciliation between humanity and God.
D. The Perennial Philosophy
The Perennial Philosophy is Aldous Huxley’s influential 1945 work of comparative mysticism that explores the shared spiritual truths underlying the world’s major religious traditions.
E. God in Search of Man
God in Search of Man is a seminal work of Jewish theology and philosophy by Abraham Joshua Heschel that explores the dynamic relationship between God and humanity, emphasizing divine concern and human responsibility.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metaphysical tradition ⓘ religious movement ⓘ spiritual movement ⓘ
continuedIn	20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ
developedFrom	Christian mysticism ⓘ Swedenborgianism ⓘ Transcendentalism ⓘ mesmerism ⓘ mind-cure movement ⓘ
emphasizes	affirmations ⓘ creative power of thought ⓘ law of attraction ⓘ metaphysical principles ⓘ mind-body connection ⓘ visualization ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn	New Age spirituality ⓘ linked to: New Age positive thinking movement ⓘ prosperity gospel ⓘ self-help literature ⓘ
hasMainFocus	mental healing ⓘ personal transformation ⓘ positive thinking ⓘ power of mind ⓘ prosperity ⓘ
hasPractice	affirmative prayer ⓘ meditation ⓘ spiritual mind treatment ⓘ use of affirmations ⓘ visualization for healing and prosperity ⓘ
holdsBelief	disease originates in the mind ⓘ prosperity is a sign of right thinking ⓘ spiritual reality is more fundamental than material reality ⓘ
includes	Centers for Spiritual Living ⓘ Church of Divine Science ⓘ Independent New Thought churches ⓘ Religious Science ⓘ linked to: New Thought and metaphysical religion in America Unity Church ⓘ Unity School of Christianity ⓘ
influencedBy	Christian Science ⓘ linked to: Church of Christ, Scientist Emma Curtis Hopkins ⓘ Mary Baker Eddy ⓘ Phineas Parkhurst Quimby ⓘ Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
originatedIn	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
periodOfOrigin	late 19th century ⓘ
teaches	divine presence within each person ⓘ healing through prayer ⓘ healing through right thinking ⓘ mental causation ⓘ spiritual laws govern health and prosperity ⓘ thoughts influence reality ⓘ
views	God as immanent ⓘ God as principle ⓘ God as universal mind ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

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Mary Morse Baker → hasInfluenced → New Thought and metaphysical religion in America ⓘ

New Thought → associatedOrganization → Religious Science ⓘ

subject linked to: new thought