In brief
Troward served as a divisional judge in the Punjab under British rule. After he retired in 1896 he turned to comparative religion and the study of mind, bringing a judge's habit of weighing evidence step by step. These lectures, given in Edinburgh, were published in New York in 1909.
Troward reasons from the idea of a universal creative Spirit to the individual's power to shape experience. His distinction between the “objective” mind (conscious reasoning) and the “subjective” mind (the deeper, creative mind that accepts suggestion) became central for later writers, from Behrend to Holmes to Neville Goddard.
Key ideas
- Spirit is the creative principle behind all form.
- The objective mind reasons; the subjective mind creates.
- The subjective mind accepts the pictures the objective mind gives it.
- Each individual mind is an outlet of the universal mind.
Who it’s for
Read it if you want the philosophy beneath the prosperity books. Read one lecture per sitting and write down what each one proves.