Florence Scovel Shinn

Portrait of New Thought writer Florence Scovel Shinn

Florence Scovel Shinn (1871–1940) remains one of the most accessible and distinctive voices in early twentieth-century New Thought. Her books turn metaphysical ideas about faith, prosperity, intuition, affirmation, and spiritual law into direct practical instruction for everyday life.

Where to begin: start with The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925) for the foundation of her system, continue with Your Word Is Your Wand (1928) for her most concentrated use of affirmation, then move through The Magic Path of Intuition (written 1936), The Secret Door to Success (1940), and the posthumous The Power of the Spoken Word (1945).

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