Larson, Christian D.
Christian D. Larson (1874 - 1954) was a New Thought leader and teacher, as well as a prolific author of metaphysical and New Thought books. He is credited by Horatio Dresser as being a founder in the New Thought movement.[1] Many of Larson's books remain in print today, nearly 100 years after they were first published, and his writings influenced notable New Thought authors and leaders, including Religious Science founder, Ernest Holmes.[2]
Larson during his life was honorary president of the International New Thought Alliance[3] and lectured extensively during the 1920s and 1930s. He was a colleague of such notables as William Walker Atkinson, Charles Brodie Patterson, and Home of Truth founder Annie Rix Militz. He developed the Optimist Creed in use today by Optimist International, better known as the Optimist Clubs.[4]
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- The Ideal Made Real or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners (1912)
- On the Heights (1908)
- The Pathway of Roses
- Nothing Succeeds Like Success
- Perfect Health
- What Right Thinking Will Do
- The Great Within
- Your Forces and How to Use Them
- Brains and How to Get Them
- Arthur Dimmesdale
[edit] References
- Horatio Willis Dresser (1919) A History of the New Thought Movement, p. 250.
- Martin, Darnise C. (2005) Beyond Christianity, NYU Press, New York, p. 20.
Fenner, Audrey, ed. (2004) Selecting Materials for Library Collections, Routledge, ISBN 978-0789015211, p. 181.
- Dresser, p. 212.
- History of Optimist International, accessed September 2008.
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