Christian D. Larson

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Part of a series of articles on
New Thought
Beliefs
Movement
Denominations
Churches
Schools
Other groups
People
Historical
Modern
Related ideas
Categories

Christian Daa Larson (1874–1954) [1] was an American 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.[2] Many of Larson's books remain in print today, more than 100 years after they were first published, and his writings influenced notable New Thought authors and leaders, including Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes.[3]

Larson was born near Forrest City, Iowa, of Norwegian descent. He attended

Charles Brodie Patterson
et al.

In 1898 Larson relocated to

Cincinnati, Ohio. In January 1901, he organized the New Thought Temple at his residence at 947 West 17th St. In September 1901 he began to publish Eternal Progress
, for several years one of the leading New Thought periodicals, building it to a circulation of over a quarter of a million. Meanwhile, he began his prolific book writing career.

Larson relocated to Los Angeles, California, around 1911. He married wife Georgea L DuBois on February 14, 1918. They had two children, Louise DuBois Larson (born 1920) and Christian D. Larson Jr. (born 1924). The family lived in Beverly Hills for many years.[4]

Larson later became honorary president of the

Charles Brodie Patterson, and Home of Truth founder Annie Rix Militz
.

Early in the career of

In Tune with the Infinite
in its influence over him.

In 1918, Larson joined the staff of Science of Mind Magazine as an associate editor and frequent contributor. He was on the permanent faculty of Ernest Holmes' Institute of Religious Science as a teacher.[6]

In 1912 Larson published a poem that eventually became[7] the Optimist Creed,[8] which in 1922 was adopted by Optimist International, better known as the Optimist Clubs.[9]

Books

  • The Great Within (1907)
  • Mastery of Fate (1907)
  • How To Stay Young (1908)
  • On the Heights (1908)
  • The Ideal Made Real or Applied Metaphysics for Beginners (1909)
  • Perfect Health (1910)
  • Your Forces and How to Use Them (1910)
  • Business Psychology (1912)
  • How to remain well (1912)
  • Just be Glad (1912)
  • Mastery of Self (1912)
  • The Mind Cure (1912)
  • Thinking for Results (1912)
  • What is Truth (1912)
  • How the mind works (1912)
  • The Pathway of Roses (1913)
  • Brains and How to Get Them (1913)
  • Nothing Succeeds Like Success (1916)
  • What Right Thinking Will Do (1916)
  • Healing Yourself (1918)
  • Concentration (1920)

References

  1. ^ Publisher's notes on the cover of "Your Forces and How to Use Them", by Larson, Dover Publications, 2017
  2. ^ Horatio Willis Dresser (1919) A History of the New Thought Movement, p. 250.
  3. ISBN 978-0-7890-1521-1
    , p. 181.
  4. ^ "Ancestry.com".
  5. ^ Dresser, p. 212.
  6. ^
    OCLC 320953063
    .
  7. ^ Horowitz, Mitch. One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life, Crown Publishers, New York, 2014.
  8. ^ http://christianlarson.wwwhubs.com
  9. ^ History of Optimist International Archived October 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, accessed September 2008.

External links

Wikiquote has quotations related to Christian D. Larson.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_D._Larson&oldid=1192790008"