Ernest Holmes (1887–1960)
Author of The Science of Mind: A Philosophy, A Faith, A Way of Life
About the Author
Ernest Holmes(1887-1960) was the founder of the Religious Science movement, now known as the Centers for Spiritual Living, with hundreds of spiritual centers around the world. He was a uniquely gifted scholar with a vast command of the world's religions, as well as psychology, philosophy, science, show more and the arts. Holmes's many inspirational books include The Science of Mind, This Thing Called You, and A New Design for Living. show less
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Ernest Holmes and Fenwicke L Holmes were Brothers, They each were Authors in their own right and also collaborated on books together. Please do not combine or separate the listings for either or both.
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Works by Ernest Holmes
How to Change Your Life: An Inspirational, Life-Changing Classic from the Ernest Holmes Library (1982) 66 copies
A Dictionary of New Thought Terms: The Words and Phrases Commonly Used in Metaphysics (1991) 14 copies
365 Days of Richer Living: A Daily Guidebook of Powerful and Inspiring Affirmative Prayers and Meditations (1973) 14 copies
The Ernest Holmes Dictionary of New Thought: Your Pocket Guidebook to Religious Science (2003) 7 copies
The Wisdom of Ernest Holmes:: The Science of Mind, Creative Mind and Success, Creative Mind (2007) 6 copies
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: A Practical Course in Successful Living, Volumes 1-6 (1984) 6 copies
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: A Practical Course in Successful Living (Change Your Thinking, Change Your… (1984) 3 copies
New Thought Terms and Their Meanings: A Dictionary of the terms and phrases commonly used in meta-physical and… (2010) 3 copies
Mind remakes your world;: How to think yourself into better health, greater happiness, and more success as proved by… (1949) 3 copies
Good for You: The Science of Mind Approach to Successful Living [Selected Writings of Ernest Holmes] (1987) 3 copies
The Power of Belief 2 copies
The magic of the mind 2 copies
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life, Volume 5: A Practical Course in Successful Living (Change Your Thinking, Change… (1984) 2 copies
How to Use Your Power 1 copy
Extension Study Course in the Science of Mind - Volume 2: A Complete Commentary on the Science of Mind Textbook (2013) 1 copy
The Power Beyond Magic 1 copy
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: A Practical Course in Successful Living (Change Your Thinking, Change Your… (1984) 1 copy
I Need Help 1 copy
Spiritual Healing 1 copy
Know Yourself 1 copy
Love is Freedom 1 copy
Live Again! 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Holmes, Ernest Shurtleff
- Birthdate
- 1887-01-21
- Date of death
- 1960-04-07
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Lincoln, Maine, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Boston, Massachusetts, USA - Relationships
- Holmes, Fenwicke Lindsay (Brother)
Holmes, William (Father)
Holmes, Anna Heath (Mother) - Organizations
- Church of Religious Science (Founder)
Science of Mind Magazine (Founder)
Holmes Institute, formerly Ernest Holmes College - Short biography
- Ernest S. Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, was born January 21, 1887, in Lincoln, Maine. His poor family provided little incentive for education, and at the age of 15 he left home for Boston to make his way in the world. He pursued a course in public speaking and discovered that one of his instructors was a Christian Scientist. He was given a copy of Mary Baker Eddy 's Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. This basic Christian Science textbook fit easily into Holmes's reading of philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In 1912 Holmes moved to Southern California where his brother Fenwicke had become the pastor of a Congregational church. Shortly after his arrival he discovered the Metaphysical Library in Los Angeles, which had become the center for the distribution of New Thought metaphysical literature. He avidly devoured the works of writers such as Thomas Troward, William Walker Atkinson, and Christian Larsen. In 1916 he gave his first public lecture at the Metaphysical Library, and the following year he and his brother opened the Metaphysical Institute and began issuing a magazine, Uplift. Within a short time he was lecturing regularly in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, and began to travel nationally. His first book, Creative Mind, appeared in 1919. A final step in his mature development occurred in 1924 when he briefly settled in New York City and became the last student to be accepted by Emma Curtis Hopkins, the founder of New Thought.
In 1925 Holmes returned to Los Angeles and finished writing his major work, The Science of Mind (1925), a summary of his thought and the textbook embodying his own perspective on New Thought. The "Science of Mind" was the study of spirit, the reality underlying the visible cosmos. Mastery of the Science of Mind led to happiness, health, and prosperity. He also developed a simple technique of healing prayer. In 1927 he founded the Institute of Religious Science and School of Philosophy and began to train people in his methods. They in turn established themselves as Science of Mind practitioners in a manner similar to Christian Science practitioners.
The movement Holmes began prospered over the next several decades. He continually had to move his Sunday lectures into larger facilities. In 1949 he began a radio show, "This Thing Called Life." New books appeared regularly.
Holmes resisted attempts to see Religious Science as a church movement. However, in 1949, giving in to requests from some of his closest associates, he oversaw the formation of the International Association of Religious Science Churches. In 1954 Holmes moved to reorganize the very loosely organized association directly under the institute, whose name was changed to the Church of Religious Science. While most congregations went along with the plan, some, including those led by several of Holmes's closest colleagues, saw the move as a power grab and continued the association as a separate movement.
Holmes died April 7, 1960, in Los Angeles. The Church of Religious Science continues as the United Church of Religious Science and the association continues as Religious Science International. - Disambiguation notice
- Ernest Holmes and Fenwicke L Holmes were Brothers, They each were Authors in their own right and also collaborated on books together. Please do not combine or separate the listings for either or both.
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- 118
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