The Hidden Power: And Other Papers On Mental Abilities

Troward was a divisional Judge in British-administered India. His avocation was the study of comparative religion. Influences on his thinking, as well as his later writing, included the teachings of Christ, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Thomas Troward's 'The Hidden Power' essay represents a major work in his contributing influence to Religious Science, the New Thought Movement in the United States and Great Britain. Included in this volume are: 'The Hidden Power,' 'The Perversion of Truth,' 'The 'I Am,' 'Affirmative Power,' 'Submission,' 'Completeness,' 'The Principle of Guidance,' 'Desire as the Motive Power,' 'Touching Lightly,' 'Present Truth,' 'Yourself,' 'Religious Opinions,' 'A Lesson from Browning,' 'The Spirit of Opulence,' 'Beauty,' 'Separation and Unity,' 'Externalisation,' 'Entering into the Spirit of It,' 'The Bible and the New Thought,' 'Jachin and Boaz,' 'Hephziba,' 'Mind and Hand,' 'The Central Control,' 'What is Higher Thought,' and 'Fragments.'