Children's Literature and the Rise of 'Mind Cure'

Positive thinking is good for you. You can become healthy, wealthy, and influential by using the power of your mind to attract what you desire. These kooky but commonplace ideas stem from a nineteenth-century new religious movement known as ''mind cure'' or New Thought. Related to Mary Baker Eddy''s Christian Science, New Thought was once a popular religious movement with hundreds of thousands of ...