Henry Harrison Brown

An Elder Statesmen of the New Thought Movement

Henry Harrison Brown (1840-1918) was one of the elder statesmen of the New Thought movement in the early part of the 20th Century. Born in Massachusetts in 1840, he served in the U. S. Volunteers during the Civil War from August, 1862, until October, 1865. In his varied career he taught school; worked upon newspapers; lectured in various fields for 17 years, and was 7 years a Unitarian minister. He entered the work of mental healing and teaching in 1893. He thus gained by experience that which he taught in his books.

Brown was responsible for the publication of one of the most vigorous of the New Thought periodicals, Now, published in San Francisco, Cal., described in its subtitle as "a Monthly Journal of Positive Affirmations, devoted to Mental Science and the Art of Living." This magazine was established by Henry Harrison Brown, in 1900. Its basic affirmation was, "Man is spirit here and now, with all the possibilities of Divinity within him and he can consciously manifest these possibilities here and now."

Henry Harrison Brown's published books include: Dollars Want Me: The New Road to Opulence; Concentration: The Road to Success; How to Control Fate Through Suggestion; The Six Steps in Mental Mastery: A Practical Treatise on the Realization of the Ideal; Success and How It Is Won Through Affirmation; Nor Hypnotism But Suggestion: A Lesson in Soul Culture; How to Control Fate Through Suggestion; Self Healing Through Suggestion; New Thought Means a Triumphant Democracy; The Call of the Twentieth Century; The Lord's Prayer: A Vision of Today; New Thought Primer: Origin, History and Principles of the Movement; Man's Greatest Discovery.

He carried on writing and lecturing right up until his passing in 1918.

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