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These works are still read by intelligent people today because his books have been rediscovered in the public domain and republished for the general public. Little is known about his life. Born in the USA after the civil war, he experienced failure in his earlier years. Later he studied the various religions and philosophies. He avidly read Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Swedenborg, Emerson. Through his study, he discovered the truth of the Law of Attraction principles and put them into practice in his own life. We are only now rediscovering these ancient teachings that originated from the ancient Upanishads. Now that Quantum Physics has explained how the observer influences the experiences through the particle/wave experiments, we are finally coming to realize what most of the ancient religions discussed in their more esoteric books. Wallace wrote books outlining these principles and practiced the technique of creative visualization. His ideas were controversial in his day. He was even fired from a high position in the Methodist Church because he spoke about how the power of our destiny is within us. His teachings were considered heresy because he outlined how to use the law of attraction to live a happy, prosperous, and fulfilled life. The law of attraction is a law of nature. It is impersonal. It does not break up the world into good things or bad things. It receives your thoughts and reflects back to you those thoughts as your life experience. The law of attraction simply gives you what you think about. Wallace Wattles taught how to think "in a certain way" to attract wealth, health, love, and success. His daughter Florence relates, "He wrote almost constantly. It was then that he formed his mental picture. He saw himself as a successful writer, a personality of power, an advancing man, and he began to work toward the realization of this vision. He lived every page ... His life was truly the powerful life." (See the box on the right about her original letter to Elizabeth Towne.) Elizabeth Towne who owned a magazine called Nautilus, published his articles. They ran in almost every issue in the early 1900's. Wattles' best known book, The Science of Getting Rich is a mental and spiritual approach on how to become rich. His ideas have influenced many contemporary people, transforming their lives entirely. One remarkable example of his influence is how it transformed the life of Rhonda Byrne. Rhonda Byrne, an Australian woman, was at the end of her rope. Her father had died suddenly. Her relationships were in turmoil. And she had worn herself into exhaustion by her work. After reading The Science of Getting Rich, a book given to her by her daughter to lift her spirits, she created the sensationally popular movie, The Secret. Wattles said his book was "Intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is pragmatic, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a lot of theory. It is for those who have, so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want prosperous results and who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for action. "Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. You cannot rise to your greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless you have plenty of money. For to unfold your soul and to develop talent you must have many things to use, and you cannot have these things unless you have money with which to buy them." Wattles died not long after the 1910 publication of The Science of Getting Rich, but his books, like those of Orison Swett Marden, another famous prosperity teacher, was the stimulus behind much of the self-development literature of the past 100 years. We are offering a completely updated and digitized version of his famous trilogy: The Science Of Being Great, The Science Of Well Being and The Science of Getting Rich. This series covers health, wealth and happiness. You can read a brief description of the books on the left. In order to get these books into as many hands as possible, we are offering a fire sale for the entire set. Click below to order Now only $29.97
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Here is a letter written by his daughter, Florence, shortly after his death in 1911. My dear Mrs. Towne, Your letter of the 14th received . . . perhaps a little later I can write the romantic story of my Father's life and make it really worthwhile. You knew, didn't you, that he lost a good position in the Methodist Church because of his "heresy"?
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