Lessons in Truth (Forgotten Books) - Couverture souple

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About the Author

H. Emilie Cady (1848-1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings. Her 1896 book Lessons in Truth is now considered the core text on Unity Church teachings. It is the is the most widely read book in that movement, and has sold over 1.6 million copies since its first publication.

Born in 1848 in Syracuse, New York, Cady's first profession was schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse in her hometown. In the 1880s however, she decided to pursue the field of medicine, and became a doctor of homeopathic medicine in New York City.

Cady later became deeply involved in spiritual and metaphysical studies. She was inspired and influenced by Biblical teachings and the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She also associated with several prominent figures in the New Thought movement of the time, including: Emma Curtis Hopkins, Emmet Fox (Divine Science), Ernest Holmes founder of Religious Science, and Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity Church.

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H. Emilie Cady (1848–1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings. Her 1896 book Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity is now considered the core text on Unity Church teachings. It is the most widely read book in that movement, and has sold over 1.6 million copies since its first publication.