Metaphysical Club (New Thought)
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notable = September 2008The Metaphysical Club was the one of the first New Thought organizations, [Dresser (p. 183) calls it the "first permanent New Thought club". "The Catholic Encyclopedia" says "this society, through its active propaganda, was the first which made a determined effort to spread its views and try to gain a general following" (p. 538).] formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895 by, among others, L. B. Macdonald, J. W. Lindy and Frederick Reed. The first public lecture sponsored by the club was an address by Julia Ward Howe. [Dresser, pp. 181-182.]
The Metaphysical Club was one of the antecedents of the International New Thought Alliance. [Dresser, pp. 185-202. See also "The Catholic Encyclopedia" which says "from it [the Metaphysical Club] in a sense grew the more general organization which later sprang up" (p. 538), and goes on to relate the various conventions that lead to the formation of the International New Thought Alliance in 1914. For further details on this evolution, see International New Thought Alliance.]
=References=
* "The Catholic Encyclopedia" (1922) Encyclopedia Press.
*Dresser, Horatio (1919) "A History of the New Thought Movement", Thomas Y. Crowell.
Further reading
*aut|Miller, Timothy (1995) "America's Alternative Religions", State University of New York Press, ISBN 978-0791423974.
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