The Secret of the Ages: A Classic Guide to Prosperity, Mind Power, and Personal Achievement - Couverture souple

Collier, Robert

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ISBN 10 : 1604591889 ISBN 13 : 9781604591880

Editeur : Wilder Publications, 2022

Synopsis

A classic work of New Thought success literature, The Secret of the Ages presents Robert Collier’s teachings on desire, imagination, faith, persistence, and the creative power of the mind.

Collier argues that human beings possess far greater inner resources than they usually recognize. Through focused thought, disciplined imagination, definite purpose, and confidence in unseen creative law, he teaches that readers can reshape their circumstances and move toward health, prosperity, achievement, and spiritual confidence. His method is practical but deeply rooted in New Thought ideas: the belief that the mind is not merely a passive observer of life, but an active force that helps determine what a person becomes and accomplishes.

First published in 1926, The Secret of the Ages became one of Collier’s best-known works and remains a major title in the tradition of positive thinking, prosperity writing, and mental science. Its message is direct, energetic, and optimistic: success begins with a clear inner picture, sustained belief, and action aligned with purpose. For readers interested in classic self-help, the law of attraction, New Thought, personal development, and the early literature of success, this book offers one of the enduring statements of the genre.

About the Author

Robert Collier (1885–1950) was an American author, publisher, and advertising writer best known for his influential books on success, prosperity, and the power of thought. After overcoming illness in his youth, Collier became interested in metaphysical religion, New Thought, mental science, and the practical use of faith and imagination. His writing combined spiritual optimism with the direct, persuasive style of early twentieth-century advertising and motivational literature.

Collier’s major works include The Secret of the Ages, The God in You, The Magic Word, and The Robert Collier Letter Book. He wrote for readers who wanted practical guidance rather than abstract theory, emphasizing desire, visualization, persistence, confidence, and the disciplined direction of thought. His ideas helped shape later success literature and remain connected to the traditions now often described as positive thinking and the law of attraction.

What made Collier distinctive was his ability to translate metaphysical ideas into plain, usable instruction. He treated imagination as a working faculty, faith as a practical force, and purpose as the beginning of achievement. Though written in the language of its era, his work continues to attract readers interested in prosperity consciousness, self-command, creative thought, and the long history of American motivational writing.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert "Bob" Collier was born April 19, 1885, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Mary Ferguson and John Collier. His mother died when he and his older brother were quite young, and his father traveled widely for Collier's Magazine, which was founded and published by his uncle, Peter F. Collier. Bob was expected to become a priest, but before taking his vows he decided against the life of a clergyman and headed off to seek his fortune. Because of an earlier, seemingly undiagnosable illness which he finally cured through Christian Science, he started investigating how the Mind could so quickly and surely cure an illness which doctors had been working on for months. Clearly there must be powers in the Mind he'd never suspected -- and if it had dominion over his physical self, why could it not cure any financial lack? Why could it not bring him anything of good he might wish? For long months, Bob studied hundreds of books and courses on everything relating to metaphysics and success in life. Whole religions seemed to be built on it. It was a long time before he began to find parts that were really workable in everyday life; a long time before he realized tangible results from his efforts -- but when results began, they came quickly. For some time Robert Collier had had the idea for a set of books on practical psychology. He put this idea into action, working night and day writing the books. Within six months of publication of these books he received more than one million dollars-worth of orders for them. The books were later combined into a single volume entitled The Secret of the Ages. He sold over 300,000 sets of them -- and received thousands of letters telling of wonderful results obtained from the books. He wrote four more courses, and this excellent material was later combined into one book: Riches Within Your Reach. It has been translated into German, Italian, French, and Spanish, and has been a global perennial bestseller.

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the Secret of the Ages, Robert Collier shares with us the secrets of success. This book gives you the tools to have a happier and more successful life. Collier will show you how the way you think and the decisions you make have a direct influence on how successful and happy you are. With out the foundation that Collier laid herein, Rhonda Byrnes' The Secret could never have been written. Long before Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray reminded the world just how effective the power of positive thinking could be in Laws of Attraction and The Science of Success, there was Robert Collier's Secret of the Ages. This edition is complete and unabridged. (now with ten new illustrations)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wilder Publications
• Date d'édition: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604591889
• ISBN 13: 9781604591880
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 163
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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