ERNEST HOLMES
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E Holmes Quick Facts
Areas: Metaphysics; International Religious Science
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est-Seller: “Science of the Mind”
Profile: Author; Speaker; Minister; Founder of the Religious
Science Movement; 1887-1960
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Religious Affiliation: United Church of Religious Science
Ernest Holmes Biography
Ernest Holmes founded the International Religious Science movement. His
Science of Mind teaching is recognized today as one of the leading viewpoints in
modern metaphysics. It is a spiritual philosophy that has brought to people around
the world a positive approach to daily living and a sense of their relationship to
God and their place in the Universe.
Holmes left school at age 18 and set out on his lifelong course of independent
inking. In 1914, at age 25, he discovered the writings of Thomas Troward,
and many other books on
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which increased his interest from earlier studies of metaphysics. He began
speaking on Troward’s writings to small groups. His ministry had begun. As his
audiences grew, he was ordained as a minister of the Divine Science Church.
Holmes wrote The Science of Mind, published in 1926,
metaphysics. His many students urged him to set up an incorporated organiz
The Institute of Religious Science and the School of Philosophy was formed
1927, which is known today as the United Church of Religious Science.
David Riklan’s favorite Ernest Holmes Quotes and Thoughts
- Never limit your view of life by any past experience.
what he thinks into it.- All limitations are self-imposed.
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e it.- Life is a mirror and will reflect back to the thinker
- There is a power for good in the Universe, greater than we are,
everyone, and we can us