"It Works" and the "Magic of Believing"

If you have not read "It Works: The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True!" by RHJ and "The Magic of Believing" By Claude Bristol, then do yourself a favor and do it.
"It Works" was written in 1923 so it came before 1948's "The Magic of Believing".
RHJ's book may be one of the ones that Bristol read in his quest for knowledge.
The two are very complementary.
In "It Works" RHJ tells you to decide on what you want and write it down making a list.
Claude Bristol says the same thing, but his desires are placed on a card like an index card and he also has other tricks for reinforcing it like the "Mirror Technique."

Also you may note that in RHJ's book, contrary to most current New Thought ideas, he says to to list what you want.
No have....want.
In the follow up book, "The Meaning of the Mark", he mentions several times people writing down their desires as in, "I Want" not "I Have".
But he also does say that you should feel as though you already have these things, so it is a combination of both.
That may go round to where Joseph Murphy said that saying "I have" is pointless at first, because you do not "have" and your mind knows you are lying to it.
He advocated saying "Health" instead of "I am healthy".

Anyway, like I said, if you have not read "It Works" by RHJ and "The Magic of Believing" By Claude Bristol, do it and look for the similarities.
And you can throw in RHJ's "The Meaning of the Mark" for good measure.

The Magic of Believing - Claude M Bristol

Last time I mentioned Claude M Bristol and "TNT It Rocks The Earth".
While that book may have gotten everyone's attention, it was his second book that really cemented his place as a New Thought author.
"The Magic of Believing" took the principals of the first book and expanded on them.
And it also told in depth how he came to believe these things himself.

He is part one of the book at YouTube.
I have to warn you though, this is a VERY abridged version.
You cannot take the original book and read along.
To get everything you need to read the book, but this will give you some idea of how Bristol thought.

TNT It Rocks The Earth - Claude Bristol

I mentioned a while back...okay...actually quite a while back that I had read "TNT It Rocks The Earth" and "The Magic of Believing" by Claude Bristol.
I didn't mention that Phyllis Diller and Liberace had both used "The Magic of Believing" to jump start their careers.
Some of you younger readers may have to look up Phyllis Diller and Liberace to see who they are, but trust me, they rose to fame in a society that would usually ignore both of them.

Anyway. I found "TNT It Rocks The Earth" on YouTube, so if you wanna give a listen, here is the first chapter of the book in audio form.

TNT It Rocks The Earth - Claude Bristol

TNT It Rocks The Earth and The Magic of Believing

In my constant search for knowledge (that sounds good right?) I am always looking for new things to read.
Last month I happened across Claude Bristol.
Claude was born in 1891 and he was a soldier in World War 1.
Before that he was a police reporter and a church editor of a large city newspaper.
Claude kind of stumbled onto his path because as a church editor, he got to talk to a wide variety of people with a wide variety of beliefs.
Doing like a lot of us do, and spurred on by his police reporter background, he started digging into those beliefs, looking for a common thread which he found.
Belief.
When he was a soldier he decided that when he got back to civilian life "he would have a lot of money" and set out to discover how he could do that.
He relied a lot on philosopher William James' statement that "Belief creates its verification in fact", which will sound very familiar to you Neville Goddard fans out there.
And yes...things did begin to work out for him.

 
So far I have read two of his books, "TNT It Rocks The Earth" and "The Magic of Believing" and I have to tell you, they are small books but full of a LOT of great ideas.
You can find them both online as PDFs for free and also audio versions on YouTube.
(I wouldnt even mention them if you couldnt get hold of them for free)

Now here is a very unique source of info on the The Magic of Believing.....