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Mental healing

Here are entered works on the use of psychological or psychic means to treat illness. Works on the use of faith, prayer, or sacramental means to treat illness are entered under Spiritual healing.

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• Healing
• Parapsychology
• Alternative medicine

• Mind and body
• Therapeutics, Suggestive

• Mental healing -- United States
• Healers
• Jewish Science
• Magnetic healing
• New Thought

• Absent treatment
• Psychic healing
• Health thoughts
• Mind-cure

• Christian Healing: The Science of Being (10th edition; Kansas City, MO: Unity School of Christianity, 1922), by Charles Fillmore (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Quimby Manuscripts (second edition; New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c1921), by P. P. Quimby, ed. by Horatio W. Dresser
  • HTML at sacred-texts.com
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• A Common-Sense View of the Mind Cure (1908), by Laura May Westall (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Faith-Healing in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Read Before the American Folk-Lore Society, November 29, 1890 (New York: De Vinne Press, 1891), by Charles F. Cox
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Heal Thyself: An Explanation of the Real Cause and Cure of Disease, by Edward Bach (frame-dependent HTML at edwardbach.org)
• Health and the Inner Life: An Analytical and Historical Study of Spiritual Healing Theories, With an Account of the Life and Teachings of P. P. Quimby (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906), by Horatio W. Dresser, contrib. by P. P. Quimby
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The History of Health and Its Derangements, By Divine Revelation Delivered to L. M. Arnold, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., by L. M. Arnold (PDF at thehistoryofallthings.com)
• The Mental Cure, Illustrating the Influence of the Mind on the Body, Both in Health and Disease, and the Psychological Method of Treatment (Boston: H.H. and T.W. Carter, 1869), by W. F. Evans (HTML at wwwhubs.com)
• Mind and Movement: The Practice of Coex, by Tony Crisp (HTML at dreamhawk.com)
• The Mind Cure (Los Angeles: New Literature Pub. Co., 1912), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Philosophy of P. P. Quimby, With Selections From His Manuscripts and A Sketch of His Life, by Annetta Gertrude Dresser, contrib. by P. P. Quimby (HTML at ppquimby.com)
• The Physiology of Faith and Fear: or, The Mind in Health and Disease (Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Co., 1912), by William S. Sadler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Science of Being and Christian Healing: Twelve Lessons (third edition revised; Kansas City, MO: Unity Tract Society, 1912), by Charles Fillmore (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Science of Psychic Healing (c1906), by Ramacharaka (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Scientific Mental Healing (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1911), by H. Addington Bruce (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Selected works and commentary, by P. P. Quimby (HTML at ppquimby.com)
• The True History of Mental Science: A Lecture Delivered at the Church of the Divine Unity, Boston, Mass., on Sunday Evening, Feb. 6, 1887 (revised with additions; Boston: A Mudge and Son, 1887), by Julius A. Dresser (HTML and page images at ppquimby.com)
• Seven Eyes and a Stone (Philadelphia: Chapel of Truth, 1943), by Ervin Seale (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cures for Minds in Distress (New York: Jewish science Pub. Co., 1936), by Morris Lichtenstein (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Beloved Ego: Foundations of the New Study of the Psyche (New York: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co.; New York: Moffat Yard and Co., 1921), by Wilhelm Stekel, trans. by Rosalie Gabler (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Mind as a Cause and Cure of Disease, Presented From a Medical, Scientific and Religious Point of View (Chicago: The author, 1914), by Eli Beers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Riddle of Personality (new and revised edition; New York: Moffat, Yard, and Co., 1915), by H. Addington Bruce (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Cures for Minds in Distress (New York: Jewish science Pub. Co., 1936), by Morris Lichtenstein (page images at HathiTrust)

• Seven Eyes and a Stone (Philadelphia: Chapel of Truth, 1943), by Ervin Seale (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Secret Door to Success (New York: The Shinn Press, 1941), by Florence Scovel Shinn (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Art of Living (Dover, OH: K. Potschner, c1935), by Karl Potschner (page images at HathiTrust)
• There is Nothing But God (Los Angeles: DeVorss and Co., c1934), by Vivian May Williams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1933), by Ralph Waldo Trine (Gutenberg text and page images)
• Life Abundant for You (third edition; Santa Barbara, CA: Aquarian Ministry, 1928), by Louise B. Brownell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Your Word Is Your Wand (1928), by Florence Scovel Shinn (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Secret of the Ages (New York: R. Collier, 1926), by Robert Collier (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Creative Mind (second edition, 1923), by Ernest Holmes (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• All These Things Added, by James Allen (HTML and PDF at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• As a Man Thinketh, by James Allen
  • HTML at conures.net
  • Gutenberg text
• Character-Building Thought Power, by Ralph Waldo Trine (HTML at psitek.net)
• Concentration (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c1920), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Creative Process in the Individual (9-chapter version), by T. Troward (HTML at archive.org)
• The Creative Process in the Individual (11-chapter version), by T. Troward (Gutenberg text)
• The Creed of the Conquering Chief, As Expounded by the Inspired Orator: An Experiment in Psychology (Meriden, CT: Pelton Pub. Co., 1919), by Albert Lewis Pelton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Dore Lectures on Mental Science, by T. Troward (Gutenberg text)
• The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science (1909), by T. Troward (Gutenberg text)
• From Poverty to Power: or, The Realization of Prosperity and Peace, by James Allen (HTML in the Netherlands)
• Fundamental Principles of the New Civilization: New Thought; Student's Manual (New York: E. J. Clode, c1916), by Julia Seton
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Greatest Thing Ever Known (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., c1898), by Ralph Waldo Trine (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Heart of the New Thought (Chicago: The Psychic Research Company, c1902), by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• The Hidden Power, and Other Papers on Mental Science, by T. Troward (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit (New York: Dodge Pub. Co., c1917), by Ralph Waldo Trine (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A History of the New Thought Movement (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c1919), by Horatio W. Dresser (multiple formats at archive.org)
• How the Mind Works (Los Angeles: New Literature Pub. Co., 1912), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• How to Stay Well (Los Angeles: New Literature Pub. Co., 1912), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Ideal Made Real: or, Applied Metaphysics for Beginners (Chicago: The Progress Company, 1909), by Christian D. Larson
  • HTML and PDF at arfalpha.com
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• In the Hollow of His Hand (New York: Dodd. Mead and Co. 1919), by Ralph Waldo Trine (multiple formats at archive.org)
• In Tune with the Infinite (source edition not specified, but includes preface not in the 1903 G. Bell edition), by Ralph Waldo Trine (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• In Tune with the Infinite: or, Fullness of Peace, Power, and Plenty (London: G. Bell and Sons, 1903), by Ralph Waldo Trine (Gutenberg text)
• The Inner Consciousness: A Course of Lessons on the Inner Planes of the Mind, Intuition, Instinct, Automatic Mentation, and Other Wonderful Phases of Mental Phenomnea (Chicago: Advanced Thought Pub. Co., c1908), by William Walker Atkinson (page images at Google; US access only)
• The Law and the Word (New York: R. M. McBride and Co., 1917), by T. Troward (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Life Power and How to Use It (1906), by Elizabeth Towne (HTML with commentary at yourlifepower.com)
• The Life Triumphant: Mastering the Heart and Mind, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The Light of Men: An Interpretation (1916), by John Bass (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Light on Life's Difficulties, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The Master Key System (Saint Louis, MO: Inland Printery, 1919), by Charles F. Haanel (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Master Key System, by Charles F. Haanel (Javascript-dependent HTML with commentary at psitek.net)
• Meditations: A Year Book, by James Allen, ed. by Lily L. Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• Mental Chemistry, by Charles F. Haanel (HTML with commentary at psitek.net)
• Methods of Obtaining Success (New York: E. J. Clode, c1914), by Julia Seton
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Mind-Training: A Practical System for Developing Self-Confidence, Memory, Mental Concentration and Character (Chicago: Human Science School, c1905), by Victor Gabriel Rocine (page images at HathiTrust)
• Morning and Evening Thoughts, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The New Alinement of Life: Concerning the Mental Laws of a Greater Personal and Public Power (New York: Dodge Pub. Co., c1913), by Ralph Waldo Trine (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The New Mysticism: Six Lectures Given in Kensington, and at Cobham, Surrey, November, 1906 (London: Curtis and Davison, 1906), by Adela Marion Curtis
  • page images at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The New Thought Simplified, by Henry Wood (HTML at wwwhubs.com)
• Of Meditation and Health (London: School of Silence, 1910), by Adela Marion Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)
• On the Heights (Chicago: The Progress Co., 1908), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Pathway of Roses (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., c1912), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Science of Getting Rich, by W. D. Wattles (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Steps in Human Progress (New York: E. J. Clode, c1916), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• This Mystical Life of Ours (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1919), by Ralph Waldo Trine (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Thought Vibration: or, The Law of Attraction in the Thought World (Chicago: The Library Shelf, 1908), by William Walker Atkinson
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Thoughts are Things: Essays Selected from the White Cross Library, by Prentice Mulford (HTML with commentary at newthoughtlibrary.com)
• Thoughts I Met on the Highway: Words of Friendly Cheer From "The Life Books" (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1919), by Ralph Waldo Trine (Gutenberg text)
• Through the Gates of Gold: A Fragment of Thought, by Mabel Collins (HTML at TUP)
• The Way of Peace, by James Allen (Gutenberg text)
• Within You is the Power, by Henry Thomas Hamblin (Gutenberg text)
• Your Forces and How to Use Them (Chicago: New Literature Pub. Co., c1912), by Christian D. Larson (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• Your Forces and How to Use Them, by Christian D. Larson (PDF at freehealingbooks.com)
• Byways of Blessedness, by James Allen (HTML at worldspirituality.org)
• Creative Mind and Success (1919), by Ernest Holmes (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Dynamics for Living, by Charles Fillmore, ed. by Warren Meyer (HTML at lessonsintruth.ingo)
• Education and the Philosophical Ideal (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1900), by Horatio W. Dresser (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Emanation Body (Los Angeles: J. Seton, 1918), by Julia Seton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• From Passion to Peace, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The Good Side of Christian Science (c1916), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Just Be Glad (Los Angeles: New Literature Pub. Co., 1912), by Christian D. Larson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Man: King of Mind, Body, and Circumstance, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The Mastery of Destiny, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• Men and Systems, by James Allen (HTML at jamesallenlibrary.com)
• The Psychology of the Solar Plexus and Subconscious Mind (New York: E. G. Clode, c1914), by Julia Seton (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Science of Mind: A Complete Course of Lessons in the Science of Mind and Spirit (based on the 1926 edition, with a later introduction), by Ernest Holmes (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
• The Secret of Success (Chicago: Advanced Thought Pub. Co., c1908), by William Walker Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Power of Will (305th edition; Meriden, CT: Pelgon Publishing Co., 1919), by Frank C. Haddock (HTML and PDF at arfalpha.com)

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