NAUTILUS Mag Self Help Through Self Knowledge Jan. 1908 RARE! By Elizabeth Towne

Description: This is a rare original, limited 1st edition vintage paperback book titled "NAUTILUS Magazine Self Help Through Self Knowledge Jan. 1908" is a collector's item for those interested in antiquarian and collectible books. Written by Elizabeth Towne and published in 1908, this original book is a valuable addition to any collection. Clearly aware of it’s authentic rarity for the toll of its times, I haven’t passed many Nautilus in such excellent condition among my 20+ years in NE collecting. Self published by Elizabeth Towne, whom moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts, to marry William E. Towne, another New Thought author. Together, Elizabeth and William built a publishing empire and expanded the magazine's circulation to 90,000. Elizabeth, moreover, wrote over a dozen New Thought books, which were translated into multiple languages, and her speaking engagements took her all over the world. Her publishing company, The Elizabeth Towne Company, which was incorporated in 1911, also published the works of a number of other leading thinkers in the New Thought Movement, such as author and poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Towne eventually became a minister of the Church of the Truth and from 1923 to 1925 she presided as president of the International New Thought Alliance. She continued to publish The Nautilus Magazine of New Thought until her retirement in 1953, at the age of 88. The central message of the New Thought movement was one of self-fulfillment through the power of positive thinking. It was closely related to Christian Science and a precursor of the New Age Movement. Towne's (and Wilcox's) version of New Thought philosophy was distinctive in its affirmation of female sexual desire. Like other New Thought leaders, Towne combined a message about individual self-fulfillment with a progressive social message concerning political reforms for the benefit of all. Her magazine carried articles highlighting the remarkable economic success that southern blacks had achieved in the 40 years since the Civil War and arguing that they now needed equal access to education and economic opportunity.

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Location: Springfield, Vermont

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