The Essential James Allen: 19 Powerful Works in One Edition (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Eight Pillars of Prosperity, As a Man Thinketh, From Passion to Peace, The Heavenly Life, The Mastery of Destiny…By James Allen
Length29h 48m
About this audiobook
The Essential James Allen gathers nineteen works that map the architecture of Allen's moral psychology: thought as causative, character as cultivated, and circumstance as inwardly interpreted. Centered on the celebrated As a Man Thinketh yet extending through meditations on peace, prosperity, service, and spiritual discipline, the volume exemplifies late-Victorian aphoristic prose: lucid, sermonic, compressed, and insistently ethical. It belongs to the New Thought and practical-mystical traditions, while retaining affinities with Stoic self-command and Christian inwardness. James Allen (1864–1912), a British philosophical writer, wrote from personal discipline rather than academic abstraction. After early hardship and years of clerical work, he withdrew with his wife, Lily, to Ilfracombe, where he edited The Light of Reason and pursued a life of simplicity, contemplation, and moral instruction. His prose reflects this chosen austerity: he sought not novelty, but transformation through disciplined thinking. This edition is recommended for readers seeking the foundations of modern self-help in its most earnest and literary form. Scholars of motivational writing, spiritual ethics, and popular philosophy will find here a compact canon; general readers will encounter bracing counsel on responsibility, serenity, and purposeful living.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreSelf-Help
Length29 hrs 48 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 12, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5As a Man Thinketh
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6Foreword
7Thought and Character
8Effect of Thought on Circumstances
9Effect of Thought on Health and the Body
10Thought and Purpose
11The Thought-factor in Achievement
12Visions and Ideals
13Serenity
14Out from the Heart (Sequel to "As a Man Thinketh")
15Foreword
161. The Heart and The Life
172. The Nature and Power of Mind
183. Formation of Habit
194. Doing and Knowing
205. First Steps in The Higher Life
216. Mental Conditions and Their Effects
227. Exhortation
23From Poverty to Power (aka The Realization of Prosperity and Peace)
24Foreword
25The Path to Prosperity
26Chapter 1: The Lesson of Evil
27Chapter 2: The World a Reflex of Mental States
28Chapter 3: The Way Out of Undesirable Conditions
29Chapter 4: The Way Out of Undesirable Conditions
30Chapter 5: The Secret of Health, Success and Power
31Chapter 6: The Secret of Abounding Happiness
32Chapter 7: The Realization of Prosperity
33The Way of Peace
34The Power of Meditation
35Star of Wisdom
36The Two Masters, Self and Truth
37The Acquirement of Spiritual Power
38The Realization of Selfless Love
39Entering into the Infinite
40Saints, Sages, and Saviors: The Law Of Service
41The Realization of Perfect Peace
42All These Things Added
43Foreword
44Entering the Kingdom
451. The Soul’s Great Need
462. The Competitive Laws and the Law of Love
473. The Finding of a Principle
484. At Rest in the Kingdom and All Things Added
49The Heavenly Life
501. The Divine Centre
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