Spiritual and pseudospiritual movements don’t come out of nowhere and they definitely don’t come from channeled entities. The Law of Attraction maps all the way back to the 19th Century New Thought movement here in the US. The movement then splinters in several smaller movements – each led by a major personality – leading all the way to today’s leaders such as Wayne Dyer, Louise Hay and Michael Beckwith. Keep in mind I’m not doing this research to discredit the Law of Attraction – but to add context to the history of the idea that ‘like attracts like.’ Granted, this is a lot less glamorous than a muscular genie with John Basedow abs staring you down… (click image for larger version)
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