H. Emilie Cady

H. Emilie Cady (1848-1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings.Vahle(2002), p71] Her 1896 book "Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity" is now considered the core text on Unity Church teachings.cite journal
author = Wilson, Ernest C.
title = Dr. H. Emilie Cady, Author with Authority
journal = Unity magazine
volume =
pages = 4-9
date = 1979] It is the is the most widely read book in that movement, and has sold over 1.6 million copies since its first publication.

Born in 1848 in Dryden, New York to Oliver and Cornelia Cady, [*cite book
title = Contemporary Authors. Volume 221
publisher = Thomson Gale
isbn = 0-7876-6701-3] Cady's first job was as a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse in her hometown. In the late 1860s, however, she decided to pursue the field of medicine, and enrolled in the Homeopathic College of New York City, [cite journal
author = Pomeroy, Ella
title = From Medicine to Metaphysics
journal = New Thought Bulletin
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pages = 3-5
date = 1946] graduating in 1871, and becoming one of the first woman physicians in America. ["Religious Leaders of America", 2nd ed. Gale Group, 1999.]

Introduced to the teachings of Albert Benjamin Simpson, Cady became deeply involved in spiritual and metaphysical studies. She was inspired and influenced by Biblical teachings and the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She was taught by Emma Hopkins, the New Thought "teacher of teachers". [Mosley, Glenn (2006) "New Thought, Ancient Wisdom", Temple Foundation Press, p. 9.]

Cady also associated with several prominent figures in the New Thought movement of the time, including: Emma Curtis Hopkins, Emmet Fox, Ernest Holmes and founder of Religious Science, and Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity Church. "Finding The Christ in Ourselves", a pamphlet she had written and sent unsolicited to Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, was published by them in the October 1891 issue of "Thought".

Cady died January 3, 1941 in New York City. [cite book|title = Contemporary Authors. Volume 221
publisher = Thomson Gale
isbn = 0-7876-6701-3]

Books

*"Lessons in Truth, A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity"
*"How I Used Truth"
*"God, a present help"

Notes

References

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title = The Unity Movement: Its Evolution and Spiritual Teachings
publisher = Templeton Foundation Press
date = September 2002
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pages = 504 pages
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isbn = 1890151963

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External links

* [http://www.udschurchoftoday.spiritualsitebuilder.com/page/page/1733445.htm H. Emilie Cady profile]
* [http://hemiliecady.wwwhubs.com/cwohec.html Excerpts from the Complete Works of H. Emilie Cady]
* [http://lessonsintruth.info/lessonsintruth.html The complete book "Lessons In Truth" by H. Emilie Cady]