Herbert A. Parkyn
1870–1927
Parkyn established the Chicago School of Psychology and Suggestion magazine, becoming the architect of a network that shaped the New Thought movement.
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Explore the people who influenced and collaborated to form the network that shaped one of the most influential publishing enterprises in the history of New Thought and mental science.
William Walker Atkinson
1862–1932
Atkinson was Parkyn's protégé, helping edit Suggestion and New Thought magazines before becoming one of the most influential New Thought authors of his generation.
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Sydney Blanshard Flower
1867–1943
Flower was Parkyn's promoter, serving as secretary for his school and editor for several publications, including New Thought, and managing the Psychic Research Company.
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Elizabeth Towne
1865–1960
Towne became a close collaborator of Parkyn, while The Nautilus emerged as a major promoter of his network and the Yogi Publication Society. Towne even claimed to personally…
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Swami Vivekananda
1863–1902
Vivekananda inspired the Yogi Publication Society by introducing Vedanta and Yoga, which it presented as expressing the same universal principles as Suggestion.
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Elmer Ellsworth Carey
1863–1936
Carey was Parkyn's close associate, who managed Suggestion and helped form the New Thought Federation and the Yogi Publication Society.
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J. C. F. Grumbine
1861–1938
Grumbine was a close associate of Parkyn, making him chair of his College, member of his Order of the White Rose, and connecting him to Vivekananda and Annie…
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Lloyd Kenyon Jones
1878–1941
Jones was an early student and associate of Parkyn, lecturing at the Chicago School of Psychology before founding and editing The Journal of Magnetism.
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Reuben Swinburne Clymer
1878–1966
Clymer was a physician and Rosicrucian leader who studied under Parkyn and later became Supreme Grand Master of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis. The following information is based on…
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Henry Clay Hodges
1828–1919
Hodges was a wealthy Detroit industrialist, New Thought patron, astrologer, and relative of Parkyn, who purchased Suggestion in 1906 and continued it as The Stellar Ray.
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Henry Wood
1834–1909
Wood was a pioneer of the New Thought movement and one of its best-known authors. As a close family friend of Parkyn, he strongly influenced Parkyn's ideas on…
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
1850–1919
Famed American poet, co-editor of New Thought within Parkyn’s network, and an early Rosicrucian leader alongside H. Spencer Lewis.
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Stanley LeFevre Krebs
1864–1935
Krebs was a minister, psychologist, psychical researcher, and lecturer who graduated from Parkyn’s Chicago School of Psychology and worked with him investigating psychic phenomena.
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Edward Elmer Beals
1876–1957
Beals was a Parkyn graduate, publisher, author, and businessman who published Parkyn, acquired Atkinson’s publishing business, and later joined Atkinson in writing the twelve-volume Personal Power series. The…
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Jay Van Tuyl Daniels
1872–1934
Daniels was a Parkyn associate, journalist, publisher, and businessman who founded the Psychic Research Company with Sydney B. Flower and later joined Parkyn in the American Placer Corporation.
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Christian D. Larson
1874–1962
Larson was a Parkyn collaborator, New Thought leader, author, and publisher who founded the New Thought Temple and later joined Atkinson and other Parkyn associates in the Progress…
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A. Victor Segno
1870–1933
Segno was a palmist, mentalist, author, and publisher who developed the Law of Mentalism, founded the Success Club, and built an international organization closely connected with Parkyn, Atkinson,…
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Edgar Lucien Larkin
1847–1924
Larkin was a prominent astronomer and scholar of Eastern and Esoteric philosophy who joined Parkyn’s Suggestion magazine in 1903, becoming extremely popular in the New Thought movement.
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William C. Van Valen
1859–1940
William C. Van Valen was a pioneer in suggestive therapeutics whose life changed after meeting Dr. Herbert A. Parkyn in Chicago. Inspired by Parkyn’s methods of auto-suggestion, he…
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W. Xavier Sudduth
1853–1915
Sudduth was a prominent physician and pioneer of suggestive therapeutics who conducted over 1,000 experiments with Herbert A. Parkyn and later lectured at his Chicago School of Psychology.
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Arthur F. Sheldon
1867–1935
Sheldon was a pioneer of scientific salesmanship who worked with Dr. Herbert A. Parkyn to apply the Law of Suggestion to business, founded an international sales school, and…
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