The Power of Positive Thought

In the early 1950s when a book entitled ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ was published in America, elements of the scientific community rushed to discredit it and its author, Methodist minister Normal Vincent Peale. At the time, Peale was running a clinic with a respected psychiatrist Smiley Blanton and apparently even Blanton distanced himself from Peale’s work. Peale was criticised for promoting autosuggestion and self hypnosis. Read the rest of this entry »