The Florence Scovel Shinn Collection

Florence Scovel Shinn was born September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey and she was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years. In New Thought circles, Shinn is best known for her first book, The Game of Life and How to Play It (1925). She expressed her philosophy as: "The invisible forces are ever working for man who is always "pulling the strings" himself, though he does not know it. Owing to the vibratory power of words, whatever man voices, he begins to attract." -The Game of Life, Florence Scovel Shinn Her books put forward New Thought beliefs, with the use of Biblical references, all presented in short, succinct chapters. Some of the ideas discussed in Florence Scovel Shinn's books are: The Law of Assumption, The Law Of Attraction, The Law of Expectancy, The Power of Words, The Divine Pattern and Intuition, The Law of Substitution, The Law of Karma, The Law of Non Resistance, The Law of Forgiveness, The Law of Use, and The Law of Love.