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Drawing on Claude M. Bristol’s 1948 classic The Magic of Believing, this recording distills the golden thread running through modern psychology, Metaphysics, ancient magic, and Theosophy: Belief directs the Subconscious Mind and makes it work for whoever accepts it. Bristol’s central claim is that thought attracts what it is aimed at, which is why our fears are as creative as our hopes. By using Repetition, Suggestion, and the mirror technique, a person can impress an idea upon the inner mind until it manifests outwardly.
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– The narrator introduces the many traditions examined — psychology, Metaphysics, Occultism, and Theosophy — as the foundation of what follows.
– The golden thread appears: the one word behind all success and healing is Belief.
– … belief heals, lifts people up the ladder of success, and produces results for those who accept it.
– The phrase “the Magic of Believing” emerges as the core idea and the book’s title.
– The work begins from Desire, but desire alone is not enough.
– “Thought attracts that upon which it is directed” — the principle at the heart of the system.
– The biblical Job feared a thing greatly, and that very thing came upon him, showing fear’s creative force.
– Thought creates after its own kind, whether positive or negative.
– Thoughts exercise control far beyond ordinary limits, creating according to their intensity and emotion.
– … the analogy of the Subconscious Mind as a storage room for every experience and image.
– Repetition, not logic, is how the inner mind learns.
– Hypnosis is described as one way to program the deeper mind directly.
– The shift from conscious learning to subconscious competence is illustrated with learning to drive.
– Suggestions planted in the mind become beliefs that later govern behavior.
– The Mirror Technique is introduced as a practical daily exercise for building new mental pictures.
– The mind is compared with a camera, exposing to itself the images it is ordered to hold.
– Emotion and intensity, not mere repetition, give thought its magnetic pull.
– The fear of failure is named as one of the greatest defeating forces, a negative belief acting as its own false guide.
– Directing thought toward abundance rather than lack is presented as the practical pivot.
– Faith in the process must be steady, even before outer results appear.
– “Know yourself, know your power” — the call to apply the mirror and card techniques faithfully.
– Belief itself supplies the power to Manifesting the results one imagines.
– The closing lesson: take back your belief with a resolute will and become a master among men.
Source: Inner Being