The Magic of Believing

How to Get What You Want

Journalist, lawyer, and financier Claude M. Bristol (1890-1951) made a lifelong study of the practical powers of the psyche. Bristol discovered the royal secret encrypted throughout history in myth, parable, ceremony, and initiation: you are as your mind is.

In his 1948 classic The Magic of Believing, Bristol employed his skills as a journalist and straight-talking businessman to reveal this truth to the widest possible range of readers. Bristol’s actionable examples, exercises, and evidence enchanted generations of everyday seekers as well as celebrities ranging from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Liberace.

With a broad-ranging historical introduction and supplemental readings by scholar of esotericism Mitch Horowitz, this edition of The Magic of Believing is the definitive publication of Bristol’s mind-power landmark.

How to use the powers of suggestion and visualization to program your mind for success. The links between self-image and performance. Why writing down symbols, aims, and wishes brings you special power. The practical discoveries of ESP research and what they mean for you. The “mirror technique” to boosting confidence. The critical importance of knowing exactly what you want.

“I suggest approaching The Magic of Believing,” Mitch writes in his introduction, “in a spirit of enthusiasm and personal adventure. It’s an old favorite that provides an unembarrassed invitation to intimately probe questions of mental-emotive causality-and the book may ignite in you a renewed sense of personal possibility.”

Many readers have called The Magic of Believing a turning point in their lives-will you join them?

Author Biography

The late Claude M. Bristol was a lawyer, lecturer, investment banker, and foreign correspondent. He is the co-author of the long-time bestseller, “TNT: The Power Within”.All his books are about helping people use the power of the mind to create their own destiny. . A widely known voice of esoteric ideas, Mitch Horowitz is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, lecturer-in-residence at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; and The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. Mitch introduces and edits G&D Media’s line of Condensed Classics and is the author of the Napoleon Hill Success Course series, including The Miracle of a Definite Chief Aim, The Power of the Master Mind, and Secrets of Self-Mastery. Visit him at MitchHorowitz.com. Mitch resides in New York.