Florence Scovel Shinn

In her middle years, American artist and book illustrator Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey - October 17, 1940) transitioned into a metaphysical writer and New Thought spiritual teacher. Alden Cortlandt Scovel and Emily Hopkinson Scovel's daughter Florence was born in Camden, New Jersey. Her first philosophical publications were The Game of Life and How to Play, which she self-published in 1925. The Secret Door to Success was released in 1940, while Your Word is...See more

In her middle years, American artist and book illustrator Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey - October 17, 1940) transitioned into a metaphysical writer and New Thought spiritual teacher. Alden Cortlandt Scovel and Emily Hopkinson Scovel's daughter Florence was born in Camden, New Jersey. Her first philosophical publications were The Game of Life and How to Play, which she self-published in 1925. The Secret Door to Success was released in 1940, while Your Word is Your Wand was published in 1928. Following her passing, Shinn Press published The Power Of The Spoken Word in 1945 and The Magic Path Of Intuition. Shinn is regarded as a member of the New Thought movement because her publications continue the work of co-founders of the Unity Church Charles Fillmore (1854-1948) and Myrtle Fillmore (1845-1931) as well as Phineas Quimby (1802-1866), Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910), Emma Curtis Hopkins (1849-1925), and Mary Baker Eddy. See less