Prentice Mulford

Prentice Mulford was an American author and comedian. He was born on April 5, 1834, and died around May 30, 1891. He was also a key figure in the creation of the New Thought movement's ideas. Many of the ideas that would become standard in the movement, like the Law of Attraction, were fully explained in his book Your Forces and How to Use Them, which came out as a series of essays between 1886 and 1892. Along with other well-known writers, Mulford also helped start the popular theory known as ...See more

Prentice Mulford was an American author and comedian. He was born on April 5, 1834, and died around May 30, 1891. He was also a key figure in the creation of the New Thought movement's ideas. Many of the ideas that would become standard in the movement, like the Law of Attraction, were fully explained in his book Your Forces and How to Use Them, which came out as a series of essays between 1886 and 1892. Along with other well-known writers, Mulford also helped start the popular theory known as "New Thought." Mulford's book Thoughts are Things helped explain this new way of thinking, and people still read it today. On May 30, 1891, his body was found floating in a boat in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. It had been there for a few days. On May 30, 1891, his body was found floating in a boat in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. It had been there for a few days. See less