Self Conquest
very New Idea, or supposed New Idea, is a light which attracts the moths.
The "New Thought" is no exception.
About it flutter hysterical women, unbalanced men: the erratic and the irresponsible.
The possibilities of performing miracles, of healing the sick, hypnotizing the well, transforming poverty into wealth, and changing age to youth, are the rays of light which flicker through the darkness and draw them into the circle of radiance.
The self-indulgent fat woman subscribes to New Thought literature, pays for a course of lectures, and goes forth into the ranks of the unbelievers, proclaiming her power to become a sylph, and to cause others to become sylphs.
The extravagant and inconsiderate rush forth after having heard a discourse upon the power of mind over matter, and declare that they possess the secret of accumulating a fortune by occult means.
The lovers of the marvelous believe that they will become great healers in a brief space of time.
Not one of these moth converts realizes that the very first step to take in the direction of "New Thought" is self-conquest.