Joel S. Goldsmith

Joel Sol Goldsmith (1892-1964) was an author, teacher, [|spiritual healer] , mystic, and founder of the Infinite Way movement.

Early years

Joel Goldsmith was born in New York City on March 10, 1892. ["Religious Leaders of America".] Goldsmith's parents, non-practicing Jews, had been married in New York City in 1891 and Joel was their first child. They subsequently had another son two years later followed by a daughter two years after that.

Goldsmith's father became critically ill during a trip to England 1915 and word was sent to the Goldsmith family to come for the body. However, according to Goldsmith, his father was healed by the father of a female friend, a Christian Science practitioner, after more conventional doctors failed. [Sinkler, although "Religious Leaders of America" says that it was his "girlfriend" who healed him.]

Christian Science

After serving in the Marines during World War I, Goldsmith went to work in his father's business, developing tuberculosis soon thereafter. As his father before him, Goldsmith was healed by a Christian Science practitioner and in 1928 Goldsmith became an active Christian Scientist, moving to Boston and living across the street from the "mother church". ["Religious Leaders of America".]

The Infinite Way

Goldsmith published his most famous work, "The Infinite Way", in 1947.

The original writings of Goldsmith were shorthand transcriptions of his lectures. These were distributed from the Goldsmith Publishing. As Goldsmith was approached by large publishing houses around the world to produce books of his talks, he enlisted the help of Lorraine Sinkler and her sister Valbourg to edit his books. Over time, more and more changes found their way into the writings. After Goldsmith's death June 17, 1964 while on a trip to London, ["Religious Leaders of America".] Sinkler rearranged. .

Bibliography

* "Living the Infinite Way"
* "Practicing the Presence"
* "The Thunder of Silence"
* "The Infinite Way"
* "The Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture"
* "The Art of Meditation"
* "The Art of Spiritual Healing"
* "Parenthesis in Eternity"

* Beyond Words and Thoughts
* Collected Essays of Joel S. Goldsmith
* Conscious Union With God
* Consciousness is What I AM
* Contemplative Life
* Gift of Love
* God, The Substance of All Form (1949 edition)
* Leave Your Nets (original)
* The 1954 Letters
* The 1955 Letters
* The 1956 Letters
* The 1957 Letters
* The 1959 Letters
* Now
* Living Between Two Worlds
* Man Was Not Born to Cry
* The Master Speaks (original)
* The Mystical "I"
* Our Spiritual Resources
* Realization of Oneness
* The World is New
* Consciousness Is What I Am
* Consciousness Transformed
* Consciousness in Transition

Notes

References

*Gale Publishing (1999) "Joel Sol Goldsmith" in "Religious Leaders of America", 2nd ed. Gale Group. [http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC Reproduced in Biography Resource Center] , Farmington Hills, Michigan, accessed May 2008.
*Sinkler, Lorraine (1992) " The Spiritual Journey of Joel S. Goldsmith", Valor Foundation, ISBN 978-0962911927.

External links

* http://www.joelgoldsmith.com,
* http://www.infiniteway.com

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