T. (Thomas) Troward

Born in India in 1847 and educated in England, Thomas Troward went on to serve as a judge in British-administered India. After retiring, he devoted himself to writing and lecturing on mental science, spirituality, and the laws he believed governed the relationship between mind and reality.

Troward is best known for works such as The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science, The Dore Lectures on Mental Science, and The Creative Process in the Individual. His writing helped shape the early New Thought movement and influenced later teachers, including Ernest Holmes.

What makes his work stand out is the way he tried to combine legal precision, philosophy, and spiritual ideas into a clear system. Though written in the early 1900s, his books are still read by listeners interested in self-development, metaphysics, and the history of modern spiritual thought.