H. Emilie Cady
{{Short description|American homeopathic physician and New Thought author}}
{{Infobox person
| name = H. Emilie Cady
| image = H Emilie Cady.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Harriet Emilie Cady
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|7|12}}
| birth_place = Dryden, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|1|3|1848|7|12}}
| death_place =Manhattan, New York City, U S.
| nationality = USA
| occupation = Physician, author
| parents = Oliver Barlow Cady
Cornelia A. Philips
}}
Harriet Emilie Cady (July 12, 1848 – January 3, 1941) was an American homeopathic physician and author of New Thought spiritual writings.Vahle (2002), p. 71 Her 1896 book Lessons in Truth: A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity is now considered one of the core texts on Unity Church teachings.{{cite journal
| author = Wilson, Ernest C.
| title = Dr. H. Emilie Cady, Author with Authority
| journal = Unity Magazine
| pages = 4–9
| year = 1979}} It has sold over 1.6 million copies since its first publication.
Biography
She was born on July 12, 1848, in Dryden, New York, to Oliver Barlow Cady and Cornelia A. (Philips) Cady.{{cite book| title = Contemporary Authors. Volume 221| publisher = Thomson Gale; Gale Group (Creator)| editor-first = Lisa | editor-last = Kumar| isbn = 0-7876-6701-3| date = June 2004| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth0221unse}}
Her first job was as a schoolteacher in a one-room schoolhouse in her hometown. In the late 1860s, she decided to pursue the field of medicine, and enrolled in the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York{{cite journal| author = Pomeroy, Ella| title = From Medicine to Metaphysics| journal = New Thought Bulletin| pages = 3–5| year = 1946}} She graduated in 1871 and became one of the first woman physicians in America.Religious Leaders of America, 2nd ed. Gale Group, 1999.
=Spiritual development and writing career=
Introduced to the teachings of Albert Benjamin Simpson, Cady became deeply involved in spiritual and metaphysical studies. She was inspired and influenced by Biblical teachings and the philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson. She was taught by Emma Curtis Hopkins, the New Thought "teacher of teachers"Mosley, Glenn (2006) New Thought, Ancient Wisdom, Temple Foundation Press, p. 9. and a student of Christian Science and Mary Baker Eddy.
Cady associated with several prominent figures in the New Thought movement of the time, including: Emma Curtis Hopkins, Divine Science minister Emmet Fox, Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, and Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, co-founders of Unity Church. Finding The Christ in Ourselves, a pamphlet she had written and sent unsolicited to Charles and Myrtle Fillmore, was published by them in the October 1891 issue of Thought. Beginning in 1892, a series of articles titled "Lessons in Truth" by Dr. Cady were published in Unity magazine. This material later was compiled into a book and was among the first books Unity published.{{cite web |title=About Unity Books |url=https://www.unity.org/article/about-unity-books |website=www.unity.org |publisher=Unity Church |access-date=February 25, 2024 |quote=Unity has been publishing books since 1903 ... The magazines led Unity into books. A 12-part magazine series by H. Emilie Cady was compiled into a book called Lessons in Truth, a bestseller since 1903 that remains foundational to Unity teachings.}}
=Death=
Cady died January 3, 1941, in Manhattan, New York City, aged 92.{{cite news |title=Dr. H. Emilie Cady. She Was a Retired Physician and Writer. Dies Here at 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/01/04/archives/dr-h-emilie-cady-she-was-a-retired-physioian-and-writer-dies-here-a.html |quote=Emilie Cady, retired physician, died yesterday at her home, 420 West Street, after an illness of six months. She was 92 years old. Born in Dryden, NY, Dr. Cady ... |newspaper=New York Times |date=January 4, 1941 |access-date=2012-09-19 }}
Published works
- Lessons in Truth: A Course of Twelve Lessons in Practical Christianity. (Unity Magazine articles 1894-5, collected 1896); {{ISBN|1-4515-9726-6}}
- How I Used Truth. (1916); {{ISBN|1-5960-5538-3}} (Formerly published as Miscellaneous Writings, retitled in 1939; revised 1986)
- God, A Present Help. (1908); {{ISBN|0-8715-9044-1}}
- Complete Works of H. Emilie Cady. Edited by Michael A. Maday. Introduction by Russell H. Kemp (1975). Afterword by Ernest C. Wilson (1979). Unity Village, MO: Unity House, 1995; {{ISBN|0871592894}}.Source: WorldCat
{{cite web |title=Cady, H. Emilie, 1848-1941|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95002709/ |website=worldcat.org}}
Notes
{{Reflist}}
References
- {{cite book | last = Vahle | first = Neal | title = The Unity Movement: Its Evolution and Spiritual Teachings | publisher = Templeton Foundation Press | date = 2002 | page = 504 pages | no-pp = yes | isbn = 1-890151-96-3}}
- {{cite book | editor-first = Lisa | editor-last = Kumar | title = Contemporary Authors | volume = 221 | publisher = Thomson Gale | date = 2004| pages = 77| url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth0221unse/page/77| isbn = 0-7876-6701-3}}
External links
- [http://lessonsintruth.info/lessonsintruth.html The complete book "Lessons In Truth" by H. Emilie Cady]
- [http://hemiliecady.wwwhubs.com/ Biographical webpage]
{{Unity footer}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cady, H. Emilie}}
Category:19th-century Christian mystics
Category:20th-century Christian mystics
Category:American Christian mystics
Category:American religious writers
Category:American spiritual writers
Category:Writers from Syracuse, New York
Category:People from Dryden, New York
Category:American women religious writers