The Dore Lectures on Mental Science

The Dore Lectures on Mental Science is a book by Thomas Troward, first published in 1909. Thomas Troward addresses the practical mechanics of thought in a series of short, lucid lectures delivered at the Doré Gallery in London. Written in the clear, measured voice of a trained jurist, these essays set out a systematic case for mental causation: how belief, attention and affirmation shape experience.

Readers seeking classic self-help and metaphysical instruction will find here a careful, logical presentation of “mind power” and conscious creation that links Western philosophical reasoning with spiritual and Christian motifs. Though compact, the work played an outsized role in early New Thought circles and later metaphysical teachers, and it is often read today by anyone researching the roots of modern law-of-attraction, affirmations, and metaphysics. The writing favours argument and demonstration over slogans, so it suits readers who want an old-school, reasoned account of mental science rather than a quick-fix manual.