Ernest Shurtleff Holmes is the author of Creative Mind and Success and he was an American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader. Ernest Holmes was the founder of a spiritual movement known as Religious Science, a part of the greater New Thought movement, whose new age spirituality philosophy is known as "The Science of Mind." Ernest Holmes' writings and teachings are broadly categorized as religion & spirituality but are more specifically based on both eastern and western traditions. Ernest Shurtleff Holmes' writings and teachings encompass the empirical laws of science and metaphysics, which has led some to mistakenly label his work as part of the occult & paranormal, and others have labeled his work as controversial knowledge. Creative Mind and Success by Ernest Shurtleff Holmes remains a best selling title more than a half a century after his death. The concepts of "Mental Healing", and "Prosperity Consciousness" permeate Creative Mind and Success as Holmes discusses how to focus one's thoughts to create monetary wealth.