of us, and so are described in the biblical Revelation as “foundation stones.” The first six lessons in this work describe the beautiful powers of your mind as to your own experience and judgment. The last six relate to your surroundings. Let the mind go step by step: one lesson seems to be all, then the next takes you to another level of realization, then the next—till the twelve gates of understanding are opened.Except for compilations of her articles, Class Lessons of 1888, and High Mysticism, each of the books that has been published under Hopkins' name is a transcription of her lectures, prepared by her students, and, since Hopkins spoke without notes and in a stream of consciousness, offers a slightly different version of the principles and methods. As a result, modern readers sometimes find the material difficult to follow. For this reason, Ruth L. Miller, a New Thought minister, has "translated" some of her works into modern prose and style, under the titles Unveiling Your Hidden Power and The Spiritual Science of Emma Curtis Hopkins. A Wandering Mystic For nearly 30 years after the closing of the Seminary, Hopkins traveled. She was seeking, as she said in High Mysticism, to own as little as possible and, through service to others, allow her divine Source to be her supply and protection. She wrote and lectured and offered individual healing sessions. She spent winters in New York, participating in the "season" of plays and concerts, and summers on the family farm in Connecticut. Among many other luminaries, she came to know the socialite Mabel Dodge before she married and became Mabel Dodge Lujan, and visited her in Taos, New Mexico, where Georgia O'Keeffe and D.H. Lawrence had homes. In 1918 she was elected the first president of the newly formed International New Thought Association. There, her many students honored her for giving them the gift of New Thought healing methods, her final book, High Mysticism, was presented at that time. and a persistent young man sought an interview, but she refused—not agreeing to see him until October 1924, when he became her last student: Ernest Holmes, who went on to write The Science of Mind, as a result. In 1923 Hopkins was diagnosed with congenital heart failure, which she called "not so much an illness as God's ending a career," and spent most of that year on the family farm.