A native of Ireland who resettled in America,Joseph Murphy, Ph.D., D.D.,(1898-1981) was a prolific and widely admired New Thought minister and writer, best known for his motivational classicThe Power of Your Subconscious Mind, an international bestseller since it first appeared onto the self-help scene in 1963. A popular speaker, Murphy lectured on both American coasts and in Europe, Asia, and South Africa. He wrote widely and his many books and pamphlets on the auto-suggestive and metaphysical faculties of the human mind have entered multiple editions, including the renowedHow to Attract Money. Murphy is considered one of the pioneering voices of affirmative-thinking philosophy.