A Teacher
Raymond Holliwell
Working with the law of attraction
The transmission
Raymond Holliwell was an American New Thought minister and teacher associated with the Divine Science and Science of Mind streams, best known for Working with the Law (1964), a systematic eleven-lesson presentation of universal laws—attraction, supply, success, increase, and others—framed as dependable spiritual principles to be applied with discipline and gratitude.
His teaching emphasized orderly, law-governed cooperation with a divine order rather than wishful thinking. Holliwell’s significance has grown posthumously largely through Bob Proctor, who frequently cited Working with the Law as a foundational text and used it in his programs.
This endorsement carried Holliwell’s structured, law-based approach into the contemporary coaching economy, where his framing of “working with” rather than “willing” outcomes remains influential. He represents the disciplined, principle-oriented wing of New Thought that stresses harmony with law over force.
What they gave
Systematic law-based framework: Organized manifestation as cooperation with a set of definite spiritual laws (attraction, supply, increase).
- Gratitude and harmony emphasis: Stressed alignment with divine order rather than coercive willpower.
- Curriculum format: Structured the teaching as graded lessons suited to study groups and courses.
- Bridge to modern coaching: Transmitted classical Science-of-Mind principles into the present via Bob Proctor’s programs.
In their words
We attract only what we think or create; this is the Law of Thinking.
The line they stand in
Influenced by: Thomas Troward; Ernest Holmes; Divine Science / New Thought; Wallace Wattles.
- Influenced: Bob Proctor; contemporary Science-of-Mind and law-of-attraction teachers; structured manifestation curricula.
Revelations they taught
Orders & Societies
Essential Works
- Working with the Law: 11 Truth Principles for Successful Living1964