The Creative Process in the Individual

T. Troward begins with a comparison between human thought and the invention of flight: new possibilities emerge when familiar principles are put into a different order. His New Thought treatise follows that idea into a speculative account of creation, personal growth and the relationship between the individual and a universal spiritual power. He argues that any true creative power must work in harmony with its use by other people.

The chapters connect cause and effect, the divine ideal and the role of personality. Later discussion considers consciousness after death, suggesting that habitual thoughts shape the experiences of an unseen life. Troward explicitly presents his reasoning as speculation and asks readers to think through the suggestions themselves. For readers interested in New Thought, the book offers a sustained example of how its spiritual claims are developed through analogies with nature, invention and mental activity.