Self Help Books and Self Improvement eBooks for Personal Development and Self-Mastery - 100s of Self-Help eBooks, Audio Books and Printed Books. Get the legendary book The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel free. The History of The Master Key System and Its Influenceby Charles W. Michalski. Table of Contents: Introduction ? Haanel’s perennial work. The Master Key System is quite interesting, but more blas. For example, the belief that Haanel’s books were banned in 1. Not only is there no record of a banning (by anyone, including the Roman Catholic Church), it can be shown that he was still advertising, publishing and printing The Master Key System in 1. Likewise, the story about Bill Gates reading The Master Key System and it being a “hot commodity” in Silicon Valley is more than likely false as no positive proof could be found to corroborate the story. Lastly, as was shown in Mr. Haanel’s biography, there as no reason to believe that Haanel wished his work and ideas to be hidden and kept secret amongst a select few. Not only did he market The Master Key System, it is quite probably that he innovated many of the marketing techniques that he used, such as the “correspondence course” to his marketing pamphlets and brochures. The question most ask is from where did Haanel get his ideas for. The Master Key System? The Master Key System is often considered to be the greatest self-development book ever written. It's all here - completely free, and in weekly instalments. Information and Education Services. PDI Publishing Gift Suggestions - Free Health and Healing Information - Free eBooks - Free Success Audio - Free PDF. Click here for the top 10 books that you must read about the Law of Attraction. These are the essential publications that every person should begin with. How did it originate? Was Haanel a lone genius that worked in solitude? Did he have influences? This essay shall endeavor to answer those questions and many more.(top)The Context of The Master Key System. The Master Key System must be looked at within the context of the late 1. Centuries. The New Thought philosophy was in full swing with many books and magazines publishing the new beliefs for a seemingly ravenous audience. Based on Christian Science as espoused by Mary Baker Eddy, the Christian Scientists and many New Thought- ers held firmly to the belief about what Jesus Christ said about the powers available to each and every person.“Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.” (John 1. Thus, with enough faith and belief, one could perform miracles as Christ did. Even a cursory reading of The Master Key Systemwould reveal to someone that this was something in which Haanel believed deeply. That being said, the monotheistic ideas that Haanel espouses is more than likely derived from his participation in Freemasonry. While the Masons do not define their God, their only prerequisite is a belief in one God. It is then through this God that miracles and extreme human potential can occur.(top)The “Master Key” Before the “System”Before going further into this, it is worth pointing out that there were at least two other publications that emphasize the words “The Master Key” prior to the Twentieth Century. The actual phrase has been used since the 1. Century by the Freemasons and in an 1. Hiram, or the Master Key to the Door of Freemasonry, published in 1. Isis Unveiled by Madame Blavatsky. Another use of the phrase can be found in Madame Helena Blavatsky’s famous (or should that be infamous) 6. Isis Unveiled, with its sub- title A Master- Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, published in 1. One shouldn’t underestimate the popularity and influence of Blavatsky and those who followed her teachings — the Theosophists. The Master Key by Frank Baum. The first comes from L. Frank Baum, the author of The Wizard of Oz fame, and is an early science fiction novel. It was called The Master Key and subtitled An Electrical Fairy Tale. It told of the adventures Rob and the Demon of Electricity. This was published in 1. Another book came out at around the same time Haanel was working on his correspondence school. Its advertisement showed a book and a man reading a book inside an hour glass. The advertisement read: “The Master Key ~ Reveals Things You Never Thought Possible. The Hour Glass of Success. You Will Never get Another Book Like . To quote a few lines from it will show obvious similarities with Haanel’s The Master Key System.“THE MASTER KEY is divided into Six parts: contains Thirty- seven full Chapters embracing Thirty- five Lessons of graduated difficulty covering Forty individual numbered Exercises in which the fundamental principles of Concentration and Mental Discipline are fully explained.”L. He has been accused of plagiarism and the illegal publication of various occult works. The number of publications by this man seems to be considerable. De Laurence was active at the same time as Haanel and was in fact only two years younger than him. De Laurence, who was born in 1. AMORC. It is unclear whether there was any connection between the two authors.(top)The New Thought Movement. This brings us to the main influence of Charles F. Haanel: the New Thought Movement. When you read Haanel’s The Master Key System, it isn’t long before he starts to use terms that can be cross- referenced. To be fair to Haanel, many quotes he uses have nothing to do with the New Thought Movement. He was a man of his time and a well- read one. He used references from eminent people of the 1. Century and talks about the inventions of that time and the early years of the 2. Century. Other quotes come from the Bible but all are rather enigmatic and symbolic, which could point to being influenced by New Thought writers, the Christian Scientists, the Freemasons, or the Rosicrucians. There are several hints of a possible knowledge of Hinduism, but it is unclear of Haanel’s exact knowledge of that subject as references like “Pranic Energy” or “Pranic Ether” may be from the Rosicrucian teachings or possibly, and more likely, Theosophy. There are several words and phrases that may be of interest: The “Great Architect of the Universe”“Secret Place of the Most High”“Universal Mind”The “I”“The Law of Attraction”The “Great Architect of the Universe” is a phrase often used to represent God or Supreme Being by Christians, Freemasons, and Rosicrucians. It may go back to the Middle Ages or beyond. Thomas Aquinas used a similar phrase but using “Grand” instead of “Great.”“Secret Place of the Most High” can be found in the Bible in Psalms 9. Ralph Waldo Emerson also made use of this term. The concept of the “I” also seems to have its origins in the works of early German philosophers. It would seem that “I” was the first principle of Johann Gottlieb Fichte’s Wissenschaftslehre — “Doctrine of Science.”(top)The Law of Attraction. The phrase that is on the tip of the tongues of many today is “The Law of Attraction.” Like the other terms used by Haanel, this was probably not of his own inventing. It seems to have come to light first in the works of William Walker Atkinson (1. Thought Vibration or The Law of Attraction in the Thought World published by The New Thought Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1. Though the phrase itself is much older, its meaning became somewhat different with Atkinson and Haanel. The Law of Attraction also appears in the syllabus of the S. R. I. A. However, it is not known how old this syllabus is and it is likely that it is quite modern. The S. R. I. A. Some other aspects of the S. R. I. A. However, it may be that both this syllabus and Haanel’s ideas are from an older source — or just a coincidence. It is unknown which came first. Ultimately it may be possible to trace the idea of the Law of Attraction back to certain phrases from Jesus Christ in the New Testament of the Bible.“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” (Matthew 7: 7- 8, King James Version)The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy by Three Initiates. It cannot be ignored that this book may have played a part in the development of Haanel’s The Master Key System. It certainly wasn’t a collection of lessons and exercises, but the wording throughout this book is remarkably similar to Haanel’s publications. At one point the phrase “Mental Chemistry” is used, perhaps influencing Haanel’s later work Mental Chemistry. And though there is nothing in the title remotely similar to Haanel’s work, the phrase “Master Key” is used in the Introduction and several times in the body of the book. The Kybalion also delves into the power of thought.“. One of the old Hermetic Masters wrote, long ages ago: . Without this Master- Key, Mastery is impossible, and the student knocks in vain at the many doors of the Temple. The Principles of Truth are Seven; he who knows these, understandingly, possesses the Magic Key before whose touch all the Doors of the Temple fly open.”It is believed that The Kybalion is not some ancient document but was written by William W. Atkinson and the other “Initiates” have been guessed at as Paul Foster Case and Mabel Collins. Atkinson was certainly active in the years leading up to the publication of The Master Key System and it is hard to believe that Haanel would not have known of either the man or his works. In the time period in which Haanel lived, the self- help/personal development movement (although not called by those terms) was quite large and actually very similar to today’s “scene.” As the saying goes, the times may have changed but things remain the same. By some counts, Haanel was a somewhat important player, although he never had the infamy of Blavatsky or a few others of the time. It was all of these elements (at least) that came together in Haanel’s mind to form one of the greatest books about personal development and self- mastery.(top)Hidden and Banned? It has become part of the lore of this book that The Master Key System was sold only to a select few and then at prices well over $1,0. But having helped certain unnamed people to become extremely wealthy, Haanel then made the knowledge available to the great “unwashed masses” at a reasonable price. Robot Check. Enter the characters you see below. Sorry, we just need to make sure you're not a robot. 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