Ernest S., Holmes: - Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was an American New Thought author, teacher, and leader. He was born on January 21, 1887, and died on April 7, 1960. He started a spiritual movement called Religious Science, which is part of the larger New Thought movement and is based on a spiritual theory called "The Science of Mind." He wrote The Science of Mind and many other books about the mind. He also started Science of Mind magazine, which has been going strong since 1927. His books are still in print, and the ideas he taught in "Science of Mind" have inspired and affected metaphysical students and teachers for many generations. Holmes had studied Divine Science, which is also a New Thought theory, and was a minister in that group. The self-help movement is one way he had an effect outside of New Thought.