The main ideas of Ella Wheeler Wilcox’s book are rather simple. But one shouldn’t underestimate the meaning of her style. This is a “thought” about a young man, who is learning secrets of a wonderful mythical science – alchemy, which helps to transform stones into gold. It is an metaphor – the author wants to say that if we look in our own soul, we will discover just an enormous fount of strong spirit, will and power – one just should be able to see and develop it. If you are lucky enough to cope with them – you will take the treasure any alchemist ever had.

Ms. Wilcox explaines why we need to work over our mind, our thoughts and how we are able to get the desirable thing. She shows how after a serious work on it one would be able rather effectively and simply hurt, heal, conceal, using the facets of the human mind. The simplicity with which she narrates shouldn’t confuse you, as every word she uses with definite purpose and deliberately.

The book can be considered as a perfect companion. It is simple, fair and wise. It is like a close friend who is able to touch your heart and it teaches us to be ourselves instead of pretending someone else. Withal the book can be regarded as a sincere conversation with a man who can give an advice, who has a wisdom to share with. That’s why it is not amazing that one would turn to this masterpiece again and again and may be held it near to have an opportunity to reread it once more.

Ms. Wilcox experiences us, in the same time she shows the edges of our individuality, bringing it to the surface; simultaneously mocking at our light-mindedness and opening our potential Power and strength of Spirit. So, she get an incredible effect playing on contrasts.

Ernest Holmes used her studies while working on his Science of Mind Philosophy. May be from comes well-known motto - change your thinking, change your life!

Anyway it is that sort of things one should think over!