Above Life s Turmoil

James Allen’s meditative essays explore how inner discipline, self-command, and right thought can help a person remain calm amid external difficulties. Published in the early New Thought milieu, the book reflects Allen’s enduring interest in moral psychology and practical spiritual self-culture, offering brief chapters on composure, purpose, and the mastery of the self.

James Allen was an English philosophical writer whose short works on thought, character, and spiritual self-discipline became central to the New Thought and inspirational literature traditions. Books such as As a Man Thinketh present a moral and quasi-mystical view of the power of mind that has appealed to readers of esoteric and spiritual writing.