The Conquest of Fear: With an introduction by Henry C. Link, Ph.D.

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That every one has something he is afraid of, that fear dogs the steps of the individual and shadows the hope and progress of the world, even when we do not realize it, is the proposition from which this book takes it start. It is a remarkable book, an arresting, stimulating, envisioning book. -The Unitarian Register, Volume 101, January 5, 1922

THERE ARE many books which give some help to many people. There are books which give a set of rules, or even one master rule, by which to meet the problems of life. This is not such a book. It suggests no simple recipe for the conquest of fear. Instead, it presents, what all too few of us to-day possess, a philosophy of life. Moreover, in contrast to the dominant thinking of our age, which is materialistic, King's philosophy is spiritual and religious. Indeed, the ideas in this book are so profoundly different from the commonly accepted ideas of our times that they will come as a shock to many readers. The Conquest of Fear offers such a philosophy not only to individuals suffering from fears peculiar to them, but to a world of individuals suffering, or about to suffer, from the collapse of world-wide materialism. In this day of chaos and uncertainty, here is the modern version of the parable of the man who built his house upon a rock instead of on the sand: "and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock." H. C. L. (from the introduction)

TABLE of CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter IFear And The Life-Principle

Chapter IIThe Life-Principle And God

Chapter IIIGod And His Self-Expression

Chapter IVGod's Self-Expression And The Mind Of To-Day

Chapter VThe Mind Of To-Day And The World As It Is

Chapter VIThe World As It Is And The False God Of Fear

Chapter VIIThe False God Of Fear And The Fear Of Death

Chapter VIIIThe Fear Of Death And Abundance Of Life

Footnotes