Sydney Blanshard Flower
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| Sydney Blanshard Flower | |
|---|---|
| Born | 18 September 1867 [i] Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
| Died | 26 April 1943 (75) Roseburg, Douglas Co., Oregon |
| Affiliations | Psychic Research Co. (Chicago, Ill.); New Thought Book Dept. (Chicago, Ill.) |
Sydney Blanshard Flower (September 18, 1867 - April 26, 1943) was a British-born American publisher and writer interested in many varieties of the esoteric and unorthodox, spanning New Thought and Zoism to W. H. Schuessler's cell salts and J. R. Brinkley's Goat-Gland Transplant cure.
Selected Bibliography
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1896), Hypnotism Up To Date, Chicago, Ill.: C.H. Kerr & Company, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000922462
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1898), Education During Sleep, Chicago, Ill.: C.H. Kerr & Company, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100137865 — re: hypnopedia
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1921), Stahl, Ethel, ed., New Thought System of Physical Culture and Beauty Culture, Chicago, Ill.: New Thought Book Dept., https://archive.org/details/newthoughtsystem00flow
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1921), The Biochemistry of Schuessler: A System of Treatment to Maintain the Body and Mind in Health, Chicago, Ill.: New Thought Book Dept., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100129155
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1921), Will-Power, Personal Magnetism, Memory-Training, and Success, Chicago, Ill.: New Thought Book Dept., https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100134094
- Flower, Sydney Blanshard (1921), The Goat-Gland Transplantation as Originated and Successfully Performed by J. R. Brinkley, M. D., of Milford, Kansas, U.S.A., In Over 600 Operations Upon Men and Women, Chicago, Ill.: New Thought Book Dept., https://archive.org/details/goatglandtranspl00flow
In addition to his books, Flower was the editor-publisher of various magazines, including Hypnotic Magazine, New Thought (with William Walker Atkinson), and The Yogi.
Press Coverage
"Royal Ten" Scheme (1904)
- "NEW THOUGHT HORSE DOPING. 50 PER CENT. FLOWER CUTS DOWN TO 24 PER CENT. His Magazine Still Carrying Through the Mails His Temptations to the Credulous and His Personal Guaranty — Guaranty N. G., One Complainant Says.", The Sun (New York, NY): 5, 12 May 1904, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sun-new-thought-horse-doping-50-per/146258498/
- "HERE'S A PROMISE OF 50 PER CENT. RETURNS - Postal Inspectors Looking Up Affairs of Flower, Magazine Man. HE COURTED INVESTIGATION - Bars Questions from Investing Readers, but Has an Unexplained Royal "Ten" Scheme Now.", The New York Times (New York, NY): 10, 5 Jun. 1904, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-new-york-times-heres-a-promise-of-5/146250929/
- "O, JOIN THE ROYAL TEN — Within the Reach of All, Only Be Quick About It. YOU CAN INVEST JUST TEN. Sydney Flower, of the New Thought Magazine, and His Latest Philanthropic Proposition — If You Haven't Got the Money, Borrow It and Send It to Syd — Joys of 'The Royal Ten.'", The Washington Post (Washington, DC): 8, 14 Aug. 1904, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-washington-post-o-join-the-royal-te/146251942/
Pamater Kent Scheme (1907-'10)
Regarding the fraudulent South Nevada Copper Syndicate and Flower's promotion of it in his magazines.
- "ARISTOCRATIC ENGLISH SWINDLER IS ARRESTED. Bunko Artist Is Accused of Violating Postal Laws.", The San Francisco Call and Post (San Francisco, CA): 4, 25 Jan. 1910, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-call-and-post-aristocr/146259307/
- "Sydney Flower, Editor of Goldfield Gossip, Held on $5,000 Bond.", Black Hills Daily Register (Lead, SD): 1, 29 Jan. 1910, https://www.newspapers.com/article/black-hills-daily-register-sydney-flower/146258745/
- "THIS MAN EDITS A MAGAZINE FROM JAIL IN NEVADA. Sidney Flower, Awaiting Trial in Carson City on Charge of Misuse of Mails. SAYS JAIL LIFE IS NOT BAD. If You Just Get Used to It and Quit Pitying Yourself, You Can Get Along Very Comfortably, Says This Former Mine Promoter.", The Leavenworth Times (Leavenworth, KS): 2, 3 Sep. 1910, https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-leavenworth-times-this-man-edits-a-m/146259495/
Notes
- ↑ Flower seems to have variously given his year of birth as 1878 or later when he emigrated to the United States, though British christening and census records show him as having been at least ten years older.