Joseph Murphy

Dr. Joseph Murphy (1898–1981) was a New Thought minister, author, and radio host whose Power of Your Subconscious Mind has sold tens of millions of copies and never been out of print in 60+ years. He studied pharmacy, chemistry, and Indian philosophy, served as minister at the Church of Divine Science in Los Angeles, and hosted a weekly radio program with audiences in the hundreds of thousands.

Murphy’s teaching sits squarely in the New Thought tradition — the conscious mind directs, the subconscious mind executes, and belief is the switch. He’s often grouped with Napoleon Hill and Norman Vincent Peale. What separates Murphy is how practical he is: every chapter ends with specific techniques (affirmations at the edge of sleep, mental movies, the ‘sleeping prescription’). The videos below pair the full audiobook with chapter-by-chapter breakdowns and rare television interviews from the 1970s.