He discusses the meaning and purpose of spiritual direction, and how to profit from that direction.

    He punctured hollow pretensions and smug prudishes - coating his criticism with ingenious and irreverent wit. In Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, the great playwright satirizes accepted attitudes toward woman's place in society, military heroism, marriage, the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the ages - as intellectually stimulating as they are thoroughly enjoyable.

    It teaches how to improve conditions in these and all other areas of living by means of Mind Treatment. As author of other New Thought classics such as The Power of Decision and Science of Successful Living, Dr. Barker richly exemplified the success he taught to many thousands. One of his more notable characteristics was his ability to speak plainly; and unlike so many of his peers, he was not afraid to be just a little bit outrageous.