![]() From him he not only learned philosophy, theology, and law, but also was introduced to mysticism and particularly, the Masonic order. He traveled extensively, taking courses in several universities both in the United States and abroad.Ī person who had a particularly strong influence on Murphy was Thomas Troward, who was a judge as well as a philosopher, doctor, and professor. After his discharge from the Army, he chose not to return to his career in pharmacy. At that time, he renewed his interest in religion and began to read extensively about various spiritual beliefs. When the United States entered World War II, Murphy enlisted in the Army and was assigned to work as a pharmacist in the medical unit of the 88th Infantry Division. A meeting with Divine Science Association president Erwin Gregg led to him being re ordained into Divine Science, and he became the minister of the Los Angeles Divine Science Church in 1949, which he built into one of the largest New Thought congregations in the country. In the mid-1940s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he met Religious Science founder Ernest Holmes, and was ordained into Religious Science by Holmes in 1946, thereafter teaching at Rochester, New York, and later at the Institute of Religious Science in Los Angeles. He later on formed a new church in America with Hindu ideologies. Murphy traveled to India and spent a lot of time with Indian sages, learning Hindu philosophy. Here he attended the Church of the Healing Christ (part of the Church of Divine Science), where Emmet Fox had become minister in 1931. He became a professional pharmacist in New York City (having a degree in chemistry by that time). In his twenties, before being ordained a priest, Had an experience with healing prayer led him to leave the Jesuits and emigrate to the United States in 1922 he journeyed as a steerage passenger on board the RMS Cedric, sailing from Liverpool, England, to the Port of New York on the ship's passenger manifest, his occupation was listed as chemist, the British term for pharmacist. ![]() His goal was to explore new ideas and gain new experiences-a goal he could not pursue in Catholic-dominated Ireland-he left his family to go to America. However, by the time he reached his late teen years, he began to question the Catholic orthodoxy of the Jesuits, and he withdrew from the seminary. Murphy was enrolled in the National School and was encouraged to study for the priesthood and was accepted as a Jesuit seminarian. Joseph Murphy was born in Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, the son of a private boys' school headmaster and raised a Roman Catholic. 'Three Initiates' (authors of the Kybalion)ĭr. ![]()
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