Editing Mind Dynamics (section)

== Influences ==
Heelas' ''The New Age Movement'' states that Mind Dynamics and Alexander Everett were influenced by [[Edgar Cayce]], [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]], and [[Silva Mind Control]],<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Heelas
  | first = Paul
  | title = The New Age Movement: the celebration of the self and the sacralization of modernity
  | publisher = Blackwell Publishing
  | year = 1996
  | pages = 72
  | isbn =  0-631-19332-4}}
</ref> and Curtiss' ''Depression is a Choice'' also cites Silva Mind Control and ''self-talk'' as the basis for Mind Dynamics.<ref name="curtiss">{{cite book
  | last = Curtiss
  | first = Arline B.
  | title = Depression is a Choice: Winning the Fight Without Drugs
  | publisher = Hyperion
  | year = 2001
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/depressionischoi00abcu/page/305 305]
  | url = https://archive.org/details/depressionischoi00abcu/page/305
  | isbn = 0-7868-6629-2
  }}
</ref>  Mind Dynamics has also been described by several authors on religious texts as an offshoot of Silva Mind Control.<ref>{{cite book
  | last = Clarke
  | first = Peter Bernard
  | title = New Religions in Global Perspective: a study of religious change in the modern world
  | publisher = Routledge
  | year = 2006
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/newreligionsglob00clar/page/n48 33]
  | url =https://archive.org/details/newreligionsglob00clar
  | url-access = limited
  | isbn =  0-415-25747-6}}
</ref><ref>{{cite book
  | last = Stark
  | first = Rodney
  |author2=William Sims Bainbridge
  | title = The Future of Religion: Secularization, Revival, and Cult Formation
  | publisher = [[University of California Press]]
  | year = 1986
  | pages = 182
  | isbn =  0-520-05731-7}}
</ref><ref name="ankerberg">{{cite book
  | last = Ankerberg
  | first = John
  | title = Encyclopedia of Cults and New Religions
  | publisher = Harvest House
  | year = 1999
  | location = Silva Mind Control, entry
  | url = http://www.ankerberg.com/Articles/_PDFArchives/apologetics/AP4W1000.pdf
  |format=PDF
  }}<br></ref>  According to Jose Silva, Alexander Everett was a graduate of Silva Mind Control.<ref name="ankerberg" />  Everett also drew on principles from the [[Unity Church]], [[Egyptology]] and [[Rosicrucianism]] in developing Mind Dynamics.<ref name="vahlecentering">{{Cite journal
  | last = Vahle
  | first = Neal
  | title = Alexander Everett and Complete Centering
  | journal = New Realities Magazine
  | date = May–June 1987
  }}
</ref>