Psycho-Pictography: The New Way to Use the Miracle Power of Your Mind

by Vernon Howard

Psycho-Pictography is the science of absorbing Mental Pictures which provide the mind with powerful and accurate guidance. Once received into your mind they work effortlessly to uplift your entire life. You need not strain with them; they become your silently faithful servants who work for you day and night. The wonderful new life you will find in this book has already been discovered by thousands of men and women. They used the principles of Psycho-Pictography, though they may not have called it by that name. You have the advantage of using the first book to organize and present Mental Pictures as a practical science for self-enrichment. This is the original version of the book as written by the author.

Genres: Psychology, Spirituality

288 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2001

About the author

Vernon Howard began his writing career, in the 1940s, as an author of humor and children's books.

He began speaking on the principles of personal development in the late 1950s while living in southern California.

In the 1960s, he began writing books that focused on spiritual and psychological growth, emphasizing the importance and practice of self-awareness. By the early 1970s, he had moved to Boulder City, Nevada and had begun teaching spiritual development classes after being contacted by numerous individuals interested in his writings.

Reviews

[J.R. Sedivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Psycho-Pictography is a powerful book that contains timeless Truth. Although the information within this book is abstract and may be difficult for some at first reading, overall the concepts are made accessible through a series of mental pictures.

Mental pictures, or imagined images within the mind, are the primary means by which the author, Vernon Howard employs to make this Truth accessible to the concrete mind and thereby allow for the possibility of grounding these universal truths within our everyday lives. This is a book that you will want to revisit again-and-again as it will likely take several passes to understand the information and apply it.

The following passage is an excellent example of one such mental picture (p. 176):

“A man caught up in the illusion that anyone has power to hurt him is like a knight who believes in the myth of dreadful dragons. Believing in them the knight enters the dark woods with drawn sword, expecting a battle. Every shadow then becomes a fierce dragon that he must slay. Then, as the light dawns, he sees that it was his acceptance of the myth that made him fight so anxiously and so unnecessarily. Understanding this, he lowers his sword and rides peacefully onward." [Mental Picture 81]

The proceeding passage is an example of the applicability of the preceding mental picture:

“Take a man battling for a satisfying purpose in life. For a while he struggles for power or popularity. When the reaction of futility comes from such a battle, as it always does, he falls into despondency. Next, he seeks a purpose by getting involved in a variety of social, religious, or money-making activities. But he is battling for nothing; for involvement in any exterior activity sooner or later ends with a terrifying sense of futility.”

Now if you can retain the mental picture within your subconscious mind and draw upon it as needed, it will save you much time and effort and allow you to consistently operate from a place of authenticity and Truth thereby increasing your happiness. This is only one such example, there are many others.

Psycho-Pictography is an excellent book for those interested in self-help, self-transformation, and visualization. The presented mental pictures are powerful and the corresponding examples really hit home. The presentation style is powerful, yet simple and straightforward, so this book will be of equal benefit to beginners and advanced spiritualists alike.

[Joe Sabet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Original, full of great ideas, metaphors or mental pictures. But it falls a bit flat because it covers so much ground it’s hard to remember, even key insights. I’ll definitely revisit my highlights, etc., since he’s a remarkable writer and teacher. Easy but fascinating read, just wish I could recall more of it somehow

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good old book of using short stories to help improve yourself, eliminate fears, depression. Good advice and helpful.

[Gerald Jerome · Rating 3 out of 5]

I can't say that nothing can be gotten from this and there are some mental exercises and helpful perspectives in here. That being said, it is maybe better for someone who works better with images. I didn't feel that the mental pictures supplied helped me grasp or imbibe an idea much better. Furthermore, I'm not a big fan of analogies unless used as a supplement. A castle can be like a fortress, it can also be a prison. Analogies are ultimately irrelevant in and of themselves when used separately from their prescribed interpretation, and they also often fail to capture the full complexity of a situation. Lastly, there were times in which this book suggested one approach to a situation, and would later suggest the exact opposite. As stated at the beginning of this review, there is definitely something to be gained from this book, just as you could gain insight and wisdom from any person who has lived and breathed long enough on this earth. It's always been a personal frustration that the field of psychology is so commonly littered with purported methods and approaches which generally add to the long list of unsubstantiated armchair psychology.

[Azeddine Bousyf]

psycho-pictographie une nouvelle manière d'utiliser le pouvoir miraculeux de votre esprit