U S Andersen
Uell Stanley Andersen (also known as U.S. Andersen and Uell S. Andersen) (September 14, 1917 – September 24, 1986) [1] was a American self-help and short story author. He is most known for his book Three Magic Words (1954), which has been linked to the law of attraction.[2] Born of Norwegian parents, Andersen was once a professional football player, and during World War II served as a naval officer. Subsequently, he had a number of careers including running an advertising agency, wildcatting for oil, logging at the Columbia Sawmill, and acting as a gunnery officer on a destroyer escort.[3]
His short story Turn Ever so Quickly was included in the anthology The Best American Short Stories of 1963
Uell Stanley Andersen was a successful self-help author in the 1950s and 1960s. Once a professional football player, he had a number of careers including running an advertising agency, wild-catting for oil, logging at the Columbia Sawmill, and acting as a gunnery officer on a destroyer escort.
Born in the USA of Norwegian parentage, U. S. Andersen developed his inspiring, dynamic philosophy during a very active life. He learned about the psychology of winning when he was a football great. In World War II he served as a Naval officer and in the heat of battle learned that evil is the great illusion and that sin is error. It was in Mary Baker Eddy's book "Science and Health" that he first glimpsed these great truths, and he later quoted from her book in some of his own metaphysical writings. In later years as a successful Los Angeles businessman, he learned that the secret of success is to create rather than to compete.
As well as the Christian Science writings of Mary Baker Eddy, Andersen also studied the mystical teachings and philosophies of Emmanuel Swedenborg, of the American "sleeping prophet", Edgar Cayce, of the celebrated Scottish spiritualist Daniel Dunglas Home, of philosopher Jacob Boehme, and the poetry of William Blake and Edward Carpenter, among others, and his own belief system was in effect a synthesis of the spiritual and mystical teachings of these writers. Jacob Boehme stated that when he was working he was the helpless tool of some power other than his normal surface mind, and Andersen clearly believed that some area of mental or spiritual existence, of immensely heightened perception, exists beyond and above man's surface personality and mind.
His concept of Reality as explained in his various books is very much inline with New Thought teachings: "Universal Mind is a vast and all-encompassing mental and spiritual being in whom all things and events exist. The principal quality of this Mind is that it is just one, infinite in size, eternal in scope, and nothing exists outside It. It is an enormous sea of consciousness, pervading all, supporting all, and individual consciousness grows out of It. All things are made from It; It is rock, sea, bird, beast, man. All things in their true essence, then, are mental, or spiritual, and the rock itself is not a rock at all but merely an example of enclosed or restricted consciousness. Awareness is in the rock. Universal Mind is there." (The Secret of Secrets, 1958.)
An articulate spokesman for mystical patriotism — the spiritual meaning of America — he was an unforgettable lecturer; and his insights into ecology led to the founding of his Atlantis University in Newport, Oregon, from where he taught his own brand of mysticism.
He published under the names U.S. Andersen and Uell S. Andersen.
He wrote the screenplay for the movie “The Charlatans.”
His short story Turn Ever so Quickly was included in Houghton Mifflin's anthology The Best American Short Stories of 1963.
Non-fiction Works
- The Key to Power and Personal Peace (1954)
- Secret of Secrets (1958)
- Success-Cybernetics: Practical Applications of Human-Cybernetics (1970)
- Three Magic Words (1972)
- Magic in Your Mind (1975)
- Greatest Power in the Universe (1976)
- The Secret Power of the Pyramids (1977)
Uell Stanley Andersen's books describe methods of attaining personal peace, a positive attitude and success in a clearcut, easy to understand way. They handle deep spiritual truths in a simple way with an absolute minimum of metaphysical jargon. Andersen's philosophy is very enlightened (and enlightening) and transcends the borders of individual philosophies and religions. We are presented with a set of ideas that are free of dogmatism. It soon becomes evident that there is no "brainwashing" involved , and that the author's conclusions are self-explanatory once you grasp them.
Andersen begins with the premise "that man's consciousness is God's consciousness in process of becoming," and "lays down a method by which such awareness may be used for the practical end of a richer and fuller life." Those who usually are skeptical of terms like 'spirituality' will discover that this subject can be free of all the dark and heavy mystery that we unfortunately find so often. Andersen's style of writing is uncomplicated, just as the contents of his books are not really complicated. The most difficult aspect may even lie in the simplicity of these ideas. It really makes you see what is possible in this world of "false boundaries and limits" and plants the desire to follow your heart and to never lose sight of your dreams, no matter how far-fetched they may seem.
Mr. Andersen's books strike a perfect balance between truly interesting information and the step-by-step means to turn that information into successful, peaceful and happy living. His simplicity of explanation, and his offer of suggestive guidance to the reader to free his "limits" of perception and open the avenue to endless rewards in spiritual growth and personal empowerment, enables the reader to come back again an again to his pages and receive yet another personal spiritual gift. A veritable treasure trove of mystical insights; his works are of timeless value.
The following books by Uell S. Andersen are available to purchase in eBook form for immediate download. They may then be read on your computer and printed out. The eBooks are in Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.
Excerpts from the following books may be read online:
The Greatest Power in the Universe