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Charles F. Haanel was an American author and businessman born in 1866. He is best known for writing The Master Key System, a book published in 1912 that promoted New Thought principles of mental development, financial success, and personal health. Haanel practiced what he preached and became financially successful through owning several major companies. When he died in 1949 at age 83, Haanel had authored several other books and established himself as an influential figure in the New Thought movement.

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Charles F. Haanel

Charles F. Haanel was an American author and businessman born in 1866. He is best known for writing The Master Key System, a book published in 1912 that promoted New Thought principles of mental development, financial success, and personal health. Haanel practiced what he preached and became financially successful through owning several major companies. When he died in 1949 at age 83, Haanel had authored several other books and established himself as an influential figure in the New Thought movement.

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Charles F.

Haanel
and two daughters. In 1891 his wife died. In 1908 he
married for the second time, to Margaret Nicholson of
St. Louis, whose father was W. A. Nicholson.[5]
He was a member of the Republican Party,[5] a
Freemason and Shriner aliated with St. Louis Keystone Lodge No.243, (A.F. & A.M.) [5][8] and a supporter of the Missouri Athletic Club.[5] He was a member of Pi Gamma Mu Fraternity, a Fellow of the London College of Psychotherapy, a member of the Authors League of America; a member of the American
Society of Psychical Research; a member of the Society
of Rosicrucians; a member of the American Suggestive
Therapeutical Association; and a member of the Science
League of America.[9] During his life, Haanel earned and
received several honorary academic degrees, including
hon. Ph.D., College National Electronic Institute; Metaphysics, Psy. D., College of Divine Metaphysics; and
M.D., Universal College of Dupleix, India.[9]
When Haanel died on November 27, 1949; he was 83
years old. His ashes were buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.[1][2]

Charles F. Haanel

2 Career as nancial success writer

Charles Francis Haanel (May 22, 1866 November 27,


1949)[1][2] was a noted American New Thought author,[3]
philosopher and a businessman. He is best known for his
contributions to the New Thought Movement through his
book The Master Key System.

Haanels book The Master Key System, was published in


1912, when he was 46 years old. It is written in the
form of a course in New Thought, mental development,
nancial success, and personal health. The book was
heavily promoted in the pages of Elizabeth Towne's New
Thought magazine The Nautilus. By 1933 it had allegedly
1 Personal life and business career sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Haanel practiced
the nancial principles he preached, and was a self made
success who owned several major companies. According
The Haanel family was of Swedish extraction, but had to Stevens, writing in 1909, He was president of the Conlived in Silesia, Prussia, before emigrating to Canada and tinental Commercial Company, president of the Sacrathence to the United States.[4]
mento Valley Improvement Company, and president of
In St. Louis: History of the Fourth City, the author Wal- the Mexico Gold & Silver Mining Company.[5]
ter B. Stevens wrote that Charles F. Haanel was born The original Master Key System contained 24 parts or
in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the son of Hugo and Emeline modules of study. The allegedly lost chapters of the
(Fox) Haanel.[5] He was the fourth of six children.[6] Ac- Master Key System, chapters 25-28, which are found in
cording to Stevens, The family moved to St. Louis, Mis- some editions, are not original, but have been copied from
souri when Charles was a child. His rst job was as an the chapters 11-14 of A book about You. Among the key
oce boy for the National Enameling & Stamping Com- points of Haanels system are what he refers to as the
pany in St. Louis, and he worked for this rm in varying laws of concentration, attraction, and harmonious thinkcapacities for fteen years before striking out on his own ing and action. Unique to the Master Key System is a set
as a writer and businessman.[5][7]
of exercises that accompany each chapter, and which are
In 1885 he married Esther M. Smith. They had one son systematically building upon each other they are what
1

REFERENCES

makes the Master Key System a system. Another important aspect of the Master Key System is the element of
Truth. The understanding of Truth is derived from
the understanding that Spirit is all there is, and that it cannot be other than perfect. Truth provides readers/students
with certainty, courage and determination to change their
life for the better.

The Master Key System in 24 Parts. by Charles F.


Haanel, edited by Anthony R. Michalski ISBN 09678514-0-8

In addition to the Master Key System, Haanel wrote several other books including Mental Chemistry, published
in 1922, The New Psychology, published in 1924, A Book
about You, published in 1927, and The Amazing Secrets
of the Yogi, co-authored with Victor Simon Perera and
published in 1937.[9]

The Master Key System Large Font Edition. by


Charles F. Haanel, edited by Andras M. Nagy ISBN
978-0-9753093-3-9

See also
Napoleon Hill
Wallace Wattles
Joseph Murphy (author)
The Secret

Inuence on other writers

In 1919, Napoleon Hill wrote Haanel a letter thanking


him for The Master Key System.[10] In the letter Hill stated,
My present success and the success which has followed
my work as President of the Napoleon Hill Institute is
due largely to the principles laid down in The Master-Key
System.
Haanel was quoted in the best-selling self-help book The
Secret by Rhonda Byrne, published in 2007.

Bibliography

The Master Key System: 28 Part Complete Deluxe


Edition. by Charles F. Haanel. Isthar Publishing
(July 2007) ISBN 978-0-9780535-8-1

The Master Key System 2012 Centenary Edition. by


Charles F. Haanel, edited by Helmar Rudolph ISBN
978-1-4563360-4-2
Posthumous compilations with written contributions by
other authors
Master Key Arcana. (the 28-chapter version of The
Master Key plus pieces by authors who inuenced
Haanel; illustrated with pictures of original Haanel
books, pamphlets, and courses.) 2004
How to Master Abundance and Prosperity: The Master Key System Decoded: An Executive Summary. by
Prof. C. W. Haanel Mentz ISBN 1-4257-1035-2
The Master Key System in 24 Parts: Workbook Edition. by Charles F. Haanel and Donald Gordon Carty
ISBN 1-4116-7362-X ISBN 978-1-4116-7362-5
The Master Key BrainCharger Premium Student
Handbook. by Helmar Rudolph ISBN 978-14563969-6-1. 2011.

6 Biographic sources
C. W. Evans-Gunther. Biography of Charles F.
Haanel & the Haanel Family. Retrieved 2008-0831.
Charles F. Haanel (1866-1949), Author of The
Master Key System. Retrieved 2008-08-31.

Original titles
The Amazing Secrets of the Yogi. c.1937

7 References

A Book About You. 1928. (also reprinted with the


shortened title You)

[1] Obituary. Archived from the original on January 4,


2007.

The Master Key System. 1912 (mail order course)

[2] Death Certicate. Archived from the original on January 4, 2007.

The Master Key System. 1917 (book format).


Mental Chemistry. 1922.
The New Psychology. 1924.
Variant editions of The Master Key System

[3] Lofton, K. (2011) Oprah: The gospel of an icon. University of California Press. p 42.
[4] The Canadian Biographical Dictionary and Portrait
Gallery of Eminent and Self-Made Men, Ontario Volume,
1880. cited by C. W. Evans-Gunther at the online Biography of Charles F. Haanel & the Haanel Family. Retrieved 2008-09-01.

[5] Walter B. Stevens (1909). St. Louis: History of the Fourth


City, 17641909. St. Louis: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
[6] Genealogy of the family of James Fox Haanel. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
[7] Charles F. Haanel. Internet Archive. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
[8] St. Louis Public Library. Fraternal and Benevolent Societies in St. Louis, A-K. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
[9] C. W. Evans-Gunther. Biography of Charles F. Haanel
& the Haanel Family. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
[10] Letter from Napoleon Hill. Archived from the original
on October 21, 2008.

External links
Ocial website

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