Wallace Delois Wattles was an American writer associated with the New Thought movement. Active during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Wattles remains a personally obscure figure, with relatively few details of his life widely known. Despite this personal obscurity, his literary output has had a lasting impact, particularly within the realms of self-help and spiritual philosophy.
His most prominent and enduring work is the 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich. In this text, Wattles details his unique spiritual ideology regarding the acquisition of wealth, presenting a systematic approach to achieving financial success through mental and spiritual alignment. His writings have remained continuously in print and continue to be widely quoted by practitioners and authors within the New Thought and self-help movements.
