Law of Attraction

Thoughts as magnets. The Secret sold the mechanism; the fine print sold the blame.

The documented lineage: New Thought (Quimby, 1860s) through 'The Science of Getting Rich' (1910) to Rhonda Byrne's 'The Secret' (2006, 30+ million copies). The claim (thoughts attract circumstances) has failed controlled examination (visualization studies — Oettingen's research documents positive fantasy reducing achievement); its cultural force is the documented phenomenon. The node files it as the awakening thread's mass-market layer and links manifestation, its algorithm-era rebrand.