Vernon Linwood Howard
Vernon Linwood Howard (1918-1992) was an American philosopher and spiritual teacher born near Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Beginning with humor and children's books in the 1940s, he transitioned to lecturing on personal development in the late 1950s and writing about spiritual growth.
His teachings synthesized Christian and Eastern mysticism, Gurdjieffian Fourth Way teachings, Jungian psychology, J. Krishnamurti, and American Transcendentalism.
Howard emphasized self-awareness, self-honesty, and persistent application of spiritual principles as pathways out of suffering.
In 1979, he founded the New Life Foundation, a nonprofit learning center where he taught until his death.
