Richard W Wetherill - Alpha Publishing

lpetrich · Post by **lpetrich** » Sat May 06, 2017 4:09 pm

In magazines like Time magazine, I've sometimes seen ads for the works of this gentleman:

There is now an online site that features them: The Alpha Publishing House | Free Online Books | Royersford, PA

Decades ago Richard W. Wetherill identified a created natural Law of Right Action. This natural law calls for people to be rational, honest, and morally right when dealing with the events of life and with one another.

Experience the dramatic changes provided by obedience to Natures Law of Right Action.

We welcome you to read our FREE eBooks.

From The Alpha Publishing House | About Us,

During six decades of teaching, broadcasting, writing and consulting, Wetherill addressed thousands of people via his nationwide study groups. Hundreds of miraculous changes were reported. He taught people how to maximize their talents for a more effective life. He was able to show that conforming with right action resolves problems and prevents trouble. Among those who listened were families with behavioral difficulties, many eager to improve their relationships, and others with habits they couldn't control.

I don't know if his books are any good, but I'm posting on this because discovering RWW's picture brought back memories.

Tubby · Post by **Tubby** » Sat May 06, 2017 5:15 pm

I may have referenced him at this board, without remembering his name. I probably called him "that man in the magazine ads who looked like Floyd the barber." He had a full-page ad in popular science magazines that I sometimes buy off the shelf.

Fairly or not, I always figured just from reading the ad that he was one of those people of modest intelligence who thinks he is a profound thinker, and is able to gather some gullible people as enthusiasts.

JamesBannon · Post by **JamesBannon** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:01 pm

I wouldn't touch anything like that with a barge pole.

Hermit · Post by **Hermit** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:10 pm

A quick look at this page convinced me to spend no further time on him. The first comment underneath the article explains what The Alpha Publishing House | Free Online Books | Royersford, PA is most likely about.

Tubby · Post by **Tubby** » Sat May 06, 2017 6:52 pm

[quote=""Hermit""]A quick look at this page convinced me to spend no further time on him.[/quote]

So this Wetherill guy is as deep as Tom Cruise is...

MattShizzle · Post by **MattShizzle** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:08 pm

[quote=""Tubby""]

Hermit;670668 wrote:A quick look at this page convinced me to spend no further time on him.

So this Wetherill guy is was as deep as Tom Cruise is...[/QUOTE]

fify. He died in 1989.

Tubby · Post by **Tubby** » Sat May 06, 2017 7:18 pm

[quote=""MattShizzle""]
He died in 1989.[/quote]

His disciples thought he would live forever.

DMB · Post by **DMB** » Tue May 09, 2017 6:21 am

You have to be a bit vulnerable to fall for this stuff.

(View video on YouTube)

ruby sparks · Post by **ruby sparks** » Tue May 09, 2017 9:17 am

I used to have a soft spot for this sort of thing. I used to read Edward 'Happiness Purpose' de Bono (similar sort of thing but without any woo lurking) and I even once tried Norman 'Power of Positive Thinking' Vincent Peale (but quickly gave up).

Nowadays, I wouldn't tend to go near such things, no matter how desperate I might be to buy a book at an airport. That said, I don't think they often do much actual harm. They do sometimes (eg scientology) but I think it would be unfair to brand all of them as particularly 'dangerous', or 'more dangerous than benign'.

Quite often, the motivation seems to be, at the end of the day, for the 'happiness/success guru' themselves to make money, but again this may not necessarily always be the case.

At the end of the day, I think there is only so much one can usefully get from a book, a program or by listening to someone else expounding on ways to self-improve. But I'm not cynical about the possibility of components of such things acting as useful/helpful triggers to some people, provided one doesn't swallow them wholesale.

Tubby · Post by **Tubby** » Tue May 09, 2017 7:57 pm

I was never given an allowance. If I wanted something beyond the basics of food and clothing, I had to approach a parent and lobby for it. Sometimes I got an "okay, we'll pay for it," but plenty of times a "no, you don't need that."

I know I saw ads in the back of comic books for sea monkeys and X-ray glasses, but I never sent any money. I can thank my no-allowance status for that, I suppose.