Editing Alexander Everett (section)

== Early life ==
Born in England in 1921, Everett was initially inspired by [[Aldous Huxley]]'s book ''[[The Perennial Philosophy]]''. Everett became involved with [[Christian Science]], the [[Unity School of Christianity]], and [[Rosicrucianism]]. He also traveled the world in a quest for spirituality and education, visiting Greece, India, and Egypt. Everett also studied [[Theosophy (Blavatskian)|Theosophy]].

He later settled down in Britain for a while, forming a [[Preparatory school (UK)|preparatory school]], Pendragon School at [[Bexhill-on-Sea]], in 1950 in Sussex, England.<ref name="navarro" /><ref name="wilson">{{cite book
  | last = Wilson
  | first = Brian
  |author2=Jamie Cresswell
  | title = New Religious Movements: challenge and response 
  | publisher = Routledge
  | year = 1999
  | pages = Page 72
  | isbn =  0-415-20049-0}}</ref>  While teaching at the school in Sussex, Everett contracted [[polio]], and was told by his physicians that he would never walk again.<ref name="vahle">{{cite book
  | last = Vahle
  | first = Neal
  |author2=Connie Fillmore Bazzy
  | title = The Unity Movement: Its Evolution and Spiritual Teachings 
  | publisher = Templeton Foundation Press
  | year = 2002
  | pages = 400–405
  | isbn =  1-890151-96-3}}
</ref>  Everett believed that he healed himself using the Unity School of Christianity's "Prayer of Faith", by Hannah More Kohaus.<ref name="vahle" />  In 1959, Everett founded and became the headmaster of [[Shiplake College]] at Henley-on-Thames, Oxford, England.<ref name="navarro" /><ref name="vahle" />  Everett later acknowledged that the Unity Church influenced his development of self-improvement courses including Mind Dynamics, and he incorporated Unity techniques such as the use of silence, focusing on the intuitive inner voice, and affirmations into these practices.<ref name="vahle" />