Ernest Shurtleff Holmes was an American writer, spiritual teacher and founder of the Religious Science (Science of Mind) movement. Holmes authored The Science of Mind and numerous other metaphysical books as well as founded the Science of Mind magazine. Creative Mind teaches how to focus your thoughts to create wealth, increase one's personal charisma, increase your circle of friends and grow in all aspects of life. Holmes believes that the universe has intelligence, purpose, and order and shows you that by understanding its principles and applying them, you can see who you are and what you truly want in life. "This little book is an attempt to explain what each soul must discover for himself, that he stands in the midst of an eternal creative power which presses itself around his own thought, and casts back to him glorified all that he thinks."

Although similar in title, theme and structure to his book Creative Mind, this is a completely different book. Creative Mind has more of a focus on "Mental Healing." This book is principally about what is today called in New Age circles "Prosperity Consciousness." Holmes discusses how to focus one's thoughts to create monetary wealth, as well as increase one's personal charisma to garner circles of friends. This little classic of New Thought is very similar to its successor, Think and Grow Rich, optimistic, self-empowering, and confident in its outlook.