My Visit to the Sun

Phoebe Marie Holmes was an American teacher of dietetics and scientific breathing, a noted world lecturer and metaphysician, and president of the International Radiant Health Club. She was known internationally as a worker for the old-age pension and founder of homes for aged mothers, to which the proceeds of her work were devoted. She lectured in the principal cities of the world, giving her message before large audiences. A teacher of solar plexus breathing, Ms. Holmes was a firm believer that health was by far the most important problem of the human race, and that everyone should know how to eradicate disease through correct thinking, breathing and eating.

On the cover of her 1930 book, 200 Radiant Health Recipes, she was described as “That Wonder Woman of 86, who is a living example of limitless energy, pep and radiant health,” which gave rise to the suggestion by some that she was an inspiration behind the famous comic-book character Wonder Woman, who first appeared in 1941.

Ms. Holmes was also the author of other such enlightening titles as The Law of Abundance and the Great Secret that Creates Wealth (1930), The Pathway to Spiritual Mastery (1932) and Love, The Sweetest Thing in Life (1939).

She was married to Americus V. Holmes, who predeceased her and to whom My Visit to the Sun (1933), in which she chronicles her own astral journey, is dedicated.