The Miracles of Your Mind About the Author Joseph Murphy is an Irish born, American writer and Minister. He is the writer of many famous books, like Peace within Yourself, Pray Your Way Through it, Within You is the Power and many more. Born in 1898, he studied to be a priest and later moved to the USA to become a pharmacist. He was ordained as the New Thought Minister for Religious Science and Divine Science. Joseph Murphy died in 1981.