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$40 million in manifestation cheques inside The Secret

By the Editors · As reported by Newsweek, 9 July 2026

FoundGuelph, Ontario, Canada

Tucked inside The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Browsing a thrift store in Guelph, Ontario, Brian Davis opened a copy of Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret and found a sheaf of filled-in Magic Checks, the play cheques the franchise encourages readers to write to themselves, adding up to $40 million. A sceptic about the law of attraction, Davis bought the book anyway as a small piece of cultural history, with no expectation of a windfall.

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