William Walker Atkinson  

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William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.

Bibliographies

For ease of study, this bibliography of the works of William Walker Atkinson is divided into sections based on the name Atkinson chose to place on the title page of each work cited.

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as William Walker (or W. W.) Atkinson

• The Art of Expression and The Principles of Discourse. 1910.
• The Art of Logical Thinking. 1909.
• "Attainment with Honor", an article in "The Nautilus" magazine. June 1914.
• The Crucible of Modern Thought. 1910.
• Dynamic Thought or the Law of Vibrant Energy. 1906.
• How to Read Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms. c.1918
• The Inner Consciousness: A Course of Lessons on the Inner Planes of the Mind, Intuition, Instinct, Automatic Mentation, and Other Wonderful Phases of Mental Phenomena. Chicago. 1908.
• The Law of the New Thought: A Study of Fundamental Principles & Their Application. 1902.
• The Mastery of Being: A Study of the Ultimate Principle of Reality & the Practical Application Thereof. 1911. A portion of this work was republished as a chapter of Pandeism: An Anthology in 2016.
• Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering and Recalling. 1903.
• Memory: How to Develop, Train, and Use It. c. 1909.
• Mental Fascination. 1907.
• "Mental Pictures", an article in "The Nautilus" magazine. November 1912.
• Mind and Body or Mental States and Physical Conditions. 1910.
• Mind Building of a Child. 1911.
• Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic. Advanced Thought Publishing Co., Chicago.1912.
• The New Psychology Its Message, Principles and Practice. 1909.
• New Thought: Its History and Principles or The Message of the New Thought, A Condensed History of Its Real Origin with Statement of Its Basic Principles and True Aims. 1915.
• Nuggets of the New Thought. 1902.
• Practical Mental Influence. 1908.
• Practical Mind-Reading. 1907.
• Practical New Thought: Several Things that Have Helped People. 1911.
• Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing, a course of lessons on the Psychic Phenomena of Distant Sensing, Clairvoyance, Psychometry, Crystal Gazing, etc. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Masonic Temple, Chicago. 1907.
• The Psychology of Salesmanship. 1912.
• Reincarnation and the Law of Karma. 1908.
• Scientific Parenthood. 1911.
• The Secret of Mental Magic: A Course of Seven Lessons. 1907.
• The Secret of Success. 1908.
• Self-Healing by Thought Force. 1907.
• A Series of lessons in Personal Magnetism, Psychic Influence, Thought-force, Concentration, Will-Power, and practical Mental Science. 1901.
• The Subconscious and the Superconscious Planes of Mind. 1909.
• Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion. 1915.
• Telepathy: Its Theory, Facts, and Proof. 1910.
• Thought-Culture or Practical Mental Training. 1909.
• Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life. Chicago. 1900.
• Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World. Chicago. 1906.
• Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology. 1911.
• "How To Develop Perception," an article in "The Nautilus" magazine. July 1929.
• The Seven Cosmic Laws. March 1931. (Published posthumously in 2011)

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Yogi Ramacharaka

• The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath (A Complete Manual of the Oriental Breathing Philosophy of Physical, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Development). 1903.
• Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism. 1904.
• Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism. 1905.
• Hatha Yoga or the Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being (With Numerous Exercises, Etc.) 1904.
• The Science of Psychic Healing. 1906.
• Raja Yoga or Mental Development (A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga). 1906.
• Gnani Yoga (A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga). 1907.
• The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India. 1909.
• Mystic Christianity or The Teachings of the Master. 1908.
• The Life Beyond Death. 1909.
• The Practical Water Cure (As Practiced in India and Other Oriental Countries). 1909.
• The Spirit of the Upanishads or the Aphorisms of the Wise. 1907.
• Bhagavad Gita or The Message of the Master. 1907.

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Swami Bhakta Vishita

• Can We Talk to Spirit Friends?
• Clairvoyance and Kindred Phenomena.
• Clairvoyance: Past, Present and Future.
• Crystal Seering by Seers of All Ages. (Pamphlet)
• The Development of Seership: The Science of Knowing the Future; Hindoo and Oriental Methods". Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1915 (1 of 2 Actual Books)
• The Difference Between a Seer and a Medium. (Pamphlet)
• The Future Evolution of Humanity.
• Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1910 (1 of 2 Actual Books)
• Ghosts of the Living, End of the Dead.
• The Great Universe Beyond and Immortality.
• The Higher Being Developed by Seership.
• Higher Spirit Manifestations.
• How Is It Possible to Foretell the Future? (Pamphlet)
• How Seership Develops a Constructive Life.
• How to Attain Knowledge of the Higher Worlds.
• How to Cross the Threshold of the Super World.
• How to Develop Mediumship.
• How to Develop Psychic Telepathy.
• How to Distinguish Real Seership from Unreal. (Pamphlet)
• How to Gain Personal Knowledge of the Higher Truths of Seership.
• How to Go Into the Silence: The Key of All Life. (Pamphlet)
• How to Interpret the Present and Future Exactly as They Are Designed to Be.
• Mediumship.
• Mental Vibrations and Transmission.
• The Mystic Sixth Sense.
• Nature's Finer Forces.
• Seership and the Spiritual Evolution of Man.
• Seership, a Practical Guide to Those Who Aspire to Develop the Higher Senses.
• Seership, the Science of Knowing the Future.
• The Spiritual Laws Governing Seership.
• Thought Transference.
• What Determines a Man's Birth in a Certain Environment? (Pamphlet)

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Swami Panchadasi

• Clairvoyance and Occult Powers. 1916.
• The Human Aura:Astral Colors and Thought Forms. 1912. (Outlines his interpretation of the meaning of the various colors of the human aura)
• The Astral World. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1915.

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Theron Q. Dumont

• The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism: The Secrets of Mental Fascination. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1913.
• The Advanced Course in Personal Magnetism: The Secrets of Mental Fascination. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1914.
• The Psychology of Personal Magnetism. (This version is copy of Advanced Course in Personal Magnetism)
• The Master Mind or The Key To Mental Power Development And Efficiency.
• Mental Therapeutics, or Just How to Heal Oneself and Others. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1916.
• The Power of Concentration. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago. 1918.
• Practical Memory Training. Advanced Thought Publishing Co. Chicago.
• The Solar Plexus or Abdominal Brain.
• Successful Salesmanship.
• The Human Machine. (Arnold Bennett, not Atkinson)

Bibliography of Theodore Sheldon (possibly an Atkinson pseudonym)

• Vim Culture.

Bibliography of "Three Initiates" (possibly an Atkinson pseudonym)

• The Kybalion Yogi Publication Society. 1908.

Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Magus Incognito

• The Secret Doctrines of the Rosicrucians. 1918.

Bibliography of Atkinson writing with co-authors

• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume I: Personal Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume II: Creative Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume III: Desire Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume IV: Faith Power: Your Inspirational Forces.
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume V: Will Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume VI: Subconscious Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume VII: Spiritual Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume VIII: Thought Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume IX: Perceptive Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume X: Reasoning Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume XI: Character Power
• W. W. Atkinson and Edward Beals. Personal Power Volume XII: Regenerative Power or Vital Rejuvenation.
• W. W. Atkinson and L. W. De Laurence. Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing.

Bibliography of anonymous works attributed to Atkinson

• The Arcane Teachings. Chicago. n.p., n.d. [presumed 1st edition prior to 1909]; McClurg, 1909.
• The Arcane Teachings: Free Sample Lesson. Chicago. McClurg, 1909.
• The Arcane Formulas, or Mental Alchemy. Chicago. McClurg, 1909; McClurg, 1911.
• The Mystery of Sex, or Sex Polarity. Chicago. McClurg, 1909; McClurg, 1911.
• Vril, or Vital Magnetism The Secret Doctrine of Ancient Atlantis, Egypt, Chaldea, and Greece. Chicago. McClurg, 1909; McClurg, 1911.
• The One and the Many. Chicago. McClurg, 1911.
• Cosmic Law. Chicago. McClurg, 1911.
• The Psychic Planes. Chicago. McClurg, 1911.