The Secret of Mental Magic - YOGeBooks

275 Pages·2013·0.77 MB·English

by  William Walker Atkinson

The Secret of Mental Magic
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Writings
Thought Force in Business and Everyday Life
The Law of the New Thought
Nuggets of the New Thought
Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering and Recalling
Dynamic Thought or The Law of Vibrant Energy
Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World
Practical Mind‑Reading
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
The Mind Building of a Child
The Secret of Mental Magic
Mental Fascination
Self‑Healing by Thought Force
Mind‑Power: The Law of Dynamic Mentation
Practical Mental Influence
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
The Inner Consciousness
The Secret of Success
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It
Subconscious and the Superconscious Planes of Mind
Suggestion and Auto‑Suggestion
The Art of Expression
The Art of Logical Thinking
The New Psychology: Its Message, Principles and Practice
The Will
Thought‑Culture
Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms
Mind and Body or Mental States and Physical Conditions
Telepathy: Its Theory, Facts and Proof
The Crucible of Modern Thought
The Psychology of Salesmanship
The Psychology of Success
Scientific Parenthood
The Message of the New Thought
Your Mind and How to Use It
The Mastery of Being
Mind‑Power: The Secret of Mental Magic
The New Psychology of Healing
New Thought: Its History and Principles
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The Secret of Mental Magic
A Course of Seven Lessons
1907
William Walker Atkinson
1862–1932
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YOGeBooks: Hollister, MO
2013:09:06:17:01:14
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Copyright
YOGeBooks by Roger L. Cole, Hollister, MO 65672
© 2010 YOGeBooks by Roger L. Cole
All rights reserved. Electronic edition published 2010
isbn: 978‑1‑61183‑068‑2 (pdf)
isbn: 978‑1‑61183‑069‑9 (epub)
www.yogebooks.com
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To My Friend
Helen Wilmans
whose writings gave me inspiration, courage, determination,
and will, when I sorely needed them, this little volume is
respectfully inscribed.
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Epigraph
“… but, one day, the sturdy lion, the monarch of the wilds,
was grievously wounded by the arrows of the hunters, and
crept away to seek rest and shelter. But, alas! in its hour of need,
it attracted to itself the kicks from the hoofs of the wild‑asses of
the desert, and the malicious snaps of the jackals which formerly
partook of the scraps of the feast of the monarch. Such is life,
my son;—when the mighty are fallen low, then cometh the day
of the lesser ones.”
—Ancient Persian Fable.
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Contents
Lesson I. ……………………………………………… Mental Magic.
Lesson II. …………………………………… The Underlying Force.
Lesson III. …………………………………………Mental Suggestion.
Lesson IV. ………………………………………… Personal Influence.
Lesson V. ……………………………The Science of Telementation.
Lesson VI ………………………………………Mental Therapeutics.
Lesson VII. …………………………………… Mental Architecture.
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The Author’s Foreword
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n this book I deliver to you a Message that has been seeking
expression for some time. It is a strong Message, of elemental
power and primitive force. It is given to you in its original
simplicity, and is not draped with airy metaphysical veils, nor
by heavy theological prejudices or predilections. I have tried
to get down to the bare body of the Truth concerning Mental
Magic, although, in order to do so, I have had to strip away
covering after covering of personal views of writers, teachers,
schools, and cults. I have cast aside these discarded draperies,
and now present to you the simple, natural Truth as I have
found it. Some who are partial to these added draperies may
resent their disuse—I can’t help it if they do—I am not writing
this book for such. Others may be shocked at the nakedness
of the Unadorned Truth—I cannot help this either—this book
was not written for mental prudes, so let them stalk off hiding
their faces with the hands if they wish. (They will sneak a hasty
glance over their shoulders, though, when they think that no
one is looking—such people always do.)
These lessons are “solid,” and contain much strong food
for strong people. There is nothing of the Charlotte Busse, or
Meringue, about these lessons. They are solid food, and must
be partaken of as such. Partaken of properly, they will nourish
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and strengthen you, building up muscle, tissue and bone. But,
bolted or swallowed at a gulp, they may give you a bad case
of “mental dyspepsia.” Hygienic laws operate on the mental as
well as the physical plane. The lessons are full of concentrated,
condensed information, and must be partaken of in small
bites, well masticated, in order to insure perfect digestion. You
must study each lesson, before you proceed to the next one.
You cannot “skim‑over” these lessons in a single reading, if
you expect to master their contents. They need reading, and
re‑reading, and each time you go over them, you will find
something new. I have compressed in this book, enough matter
to fill six books, if properly diluted and spread out.
The original size of this book was about 200 pages, but
after the original manuscript was placed in the hands of the
printer, I kept on thinking of this thing, and that thing, that
should “go in the book.” And so, from day to day, I sent the
printer enough “additional matter” to bring the book up to
its present proportions (about double the original size)—the
price being kept the same, of course. This “additional matter”
has been inserted and dove‑tailed in, among the original
matter, until to the proof‑readers the lessons seemed like a
mosaic, or “grandmother’s quilt.” The advance notices were out,
so I could not devote as much time as I would have liked to the
work of “polishing up” the connecting joints, or “rounding up”
the corners, occasioned by this insertion of new matter in the
different parts of the several lessons. Consequently, there may
be apparent a lack of “smoothness” and “finish” about the work,
arising from this cause. I trust that you will understand, and
pardon such, in view of what I have said to you.
But, after all, I must confess that I do feel that I have given
you “good measure—heaped full and running over,” and have
managed to deliver my Message aecording to my best Desire.
And, that’s the principal thing, after all—isn’t it?
To all the students of these lessons, I send a message of
Good‑Cheer, Courage, and Self‑Confidence. You are Centres
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