Books with author William Walker 1862-1932 Atkinson

Excerpt:IT is of the utmost importance that the individual develop, cultivate, and train his will so as to bring it under the influence of the higher part of his mental and moral being. While the will is used most effectively in developing and training the intellect and building character, it itself must be trained by itself to habitually come under the guidance of the intellect and under the influence of that which we call character.The influence of the trained will upon the several mental faculties is most marked. There are no faculties which may not be cultivated by the will. The first and great task of the will in this direction is the control and direction of the attention. The will determines the kind of interest that shall prevail at the moment, and the kind of interest largely determines the character of the man, his tastes, his feelings, his thoughts, his acts. Gordy says: "Coöperating with a pre-existing influence, the will can make a weaker one prevail over a stronger. * * * It determines which of pre-existing influences shall have control over the mind."

In this book, Atkinson keeps his incredible insight on the human mind, analyzing every possible aspects of the subconscious mind, memory, habits and others; to arrive to what he calls the superconscious, where all those “possibilities of activities as yet not generally unfolded into actual manifestation” are in storage.“We have seen that in the Infra Conscious region of the mind there are certain activities which seem to be outside of the category of those which belong strictly to the subconscious—activities which cannot be considered as resulting from the past race or individual experience along the lines of racial memory or heredity, or of the memory of the individual—and yet which do not fit into the category of the “parallel” activities which we have classified as “the psychic.” In short these activities seem rather to belong to a higher rather than a lower or even parallel plane of consciousness. The Orientals for centuries have recognized these activities and have classified them as belonging to the “superconscious” plane of mentation—a plane above the ordinary plane of consciousness, just as the subconscious is a plane below it, and the “psychic” plane parallel to it. The superconscious plane is a plane of “above consciousness,” just as the subconscious is a plane “below consciousness.”How to develop and unfold the superconscious: that is what Atkinson will try to teach to the minds that are prepared.

An Unabridged Edition to include: My Working Creed - Preface (Franklin L. Berry) - The Law of Attraction in the Thought World - Thought Waves & Their Process of Reproduction - A Talk about the Mind - Mind-Building - The Secret of the Will - How to Become Immune to Injurious Thought Attraction - Transmutation of Negative Thought - Law of Mental Control - Asserting the Life Force - Training the Habit-Mind - Psychology of Emotion - Developing New Brain Cells - The Attractive Power: Desire Force - Great Dynamic Forces - Claiming Your Own - Law, Not Chance

Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing by William Walker AtkinsonLesson I—The Nature of Psychomancy: Interesting, scientific principles underlying Psychomancy. Sensing objects by the Astral Senses. The three classes of Psychomancy. The phenomena of the Astral Vision. The Astral Tube. Projection of the Astral Body.Lesson II—How to Develop Yourself: The Dawn of the Psychic Faculties. Auric Colors. Visions. Development Methods. Concentration. Visualization. Psychometry. The Magic Mirror. How to use the Crystal and Mirror. General Instruction.Lesson III—Simple Psychomancy: Simple and Space Psychomancy and their differences. Sensitivity to Impressions. "Feeling" the Thought of Others. Seeing Through Solid Objects. Seeing Down Into the Earth. Telescopic and Microscopic Vision. Diagnosis of Disease by Psychomancy.Lesson IV—The Astral Tube: This most interesting study is stated clearly, so that all may readily understand this fundamental principle of Psychic Communication.Lesson V—Psychometry: Locating persons by a lock of hair, etc. Reading a person's characteristics, past history, etc. Describing distant scenes from flowers, etc. Describing mines from bits of minerals, etc. Reading the past associations of an object.Lesson VI—Crystal Gazing: Revival of a Lost Science. Various forms of Crystal Gazing. Directions of "How to Do It," etc.Lesson VII—Astral Projection: Projecting the Astral Body. Materializing one's self. Taking part in Distant Scenes, Events and Conversations. Showing one's self to Absent Friends. What the trained experimentor may do. The English Society's reports upon Psychic Phenomena along these lines. The Living Ghost within each of us. Traveling in the Astral.Lesson VIII—Space Psychomancy: What it means, and what may be accomplished by means of it. Swedenborg's, and others', wonderful experiences. Truth stranger than fiction. Scientific facts reading like a romance.Lesson IX—Past Time Psychomancy: Sensing the scenes, occurrences and objects of the Past, by Astral Vision. A most fascinating subject, and one of importance to those having or developing Psychic Power.Lesson X—Future Time Psychomancy: Reading the Future. Future events cast their shadows before. Destiny and Fate. Premonitions, Previsions and Second Sight. The wonderful prevision and prediction of Cazotte, and its amusing sequel.Lesson XI—Dream Psychomancy: Psychomancy during sleep. The Phenomena of Psychic Dreams and Visions. Traveling in the Astral while asleep. Remarkable and well authenticated cases of Psychic Dreams and Visions, true and verified. This lesson will explain many similar instances in your own experience.

The term "Psychomancy" (pronounced, "sy-ko-man-see"), is derived from two Greek words, the first "psycho," meaning "the soul; the mind; the understanding" (and generally used to indicate "psychic" or unusual powers of the soul or mind); the second word, "mancy" meaning "to divine; to foresee, or foreknow; to detect secret things,"—and in occult parlance, "to sense," or "to receive impressions by the Astral Senses." So the word, as we use it, may be said to mean "Psychic Sensing," and in this work will be so used. The word "Psychomancer" means "one practicing Psychomancy;" and the word "Psychomantic" means "relating to Psychomancy."

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A manual of practical psychology. The values to be derived from such a work are necessarily suggestive, and nothing is more powerfully helpful to any one than suggestions. So when considering in this book the subjects of mind and will, ably and interestingly presented by Mr. Atkinson, the reader must be benefitted, for it is the law of suggestion that attributes, elements of greatness within respond to suggestions from without. No one, therefore, can carefully read this book without awakening responsiveness and obtaining a further knowledge and control of the faculties therein treated.

PSYCHOLO~Y is generally considered to be thescience of mind, although more properly it isthe science of mental states-thoughts, feelings,and acts of volition. It was formerly the customof writers on the subject of psychology to begin by anattempt to define and describe the nature of mind,before proceeding to a consideration of the subject ofthe various mental states and activities. But morerecent authorities have rebelled against this demand,and have claimed that it is no more reasonable to holdthat psych()logy should be held to an explanation of theultimate nature of mind than it is that physical sciencebe held to an explanation of the ultimate nature ofmatter. The attempt to explain the ultimate nature ofeither is futile-no actual necessity exists for explanationin either case. Physics may explain the phenomenaof matter, and psychology the phenomena of mind,without regard to the ultimate nature of the substanceof either.The science of physics hasTable of Contents I WHAT IS THE MIND · • 6; II To MECBANISM OF MENTAL STAT118 11; IlL THE GREAT NnVE CENTERS 17; IV CoNSCIOUSNESS • 24; V ATTENTION 29; VI PERCEPTION · • • 36; VII MEMORY • • • 46; YIIL MEMORY (eontinued) • 54; IX IMAGINATION • • • 62; X THE FEELINGS • '12; D THE EMOTIONS • • '19; XII THE INSTINCTIVE EMOTIONS • • 88; XIII; THE P ABSIONS • 96; -XIV THE SocIAL EMOTIONS • • 104; xv THE RELIGIOUS EMOTIONS · • 111; XVI THE )ESTHETIC EMOTIONS · • • 117; XVII Tn INTELLECTUAL EMOTIONS · 126; XVIII THE ROLE OF THE EMOTIONS • 131; XIX THE EMOTIONS AND HAPPINESS

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this book, Atkinson keeps his incredible insight on the human mind, analyzing every possible aspects of the subconscious mind, memory, habits and others; to arrive to what he calls the superconscious, where all those “possibilities of activities as yet not generally unfolded into actual manifestation” are in storage. “We have seen that in the Infra Conscious region of the mind there are certain activities which seem to be outside of the category of those which belong strictly to the subconscious—activities which cannot be considered as resulting from the past race or individual experience along the lines of racial memory or heredity, or of the memory of the individual—and yet which do not fit into the category of the “parallel” activities which we have classified as “the psychic.” In short these activities seem rather to belong to a higher rather than a lower or even parallel plane of consciousness. The Orientals for centuries have recognized these activities and have classified them as belonging to the “superconscious” plane of mentation—a plane above the ordinary plane of consciousness, just as the subconscious is a plane below it, and the “psychic” plane parallel to it. The superconscious plane is a plane of “above consciousness,” just as the subconscious is a plane “below consciousness.” How to develop and unfold the superconscious: that is what Atkinson will try to teach to the minds that are prepared.

This book is an illustrated version of the original Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing by William Walker Atkinson. “In this work, we shall regard as the true phenomena of Psychomancy, all the various phenomena known as Psychometry; Crystal Gazing; Perceiving Distant Scenes; a perception of Past Events, and Indication of Future Events; either in the full waking state; the state of reverie; or the state of dreams. And, so this work will examine, consider, and explain, the various phases of phenomena above indicated—in short, the phenomena of "sensing" objects by means of Astral Senses, omitting the phenomena of Clairvoyance, or seeing disembodied souls, etc., which we regard as belonging to a different phase of the general subject, and which require special consideration and examination.”