William Walker Atkinson's 'MASTER MIND - The Key To Mental Power Development And Efficiency' is a groundbreaking work that delves into the realm of mental power and efficiency. Written in a clear and concise style, the book explores various techniques and practices to enhance one's mental faculties and unlock untapped potential. Atkinson's literary context within the New Thought movement is evident throughout the book, as he emphasizes the power of positive thinking and visualization to achieve success. The book also incorporates elements of psychology and self-help, making it a comprehensive guide for personal development. Readers will find Atkinson's writing to be insightful and empowering, providing practical strategies for improving mental focus and productivity.

Find out what is the difference between a Master Mind and any other form of Mind, how to achieve the true mental power and efficiency. The ordinary mind is a mere creature of circumstances, driven hither and thither by the winds of outside forces, and lacking the guidance of the hand on the wheel, and being without the compass; while the Master Mind proceeds in the true course mapped out by Intelligence, and determined by will. The Master Mind is consciously, deliberately, and voluntarily built up, cultivated, developed, and used; whereas the ordinary mind is usually unconsciously built up, cultivated, and developed by the force and power of impressions from the outside world, and is usually employed and used with little or no conscious direction by its own will. The ordinary mind is like a dumb, driven animal, while the Master Mind is like the strong-willed, intelligent, masterful Man. William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932) was a prolific writer. His works treat themes related to the mental world, occultism, divination, psychic reality, and mankind's nature. They constitute a basis for what Atkinson called "New Psychology" or "New Thought".

Theron Q. Dumont was the pseudonym used by William Walker Atkinson, a highly prolific author and leader of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was one of the first authors to write about the law of attraction, or in other words that "like attracts like". Decades before Esther and Jerry Hick's "Money and the Law of Attraction" or Rhonda Byrnes "The Secret", he taught taught readers how to use the power of thought to attract wealth, health, happiness and success. In the timeless classic The Master Mind Atkinson teaches us that "Our world is very much what we choose to pay attention to." He gives us the tools we need to permanently rid ourselves of the slave mentality and become Master Minds in our own right. "Man has it in his power to make of himself what he will' to become his own mental creator, instead of allowing others to create his mentality for him. Too long has man bowed to environment and outer circumstances: he is now learning to be his own environment, by means of creating the same from within. Have you decided whether you shall be the Master, or the mastered? There comes a time in the life of each one of us when this question must be answered' the course chosen. It may be that this time has come to you in the reading of these lines. Are you ready to answer it, and to make the decision? Remember the question. It is this: 'Mastery or Servitude' Which?'" This book includes the full original text meticulously re-typeset and designed.

Theron Q. Dumont was the pseudonym used by William Walker Atkinson, a highly prolific author and leader of the New Thought movement. Atkinson was one of the first authors to write about the law of attraction, or in other words that "like attracts like". Decades before Esther and Jerry Hick's "Money and the Law of Attraction" or Rhonda Byrnes "The Secret", he taught taught readers how to use the power of thought to attract wealth, health, happiness and success. In the timeless classic The Master Mind Atkinson teaches us that "Our world is very much what we choose to pay attention to." He gives us the tools we need to permanently rid ourselves of the slave mentality and become Master Minds in our own right. "Man has it in his power to make of himself what he will' to become his own mental creator, instead of allowing others to create his mentality for him. Too long has man bowed to environment and outer circumstances: he is now learning to be his own environment, by means of creating the same from within. Have you decided whether you shall be the Master, or the mastered? There comes a time in the life of each one of us when this question must be answered' the course chosen. It may be that this time has come to you in the reading of these lines. Are you ready to answer it, and to make the decision? Remember the question. It is this: 'Mastery or Servitude' Which?'" This book includes the full original text meticulously re-typeset and designed.

Atkinson's work is widely considered as one of the best among the New Thought publications. All his lessons are funneling into one big aim: how mind can conquer matter. Learn how to train and improve your mind and to train your new powers. Contents: Foreword. Chapter I. The Mental-Dynamo Chapter II. The Nature Of Mind-Power Chapter III. Mentative Induction Chapter IV. Mental Magic In Animal Life Chapter V. Mental Magic In Human Life Chapter VI. The Mentatitve Poles Chapter VII. Desire And Will In Fable Chapter VIII. Mind-Power In Action Chapter IX. Personal Magnetism Chapter X. Examples Of Dynamic Mentation Chapter XI. Dynamic Individuality Chapter XII. Mental Atmosphere Chapter XIII. Channels Of Influence Chapter XIV. Instruments Of Expression Chapter XV. Using The Mentative Instruments Chapter XVI. Mental Suggestion Chapter XVII. Four Kinds Of Suggestion Chapter XVIII. How Suggestion Is Used Chapter XIX. Induced Imagination Chapter XX. Induced Imagination In India Chapter XXI. The Ocean Of Mind-Power Chapter XXII. A Glimpse Of The Occult World Chapter XXIII. Self Protection Chapter XXV. Mental Therapeutics Chapter XXVI. Mental Healing Methods Chapter XXVII. Mental Architecture Chapter XXVIII. Making Over Oneself Chapter XXIX. Mind-Building

National Book Award Finalist: “This man’s ideas may be the most influential, not to say controversial, of the second half of the twentieth century.”—Columbus Dispatch At the heart of this classic, seminal book is Julian Jaynes's still-controversial thesis that human consciousness did not begin far back in animal evolution but instead is a learned process that came about only three thousand years ago and is still developing. The implications of this revolutionary scientific paradigm extend into virtually every aspect of our psychology, our history and culture, our religion—and indeed our future. “Don’t be put off by the academic title of Julian Jaynes’s The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind. Its prose is always lucid and often lyrical…he unfolds his case with the utmost intellectual rigor.”—The New York Times “When Julian Jaynes . . . speculates that until late in the twentieth millennium BC men had no consciousness but were automatically obeying the voices of the gods, we are astounded but compelled to follow this remarkable thesis.”—John Updike, The New Yorker “He is as startling as Freud was in The Interpretation of Dreams, and Jaynes is equally as adept at forcing a new view of known human behavior.”—American Journal of Psychiatry