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Mind‑PowerWritingsThought Force in Business and Everyday LifeThe Law of the New ThoughtNuggets of the New ThoughtMemory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering and RecallingDynamic Thought or The Law of Vibrant EnergyThought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought WorldPractical Mind‑ReadingPractical Psychomancy and Crystal GazingThe Mind Building of a ChildThe Secret of Mental MagicMental FascinationSelf‑Healing by Thought ForceMind‑Power: The Law of Dynamic Mentation (The Secret of Mental Magic)Practical Mental InfluenceReincarnation and the Law of KarmaThe Inner ConsciousnessThe Secret of SuccessThe New Psychology of HealingMemory: How to Develop, Train and Use ItSubconscious and the Superconscious Planes of MindSuggestion and Auto‑SuggestionThe Art of Logical Thinking or the Laws of ReasoningThe Will: It’s Nature, Power and DevelopmentThought‑Culture or Practical Mental TrainingThe New Psychology: Its Message, Principles and PracticeHuman Nature: Its Inner States and Outer FormsMind and Body or Mental States and Physical ConditionsThe Art of Expression and the Principles of DiscourseThe Psychology of SalesmanshipThe Psychology of Success or Mental Paths to PowerTelepathy: Its Theory, Facts and ProofThe Crucible of Modern Thought: A Study of the Prevailing Mental UnrestScientific ParenthoodThe Message of the New Thought (New Thought: Its History and Principles)Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical PsychologyThe Mastery of Being: A Study of the Ultimate Principle of Realityii

Mind‑PowerThe Secret of Mental Magic1912William Walker Atkinson1862–1932信YOGeBooks: Hollister, MO2013:09:05:18:57:58iii

Mind‑PowerCopyrightYOGeBooks by Roger L. Cole, Hollister, MO 65672 2010 YOGeBooks by Roger L. ColeAll rights reserved. Electronic edition published 2010isbn: 978‑1‑61183‑108‑5 (pdf)isbn: 978‑1‑61183‑109‑2 (epub)www.yogebooks.comiv

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Mind‑PowerEpigraph“The universe is a great organism, controlled by a dynamismof the psychical order. Mind gleams through its every atom. There is mind in everything, not only in human and animal life,but in plants, in minerals, in space.—Flammarionvi

ContentsChapter I. The Mental‑DynamoChapter II.The Nature of Mind‑PowerChapter III.Mentative InductionChapter IV.Mental Magic in Animal LifeChapter V. Mental Magic in Human LifeChapter VI.The Mentative‑PolesChapter VII. Desire and Will in FableChapter VIII.Mind‑Power in ActionChapter IX.Personal MagnetismChapter X.Examples of Dynamic MentationChapter XI.Dynamic IndividualityChapter XII.Mental AtmosphereChapter XIII.Channels of InfluenceChapter XIV. Instruments of ExpressionChapter XV. Using the Mentative InstrumentsChapter XVI. Mental SuggestionChapter XVII.Four Kinds of SuggestionChapter XVIII.How Suggestion is UsedChapter XIX. Induced ImaginationChapter XX.Induced Imagination in IndiaChapter XXI. The Ocean of Mind‑PowerChapter XXII.A Glimpse of the Occult Worldvii

Mind‑PowerChapter XXIII.Self ProtectionChapter XXIV. Indirect InfluenceChapter XXV.Mental TherapeuticsChapter XXVI. Mental Healing MethodsChapter XXVII. Mental ArchitectureChapter XXVIII. Making Over OneselfChapter XXIX. Mind‑Buildingviii

The History of This BookIn 1907 appeared a little book entitled: “The Secret of MentalMagic,” by William Walker Atkinson. In 1908, the material ofsaid book was edited, revised, and elaborated by the author;portions of its sequel, “Mental Fascination,” combined with it;and a large amount of entirely new material added thereto; thewhole being published in new form under the title: “Mind‑Power,or The Law of Dynamic Mentation.” In the present edition, thesub‑title has been changed to “The Secret of Mental Magic”—thus restoring the original title by which the book is best knownto thousands of friendly readers.Chicago, March 15, 1912.ix

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Publisher’s ForewordWe take the greatest pleasure in presenting this latest and bestwork from the pen of William Walker Atkinson. It embodies theessence of years of thought, study, and experiment on the partof its author whose original research, discoveries, and writingsalong these lines have given him his worldwide reputation asan authority. It is his Masterpiece. A portion of its material wasused in two of the author’s previous works, viz., “Mental Magic,”and “Mental Fascination,” both of which works were publishedby ourselves. Both of the said works are now practically outof print, and will be withdrawn from sale by us, as they willbe superseded by this newer and more complete work. Thisfoundation material has been edited; added to; changed;improved; and corrected by the author, in accordance with hisincreased experience and knowledge of the subject. Obsoletematter has been replaced by entirely new material, and thework is now strictly “up‑to‑date”. It is encyclopaedic in extentand character, every phase of the subject being considered bythe author and expressed in words charged with his dynamicvitality. It contains matter that well might have been expandedinto several volumes.xi

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Chapter IIThe Mental‑Dynamowish to invite you to the consideration of a great principle ofNature—a great natural force that manifests its activities inthe phenomena of Dynamic Mentation—a great Somethingthe energies of which I have called “Mind‑Power.”My thought on the subject is based upon the fundamentalconception that:—There exists in Nature a Dynamic Mental Principle—aMind‑Power—pervading all space—immanent in allthings—manifesting in an infinite variety of forms,degrees, and phases.I hold that this energy, or force, or dynamic principle, is norespecter of persons. Its service, like that of the sun and rain,and all natural forces, is open to all—just and unjust; good andbad; high and low; rich and poor. It responds to the properefforts, no matter by whom exerted, or for what purpose calledinto effect. But the proper effort must be exerted, consciouslyor unconsciously, else there will be no operation of the force.I believe that the activities of this dynamic mental principleare intimately correlated to manifestations of the mentaloperations known to us as desire, will, and imagination. Weshall learn something of the laws and principles and modes of3

Mind‑Poweroperation of its energies and activities, as we proceed with ourconsideration of it, in this work. It may be difficult for you tograsp this conception of Mind‑Power at the start—but it willgrow upon your understanding as its activities are presented toyou, one by one, like a great panorama.My terms will be explained and illustrated by examples, as weproceed—so you need not analyze them at this point. It may beas well, however, to state that I have used the term “Dynamic”in its original Greek sense, i. e., “powerful”; “possessing power,”etc.I have postulated of my conception of Mind‑Power that itpervades all space—is immanent in all things—and manifestsin an infinite variety of forms, degrees, and phases.But, it may be urged, this is nothing more than science claimsfor the principle of physical energy—then is Mind‑Poweridentical with the physical energy of science?—is it nothingmore than a high form of mechanical or material energy?No, Mind‑Power is very far from being a blind, mechanicalenergy—it is a living, mental force, which I hold is behind themanifestations of physical energy and mechanical force. Itis not the physical energy of science, but is something of thenature of a living will, which is rather the cause of physicalenergy, than identical with it. Let us take a familiar example.You desire to move your hand—and it moves. Why? Because ofthe manifestation of the wonderful and mysterious force called“will” which is stored up within you, and which you have releasedto move the hand. You send a current of nerve‑force which isreally a manifestation of Mind‑Power or will‑force from yourbrain, along the nerves of the arm, which contracts the musclesof the arm and hand, and your desire is gratified. Your desire,or wish, set into motion the Mind‑Power which acted uponthe material substance of your body and caused it to act. Whatwas it that flowed along the nerve‑wires? Was it electricity, ormagnetism? No! it was that subtle and mysterious thing that I4

The Mental‑Dynamoam calling Mind‑Power, and which is bound up with the willprinciple of mind.Mind‑Power is an actual living force. It is the force that makesplants grow—and animal bodies grow—and which enables allliving things to move and act. It is the force which enables thegrowing mushroom to raise up the slabs of paving stone—orcauses the roots of a tree to split open the great boulders, intothe crevices of which they have crept. Mind‑Power is not anabstraction or speculative nothing—it is an existent, living,mental, acting force, manifesting sometimes with an appallingpower, and sometimes with a delicate, subtle touch that isalmost imperceptible, but which accomplishes its purpose.In order to reach a clear conception of the universality ofMind‑Power, let us consider its manifestations as we see them,unquestioned, in the universe—on the many planes of lifeand activity. Beginning with the more familiar instances of itsoperation and manifestation, let us then proceed to delve stilldeeper until we reach instances not so easily perceived; andthen still further back until we find it in places and in thingsthat are generally regarded as lacking in Mind‑Power and life.And, here let me say that I hold that life and Mind‑Powerare always found in company with each other—there is someclose relationship between the two—they are probablytwin‑phases of the same thing, or else twin‑manifestationsof the same underlying reality. There is no life without mindand Mind‑Power—and no Mind‑Power, or mind, without life.And, further, I claim that there is nothing without life in theuniverse—nothing lifeless there, or anywhere. The universe isalive, and has mind and Mind‑Power in every part and particleof itself. This is not an original idea of my own, of course,—the leading scientific thinkers admit it today, and the Hinduphilosophers have known it for fifty centuries. Do you doubtthis? Then listen to these authorities who ably express thethought of their scientific schools.5