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Theron Q. Dumont
(aka William Walker Atkinson)
(1862-1932)


Theron Q. Dumont, whose real name was William Walker Atkinson, was a very important and influential figure in the early days of the New Thought Movement. Little is known about his early years, except that he was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862, to William and Emma Atkinson, both of whom were born in Maryland also.

He married Margaret Foster Black of Beverley, New Jersey on October 1889 and they had two children. He pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was admitted as an attorney to the Bars of Pennsylvania. Whilst he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 1880's he found it with New Thought. From mental and physical wreck and financial ruin, he wrought through its principles, perfect health, mental vigor and material prosperity.

Some time after his healing, Atkinson began to write some articles on the Truths which he had discovered which was then known as Mental Science, and in 1889 an article by him entitled "A Mental Science Catechism," appeared in Charles Fillmore's new periodical, Modern Thought.

By the early 1890's Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there and he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. In 1900 he worked as an associate editor of Suggestion, a New Thought journal, and wrote his first book, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, being a series of lessons in personal magnetism, psychic influence, thought-force, concentration, will-power & practical Mental Science.

He then met Sydney Flower, a well-known New Thought publisher and businessman and teamed up with him. In December, 1901 he assumed editorship of Flower's popular New Thought magazine, a post which he held up until 1905. During these years he built for himself an enduring place in the hearts of its readers. Article after article of wonderful strength and vital force flowed from his pen. Meanwhile he also founded his own Psychic Club and the so-called "Atkinson School of Mental Science." Both were located in the same building as Flower's Psychic Research Company and New Thought Publishing Company.

While performing his New Thought editor job, Atkinson became interested in Hinduism, and met up with one Baba Bharata, a pupil of the late Yogi Ramacharaka, who had become acquainted with Atkinson's writings. They both shared similar ideas, and the men collaborated, and with Bharata providing the material and Atkinson the writing talent, they wrote a series of books which they attributed to Yogi Ramacharaka as a measure of their respect. Atkinson started writing these books under the name Yogi Ramacharaka in 1903. He wrote about 13 books under this pseudonym. They were published by the Yogi Publication Society in Chicago and reached more people than his New Thought works did. In fact, all his books on yoga are still reprinted today. The very fact that after all these years their books are well known around the world and sell better with every passing year is a credit, too, to the two men who wrote them.

Atkinson wrote a great many books on New Thought as well, which became very popular and influential among New Thought devotees and practitioners and achieved wide circulation. In 1903, he was admitted to the Bars of Illinois, which means he did not leave that part of his life aside. If we assume that he also practised himself what he preached, then that must have helped him quite a lot to strengthen his nervous system. Beginning 1916 he started writing articles for Elizabeth Towne's magazine The Nautilis, and from 1916 to 1919 he edited the journal Advanced Thought, and was for a time honorary president of the International New Thought Alliance.

He wrote nearly a hundred books with many other pseudonyms: Theodore Sheldon, Theron Q.Dumont, Swami Panchadasi, The Three Initiates, Magus Incognitus and probably others not identified at present. He wrote books together with Eduard E. Beals and Laurion, William De Laurence. He wrote a series named The Arcane Teachings, published at Arcane Books Co., with 6 volumes, without signature. Among these books we can identify and comproof his authority in Arcane Formula or Mental Alchemy; The Cosmic Laws; and Vril, or, Vital Magnetism.

William Walker Atkinson died on November 22, 1932, in California -- one of the truly greats of The New Thought Movement.


The following books by Theron Q. Dumont/William Walker Atkinson are available to purchase in eBook form for immediate download. They may then be read on your computer and printed out. The eBooks are in Adobe Acrobat Reader (.pdf) format.

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Successful Salesmanship

The Power of Concentration

The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism (available  in mp3 audio book format also)

The Master Mind: The Key to Mental Power Development

The following books Atkinson wrote using his own name:

Practical Mental Influence

The Secret of Success

Practical Mind-Reading

Thought-Force in Business & Everyday Life

Memory: How to Develop Train & Use It

Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World

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The Power Of Concentration
The Master Mind Or The Key To Mental Power Development And Efficiency
The Advanced Course in Personal Magnetism
The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
The Solar Plexus Or Abdominal Brain
Character Reading: Its Theory And Practice
Dynamic Thought or the Law of Vibrant Energy (1906)
Mental Therapeutics Or Just How To Heal Oneself And Others


Law of the New Thought: A Study of Fundamental Principles & Their Application (1902)
Mastery of Being: A Study of the Ultimate Principle of Reality & the Practical Application Thereof (1911)
Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering and Recalling (1903
Mental Fascination (1907)
Mind & Body or Mental States & Physical Conditions (1910)
Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic (1912)
New Psychology Its Message, Principles and Practice (1909)
Practical Mental Influence (1908)
Practical New Thought: Several Things that Have Helped People (1911)
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing (1907)
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma (1908)
Secret of Success Self-Healing by Thought Force (1907)
Subconscious and the Superconscious Planes of Mind (1909)
Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion (1915)
Telepathy: Its Theory, Facts, and Proof (1910)
Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World (1906)
Thought-Force in Business & Everyday Life (1900)
The Master Mind Or The Key To Mental Power Development And Efficiency
Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology (1911)


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