Nuggets of the New Thought: Essays and Inspirations

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William Walker Atkinson. Nuggets of the New Thought: Essays and Inspirations

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INTRODUCTION: WHO WAS WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON?, by Karl Wurf

William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.

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In the 1890s, Atkinson had become interested in Hinduism, and after 1900 he devoted a great deal of effort to the diffusion of yoga and Oriental occultism in the West. It is unclear at this late date whether he actually ever converted to any form of Hindu religion, or merely wished to write on the subject. If he did convert, he left no record of the event.

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