Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic

Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic is a book by William Walker Atkinson, first published in 1912. It grew from earlier pamphlets Atkinson wrote in 1907–1908 and was expanded into a substantial manual that lays out practical techniques for cultivating concentration, mental influence, and personal will. Written in the clear, direct style typical of New Thought self-help, the book offers step-by-step exercises in visualization, mental control, and the disciplined use of thought to change habit, health, and circumstances. Atkinson — a prolific writer and one of the leading figures of the early-20th-century New Thought movement — frames Mind Power as both a handbook of practical psychology and a guide to the “mental magic” available to anyone willing to train their attention. Readers interested in personal development, mind control techniques, practical psychology, and historical self-help will find the book a thorough example of turn-of-the-century mental science: part instructional manual, part philosophical primer on the power of thought.