Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga - Hardcover

Ramacharaka, Yogi; Ramacharaka

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1605200387 ISBN 13: 9781605200385

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 2007

Synopsis

Followers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of New Thought believed they could learn the secrets of mind over matter, and one of their most influential teachers-enormously popular writer and editor William Walker Atkinson, writing pseudonymously here-revealed to them, in this 1906 work, the teachings of Raja Yoga. His lessons cover: . the ego's mental tools . the expansion of the self . mental control . the cultivation of attention . the cultivation of perception . subconscious character building . and much more. See also Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga, also available from Cosimo. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

About this title

From the Back Cover

Yogi Ramacharaka was the pseudonym of William Walker Atkinson a prolific writer, and his many books achieved wide circulation among New Thought devotees and occult practitioners. He published under several pen names, including Magus Incognito, Theodore Sheldon, Theron Q. Dumont, Swami Panchadasi, Yogi Ramacharaka, Swami Bhakta Vishita, and probably other names not identified at present. Atkinson has been identified as the author or co-author of 105 separate titles.

These 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". Titles include Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, and Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing: A Course of Lessons on the Psychic Phenomena of Distant Sensing, Clairvoyance, Psychometry, Crystal Gazing, etc.

Ramacharaka's Advanced Course in Yoga Philosophy and Oriental Occultism remains widely respected as an excellent primer for the Western layman, despite the fact that it was 100 years old in 2004 and is understandably dated in some respects.

About the Author

William Walker Atkinson was one of the early twentieth century’s most prolific New Thought advocates. He is believed to be the author of several New Thought books which, in part, work to introduce Western readers to Eastern ideas about the topic spirituality. During the course of his writing career, Atkinson wrote under several pen names including “Yogi Ramacharaka,” "Swami Bhakta Vishita" and “Swami Panchadasi.”

Edition details

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1605200387
• ISBN 13: 9781605200385
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192