The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism helps people successfully use their mental abilities to further develop a powerful personality and radiate a dominating influence over others. T. Q. Dumont, (William Walker Atkinson) was one of the top thinkers of New Thought movement. His writings have help others successfully use their mental abilities to further develop a powerful personality and radiate a dominating influence within their lives. The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism addresses such subjects as; Personal Magnetism, Mental and Physical Poles, Physical Magnetism, Nerve Force Exercises, Mental Radiation, Mental Attitudes, Magnetic Currents, The Positive Aura, Magnetic Self Defense and more. William Walker Atkinson was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as 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. In the last 30 years of his life he wrote more than 100 books.
The New Thought movement of the turn of the twentieth century combined Christian spirituality with paranormal power in an effort to give practical expression to the forces of the universe. Or so its proponents believed. One of the most influential thinkers of this early "New Age" philosophy promises here, in this 1913 book, to show the reader "how to develop your personality" and "how to develop a dominating influence" through such exercises as:
* Projecting Nerve Force * Mental Radiation * The Positive Aura * The Magnetic Duel * Magnetic Self-Defence * The Power of Controlling Others
The roots of today's groundswell for self-help, personal empowerment, and pop spirituality can be explored in this one small, highly entertaining book.