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William Walker Atkinson

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 the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.[1]

William Walker Atkinson

(1862-12-05)December 5, 1862
Baltimore, Maryland

November 22, 1932(1932-11-22) (aged 69)
Los Angeles, California

  • Theron Q. Dumont
  • Yogi Ramacharaka

He wrote an estimated 100 books, all in the last 30 years of his life. He was mentioned in past editions of Who's Who in America, in Religious Leaders of America, and in similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.[2][3]

A. Gould and Dr. Franklin L. Dubois (who co-wrote The Science of Sex Regeneration c. 1912);

Frederick Vollrath (who contributed articles on the subject of "Mental Physical-Culture" to Atkinson's Advanced Thought magazine);

O. Hashnu Hara. Although is hard to find concrete evidence, the first clue is always the impossibility to find information about the writer, other than the fact that he wrote books published by Atkinson. Books under this name include Practical Yoga, Concentration, and Mental Alchemy, all books with titles similar to other Atkinson's books.

Vim Culture.

For ease of study, this bibliography of the works of William Walker Atkinson is divided into sections based on the name Atkinson chose to place on the title page of each work cited.


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as William Walker (or W. W.) Atkinson


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Yogi Ramacharaka


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Swami Bhakta Vishita


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Swami Panchadasi


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Theron Q. Dumont


Bibliography of Theodore Sheldon (possibly an Atkinson pseudonym)


Bibliography of "Three Initiates" (possibly an Atkinson pseudonym)


Bibliography of Atkinson writing as Magus Incognito


Bibliography of Atkinson writing with co-authors


Bibliography of anonymous works attributed to Atkinson

at Project Gutenberg

Works by William Walker Atkinson

at Project Gutenberg

Works by Theron Q. Dumont

at Internet Archive

Works by or about William Walker Atkinson

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Theron Q. Dumont

at Internet Archive

Works by or about Yogi Ramacharaka

at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

Works by William Walker Atkinson

Who was Yogi Ramacharaka?

Círculo de Estudos Ramacharaca

Who was William Walker Atkinson

1925 Letter from Theodore Sheldon to Florence Sabin

Swami Panchadasi material in the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA)