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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 thought to be the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka.〔Demetres P. Tryphonopoulos, ''The Celestial Tradition'', p. 66, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1992 ISBN 978-0-88920-202-3〕 He is the author of an estimated 100 books, all written in the last 30 years of his life. He was also mentioned in past editions of ''Who's Who in America,'' ''Religious Leaders of America,'' and several similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.〔(Works by Atkinson, William Walker 1862-1932 ) (WorldCat).〕〔(Works by Ramacharaka Yogi 1862-1932 ) (WorldCat).〕 ==Early life== William Walker Atkinson was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, 1862,〔"William Walker Atkinson." ''Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology'', 5th ed. Gale Group, 2001.〕 to William and Emma Atkinson. He began his working life as a grocer at 15 years old, probably helping his father. He married Margret Foster Black of Beverly, New Jersey, in October 1889, and they had two children. The first probably died young. The second later married and had two daughters. Atkinson pursued a business career from 1882 onwards and in 1894 he was admitted as an attorney to the Bar of Pennsylvania. While he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 1880s he found it with New Thought, later attributing the restoration of his health, mental vigor and material prosperity to the application of the principles of New Thought. File:Death_Certificate_for_William_Walker_Atkinson.png|Death Certificate for William Walker Atkinson 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Walker Atkinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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