And so, in this book you will find a marriage of the old Occult Teachings and Modern Scientific Researches and Investigation. And the two are bound together with that bond forged by the writer of the book—heated in the oven of his mind, and hammered into shape with his "untrained" thought—a crude, clumsy thing, but it serves its purpose—a thing called "The Theory of Dynamic Thought."

And so, this is what this Theory is—a "tie that binds." How you will like it depends upon yourself. For himself, the writer does not hesitate to say that he is pleased with his handiwork, rude, and clumsy though it may be. He believes that he has made a thing that will stand wear and tear, and that though it be not beautifully finished, it "will serve," and "be useful." And that is the main thing, after all. And, then, perhaps, some may see beauty in the very crudeness of the thing—may see that it bears the loving mark of the hammer that beat it into shape—may recognize that over it has passed the caress of the hand that made it—and in that seeing there may come the recognition of a beauty that is beyond "prettiness."

WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON.
Los Angeles, California,
February 16, 1906.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER.PAGE.
I.["In the Beginning"]11
II.[Things as They Are]20
III.[The Universality of Life and Mind]30
IV.[Life and Mind Among the Atoms]41
V.[The Story of Substance]61
VI.[Substance and Beyond]75
VII.[The Paradox of Science]96
VIII.[The Forces of Nature]109
IX.[Radiant Energy]121
X.[The Law of Attraction]135
XI.[The Theory of Dynamic Thought]154
XII.[The Law of Vibrant Energy]171
XIII.[The Riddle of the Sphinx]182
XIV.[The Mystery of Mind]200
XV.[The Finer Forces of the Mind]206
XVI.[Thought in Action]219

"A fire-mist and a planet,