The Secret of Mental Magic. Lesson 2

The secret of mental magic.
A course of seven lessons. 1907.
by William Walker Atkinson (1862-1932).

Introductory—The “Just Why” of Things—What We “Don’t Know”—The Evidence of Thought Transference—Flammarion’s Theory—“Mental States” Not “Thoughts”—“Mentative Energy” the Real Force—My Terms of Expression—Mentative Induction—Telementation—The Underlying Energy—The Universal Mentative Energy—The Energy Operates Like Electricity— The Brain Is a “Transformer” of Energy—The Two Mentative Poles—Desire and Will in Evidence Always—Desire and Will in Telementation—“Thought” Not the Motive Power—The Moving Force of the Mind—Desire the Mental Inciter—The Attracting Power of Desire—The Effect of Desire Force—The Insistent Desire—Waves of Desire‐Force—What “Desire” Really Means— The Relation of Will to Desire—The Mentative Twins—The Mastery of Will—the Testimony of Wise Men—Will, the Projector of Mentative Force—The Wonders of Will—The Masculine and the Feminine Energy—The Directing Will—The Protecting Will—Mentative Induction— Mentative Currents—Mental Atmospheres of Places—The Effect of the Mentative Vibrations— Waves of “Feeling”—Mentative Cyclones—The Centers of the Mental Whirlpools—Mentative Influence—More About Mentative Influence—Personal Influence—Mental Suggestion— Nature’s Protective Armor—Self‐Protection—Learn How to Feel and Will.