Publisher's Synopsis
This is one of the Yogi Publication Society (YPS) titles, which may have been in part or whole written by William Walker Atkinson. At the very least, this volume seems to have been padded out a bit. The first few chapters are consistent in tone and style, and discuss basics of Hindu (or perhaps Theosophist) thought in very general terms, with lots of italics and small caps for emphasis. There is even a realistic description of a saddhu and a fishmarket in Benares, local color which you don't typically find in the YPS series. Hindu technical terms are used correctly (and spelled correctly). (Quote from sacred-texts.com) CHAPTER I-The Yogi Conception of Life II-The Ideal and the Practical III-Read and Reflect IV-Man: Animal and Divine V-Double Consciousness VI-Spiritual Unfoldment VII-Cause and Effect VIII-Man-The Master IX-Self-Development X-Developing the Spiritual Consciousness XI-Who Can Be a Yogi? XII-Constructive Idealism XIII-Higher Reason and Judgment XIV-Conquest of Fear XV-The Role of Prayer XVI-Thought: Creative and Exhaustive XVII-Meditation Exercises XVIII-Self-De-Hypnotization XIX-Self-De-Hypnotization XX-Character-Building
