Theron Q. Dumont, whose real name was William Walker Atkinson, was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, having written nearly a hundred books with many other pseudonyms. He was a very important and influential figure in the early days of the New Thought movement.

Mitch Horowitz, who abridged and introduced this volume, is the PEN Award-winning author of books including¬+Occult America¬+and¬+The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. ¬+The Washington Post¬+says Mitch "treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today''s raised-voice discussions."¬+Follow him @MitchHorowitz.