Mental Fascination: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Mental Fascination, credited to William Walker Atkinson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Mental Fascination, by William Walker Atkinson. This book looks at the Followers of the New Thought movement of the early 20th century who believed in the concept of "mind over matter," It introduces us to the mental fascination among animals . the rationale of fascination . experimental fascination . the phenomena of induced imagination . the dangers of psychism . Oriental fascination . and much more. From 1901 to 1905 William Walker Atkinson was the editor of a magazine New Thought and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. Certainly gives you food for thought. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Recording facts

• Recording title: Mental Fascination
• Author credits: William Walker Atkinson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 5:59:48

Catalogue topics

• philosophy
• new thought
• psychology
• magic
• imagination
• mind
• hypnotism
• mental

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 3:18
2. 01 - Chapter 1: What is “Mental Fascination?” — 7:24
3. 02 - Chapter 2: Mental Fascination Among the Animals — 14:57
4. 03 - Chapter 3: The Story of Mental Fascination — 22:58
5. 04 - Chapter 4: The Reconciliation — 10:13
6. 05 - Chapter 5: The Rationale of Fascination — 14:06
7. 06 - Chapter 6: Impressionability — 14:24
8. 07 - Chapter 7: The Fable of the Mentative Couple — 21:47
9. 08 - Chapter 8: Experimental Fascination — 42:34
10. 09 - Chapter 9: Experiments in Induced Sensation — 26:24
11. 10 - Chapter 10: The Phenomena of Induced Imagination — 20:42
12. 11 - Chapter 11: An Inquiry Into Certain Phenomena — 19:28
13. 12 - Chapter 12: The Dangers of Psychism — 12:40
14. 13 - Chapter 13: Oriental Fascination — 19:35
15. 14 - Chapter 14: Future-Impression — 7:55
16. 15 - Chapter 15: Establishing a Mentative Centre — 18:51
17. 16 - Chapter 16: Personal Atmosphere — 13:03
18. 17 - Chapter 17: Direct Personal Influence — 16:28
19. 18 - Chapter 18: Eye-Expression — 9:12
20. 19 - Chapter 19: The Fascination of the Eye — 9:26
21. 20 - Chapter 20: The Use of the Mentative Instruments — 18:19
22. 21 - Chapter 21: Concluding Instruction — 16:01

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