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Here's the third installment of my bibliography of Atkinson's published books and booklets. This installment covers the books that he published using the pseudonym "Yogi Ramacharaka."
About 1900 Atkinson moved from the East Coast to Chicago, where he began his career as a writer, publishing the books listed in Part 1 of this bibliography. His first books were produced in that city. At this time in his life he also supported himself and his family by contributions to journals published by a certain Sydney Blanchard Flower. However, sometime around 1903, Flower began to have difficulties with the law, and he relocated from Chicago to New York.
At the same time, Atkinson moved his family to Los Angeles, well out of harm's way, and began to write books on Yoga under the pseudonym Yogi Ramacharaka. (Was his use of a pseudonym merely an author's fancy, or did he adopted it to hide from the forces of the law that were pursuing Flower? Scholars should take the latter possibility quite seriously.)
These books of his were (so far as I know) the first volumes to issue from the presses of the Yogi Publication Society.
The Yogi Publication Society was, most likely, Atkinson's own firm. Though its earliest publications were written by Atkinson himself, it soon expanded its catalogue to include important books by other authors (often reprints of earlier published works) on a variety of esoteric and magical subjects. The choice of books to reprint probably reflects Atkinson's own occult interests at this time in his life.
During his Los Angeles years Atkinson also seems to have edited and published a short-lived journal, _The Mystic: A Monthly Magazine of Occultism, Esoteric Teachings, Ancient Wisdom, Oriental Philosophy, Secret Doctrines, Psychic Research, the Inner Life_. Alas, no copy of even one issue of this journal can be found in any library; its title and description are taken from advertisements that Atkinson placed in the New-Thought journal _Nautilus_ in 1906.
Here are the books that Atkinson wrote under the pseudonym of Yogi Ramacharaka and published through the Yogi Publication Society:
3. Writing as Yogi Ramacharaka
1903b Correspondence Class Courses in Yogi Philosopgy and Oriental Occultism. [1904: Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism.] (Yogi Philosophy, I.) 277 > 286 pp.
1903c The [Hindu-Yogi] Science of Breath; a Complete Manual of the Oriental Breathing Philosophy of Physical, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Development. 73 pp.
1904a Hatha-Yoga; or, The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being. 243 pp.
1905a Hindu-Yogi Breathing Exercises: A System of Physical, Mental and Soul Development by the Oriental Occult Science of Rhythmic and Vibrational Breathing. 48 pp.
1905b Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism. (Yogi Philosophy, II.) 337 pp.
1906c A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga. (Yogi Philosophy, III.) 298 pp.
1906d The Science of Psychic Healing. (Sequel to: Hatha Yoga) 190 pp.
1907f A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga (The Yoga of Wisdom). (Yogi Philosophy, IV.) 302 pp.
1907g The Spirit of the Upanishads; or, The Aphorisms of the Wise. 85 pp.
1907h The Bhagavad Gita; or, The Message of the Master. 151 > 184 pp.
1907i [A Series of Lessons on] Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master. 269 pp.
1908f A Series of Lessons on the Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India. [1909: The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India.) (Yogi Philosophy, V.) 359 pp.
1909i The [Hindu-Yogi System of] Practical Water Cure, as Practiced in India and Other Oriental Countries. 123 pp.
1912c The Life beyond Death. 192 pp.
About 1900 Atkinson moved from the East Coast to Chicago, where he began his career as a writer, publishing the books listed in Part 1 of this bibliography. His first books were produced in that city. At this time in his life he also supported himself and his family by contributions to journals published by a certain Sydney Blanchard Flower. However, sometime around 1903, Flower began to have difficulties with the law, and he relocated from Chicago to New York.
At the same time, Atkinson moved his family to Los Angeles, well out of harm's way, and began to write books on Yoga under the pseudonym Yogi Ramacharaka. (Was his use of a pseudonym merely an author's fancy, or did he adopted it to hide from the forces of the law that were pursuing Flower? Scholars should take the latter possibility quite seriously.)
These books of his were (so far as I know) the first volumes to issue from the presses of the Yogi Publication Society.
The Yogi Publication Society was, most likely, Atkinson's own firm. Though its earliest publications were written by Atkinson himself, it soon expanded its catalogue to include important books by other authors (often reprints of earlier published works) on a variety of esoteric and magical subjects. The choice of books to reprint probably reflects Atkinson's own occult interests at this time in his life.
During his Los Angeles years Atkinson also seems to have edited and published a short-lived journal, _The Mystic: A Monthly Magazine of Occultism, Esoteric Teachings, Ancient Wisdom, Oriental Philosophy, Secret Doctrines, Psychic Research, the Inner Life_. Alas, no copy of even one issue of this journal can be found in any library; its title and description are taken from advertisements that Atkinson placed in the New-Thought journal _Nautilus_ in 1906.
Here are the books that Atkinson wrote under the pseudonym of Yogi Ramacharaka and published through the Yogi Publication Society:
3. Writing as Yogi Ramacharaka
1903b Correspondence Class Courses in Yogi Philosopgy and Oriental Occultism. [1904: Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism.] (Yogi Philosophy, I.) 277 > 286 pp.
1903c The [Hindu-Yogi] Science of Breath; a Complete Manual of the Oriental Breathing Philosophy of Physical, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Development. 73 pp.
1904a Hatha-Yoga; or, The Yogi Philosophy of Physical Well-Being. 243 pp.
1905a Hindu-Yogi Breathing Exercises: A System of Physical, Mental and Soul Development by the Oriental Occult Science of Rhythmic and Vibrational Breathing. 48 pp.
1905b Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism. (Yogi Philosophy, II.) 337 pp.
1906c A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga. (Yogi Philosophy, III.) 298 pp.
1906d The Science of Psychic Healing. (Sequel to: Hatha Yoga) 190 pp.
1907f A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga (The Yoga of Wisdom). (Yogi Philosophy, IV.) 302 pp.
1907g The Spirit of the Upanishads; or, The Aphorisms of the Wise. 85 pp.
1907h The Bhagavad Gita; or, The Message of the Master. 151 > 184 pp.
1907i [A Series of Lessons on] Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master. 269 pp.
1908f A Series of Lessons on the Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India. [1909: The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India.) (Yogi Philosophy, V.) 359 pp.
1909i The [Hindu-Yogi System of] Practical Water Cure, as Practiced in India and Other Oriental Countries. 123 pp.
1912c The Life beyond Death. 192 pp.
