Theron q dumont biography of william

Users Online: Theron Q. Dumont, whose real name was William Walker Atkinson, was a very important and influential figure in the early days of the New Thought Movement. Little is known about his early years, except that he was born in Baltimore, Maryland on December 5, , to William and Emma Atkinson, both of whom were born in Maryland also.

He pursued a business career from onwards and in he was admitted as an attorney to the Bars of Pennsylvania.

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Whilst he gained much material success in his profession as a lawyer, the stress and over-strain eventually took its toll, and during this time he experienced a complete physical and mental breakdown, and financial disaster. He looked for healing and in the late 's he found it with New Thought. From mental and physical wreck and financial ruin, he wrought through its principles, perfect health, mental vigor and material prosperity.

Some time after his healing, Atkinson began to write some articles on the Truths which he had discovered which was then known as Mental Science, and in an article by him entitled " A Mental Science Catechism, " appeared in Charles Fillmore's new periodical, Modern Thought.

Theron Q. Dumont was a pseudonym of William Walker Atkinson (December 5, – November 22, ), an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement.

By the early 's Chicago had become a major centre for New Thought, mainly through the work of Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Atkinson decided to move there and he became an active promoter of the movement as an editor and author. He then met Sydney Flower, a well-known New Thought publisher and businessman and teamed up with him. In December, he assumed editorship of Flower's popular New Thought magazine, a post which he held up until During these years he built for himself an enduring place in the hearts of its readers.

Article after article of wonderful strength and vital force flowed from his pen. While performing his New Thought editor job, Atkinson became interested in Hinduism, and met up with one Baba Bharata, a pupil of the late Yogi Ramacharaka, who had become acquainted with Atkinson's writings. They both shared similar ideas, and the men collaborated, and with Bharata providing the material and Atkinson the writing talent, they wrote a series of books which they attributed to Yogi Ramacharaka as a measure of their respect.