The Power of Concentration

Theron Q. Dumont was one of the pen names of William Walker Atkinson, along with Yogi Ramacharaka. Atkinson (December 5, 1862–November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is the author of an estimated one hundred books, all written in the last thirty years of his life. He was also mentioned in past editions of Who’s Who in America, Religious Leaders of America, and several similar publications. His works have remained in print more or less continuously since 1900.

Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.