Talk:William Walker Atkinson
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[edit] Merge the Pseudonym articles?
I suggest we merge the articles on his pseudonyms into this article. Most or all of the information in the Pseudonym articles is already here, and any info that is not here is very relevant to this article.
I wouldn't merge until there's resolution on information about Atkinson's role as ghost writer. My understanding is that Atkinson was an editor for his teacher's teachings as handed down from Ramacharaka. That makes much more sense since they held in common fundamental ideas behind the New Thought philosophy/theosophy. That, unlike a ghost writer, makes Atkinson's editorship a much greater contribution to the elucidation and explanation of their beliefs. In fact, I think it would be interesting for scholars of Atkinson to note where the New Thought ideas of his time part, if at all, from Hinduism mysticism. Is this a chicken or the egg question?
24.218.233.27 05:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)Mark
