Thought Vibration, or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, William Walker Atkinson's 1906 primary text from his own Advanced Thought Publishing Company in Chicago, is the work that put the phrase Law of Attraction into circulation in its modern New Thought sense. Its strength is that it is the primary text itself, confirmed against multiple independent bibliographic listings, and useful for tracing the phrase's origin directly. Its limit is that it is a practitioner's own promotional statement of New Thought belief, not independent scholarship assessing the idea's validity.
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Thought Vibration, or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World, William Walker Atkinson's 1906 New Thought primary text, is a practitioner's own foundational statement rather than independent scholarship, the middle tier reflecting a well documented primary source for what the New Thought movement itself originally taught. NotesThe phrase Law of Attraction as a book title, in its New Thought sense.
Citation
AuthorWilliam Walker Atkinson
PublisherAdvanced Thought Publishing Company, Chicago
1906 first edition, completed 15 June 1906; distributed in Britain by L. N. Fowler & Co, London. Publication Year1906
Source Typeprimary-text
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This source names Chicago directly: "Advanced Thought Publishing Company in Chicago, is the work that put the phrase Law of Attraction into circulation in its modern New Thought sense."
Claims Backed By This Source (18 claims)
This source backs 18 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Doctrines, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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