How to Turn Your Desires and Ideals Into Realities — Brown Landone (1922)

How to Turn Your Desires and Ideals Into Realities (1922) is Brown Landone’s practical study of the passage from desire to ideal, and from ideal to deliberate action.

Landone distinguishes the passing wish from the fully formed ideal: a desire given structure, direction, and a process through which it can become real. Across the work he examines will, imagination, faith, decision, idealization, the “spirit of matter,” and the disciplined direction of effort. Rather than treating attainment as passive wishing, Landone repeatedly returns to the necessity of joining a clearly conceived end to a definite process and action.

Published at the height of the American New Thought movement, the book occupies an important place in the early literature of constructive thought, personal efficiency, and success philosophy. Its language moves freely between metaphysics and practical self-direction, making it a revealing example of the period’s attempt to unite spiritual ideas with everyday achievement.

This Holographic Pagan Press printing restores Landone’s 1922 work in a large-format edition designed for reading, study, and archival use.

Edition details
Author: Brown Landone
First published: 1922
Format: 8.5 × 11 in.
Cover: Kraft cardstock with black binding
Publisher: Holographic Pagan Press
Subjects: New Thought, desire, idealization, constructive thought, will, imagination, success philosophy, metaphysics

Holographic Pagan Press produces small-run editions of unusual, scarce, and historically significant works in occultism, metaphysics, psychical research, New Thought, and related traditions.

Landone’s writing belongs to the period when mental discipline, the formation of ideals, and practical self-development were often discussed in the same breath. The book is valuable not only as a guide to its author's philosophy, but also as a historical record of the ambitions and vocabulary of American New Thought.

This edition has been prepared by Odd Enough Books / Holographic Pagan Press as part of its ongoing recovery of uncommon works in metaphysics, personal development, and constructive thought. Physical copies are printed and finished by hand, while a separate PDF format is also offered.

Collector’s Note

This edition is part of the Holographic Pagan Press archival publishing project, devoted to recovering and preserving uncommon works from the history of metaphysics, occult philosophy, New Thought, and related traditions. Each physical copy is printed, assembled, and finished by hand in small batches for reading, study, and collection.

Handmade edition note: Minor variations in cover material, color, binding, trimming, placement, and hand-applied details may occur between individual copies. Materials may vary slightly according to availability while maintaining the intended design and quality. This is a modern handmade reproduction, not an original antique copy.