Perceptive Power or the Art of Observation — William Walker Atkinson / Edward E. Beals (1922)

Observation becomes a form of personal power when attention is trained to notice accurately and distinguish clearly.

In Perceptive Power, or The Art of Observation (1922), William Walker Atkinson and Edward E. Beals examine sensation, perception, discernment, attention, and concentration as faculties that can be deliberately cultivated.

Published as the ninth volume of the twelve-volume Personal Power Books, the work moves from the mechanism of the senses into observation, experiment, apperception, and mental concentration. Its exercises and explanations are intended to make the reader less passive in experience and more exact in gathering and interpreting impressions.

Contents include Your World of Experience, Consciousness and Sensation, The Mechanism of the Senses, Perception and Discernment, Observation and Experiment, Cultivating Observation, The Science of Apperception, The Power of Attention, and Mental Concentration.

Details
Authors: William Walker Atkinson and Edward E. Beals
Publication year: 1922
Series: Personal Power Books, Volume 9 of 12
Length: 176 pages
Available formats: PDF and Physical Book