{"product_id":"the-ki-magi-system-the-secret-of-power-columbia-scientific-academy-1901","title":"The Ki-Magi System: The Secret of Power — Columbia Scientific Academy (1901)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued by the Columbia Scientific Academy around 1901, \u003cem\u003eThe Ki-Magi System: The Secret of Power\u003c\/em\u003e belongs to the strange and largely forgotten world of early correspondence courses in personal influence, mental discipline, physical culture, and occult self-development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented in the dramatic language of its period, \u003cem\u003eThe Secret of Power\u003c\/em\u003e approaches the individual as a reservoir of undeveloped force. Thought, speech, posture, breath, attention, and directed intention are treated as practical instruments through which a person may strengthen character, command the faculties, overcome limiting habits, and exert a more deliberate influence upon life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work occupies a fascinating place between New Thought, personal magnetism, physical culture, practical psychology, and the commercial occult correspondence schools that flourished at the beginning of the twentieth century. Its importance lies not only in its teachings, but in what it reveals about an era in which ancient symbolism, modern self-improvement, mental science, and entrepreneurial mysticism were frequently woven into a single system.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Holographic Pagan Press edition has been carefully restored and newly prepared from surviving historical material. The original Egyptian-inspired front cover has been cleaned and reconstructed, while the striking period design titled \u003cem\u003eSuccess and How to Win It\u003c\/em\u003e has been preserved for the back cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach physical copy is printed, assembled, and finished by hand with a black tape-bound spine. The restored monochrome artwork and bold archival presentation preserve the visual character of the original publication while giving the work a durable new form for reading, study, and collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is a newly prepared Holographic Pagan Press edition and not an original antique copy.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Ki-Magi System: The Secret of Power\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAttributed author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anonymous \/ Columbia Scientific Academy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Columbia Scientific Academy, New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal publication:\u003c\/strong\u003e Circa 1901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Handmade archival physical book and digital PDF\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black tape-bound spine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-and-white\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition publisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Odd Enough Books \/ Holographic Pagan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover restoration and edition design:\u003c\/strong\u003e C.K. Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Newly produced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCollector’s Note\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition forms part of the Holographic Pagan Press archival publishing project, devoted to recovering neglected works from the histories of occult philosophy, metaphysics, personal magnetism, New Thought, spiritual science, alternative psychology, and the development of human consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ki-Magi materials are particularly valuable as surviving examples of the early mail-order occult course: publications that promised systematic instruction in personal influence, magnetic development, mental control, physical vitality, and the disciplined direction of the will.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Holographic Pagan Press","offers":[{"title":"PDF","offer_id":52581904744730,"sku":"HPP-KIMAGI-1901-PDF","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Physical Book","offer_id":52581904777498,"sku":"HPP-KIMAGI-1901-PHYS","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/9048\/7322\/files\/8b5005cd-b2ab-41fd-80b1-5d397b216173.png?v=1785013284","url":"https:\/\/oddenoughbooks.com\/products\/the-ki-magi-system-the-secret-of-power-columbia-scientific-academy-1901","provider":"Odd Enough Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}