The Mystic Will — Charles Godfrey Leland (1907)

Physical edition: The Holographic Pagan Press edition is a handmade 8.5 × 11-inch softcover cardstock book with a smooth black tape-bound spine.

The Mystic Will is Charles Godfrey Leland’s practical study of the disciplined will: how attention, suggestion, memory, character, and directed thought may be trained and strengthened through deliberate mental practice.

Published in this American edition in 1907 by the Yogi Publication Society of Chicago, the work stands at the intersection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century mental science, practical psychology, New Thought, suggestion, and occult self-development. Leland treats the will not as an abstract faculty but as something that can be consciously exercised and cultivated.

Across its chapters, Leland considers attention and interest, self-suggestion, will-development, forethought, character, instinct, memory culture, the constructive faculties, fascination, the subliminal self, Paracelsus, and the practical application of sustained intention.

The Holographic Pagan Press edition has been newly prepared as a handmade large-format volume. Its muted blue-green cardstock cover incorporates a period illustration associated with the text, paired with a smooth black tape-bound spine, while the interior is presented in black and white.

Each HPP physical copy is printed, assembled, and finished by hand.

Available Formats

• Handmade Holographic Pagan Press Edition — $55: Handmade 8.5 × 11-inch softcover cardstock edition with a smooth black tape-bound spine.
• Digital PDF Edition — $15: Digital edition of Leland’s complete 1907 text.

Title: The Mystic Will
Author: Charles Godfrey Leland
Original publication: 1907
Original publisher: Yogi Publication Society, Chicago
Original length: 119 pages
Formats: Handmade HPP physical book / digital PDF
HPP physical dimensions: 8.5 × 11 inches
HPP cover: Muted blue-green cardstock with reproduced period illustration
HPP binding: Smooth black tape-bound spine
Interior: Black-and-white
Edition publisher: Odd Enough Books / Holographic Pagan Press
Edition design: C.K. Lee
HPP condition: Newly produced

Historical Note

The text reflects the terminology, theories, and assumptions of its period and is presented as a historical work within the traditions of mental science, suggestion, practical psychology, and occult self-development.

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