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Hs an introdti^on toiyhat J^may have ito say upon ^ • this subject/I shall give'you a quotatibn from an artical published a few months, ago in the ARENA. - "Me8in^sm alias hypnotism, th^ latent scientific^nsation of the hour, was a. few years since deg.ounced by the scientific world* in unmeasured tenns. No expressions of scorn- ful contempt were strong enough to character- ize those fearless torch-bearers of advanced thought, whov after patiently, earnestly and exhaustively investigating the alleged'^powefs of Mesmer, pix)ved beyond the possibility ol a ^li^M th& genuinenesB of ., ite^Aesmernj^jr- hypnotic influ^ce. ^ . v V 'K ; It is -not more thaif five years since a, paper read on "Hypnotism." in tlfe medical society of a lead- ing American dty, was excluded from the tfe- port of .the society's mecfting, on the ground thatlfche subject was unscientific and absurd. Less than a year ago,telepath3r was as much an outcast in the scientific world as m^mer- ism was after the celebrated !@ailey ooilimis* sion pronounted it a "fwiud." Yet today M-"* epathy, or thought transference, is as well^ established a scientific fact as hypnotism* From present indications we are entering n new field of scientificTdiscovery, or to be more jMtplicit^ Jba^greatibody oet '.J 01 INTRODUCTiON are expressing a willingness to recogniKe phe- ^mena other than material, and to treat with .^measure of respect the views and discover- ies made by the patient hearlds of psychic^ tmths which have long been tabbooed as lit-' tie worthy/the attention of the materialistic^ scientific investigator; whose eyes have been accustomed to .rest on the ea^h, its rocks, plants and animals, as the myths of bygone days. The age of electrical invention has been so marvelous that men have ceasM to wonder at the inventive ingenuity of man. The age , of psychological discovery upon which we &b^^ now entering, if it be unrestricted and receive . the careful and unbiased attention of our best bmins, will, we believe, unfold a world of truth, eclipsing in its startling character as well as in its great utility, the greatest dis- ' coveries since the "manchild scierio© |ra8 bom," truths which will give to life a deeper signifloano^raTricher meaning, a nobler im- pulse, a grander ideal. "—Arena. , ' . -'^^v ■i '\. ^ M i ' ■4 t .^- _ -jXj^- Ik, * I ( FASCINATION. II How TO 4V1esmerise OR 4 -I r rf Hypnotism Explained. ^: [ANY are the theories advanced by the public minds, and public pressv ^iScem- ing the phenomenon of mind over miiid, and mind Over matter; and it of ten seems strange to the observer, who reads or listens to the farious philosophies advanced, that there Should be such a diversity of qpinion upon what is claimed to be a scientific subject. If there is a science to these phenomena^ then it " iollows that there must be some solid founda- tion upon which.we may build our philosophy, ' that will notadmit a contradiction! If WQ, will- but carefully observe the phenomenon of Hyp wfem «ttd ^tttdy iht» coaditiona noo c Ba o ry to Mk ♦■- mrmfmrngim ^pwpi^ mm wm9i_ i> 1 12 FASCINATION. produce It, we shall soon learn that it is based upon the immutability of Nature's laws All Nature is subject to the laws of attraction and repulsion, or in other words, to positive and negative force. These great powers of attrac- tion and repulsion are not confined to what may be termed the physical, tangible, or ex- ternal forms of matter, but are also the ele- ments which control the finer sentiments and ethereahzed conditions of the unseen, intei: r *ri»ifl!P''^*°'^ formations of Nature. And, «W»»i«»'phy8icalworld,(throughthe re- mtlon which exists between cause and effect) these laws itay be manifested in a thousand, wined forms; through th*. force of circum- stalices or conditions; so to in the unseen or mtellectnal realm, (thnmgji ignorance or de- sign) the ^me gimt powek- in mind will be- "ome the cause of evil or •tion t^the conditions up iBay be ptodnced . Hence, i we are frequently warn* which are said to arian - hypnotism; and oft-times ai* told that It Is a n*n««ons subject lor the nnhli« ♦^ »,..-w., s_ >f good, in propor- m which an effect lauseoflijlafact, against U»'»' '>vite >m the praciiue erf* opon. I would lis." V FASCINATION. n '\tmth'' looses nothing by examination, and when thoroughly understood is never danger- OU8 to those who possess it And if hypnotism is based upcgi natural laws, it will never step aside for our ignorance, or our knowledge, but when conditions are provided results will fol- low; and the great danger lies in our want of an understanding of the ijonditions upon which the phenomena of hypnotism rests. Hence too miich cannot be knowQ jui||^ thif subject; and it is this .thci^t ti^^as tg spired me (as a practitioner) to wrife upon it. Here let me attempt more fully td give yom some of the conditions by which the phenom- ena of hypnotism may be produced. One of these conditions (and perhaps one that is more frequently used than any otherj; is tiiat df f acination ; in which an impression is pro- duced upon the subject through the n^ of one G^ another of the external senses. A var- iety of TO^ods are used, by different opera- tors, in order to bring about this same reemlt. And so far as my experience goes', it makes but little difference, what method may be used, iie mind ofj^e subject; tiiere will be mi 4- H FASCINATION. voluntary response of the body to the condi- tions of the mind of the one hypnotized, whether the impression made upon the con- sciousness be the result ctf what we term "imagination" or a demonstrable reaMty. Among the many methods u^ed to bring about this condition, are the pratice of fixing thok, eyes of the subject on some shining object; a number of colored bulls eye glasses; a piece of shin[ug metal; counting the beating of the pulse until you reach a given number, and then count over again; looking into the ey^ of the operator with Jl steady gaze, or fiXtnlT' the eyes of the subjects upon a particular spot on the c^arpet with^t}^ suggestioti that^ they will feel a drawing toward the spot, or that they will see the carpet rise etc.; all of which are brought about by what we may term Electrical Psychology or the power of si^ges- tion. To this condition of hyimotism belongs all kinds qf charming by the eycp; such as for instance the power of the sni^e over the bird or frogj the snake-ch^mer ov^ Ibe snake, the, turner ovey wild tieasts. t do n ot be^ i#'' m. re the Power wHicIi man exeria In laming C- FASCIN*ATIQN. 15 wild beasts and reptiles consists wholly In the influence which the eye has upon them; for we behold instances where there is a per- fect control of the keeper over the most fero- cious anjmal when the eye is not fastened upon them at all; as, for i^l&nce, when the keeper is training a lot of Oons or Tigers to Jump over something he holds inhia hand, and to pass around him and come to the front again; oft-times one who is unwiUing to exer- cise, (bfjing both stubborn aiid angry ,)erouche8 down behind the keeper and ferociously show- ing his teeth, dares not to attack; for although the eye of the keeper is not upon^him, ha is held by another power than* merely the ^e alone. This we shall explain more. fully un- der another condition of hypnbtism. Not only the. power of charming and controling ani-* mals comes under the head of ffsoination, but many other events which we behold in every day life may be explained upon the same principle; such as' persons watching the flow of a stream of water become fascinated by its playful friskings as it danceeover the rocks, aud in a moment o f totojie i *-*f«— t flT^m thiemseiv^ bending towards {fie~water, m(p (.; i't« .A^J. 16 FASCINATION. in sdme instances actually drop into the * stream.. I have no doubt that many of the so called suicides at the "Falls of Niagra" have been the result of the power of fascination. They have been fascinated by the grandeur and majesty ^f the stream, until they have act- ually lost sight of everything but the onward flow of the waters, and have been drawn by this power until they have been impelled to mingle with the same ; without any intention or even a thought of cominiting suicide. I remember one time seeing a friend of mine standing upon a rock oy what is known as the " Sister Islands ;" he was gazing upon the rap- ids, and watching the spray as it rose and fell I'^Dm the decent of waters over the rocks, when shoi^ly, he began to bend toward the «i^eam ; I quietly, yet hastily moved toward him, caught him by the arm, and in a quiet tone rf.TOice said, "Had we not better gof and wim^lkfirm grasp held him from dropping in- to the water. When he realized his situation, he turned pal#with terror over his narrow ^- ffie from death. He was not tired of life, t if h e had fallen into t he stream and had »?'** FASCINATION. enjoy- ment in beholding the beauties of Art. They are adapted in their natures to the heavier branches of mechanics, and while they <^j\^ ^ in Nature or Art, their whole Souls seem- '■'^■L. TXS( ^ SCINATION, 2t to eritei* in^ an irivestigation of the ad-' justmetit of^art^ and mechanical devices, ivhere Str.ength and thelnajesty of Form are the chief manneatations. Others seem to bef- come fascinated with the productions of the 7 >oiI etc. Thus we behold the variety 6f h^ihanity and the different copditioiis of Ob- jectiveJlfg;8cination" wfiich proves conclus- lively that the powfer of fascination or of hyp- • notism is no special gift of Nature or of God to any particular person; but should rather be considered Its an^^kiral phenomenon which mamf est itself m ttiousands of instances where there are no" pretensions at what i s known as mesmerism whatever ; ^vei^ where \ there is n© Hying operatorf except the force of circumstances which surrounded the Individ- ual who .becomes Psychologized. ^ Let me give yoii some other illusjfc^tions which proves the f)owet of *^ persUasionT or Reason from a Natural Standpoint, in the , practical relations of every day life, which may serve to disabuse our minds of the idea that Hypnotism or Mesmerism is a supernatural To begin, let me illustrate the involuntary m 22i V' ^^ FASCINATION. ^^sponse of the bo4y to the conditions of the muid. Perhaps we cannot bring forth a more striking illustration to show the force of this position, and to place iVi^pon a natural basis, than that of a molller with her child ; wha i stroUjQ^ enough, and able so far as physi ability is concerned, to walk alone, yet dare^ not venture. What are the circumstances connected with this fact ? Why is it, the child who has the physical ability, doer not venture and w^k alone ? Is it because there is no dispoimon ; no desire, no will force? Nay! We see all these atribut^ manifested in the make up of the child; but these powers are become subject to a per- verted ;^ith or confidence^lpTlie Ihild's faith has become perverted by thi mother, throi^hi the force of circumst^jl^ij^roug to bear upon its %ason. IijHvf t mother endeavouring to inslili ^^ Se mind i^^er child a belief inihe power of its own ^ce, she has been continually (through knd language) reminding it of its an^ireaki^ss. For f|ample-^-she ^M^ t^ld4n until domestic duties demand that she should drop » PASqNATION. 23/ t<-' the child and attend to other matters — sl^e jplaces the child against a chair with a pa^ ,ation : " don't let ga ! " for fear of fallitif * pw the most positive idea that rests npon the mind of the child though the force of circumstances brought to bear upon: its rea- son, is the idea (ft danger. And in response to this idea the bp^y answers by Ibolding on tenacious!^ to the chair, until ftnally a little; dpg or kitten enters the room„m6ves ai:pund and attracts the attention of the chlM^ nnttt it looses its hold of the chair and changes its position to watch thekitten— the little animal passes out of the dpor leaving the child with its back towards the chair; and when the curiosity of ^ child has subsided, it re- members the idea the mother gave, and in re- ^ponse drops dp w^pon the floor. Th» ^ no response to will force — neither the roetbe^- nor the child willed it should fall. It was simply a response tP their ideas, and to their faith or confidence. In confirmation of this point let us look at them still further. ^The father has leflfcis hom e ||| the morning for ^rs dMlylSusiirgrsT^ltf tlW^nKlther pouceives ; how nice it would be if baby could walk by ■.-^«fe T==nt- i t- '€' ill ■i*i» %} FASCINATlONi %'c i '' i. ■ ^ the time Papa returned. Hence she stands the child against the wall, goes bacl^ far en- ough for it to take one step before the child is able to reach her and fall into her arms, n the full confidence of its accomplishment herself, and from the position she holds to. w^rd the child, she inspires confidenca jn the mind of the child, until it take^ that step. She ^changes her position, holds "on to her confidence^ inspires the child with her own ideas and the child takes two steps, and on, ttntjl it walks across the room^ Now this in- terchange of confidence (which the force of ^circumstances reveals to us) between the mother and the child, does not die *du4 at qi^ce, but grows stronger and becomes more ^ttled the of tener the phenomena of walk- ing is produced, until the wonted excitement and interest which accompany every new phenomenal i^p lost, and , the walking of the child becomes a natural consequence. But while the mother is busying herself elsewhere tofchild in the hall at the foot of the stairs, desires to see what i-here is in the upper story ; md in respo i /established la its own ability, the child starts FASCINATION. 25 and ' climbs step after step until it reach- es neat the top, when the the mother comes an4i realizing the dangerous position of the child, she at once exclaims ; "My dear you will fall!" The^child believes it and in re- sponse come rolling down the steps. Hence Ve discover clearly in this the involuntary response of the body to the most positive ideaaof themind, brought about by 'sugges- tion. Matter Destitute of Volition. -'M^' Investi^tion and experience has taught us jbhat the physical, or what we call the Mat- «rial-r-independent of what is known as mind —is in and of itself destitute of Volition, and that mind— whatever may be the component elements which constitutes its existence — is the life giving power which animates, con- trols and to which* all the physical involun- tarily responds. Hence from this posi- tion and the illustrations we have already given, we may very fully understand that- -being untary response"©!" Matter to the oonditloiis ^ •FASCINATION. 26 ^fMladl^s a univereal principle dependent only upon conditions ; irrespective of either the knowledge or the m^ves of the^^p^rator. or whether it be the force of circumstances. . which provides the conditions. 1 Another illustration which proves the 1^- voluntary response of the body to the oondi- , tions ofle Mind, and one which illustrates what seems to be the power of the operator m controlling the subjects upon the stage, when the subject^through the suggestions of «!« operatoi-becomes enable to ^ho da cane penny, button or anything in their hand or to k4 the hand closed or oi-ek it according to their own Volition., Again some costly and delica^plece of wABB-perhapa a^keep-sake handed down from e^^^^'^'^'^'^^'.^Z been brought into service upon the teWe oa some special occasion ; when ^\^^^^^ ™ ; moving the dishes has come, while the ser- ZTl busily engaged in removing some Ither articles.Lhild, in the fullest couMence of assistance, snatohes up the v^L^^^one and moves from the table toward the servant, alizing the danger of the MlOMi"*-'-!— -^^ .J^ •^*. '\ > A- FASCINATIO^f. ^ "Darling, you will let that fall!" The fingers of the child relax their hold—in response to the ideas of the mind— and the article goes > the floor, and the child gazes in aatonish- ment at the results of the influence that has been brought to bear upon its inability to hold that which it had in its hand. Had the Ian- guage used by the mother or servant been suggestive of ability rather than inability . confidence would have been established in the mind of the child and the article would not have been destroyed. This involuntary response of thebodyof the child to the conditions of mind— brought about by suggestion— is similar and equally as mysterious as the manifestations of response displayed between the subject and operator on the stage, or the private demonstration of "Hypnotism," either for amusement or scien- tific purposes. And it shows us clearly fhat It is not an outside magnetic or arbitrary in- influence brought to bear directly upon the bodies of the subjects ; but simply the condi- tions of their minds which calls forth a re- sponse of bodily action in accordance with eyftrjf othpir pheno me na of life . I would that I could altogether disabiue F< ^ # m. \f »y ill*' 28 ,r^- \ • i FASCINATION. the minds of my eeaders of the idea of super- liatural influences in the manifestation of *^Hypnotism'' 6r "Mesmerism " ; that by so doing you might become more positive, to ward off the evils that naturally cluster around all forms of superstition. I regard lo* NOBANCBas the greatest DEVIL mankind has ever had to encounter. And where this devil Reigns' Supreme, Vice and Crime, Sin and Death are the fruits of its Satanic Legislation. A^Rormal Bemojnstration ojf Physical Strength. i£» Let me give you another illustration, which not only manifests tl^e r^ponse of body to mind, but also illustrates 'th^ fact that under mesmeric excitement, th^ manifestations of physical power becomes more intensified. Two men working in a quarry, when a scale of rocks from the clef ted side fell down, and a rock rested upon the limb of one of the men, weighing about seven hundred pounds. The partner who was free from the rock, looking np disco vered another avalapche about rei^dy to fall; hi9 ordinary pow^ ^joifined to aboujb three hundred pounds, but I: in this moment of excitement, the oiily idea ; that occupied his mind with ;force, was that . of danger and necessity —danger of being cov ered with the second fall and necessity of re- —_ 'moving the first— Hence without a momenl's 'consideration, of how much force was requir- ■> ^d to remove the rock, the body responded to : the idea of necessity, and the rock was re- jnoved, 1 his fully illustrates the principle, upon which persons, whose minds are excited, through the influence brought to bfear upon . them in mesmerism, manifests greater strength and accomplishes more than seems possible under ordinary circumstances. In the year 1867, when lecturing in the city of Reading, Pa., U,S.A., I was requested by a few of the leading citizens of a town failed Bowmansville— a distance of about 14 miles from Readii%— to go out and give them . ,. A lecture and exhibition of Mesmerism. I complied with the request, and after the lee- ' %re, succeeded in mesmerizing several per- ; sons ; when one large man — probably weigh-* : ing between two h undred afid fifty and three WMried pounds came forward, and in a hi'^. 1* >- FASCINATION. 30 very positivemanner seated himself iipon one of the seats upon the platform, with the re- mark: "We have had enough of this Iom ^ TOOLEKtlifyou^an mesmerize anyone, mes- ' merize me." 1 3aw at once that «ie man was not only a sceptic, but evidently was m ^ very positive state of mind to fight against me' To 'atteitipt to mesmermize him under such ciffcuAistances was altogether out of the question. I could only take a mokent to de-x cide what to do, or the balance of t^^ even- ing was destined to be a failure. I had wi.tH me a very small boy-about eleven or twelve years of age, very delicate both in organiza- tion and health, whom I was treating for - nervous debility. Instead of attempting to do anything with the sceptic myself, 1 im- mediately appealed to the boy, staging, that the man was on fire; ?ind un ess he put him out of the room we should all be burned^ Without a moments hesitation, or thought ol • the size of the man, or the 4imit of his own - .trength, the boy Jumped behind the sceptic, hoisted him from his seat and began mnning giolo toward the door. I called »■■ m'Mm to someoM to opep tbe-door, which was done Ww^T FASCI J ^ON."^ ,3,, theman was outside, The boy bein« so siox7 through the room. After the excitement had somewhat subsided and the man again c^e into the room I invited him to the ZtW that^BOT has not got that powW." I couTd not have conceived of abetter test to conXce the sceptic of the truthfulness of the pSn ^menon. It was the excitement of the mtd whilhl ^ "^^ ""' \' ^y respondS^ S wha^f • rf " "^^ *^^ 'i^'nonstrations resDonstT T ^^7''''^ '^'^^S^^ are but a -whetW^ ''''^ whenthe mind is excited wheth^ the conditions of excitement are imaginary or real-there will be an inSluT' when th ^ '' ''*' '^"*y *« ^^ individual when there ,s no consciousness, .everything mder th« ""T '°''''''^'^ re^-whethef 11^' l^l'f'T^_ » f "Hypnotfi^" or other. f^ weatonce aisbover that the 32 FASCINATION. illU8tration8, of the strength of the boy un- der the influence of mesmerism, and that of the man in the quarry, under the excite- ment of the falling rocks, are similar and I ♦ y^qually natural, inasmuch as both demonstr- ^ ates a physical response to an idea of danger- Suspension of Pain. Another special feature in '^Hypnotism" which comes under the head of ^'Fascinatioi|i*' is that of the suspension of suffering. This point of our subject is one that is exciting more attention and creating more interest among materialistic scientists than any other branch of Hypnotic phenomena. It is not an iincommon thing for a Hypnotist to so control hjs subjects as to render them unconscious of suffering ; while their teeth are being extract* ed, a FiifGER or limb is being amputated or any other surgical operaticp. perf oi:b^ upon their bodies. Wherever th»phenomenonj;ake8 place without physicial contract tetween the SUBJECT and opebatob, it is invariably done through what we call suggestion ; which ren- rtyf-tl ip Bub jec fa mt ffioi^ntly po i^*T FASCINATION. 33 - tive either to balance the circulating fluids of their own physical system, or caHs off their attention from the conditions of their nerves, ^ and fascinates it upon some other subject, so " as to be forgetful of their own ailments. As an explanation, confirmation and illustration of this part of our subject, I shaU introduce a . few incidents which wiU undoubtedly meet the expe^ences of almost everybody who have either been the subjects to, or witnesses cxd, the conditions of pain. Some years ago when lecturing in the city of Harrisburg, Pa., I was sitting in the parlor of one of the Hotels in conversation with a friend, when a young lady entered and took a seat across the room, opposite where we were sitting. I noticed she had something tied around her face and was evidently suffering «reat pain. I poUtely asked her the nature of her distress, when she replied that she was euffering from "severe tooth ache." I asked her if I should stop it. She naturally asked me ''by what m^ns I would do it." I told her "by magnetism," With tliis remark I ttto se f rom^ ™y^j t o move towa rd her, when TCan excitedlnanner she exclaimed ; "You * .1', .{J 34 FASCflNATlON \ &T^,^Tot S(?ymour, the mesmerist ! keep away frpm^ Bxe i, 1/ woul^ rattier have the tooth ache than have j6t in the prosp^t of one thkt is greaterl Thiis we find a great ^ inany persdnfl turn bdck when near the Den- tists door, because their heairts fail them to liave a *'to6th" pulled when it does not act^^ This fully illustrates the fact that our s^n- • sations are the result of our consciousness and that there is no pain where there is no con- consciousness. ■ ■ t ' ' ' ■ ' • «< ■ It is recorded of the great Statesman, Hen- ry Clay, on one occasion, when very much in- disposed, and rather unable to speak, a gen- ^lemgnon the floor, in the house of Congress, made a severe and personal attack upon him. . Jfj. C la y wlhsperedto^JtJgentleman w ho iaa t next him, and said : "I must answer him, but / f ' .^lii 36 ,11 III. Magnetic influence* 1 1 ii Bttt some one will aak ; Is there no mag- » aulsect except that which ia produtoed by 1 " I beg of yon not to let me speak over half a hour." Mr. Clay commenced, and was soon on wing soaring higher and higher in hijs sub^^ lime eloquence, and pouring ;forth language like the thunderbolts of heaven, lii the defence of his own manhood. He became fascinated with the subject of of his own defence, until he fully forgot his indisposition. His half ^our expired, aiid the gentleman by his side pulled his coat, but "Clay" paid no attention to the signal. He kicked his limbs but it made no impression. He ran a pin several times half its length into the calves of his legti. Clay heeded it not; spoke two hours, sank exhausted into his seat, and rebuked the other gentleman for n<^ stopping him. He , had felt nothing. The concentration of mind had called the electricity of his system to the brain, and he threw it off by mental ^fbrt, and in proportion as sensation was called to the brain the limbs were robbed. ^ ■t" '■ \ * ■%' ^- V^' *>« •SdHUtpst. . X.'. MAGNETIC INFLUENCE. — ' 1 57 iM' suggestion or Fascination ? To which I an- ;, swer, it is rational to Believe there is a Mag. netism existing between the bodies of maij- kind, w^ch may have either a beneficial or a damaging eflfect opon our health, acc<»d- ing to the condiiiom which are^roduced or tiie natures of the individUls who are brought in contact with each other. As an Illustration of this point we might consider that, all nature is governed by the laws of attraction and reptOgUm, cfr in other words, by a^sitive and mgdtive forces. These subtle forces or laws in nature which we caU altrao, ttm and r^uhion, are governed by the a««% —or sameness-oF the lack of aMmty-^ sameness— which exists between %hat maf be termed the combination ^f atoms or md- eciiles which goes to make up organic struc- tore. Where this affimty—or sameness— ex- ists between the different particles of -matter, pere is what we term the law of attraction, or what may be termed the disposition to wute or blend together. Where there isTio ggy» «»»ti Pg be tween the nature of the i"w^ole8 W matter, tbeoKi is wh»t may be termed the law of repuUim, which ^ / „» '> M'!* 38 ' MAGNETIC INFLUENCK. ■ whi^k r,'?^ Z *'' ^^^y *»»« harmony Fhich wduM dthemisetak* place. If then . 5.b0 true, that thi8 law of; a«rdc^io^ and ,.. ^« W 18 umviersal through all the kingdoms and that like attracts like ; then we think ■we are prepared to give a rational solution of the truth QLwhat mky be termed Animal Magnetism. As we examine the mag^ aM steel we at once discoverthat there is a siin- Uarifcy m their nature ; in. consequence of which, when brought into close eonnection- «o fer as the positive and negative forces are ^ : concerned- the two be^me one; diflfering only m pow«- or force, in proportion-to the ?« w fZ '''^° '"'liv'duality. Fow what le true of the wfl^nei and steel, is also true- from the sameness of their natur&^of two tod- ies. And what is true, of the 6oi^ in this netism of the m,«d. Hence by the ta^ingZ ^ f^nfs or ^y the association 0/ the mi Js of ^ mdiyidtiab, we reach the same result as when a combination is produced i^ anv de- partment of Nature.- Where this eaJnS, or ff #m / y e xi s t s , tho ro » ill b« j a Mending^ \\ \r if »<:i . *1 / mi / 1 M AGI4ETIC INFLUENGE . ,. 39 i^pes whicli; has> tenden^^to biiild ^ vital%;burwhere there 18 no oMnitu- when bodies are brought togethet-there will be a disturbing influence, which has a tendency to >e?,ef:eaclyjther. As a proof of this positipn^howoftenhave jrou found thes6c- • »etl of p^rpops-of whomyou know but little TrW be, so rejMilsive.ta your feelings, that you ha,ye no^disposition to associate. Others T^j^^^ witb theS A soothing influence th^t. draws you closer to their side. I con- tend that, all these involuntary likes a.n6. dis- hkesare but the results of the animal magHet- tsm that we are constantly throwing (^ ft,)m our bodies, by which-although seeminglv imperceptable to our internal senses-the dog can scent his master, and determine tlte ^course which he pursues. .. ■^ .This lajy^ of magrUtim is a viery important X^ v^ <^P«?deredi fori be^ieye many of the^.wftrn^tias that afflict humanity are largely due to a want of anHnderstandin* of Its prinqiples, and the right' appUcatioh. of the. same. I, believe that if^hiV law of wa1> i«.< # T" f.JgHf MAGNETIC INFLUENCE. 41 magnetic attraction. When first married she f-as fast wasting away with Consumption ; she iiiarried a husband with a good degree of Vital Temperament ; in a year or two in- stead of the wife sinking with Consumption the husband was the afflicted subject, and the wife grew strong and healthy. lo a few years the husband died of Consumption and after his death- during the widowhood of this lady— she again showed signs of Con- sumption. She married the second, a man of good healthy appearance, and again her- self grew healthy. But to the astonishment of everybody that knew them, the second husband grew Consumptive and died. And so of the third. And now in her old age the same lady is said to be sinking fast of Con- sumption. I have no other solution to this phenomenon, but that through magnetic at- fraction this lady has lived and enjoyed phy* sical strength for so njany years, simply on what she has drawn from her husbands. And in proportion as she has drawn upcm tfae Vitality of her husband— having no power of supply in herself— the e xpenditure of vitality :.. 1-^1. ™„-^ uiM tiie iii^ii^ of th6 htti i; I "• f,'N', ,rir 42 MAfaNETIC INFLUENCE. ^ W.,, band could support. As a consequence, when the fires of his vitality had become exhaust- ed, the embers naturally died out. Hence I hold that it is not always wise that eveii husband and wife should sleep together, nor that children— whose temperament does not harmonize— should be compelled to sleep in the same bed. By the sanie law it is wrong* .. I^^^the young^o sleep with old persons. I ' r|^.?«.®^^P* ^^^*^^ same bed with persons, '•'^'^ 1^^^ *^^ morning I have got up seeming^ ^ . J|#mc^e tired than when I went to bed. At ^:^:fi0r- times with diffetsent persons, I have ' -^ awake tw^^^^ theni^ht in pleas, #t conversation, and have got up in the morning without scarcely realising that I had been to sleep at allj yet have felt perfectly rested and refreshed. ♦ Now, having brought forth these argu^^ ments "which I have yno doubt accord with similar experiences qf your own; we shall be better prepared to understand the ration- ality of magnetic healing. And in endeavour- ing to make dear this parfeof our subject, we mig ht ask : t^hat is health, a%d what %$ dii^ erne} To which we anawei*: Health is m Mm- ^TMAGNETIC INFLUENCE. 43 v^ even balance of the forces between body and mind ; and disease is a want of balance be- tween these forces ; or in other words, health is the harmonious distribution or circulation of the the blood and nerve fluid in the nerves, veins and arteries. There is, so to speak, a state of commerce or bank account going (m between our mental and physical natures. Und when theHlialance is such that the men- tal can draw upon the physical; or the physi- cal can draw upon the mental, without over- taxation of either, man will be. found in a hesclthy condition. But the moment either of these forces are exhausted, there" will be a mental bankruptcy, and the whole nervous system gets disordered, as a result of which nervous prostration, or feverish excitement is manifested. And hence this want of balance brings with it the need of help. As force is produced by combina^tion of positive atoms, -—which in Tiervovs prostration in the patient have become exhausted,^— the businees of the practicing . physicians is to endeavour to ascertain and administer to the necessities of in valids, aaoh compounds an In themw elvfjHi contain these positive elements which the H 4 44 -^MAGNETIC INFLtJENCE. "* nature of the patient requires, and thus to stimulate the physical that the mental ijiay again draw upon it that amount of vital stamina; which it- requires to produce a san- ^ guine condition. In the case of fevers, etc.; the skilful physician endeavours to adminis-" ter into the stomach of the patient, a compound conjposed of negative atoms ; designed to abt sorb the surpltife positive atoms of the system . ^-^which in themselves are feverish, stimulat- ing or exciting— and through 1;he aid of 4i^ gestion, physics, or the Ikw of evaporation to can^ them off, until the system again assum- ■^s-its normal cenditibn of balance. And now having glanced at the natural influence of medicine, I think we may be better prepared toupder^tand the .reasonableness of the pro- c^ and influence of magnetic healing, or what has been known as the paying on of hands. For, if it is a universal law, that where there is an affinity, the negative -#111 absorb the pos^^ untilboth are equal, it must be con- ceded that tills law of attraction exists be- tween the physical and mental forces of f wq|I H iWi*.H»— «W» j iH n |ili l lMliwg rt l|«l This response of body to the impressions of mind apply more especially to nervous disease than to mganic troubles. Although my ex- perience and perusals have led me to conclude that organic troubles may also be brought under the control of the mind, and that even vsrhere there is, a magnetic influence brought to bear upon the patient throil^h the law of affinity in mattf.^* ; the positive conditions of the mind of the operatoi* as well as the '^Faith" of the p^,tient have a beneficial effect For when the mind is positive — which is the condition of confiden,ce — the electric forces of the body are more active ; hence the mag- netism of tfce bodyJ)ecomes more powerfully directed. ^ The doctrine of confidence— to which we often give the '^j^e ''Faith"— is beautifully illustrated in what is termed the miracles of Jesus Christ, spoken Of in the Bible, {see Marh 5 ch. 25th verse)^ where a woman "whiohjiad an issue of blood twelve y^rs, and had suffer- ed many things of many physicians, and had spent all she had, but was nothing better, but rather grew wors^ when she had heard . 4 » of ^sus came in the pr^s behind, aSJtoueh- >/ '■y- ■■:\ N CONFIDENCE. i?5r SI %»cj f ed his garment, for she said : "If I may touch biit his clothes I shall be whole, "and straight- forward the fountain of her blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus turning to her, said: "daughter, 4by faith has made thee whole?" This is but a sample /of the many works of Jesus, spoken of in the Gospels, yet sufficient to show the response of matter to the im- pressions or faith- of the mind. But some one will say that Jesus was Divine, and the reason this woman was healed in this extra- ordinary way, was, because >she had faith in his Divine power. But we) must consider that if Jesus was Divine-^nd such we be- lieve Sim to have been-^till, he did not attribute the curing of the woman to the influence of His Divine power, but rather to her faith. And in all that Jesus did. He has left us an example that we should tread in His steps. And .said, that greater things than He did, shall men do if they believe. Hence He has not only 'given us ^ under- stand that /g^^A— or confidenee^js requ ired on the part > of the patient, but also r'.- mmm •i ■i5 :- 52 ■w^- Cai^FIDENCE. on the part of the operator. ^ Many instances are on record of this phen- omenon, where persons have made their complaints a subject qf prayer to God, and in answer to their /a/^^ in grayer, have been restored to health. But I will cite one or two where the confidence or faith has seem- ingly not been directed to God ; but rather has been placed entirelyrin the ability or power of the tnd^netic healer. In Pittsburg, Pa., in, the month of January^, 18^4, an, a^ lady x;ame to m§— after listening to one of my lectures, on the subject of ^ychology—. who had been troubled for ye^y&-with Rheu- matism in her right arm, jjlrf^^ould not lift it to her head; She tdlpTme sh^ had not been able to raise her l^jsifldto put on her own : bonnet, oi; to comb Jker hair, for several X^^i but stated §iha believed I could lielp j0f^§ind in response to her confidence, 1 told her to visit me at my rooms, which she did. After ma|iing a few passes over her arm, she raised it to her head and moved it K)und as *horfgh nothing had ever been wrong with it When I was in Pittsburg in 188?^»be4old mo she had never suffoi:od f is' •> b ^^; "iii'.l L M ' j l^ .. t d »:3S-- li*:.' ^i^V ' .^ u %\' ' ^ t *» .■^ CONFIDENCE. J ^ A 1 i, ! ."*t. t*. t-: . , S3 hlfematism in that armf afterwards. The Wy *s name is Mr^. Douthitt. Another lady in Wilmington, Del, inthi , winter of 1876, by the name of Longbottom —who lived at East Seventh Street— had been troubled with Sciatica, knA had suffered for years. For full six months before I went there she had not the use of one of her legs, f visited her on Thursday evening, stroked the limb with my hand a few times, and on the following Saturday she was well ; walked,* and^didher own marketing, several squares away*^ At another time J wastin Chicago, aiid on my way home to Philadelphia, I was to stop over at Pittsburg to lecture. When I gopio the hotel in Pittsburg I found a tele- (/m^fe waiting for me, which stated that my wife wcmvery sick^SLUd the^ it was necessary f(fr me to hasten home at once. I at once, can- celled my engagement, and took the evening train for Philadelphia. When I got home I found her so weak— the reeillt of Hemorrhages ---that she was unable to raise in the bed. No sooner had I got into the room than she said, "Now I shall get welll'\ I laid my iiandrnpoa her imd sh^ at once declared 8fi» w 54 CONFIDENCE. felt strong. In a few minutes she was fast asleep. And only tbreo and a half hours after I entered the house she got up, went to the dining room, ate her breakfast with the , ^ rest of the family, and did not go back to bed again until the evening, when she seemed quite well. I attribute her mart;eZows recov- ery to the confidence or faith which she had in mj power to, help hei;, and not in the pow- er itself. And I contend" that a similar de- gree of confidence to that which performs a cmcy will act as a preventive to ward ojff dis- ease. Hence, if we would ward off the influ- ence of diseases before they have made a deep . impression u^Yi our natures, we must meet the positive with the positive ; that is to say, we must make up our minds positively and . firmly, that we .will repel its influence ;* and in proportipn as mind is superior to matter^ so will the positive conditions of the one overcome and control the other. So long as .we remain positive, there is but little danger of our con- tracting disease ot any kind ; but when we become fearful of our surroundings, we are then in a. negative state, and are susceptible 1 1 CONFIDENCE, 55 / tion : Some loathsome, and dreaded disease breaks out in a community ; it enters a dwell- ing where there are four or five persons in a family ; the majority of its members are afraid ^f the disease!, aiid are > in a negative state ; hence when the virus of the disease begins to be emitted, those who are the most sensitive —because the most fearful and negative — are ^Upressed with this virus and are smitten UPRh the disease. The Nurse, Doctor, and— in case of death — ti^ Undertaker, have to come in closer proximity with the disease so far as external conditions are concerned; yet neither of them contracts it. And why ? Simply because theii^ minds are so posi- tive as to be proof against it. So far as its contagious influence is concerned — apart from these positive and negative conditions of the mind — there must be moye danger 6f the Doc- tot', Nurse, ^nd Undertaker, than of the diff- erent members of the family ; because of their immediate contact with the disease. This positiori i*»true with Small Pox, and of Epidemic Fevers, Colds and diseases in gen- eraL Instill further proof of thitf position, I irill cite a case iTi my own family, where the S6 'f?f" CONFIDENXE. positive cond|ion of the mind not only dem^ onstrated its power to w^rd off diseases, but , actually repelled and expelled the disease that had already fastened itself upon his Ijody. My son, then a boy of about nine^ years of age, having travelled with me, dur- ■ one m one to th« other? We do not hem speak of the so^Ued messages alleged to pass, thrpugfcH^Unifestations of self-styled niediums. between t^ living and the Aad. A J \ the pBrtte f t o the cori t mu ni ua t ima wb mm K-''- i,i<'.' ,V^'-. ■'«». *v^w * . ■\ • -''yti / 'tr' IMPRESSIONS considemg are required to be alive at the moment of the transmission of an imiifeg9i(m ,^ "T^ "^ ^ '^<^^ra, when engaged In their business, havejuddenly heard ?he Toj^eor^n the face of^L incLduafwJ: ^ aUhat time m a-more er less remote locality ? Have you never seen a recognized face suddenly.come .between you and^oS work, and^^ with an expression bright and joyous, or haggard and distressed, cSnveTa message of happiness or mis^? a leJs be a touch, or the sound of a voice. . A more of r«n^^'^ ""^ "^ ^^'"^ ""' *»»« Particula« Is w^iTJr^'*'*'*'"' showing ftlltheper. sons who took paat in it. i~ ^.In one form or another, we believe that ^mnypersonshave received suchimpresslons, inor can we believe that they are all halluoi: »hiT,'?^'°'°**^"''^^«"«' concerning thing, which did not exist. Of course, people wUh ^onderfH thin^ where really' there mm nothing, but it i, iu^^m, for mteTli^ j^noividuals who retain impifes sions or splrit- > \> «%! 68 r * IMPRESSIONS, V , . ' r III ' '" I II I I . I I ) * !!) ! '. ! II . ii ;. •» ' I l i ii ' ii r i . i r ii | i ' I , i.ii . .., 1 . „ . .' .. i ll I ual images of transactions which occurred at ai; particular moment; but in some distant and, at the timii; inaccessible locality, and| subsequently have all the particulars of the vision qomfirmed as facts, to believe thJat" there^was ^ly delusion or hallucination. The whole thing, however mysterious, is, some degree, at least intelligible if_we only '«;Cqept the exis^ende (H the intellectual part of us as a life, an entity, a power separate and distinctly independent of the . body. The^ mind theti is not a f unctioh of the body, bui it is something which has its own life and laws as complete and distinct as are those of ' the bodily life. Wfe can illustrate it by elec-^ tricity, which is as the intellectual life, and the dynamo, or the battery, which is th^ body. ^ Set the dynamo in motion and the electricity manifesto itself, h^ if every dynamo were de^i stroye^, or^there had never been one, electricity would exisjb all the same, and it would, con- tinue to flash in the sky and to burst with ^ thuhderings out of the clouds, as it has done ^ from the beginning; 1P^ earth and air and iky are full of it.. A dynamo, or a galvanic ^^. '-^' Dmusrf, 18 merely a device to ma^e it matttfo* •I;; .lV%#-i! '^ •I' ky. IMPRESSIONS; r £>■•, 69 aible and obedient to use. v - The human body is only a mechanical ap- pliance to make mind manageable, and even then it will sometiines defy control. How often difting sleep will the mind leave the bodyjaM*ro^.m Jtt^m^ not only through all the countries on^he^lobe, but essay wander- ings in regions so far beyond our experience that w^[pan give them neither name nor local- ity^ There are master n^ijads. One mind controls lathers, and two minds may come into such close s'l^mpathy that they can communi- cate withou|i words. But we must first recog- nize the existence of mind as a life a,nd power apart frpin matter before we can understand its laws and fupotions. Nobody believes tl a machine creates electricity which did previously exist, liet us understand that the body does not create Jkhe mind that illumin- ates it, but that the body is merely a machine through which the intellect acts, and that mind is no more dependent on its machine than is the lightening, but that the one can project ffii thoughts and da;rt its influence through space aiid out of the clouds as can the other, "&■ /f 70 IMPRESSIONS. In CRTT^ing out the ideas suggested by rPwf. Jame?, I contend tliat each individual ^ratn u a Battery. That the atmo^here cor. respoq^g^ in its nature with tl^ nerve fluid of the brain connects o«r mentality, as the metaUc wires connect the diflferent electric batteries by which the phenomenon otphysi-' cal telegraphy is produced;. As a proof of the position that there is a correspondence be- . tween the nature- of the atmosphere siud our mentality, welnay observe how the mind of ' man is affected by the changes in the condi- tions of the^ atmosphere. A dark and doudy , ^mosphere produce^ what is termed "a de- presswn of spirits," while a bright and clear atmosphere produces the sensation of cheerful. Hess 1 also contend that if we will observe similar conditions between mind with mind to those wh^ch are observed in physical telegra- phy, we m&y. proportionately produce the phe- nomencto of mental telegraphy. Such will es^ tabhsh the principle upon which all mental mpressuw may be received from one mind ta another, whether thase impressions come to us under the name of hypnotism, premonitions datrvoyance. spiritualism «r - ' .,.;:t « « ■ »•' ,.-^' -■ N.- pTophesfff, -ss;-. ;..S'* ?'' ' .•«' '% IMPRESSIONS. ■*■ — ■ III. I I J . P '..A. ! In sending a message from Toronto tb Mon- treal-~or any other given point—the operator at this ei<(d of the line may tap up<^n the hand- les of the battery artistically, and send the .^ ;electri#f n# fbfi man ia fanctiye, ih t m ft i gr^ *? ^^ ^ ^ „ . » — -— , -p- mgative, and may be impressed by the miiid ^:\;. « j » '■ ' ■ %■ % n .^' IMPRESSIONS. ^^, — —fir ■ pf akofher^ individuaJI To illustraiie inor^jeully,,and mJle i||0lear frim |lie ^^^i^ ine topose a case: WilfjS&i S^^i. ^Woi " ^ latrfsi reaches "i i( cimmsi l^ .f. . ft.. ^ \ • ■ ■ ^ -m^^^^K^^i-^-^^ Smith's famUy,'' -; P^^W 1^«|% is heard of tHIfeoyir 8mi^;f(KPlpb#lhntig whioll jaine Joh^nd , WiUiams ha^^ g*own up, married and sllied > * .^ch l^er, ind still retain a compan^-, ' ^ ^^>A.8 tJlae elapsed, Swdth, also ha^g' ' dpmaped into manhpod— being free ii|p the redaction of his parents— feels j, desire " tio visit the place of his childhood, and min- - |j|%once more with the companions of his ytotji: One day he determines to put his de- * ' ' l»irein*Q execution, and starts oii-his Journey. On reaching the^ place, his first inquiry is for Jon^&and Williams ; and oh learning of their ' circumstances, and their place of residencJUte (Smith) starts to m^ a callaipon th determines t6 call fl^ iipon Jones, «p ao happens that Williams is spending t^l^n- lug a l J un » ^ house. As S inith dra -*:i- t \ £.1^ /•■ t IMPI^SIONS. 73 the residence, his mind directed to the spot, naturally i^volvs these questions : How does Jones loolil What changes has twenty years made in hts personal appearance? How Will he receive me? and various other questions. Jones and Williams, Just having finished a conversation, upon some interesting subject, > there is at this tiii||^a< passive moment, the positive condition o^B^wmdqf Smith reaches the negative condition of the mind of Jones^ and he immediately remarks : "By the way, ^wtlttder what has become of Smith! I wonder if he has got married! I should like to see him ! " and various other things are expressed by Jones concerning Smith. Suddenly the door-bell rings, and Smi^ in- troduces hijrnselt "Why ! " says Jones "you were the very last man we were speaking about ! Only a few seconds ago I expressed to our friend Williams, that I should like to I see you i'^pter^^uck^r similar experiences ' ^': falls ior^e lot of almbs^t every individual NofW, I ask, hoi^ fti^e we to account for this phenomenon, except under the principle of Clairvoyance? That thoughts are existing en- titles, andthat mind is not dependent upon L 5«v^ra^^vij-^,^n-' [s^^^j^a^i^i^ysia 5^ • ^: 74 me ea IMPRESSIONS. '^e «xfem«Z senses wholly, for the reception of thought, but rather for its manifestation, rhe phenpmenonof Glair avoyance maybe confirmed by a Variety