Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1837-11-15

ems; the eyelldS SEEK TO close, aud CO.
sing, are cemented till the sleep is over.
The ether senses are now more active
iy awake. There is q consciousness
of every thing passing around, though
not always the power of speech. At
the close of the operation, the eyes
open of themselves, and the subject at
first feels strong and well but after.
wards, something like lightning flashes
before his eyes in his fingers and toes
alternately there comes a prickling ;
he turns sick his %extremities are hea-
Wy and cold and violent shudderings
come over him, AMI a desire to cough.
Third degree.--The subject yawns
repeatedly +; he heaves II deep sigh his
eye.lids close; all consciousness, all
sensation seems gone.
Fourth degree.-The sleep comes on
as before, but consciousness awakens.
The internal sense are unchanged (;
the external are either closed up or al
tered in their character; the eyes only
distinguish light and darkness-some-
times not those, even when the eye-lids
are open, in which case the eye-ball is
convulsively drawn up or stiff, and the
pupil is widened, and without sensation.
Feeling takes the place Of seeing, hear
ing and smelling :; and ever colors are
distinguished !; "a watch read, or paper;
sounds noticed, and compound scents
distinguished, by applications to the pit
of the stomach. On awakening, there
is no recollection Of what has been
said, thought, or done but a renewal
of the magnetic sleep renews the me.
mory of all.
Fifth degree.-Consciousness is so
heightened, and the internal feelings so
strengthened, as to give the power of
an accurate self-investigation of the
minutest parts of the subjects bodily
structure. He sees within himself, de.
tects any disease lurking there, and
has an instinct of the means requisite
for his cure. This is called the state
of clear s2ghtedness. But the subject
sees not thus merely into himself, but
into others. He Ear look into the mag
r~etiser, between whom and himself
there is the most extraordinary sympa-
thy of sensation and Of soul, which will
even remain when the parties are Sc
parated !; they can interchange not on
~ feelings, but diseases, and the means
of cure. 1t is always insisted that the
seat of these diseases is the stomach.
The magnetic sympathy Of power may
be still further extended, and then the
perceptions of the subject brightens,
thought is enlarged and more free,
judgment i~nvigorated; and not only the
present is perceived more wildly, but
the most distant past arises.
Sirth degree.-The subject who can
attain the fifth degree, is endowed with
powers perfectly miraculous IN the
sixth. Not only the present and past
is seen, but now he sees into their Sc
crets, and can look into the mysteries
Of the future. The stomach is still con-
sldered as the source of all this lnspi-
ration. The subject is perfectly con
WINGED Of all he sees and says. There
is no limit to his capabilities. He can
recognize persons at any distance, aud
look into their future condition. His
life seems immeasurably improved and
exalted his body and soul are n
indescribable comfort and purity take
possession of him he is removed be-
yond the power of every thing coarse
and sensual, and in a condition SO near.
Iy bordering on celestial peace, that
even the guilty, under these influences
ceases to be capable Of corruption, and
has no relish for any thing bat virtue.
We have endeavored TO condease
| this account with all the accuracy pos
| sible, and however absurd and extra
VACANT the whole affair seems, we as
sure our readers that we have only
made a summary with but the reduc-
ton of many words into few Of what
has been put forth for the sober state.
ment of the system and its phenomena,
as actually observed.
The press, and especially the poany
press of our city, has taken up this so
long exploded theory with great zeal.
If magnetism can actually produce the
effects ascribed to the sixth degree, we
do not think 1t would do some OF the
tribe any d~isservice to 60 through tho
process. Their errors proceed gene
rally from the influences of the sto-
mach-and it would be but fair If the
stomach could be made IN any way to
bring about their reformation. We do
not pretend to be learned on the SUBJ
iect OF which we have made this lit
tie abstract, o would we intrude
advice upen the other sex but from
certain facts upon record, we should
not be much gratifed in knowing that
any female in whom we had much in
~terest, had encouraged the revivlng