The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-04-03
THE DOPPELGANGER.
A MESMERIC MYSTERY.
(CONCLUDED.) J


''And this power, this spiritual knowl-
edge 8: -.
"Is simply the effect of magnetic rela-
;ion---of what is called rapport.''
Explain yourself"
.. "Not now, Heinrich. You are ex-
hausted by the mental and bodily excite
ment which you have this day undergone.
Eat, now eat, and rest. After supper,
we will talk the subject over"
Wearied as was, curiosity, and a
vague horror which found it impossible
to control, deprived me of appetite, and |
rejoiced when, drawing towards the hearth
with our meerchaums and Rhine wine,
we resumed the former conversation.
'You are, of course, aware" began
my FREUD, ''that in those cases where a
mesmeric power has been established by
one mind over another, a certain rapport,
Or intimate spiritual relationship, becomes
the mysterious link between those two
natures. This rapport does not consist
in the mere s'eep-producing power; that
is but the primary form, the simplest
stage Of its influence, and in many in
stances may be altogether omitted. By
this, mean that the mesmcrist may, by
a supreme act of volition, step at once to
the highest power Of control over the pa
tient, without traversing the intermediate
gradstions Of somnolency, or even clair
voyance. This highest power lies in the
will of the operator, and enables him to
present images to the mind of the other,
even as they are produced in his own. l
cannot better describe my subject than by
comparing the mind of the patient to a
mirror, which reflects that of the operator
as long, as often, and as fully, as he may
desire. This rapport | have long sought
to establish between u.s."
''But you have not succeeded"
.Not altogether neither have my ef-
forts been quite in vain. You have strug-
gled to resist me, and have felt the op-
posing power battling me at every step
yet sometimes have prevailed, if but for
short time. For instance, during many
days after leaving Ems, left strong i'm.
preston upon your mind"
(Which | tried to shake off, and did"
sTrue but it was contended point
for some days. Let me recall another in,
stance to your memory. About five days
ago, you were suddenly, and for some
moments, forced to succumb to my infiu-
ence, although but an instant previous You
were completely free agent
"At what time in the day was that o.
l asked, falteringly.
About half-past eight o'clock in the
evening" ....... 1851.
l shuddered, grew deadly faint, and
pushed my chair back. ..-.
But where were you, Albert ?" !
muttered in half-audble voice.
He lookedup, surprised at my emotion
then, as if catching the reflex of my agi.
tation from my countenance. he turned
CHASTITY pale, even to the lips, and the
drops of cold dew started on his fore.
head
-was-here," he said, with slow
and labored articulation, that added to my
dismay.
.'But I saw you-I saw you standing
in my garden, just as | was thinking o
you, or rather, just as the thought of you
had been forced upon me-"
'And did you speak to-to the fig
ure ?" ,-. s
"Twice, without being heard. The
third time l cried'-
"Albert, look round mani inter
rupted my friend, in hoarse, quicl
tone.
1.-THE very words! Then you heard
me ?"
"But when you had spoken them," ht
continued, without needing my question
-"when you had spoken them-wha
then ?"
ut yanished-how and where, know
not" F."
| Albert covered his face with his hands
and groaned aloud.
! "Great God !" he said, feebly, "then
am not mad u 3+ .#'
| was so horror struck, that remain
ed silent. Presently he raised his head
poured out half a tumblerful of brandy
drank it at ., draught, and then turning
his face partly aside, and speaking in
low and preternaturally even tone. relatee
to me the following strange and fearful
narrative: a.., u#te F.
.'Dr. K, under whom have beel
studying for the last year here in Cassel
first convinced me Of the reality OF th
mesmeric doctine; before then was q
: hardened a sceptic as yourself. AS
frequently the case in these matters. TIL
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