Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-02-21
Electrical PsychoEogy-3ts PGe.
RoHGena and Uses.

| This science bids fair to unlock the pris
on doors to the mysteries of mind, and to
enable Physicians to more easily control
diseases affecting it than has been hitherto
the case. Should the disease Of the mind
| (which has baf1ed the skill Of the most
eminent physicians), from those found in
the raying maniac down to the love-sick
swain, be, through the agencies Of this
Science, conquered and brought under
control; and the suffering thousands who
people cur Insane Asylums be restored to
their friends clothed in their right minds,
great honor would be due to those
with whom the discovery originated, and
through whom the Sc ence has been ma
tured and brought into service.
By many the Science of Psychology
has been treated as hunbug; but, only
by that portion Of the community who are
either too ignorant to understand its phil
ospohy or have been too Indifferent, CT too
set in their way to ever examine into it
For all to be protected from abuses thro'
lit By evil and designing men, who prac-
tice and teach it; l would recommend that
they learn its principles; and this, with
care Of whom you allow to obtain mes
neric control over you, will be your safe
guard against harm from its use the in
hands Of others.
The Science of Physiology may be d.
/ ided into two divisions, one Of which acts
upon the mind, the other upon the body
both through the medium Of the senses.
The key to this science lies in PERFECT Be
LIEF, Or an entire absorption Of the will in
| its truth and power. When this state Of
mind IS induced, the muscles Of the
person yields to the wishes Of the opera
tor, and he falls powerless into the control
Iof his master, The subject is negative un-
til perfect belief it established, and can
not be controlled by the operator; but
when the mind is fully taken with the be-
lief the connection of the neryo-electric in
Ihuence of the mind is established, and til e
positive controls the negative.
am inclined to think that God acts as
the positive and the sinner as the mega
tive, in religious matters. When the sin
Eg5 becomes f absorbed e. t aa a pa
implicit faith in their truth, he yields to
God undoubting belief. The union Of
Gods spirit with the subject is commenced
But man being free moral agent, God
does not, though he might do SO, control
the man by power through the perfect
love and entire faith placed upon him.
By taking this view Of the subject, VIC
may see how it is that the spirit of God Is
removed from man when he commits sin,
aud is restored to himdhFough his repen-
tance, faith and belief. The connection
Of the spirit of God with man may be thus
psycholgically explained--Gt being under
stood that God exercises power, but mans
free moral agency and we can thus
see how the child Of God has foretaste
Of heaven. and feels an assurance at death
that he shall be received into the divine
favor and acceptation Of Jehovah; and
also, how the sinner feels the assurance OF
enduring misery, by an entire separa-
ton from union with God in spirit. Con
science is the guide in both cases, whether
feeling approved, or believing we are not
approved. The Christian has an approx
inc conscience, through entire belief and
trust in Gods love, while the sinner has
evidence of disapprobation, and enmi
ty from a consciousness of living in unre
pented sin, in disobedience Of Gods com.
mand. In other words the Christian Is
led by the electric cord of divine love; but
the sinner has no divine guide.
The state Of electrical psychology is IN
duced in several ways; some Of which we
will mention: by passing off the hands
made from the head downwards; BY a pc
culiar grip Of the hand; BY gazing intent
lly and fxedly at coin, made Of zinc, cop
per, and silver, which is held in the hand
lby which galyar.c current is formed to
assist in overeor4ing the subjects; and By
impressions or the mind BY firm and de-
cided !angua sc and action-saying to the
subiect thai he cannot do otherwise than
he is told; or by belief Of electricity in the
air opera ing upon the will. When in
this condition the taste, smell, hearlng,see-
ing and feeling of the subject, are under
the cont rol of the operator as well as his
physical actions.
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