The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-11-19


shortly passed, when he cannot recollect
just what he was thinking of. For in
stance, have been in a room with
dozen persons when the clock struck
tec minutes later few of them remem-
bered it, or even remembered anything
that was said or done at that particular
time. The organ of memory was asleep,
but the brain was acting, for, like the
pulsations of the heart, whether the
body is asleep or awake, the brain is al
ways acting; sleep is but state of rest,
rest for the physical, not the mental
man. The mind acting constantly, it
follows that it must act through some
one or more of thirty-seven of the brain
organs, and there is a strange, peculiar
power within the mind, by which it
can arouse any individual organ to &C
tivity at any moment. This power can
be controlled by the will and directed
to any organ desired, or it can be left by
the will to wander from organ to organ,
first arousing one, then another, and so
on. An organ acting upon the brain,
or, rather, the brain acting through an
organ, brings the mind upon the subject
of that organ. -.. ..
Now, let US see how our theory will
work. Suppose that aequisitiveness is
aroused; our thoughts Immediately
center upon the accumulation of wealth;
grand schemes and enterprises are
rapidly conceived and digested; we see
where small outlay will return a
bountiful reward, when the organ of
cautiousness awakens; then prudence
and watchfulness suggest that we would
better be careful; if eventuality, or
memory, is awake at the same time, we
return to the scheme, but if memory
was at rest it passes away and is gone
forever. We lie down to rest; the phys
ical man is in passive condition, every
muscle relaxed; the blood still flows
gently through the system, through the
brain, and the brain is in active opera
tion. The organ of combatativeness is
aroused; we see broils and fights, and if
destructiveness awakens, we are the
person engaged in the hottest part of
the conflict, Staying and destroying,
making wild havoc wherever we go. If
eVentuality was awake, at the time
when our physical system was again
aroused to activity, we remember all
that has passed while sleeping. Whilst
person is sleeping, suppose eventuality
awakes, also self-esteem and ideality;
we Immediately dream that beautiful
and refined people are paying extra at
tention to us; we are dressed in fine
clothing and surrounded by wealth and
luxury, which gratifies our pride. Sup
pose benevolence is awake, we dream oI
giving to the poor; if sublimity, we see
in our dreams grandeur, picturesque
scenery, towering cliffs and deep-falling
cataracts; we travel over mountain
crags and view NATURES grandest works
whilst if mirthfulness is awake, sight:
that provoke laughter pass by us in oul
dreams. Spirituality awakes and We
see ghosts, witches and hob-goblins o.
the most hideous aspect; we are il
graveyards, phantoms of the dead ap
pear before us, and in terror we try tC
fee from the appalling spectacle, but as
long as the organ of spirituality is act
ing, casualty being at rest and event
uaIity awake, the terrible scene will
continue.
One of these organs may, in tn,
period of single second oftime, awake t
activity, paint picture on the mind
and leave impressions there that
would require days and even months t,
follow out in detail with the mint
when awake, and sink back to res
again; in other words, a person ma.
live months, as it were, in a single mo
ment of sleep, if the organ of eventual
ity is awake to retain the impressions
for such is the wonderful power of th
human mind. The only reason why W
do not dream all night is becaus
memory sleeps part of the time, an
when memory sleepeth no person re
tains anything that passes through th
mind.
: BY this course of reasoning, dream
can be explained by the light of philos
ophy and science, but to suppose tha
some supernatural, invisible power tina
cannot be explained nor supported b
reason or common sense acts upon th
r human mind during the hours of sleeI
directing it into certain channels for th
purpose of revealing to US the mysterie
? of the future, certainly requires
l vast amount of credulity. Yet kno'
= that human actions are sometimes a
l fected by the influence of dreams, to th
e same extent, and no farther, that a.
, tions and events are affected by firm b,
3 lief, which is frequently called faitl
i Where this influence is exercised fC
good it does little or no harm, but wher
a as dream-readers would say, the ONE
e is evil-forebodes sickness, death, disa
r ter, or adversity, the influence is ba
= and breeds trouble and distress. Bettt
r cast aside all doctrines, ideas and NJ
e tions that cannot be supported by re-
Il son and common sense, no matter whe
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