New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-07-02

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somnanlbulisna We. spirltlsm.
Written for the Review by o. P. Champlin.
The young lady mentioned in our
last article had acquired the power of
inducing the hypnotice state at will;
and on one of these occasions the fol-
lowing scene took place which we will
give largely in the language of DR..
Hammond. Out of a volume of Plats
she read from the Apology of Socrates
with calm, impressive voice the pas
sage wherein he discourses of the bless
edness of death. LAS she reached the
close, her voice became impressibly
sad, the book dropped from her hand,
her eyes were fixed on vacancy, her
hands lay quietly in her lap, her breath
came irregularly, and tears were flow.
ing down her cheeks. Her pulse,
which before she began to read was
eighty-four per minute, was now one
hundred and eight. AS her abstract.
ion became more profound it fell, till
when she was unconscious, three min
utes after she ceased reading, it was
only seventy-two."
Her hypnotized state was thorough.
ly tested and she was already in the
condition of artificial somnambulism.
There was no deception. We trans.
cribe the following: She was asked if
there were any spirits in the room.
Her answer was Eyes,
"Whose spirits are thsy?"
''The spirits of Socratis is here, the
spirits of Plato, the spirits of Schleier.
macher." C'She had been reading
Schleiermacher's Indroductions to Di-
olognes of Plato.')
'Do you not also see the spirit of
Schenkelfuerst?' This was a ruse
there being no such person. "Schenk-
elfuerst?' she asked.
eyes; he was Schleiermacher's con.
slant companion and friend
'Schenkelfuerst," she repeated;
''what a singular name!'' She was ST.
lent for a moment, and then her face
was lit up with smile, and she ex-
claimed:
II see him; he is a small dark man,
sharp piercing eyes; he wears coat
trimmed with fur; he approaches
Schleiermacher; they embrace; they
are talking to each other.''
Twill not Schleiermacher send some
message through you!"
"No; he has gone away with his
friend.''
"Will no other spirit communicate?
eyes, there is one coming now; a
man with moprnful face; his name
is Bruno--Giordano Bruno. He speaks;
he says Here follows a citation
from his life which she had finished
reading a short time previous, but we
will not give it. AS a change to the
current of her thoughts, .and attest of
her powers of provision she was asked
who would be the first patient to en-
ter DR.. Hammond's Office that day
week and what would be the nature
of the disease of such patient. Her
reply was prompt, and the person was
infinitely described. No such person
however came to the Office. She was
still further tested in this particular
but with no better results. A table
with paper was placed before her and
with pencil in hand, she was requested
again to place herself u, rapport with
some spirit. At once she wrote as fol-
lows: Let all the world hear my voice
and follow the preceipts inculcate.
There are many fools and hut few
wise. I write for the former, and am
probably fool myself, for constant
ly see charm yawning at my side;
and though my intellect tells me there
IS no charm near me, place serum
so that cannot see it. PASCAL. She
had that day been reading memoir
of Pascal.
After this came the following con.
yersation. ''Where are you now!''
I'm New York. mo, you are in a
vessel at sea; there is a terrible storm;
are you not afraid!''
Yes, / am very much frightened;
what shall I do?O Oh, save me, save me!''
She wrung her hands, screamed with
terror, rose from her chair and paced
the room, apparently suffering inten
sely from fear. In the midst Of hel
! agitation she awoke, and it was moi
without difficulty that the impression
she had received could be removed. 81
Her Somnambulic powers were sub
sequently tested but with similar re
suits. Certain parts Of her nervous
system were inactive while other.