The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-10

resting against the wall Of the room. or |
an easy rocking chair, made immovable |
with blocks beneath the rockers win an
swer as well.-the object in view being |
to have the person remain in q perfectly
motionless position. The feet should
rest squarely on the floor. while each arm
should be extended in easy direction so |
that the palms of the hands may rest sol
idly on the thighs. with the fingers point
ed toward the knees.
Although the ultimate object. in the |
case of diseased person. is not the de-
velopmcnt of clairvoysnce or clear
mindedness. the same method is pursued
in all cases, - being the best known
means of getting the person's mind out |
side Of himself. When the state is fully
entered, aud clsirvoyance or clear-mind
edness is developed. however imperfectly,
it would surprise most people to sec how
large percentage Of successes there are.
Frequently one sitting of half an hour or
an hour will be sufficient to induce the
state. In other cases it requires from two
ten sittings. and in still others. fifteen or
twenty sittings have brought final sue
cess. In fact, the limit of final success
cannot be measured by time. as it is
matter of evolutionary growth, and pos
sibly in some cases months or years may
be required before success can be attained.
But the great majority Of those who sue
coed in entering the state do so in from
one to ten sittings. Thousands of per-
sons in this country have been taught
how to successfully enter the statuvolic
state.
The next step is to teach the person
whose physical frame has probably by
that time assumed cstaleptic rigidity-
that the mind has. in this superior condi-
tion. absolute power over the bodily SEN
sations. and can feel or not, as desired;
and that any resolution formed in the
trance state has supreme effect on the
outer life. For example. if it is desired
to leave any part of the body or the brain
in the statuvolic state, in order that ma
ture may have chance to heal without
Inconvenience or nervous irritation. the
resolution so to do produces the required
effect; and q similar resolution. while in
the state. to feel well. to be well, to for
get your disease or troublesome or bad
habits. produces an effort exactly proper
tional to the firmness and faith which the
resolution is formed. Everything de-
pends on the will of the subject; the op-
orator can only teach and suggest. If
the subject desires to remember all that
may be seen or that may occur while in
the trance state, the memory of all is
carried into the outer life or not. just as
may be desired and willed IN the state.
But one of the most wonderful as well
as most practical developments of statu-
volism is the power to deprive any part
of the organism of sensation in the wax
ing state, when desired for the preven-
ton or annihilation of pain. The method
of attaining this power is peculiar. The
subject is directed to awaken the head
first. leaving the body cataleptic; then,
by an effort of the will, an arm. finger,
finger phalange. an eye, or any other
part can be restored to feeling. and then
instantly thrown back to the cataleptic
state. After this double process has been
gone through with three or four times in
as many minutes. the subject acquires
the knack of doing it. and repeated prac-
tice soon renders him able to throw any
part Of the body into the statuvolic state
instantly, or to return to the waking state
with like facility. The value of this
knowledge to humanity, when practically
applied IN everyday life. cannot be COM
puted-in time it will create revolution
in some of the old '.ruts" of human So
ciety which shall be blessing to the
race.
If the resolutions we have heretofore
directed be made by the subject before
entering the state, all that is needful to
awaken or arouse him out of the condi-
tiOn is to ask him whether he is ready
and willing to do 80. and If he Is, he
should be directed to bring the mind back
to the place from which he started. and
to open his eyes at once. and he will come
out Of the state rs soon as he has done
so. It. however, you desire to rouse him,
and he is not willing, 1t will be imp0ssi-
bic to do 80 contrary to his will, and you
will be obliged to await his pleasure or
let him do SO when he is ready. In .
case of this kind. give no medicines what
ever, but cover the person with plenty of
blankets to keep him warm, and he win
certainly return If he has made the proper
resolution to do so. In case of acci.
dent, in which an operator forgot to give
the proper instructions, he reported that
he was surprised to find his subject in q
profound trance in few minutes. He
lett his subject and proceeded at once
tn . s0mnambulist or trance medium in
the city who was induced to 60 into .
trance for the purpose of giving the nee
essary instructions to his subject as to
how to awaken. The experiment was q
success. as his subject awakened few
minutes after his return. In such case
the subject would awaken in time If left
alone. We have been present in case of
an induced trance where the intention
was to remain in the trance for twenty
four hours. The experiment was . sue
cess. and the person returned all right
precisely on time, although the body was
rigid and the eyes closed so that it would
not be possible to know the time of day.
DR.. Fahnestock discovered, by series
of experiments upon the functions of the
BRAIN that the will was supreme, and
that II, while in the statuvolic state, the
subject made pOsitiOe resolutiOn or en-
tertained besief that certain things re-
lating to himself would take place after
he threw himsclf out Of the condition,
the things thus resclved upon or be-
lieved would certainly take place.
whether he was conscious or not OF hav-
ing made such resolution or enter
tained such . belief when In the ,condi-
tfon. This important discovery led him
I 70 sppiy Ito: It t. the cure q diss:ses. con, 2;
mind. with the most happy results. even
in cases where protracted courses Of med
icine had NO beneficial effects. This
greatest Of blessings Is like I two-edged
sword. guided by the spirit ard knowl-.
edes Of those who use L for evil or good.
u B. SNrTH N. ID.