The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-02-03
Sell. Healing by the Power Of the Will.

Self. Healing by the Power Of the Will.
The facts developed by series of prac-
tioal experiments in the new science of
statuvolism prove that man possesses two
distinct sets Of senses-one peculiar to
the body. the other to his spiritual ma
.ture. The physical senses relate to and
appreciate only physical objects. while
the spiritual OF clear minded senses and
faculties enable him to see, hear, taste.
smell. feel aud move without the a:d Of
the natural organs of sense. but by the
mind or internal faculties.
The anatomy of man shows us that ev-
cry faciculus of nerves supplying the va
rious muscles is composed of two per
tions-the anterior being the nerve Of
motion and, the posteriar that of sensa-
tion. Cut the anterior root Of spinal
nerve and all posesr to mo0e the part sup
piled is lost. but cut he posterior root
and all tsetiag in the part supplied 10 lost.
In the present inactive state of mankind
in the way Of controlling the nerves OF
sensation by the will, but very few peo.
pie have yet acquired the power to feel
or not feel just as they can move or not
move under the control OF the will. Man
was organized so that an act of tine indi-
viduals will would not only control the
motor nerves but also the nerves OF sea-
sation of his system, thus bringing either
or both into action or rest at pleasure.
The statuvOli: condition is the unfold.
ment of mans soul to that state which
permits the will to feel or not feel by
simply sending or Withholding nervous
influence from the nerves of sensation
just as we do when we move or rest at
pleasure.
TO induce the statuvolic state we pur.
sue the following plan, with variations ia
suit the temperament and condition OF
the person, which Is substantially, the
same as that practiced by DR.. Fahne-
stock: We sit down with the subject,
without physical contact, and in case oi
women and timid persons permit one OF
two sympathetic friends to be present in
the room. We direct them to let the
body remain in perfectly passive and
relaxed condition 40 far as possible, close
the eyes. and fix the mind on some famil.
lar scene ut . distance which it is particu-
larry pleasant to revive in Imagination;
Or In some cases it might be better to
speak few impressive words which
were calculated to inspire the personwith
the profound grandeur and s0lemnity Of
the experiment he had undertaken. All
anxiety and uneasiness must be avoided.
There must be no straining effort of the
vision, as when one attempts to discern
q distant object with the external eye,
but the person must imagine himself
calmly scrutinizing the object, scene OF
thought in all its details @ It IL were Inn.
mediately before him. We talk 20 the
person from time to time, exhorting him
to forget himself and his surroundings,
and keep his mind fixed on the object.
scene or. thought so a. to concentrate the
mind. As soon as he sees, or fancies that
he sees or feels anything, he mentions it,
and is told to grasp it fully and be sure
1T II IN all its details. The fundamental
Eides II. that Il the mind csn be sufficient.
~ distracted from it's immediate sur
sr0undfngssit caA just ~ well see or travel
to the planet Jupiter As into the next
room, as the limitations Of matter and
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