The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-06-30
StatuYolism and Hay. Twistcr Again.

of the G AZETTE.
We notice in your last issue of June o,
that our brother of the quill. Mr.. Hay
Twister, has been giving his experience
In meeting. Permit us to assure him that
we never though, of applying that quo
tation to his age or to his intellect, be-
cause he might have the age of Methu-
saleh and the giant intellect of Bacon
or Newton. and yet exhibit the spirit of
scientific enquiry we criticised. If Hay
Twistcr projects that scientific nose" in
to StatuvoliSm after the fashion of Il wild
elephant who has broken loose in me-
nagarie, he must expect to have more
than IAN eighth of an inch" clipped an
nually-in fac. if he even kicks" it wont
save him from the lash of criticism.
Hay-Twisters moralizing on his right to
differ from us is all unnecessary waste of
space as we never objected to his right
of unbclief as we would fight for his right
to think the moon was made Of green
cheese" if he believed So. or if he even
believed that the moon had no existence
as planet it would not alter the facts in
the case any more than his disbelief will
annihilate mesmerism or statuvolism.
Ourknowlcdgc psychology .mesmerism.
statuvolism, spiri,ualism and other kin
drcd psychological sciences, arts, OF
conditions was not obtained by going in
on the Don Quixote style Of investigation,
but VIC modcstly stood at the feet Of sci
cntific minds who had made it lifelong
study Of these occult phenomena, and we
were even humble enough to get some OF
our knowledge through mediumship as We
have discovered that statuvolism explains
the motlus opcrsndi of spirit communion.
After all this we went patiently and sim
cerely to work and instituted practical ex-
periments in psychology, mesnerisln, stat
uvolism and spiritualism We have stood
on the public platform and succeeded in
demonstrating the truth of these sciences,
and pardon us if we say there is not 4
scientific writer in America who would
dare attack these sciences in the spirit
that you made the onslaught on statuvol-
ism. Our only regret is that you have no
experiments or facts TO- back up your as
sertions. If you will honestly aud rever
emily investigate these things our word
for it You will find far more than cha!f.
If you had a little practical experience
with statuvolism you would have been
saved from the modification of once more
building OH false premises an argument to
demonstrate that statuvolism is impoSsi-
bic. Because you have no telescope
would it be logical to try and prove that
there are no telescope planets and suns
in existence. Why then spend your time
proving what you have not tested by act
ual experiment?
We still maintain that we are correct in
Insisting that both passicity and strength
Of rtH are essential to the subject before
he can enter the statuvolic condition To
enter natural sleep the organ of sleep
in the human brain must gain asccndency
over the other organs Of the brain. and
this cannot be done unless they become
passire. Now the organ Of somnolence
in the human brain is the cause of the
somnambulic state of both brain and body
to induce this state Of somnambulism
or statuvolsm it is just as essential to
have passirity of the mind in the one sleep
as in the other. Then after the subject
acquires the habit or knack of going into
the state through pasyicity he can bring
his yoltion to bear and at will just as we
do to arouse ourselves out of drowsiness.
The cure Of diseased conditions or the
eradication of pain is simply done through
the art of bringing the nerves Of sensation
or the nerves of motion (either voluntary
or Involuntary. under the power of the
will while in the state. 1t is not nesces-
sary to abolish any law of nature to do it
either as somnambulic sleep is just as nat
ural as ordinary sleep. only, like spiritual
ity many human beings are not developed
enough in that direction to be aware Of the
almost omnipotcnt power of the human
soul. Teachers and expcrimenters call
statuvolism an art but when induced they
call it Il condition or state.
J.B.S.