The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1888-07-08
WILLIAM NYE.
Tronbled With CLANS. He Tries Psychic
Healing.
His Disease Lack Of Equilibrium In Though


ployment of druggists and physicians in
the treatment of disease. I have hesi-
tated about saying much relative to this
matter through the press, because
feared that it might invade the realm of
| religion, but l am now convinced that
these methods, so far as 1 have observed,
are entirely distinct and separate from
| all kinds of religion, and therefore may
be safely discussed without running the
| risk of interference with the belief which
every: man has right to enjoy unmo-
Tested.
/ have also obtained the consent of
both the Allopathic and Homeopathic
schools of medicine. The druggists also
told me that would meet with no oppo-
sition from them in free and open dis
cussion of this matter Of low-priced and
painless healing.
| QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR THE PATIENTS
l. What is the treatment? Psychic
or mental. 1t is not mesmerism, mag
netism, nor will power.
| 2. Upon what is the treatment based
| A philosophy of mind.
8. What is the basic principle? There
! is q supreme cause in the universe. That
cause is spirit or mind.
4. What is affirmed of infinite mind
It is Interchangeable in truth. There is nc
| causation outside of it, as it includes the
whole, none higher than it, as it holds
| the same of all its parts.
8. What is its essence? Truth, which
| is life, wisdom and love.
4 6. What is mans relation to infinite
mind? He is related to the infinite as
his finite thought is related to himself
He is thought of infinite mind.
Z. What is health? ofinite thought
a relative expression. In reality it is
wholeness-man's true inheritance.
| 8. What is disease? An expression
/ of equilibrium in thought.
/ 9. Does that apply to all forms of so
| called disease2 It is universal principle
and admits of no qualifications. -,
10. How is equilibrium or health re
stored2 By realizing the truth.
have pored over this circular good
deal. / have been a great sufferer fol
years, but had never before fully realized
that it was "a lack of equilibrium il
thought" The doctors had kept this
back. They deluded me with the idea
that it was spinal meningitis. If they
considered it "a lack of equilibrium in
thought" they were efraid to offend me
by telling me So.
Lately have suffered good deal also
from Indigestion, brought on by "a lacI
of equilibrium" on the part of the Ameri-
can raw clam, which l am passionatel5
fond of, but with which l soon become
extremely bored, On Wednesday
closing out some misfit CLAIMS at low
price. / need not enlarge again ovel
these CLAIMS. Suffice it to say that l will
buy no more clans at forced sale.
I Immediately thought of the Psychic
treatment. According to query and an
swer No. 8, my disease was simply "an
i expression for mans belief in falsehood.'
The man had told me that the CLAIMS were
fresh and that he had pulled the stingel
| out of each one.
| l rode up Broadway in one of Mr.
Sharp's cars and attracted considerable
attention by my restless manner. Several
people got of earlier than they had in.
tended, and walked the rest of the way
had left the address at my lodgings
but thought could find the place by
inquiring. All New York people are kind
about telling a man where to 60. They
always tell him even if they have to tel
him to 60 where the worm dieth not but
squirmeth on for ever and ever. Seyera
people have already addressed this hack
neyed remark to me, forgetting that an
utterly tired of it.
was directed to climb the stairs of q
very high building. 'fa man happened
to fall out of the upper window he would
strike the ground in the form Of fine
spray. / have since learned that l was
in the wrong building. asked lady al
| the head of the stairs if she knew where
| / could get the equilibrium of few rest
less CLANS restored. She said that sht
was engaged in the Psychic Industry ani
invited me in.
The room was plainly, furnished with {
dark-browed door-mat and an umbrella
| The mat had number and street en-
graved on it that belonged up near Har
lem.
was in great pain and begged pite
ously to be thrown out of the window
i but the healer told me to be quiet anC
direct my faith towards the pit of my
stomach. 1 tried hard to do SO but it die
not seem to make any difference. TheI
1 was told that my faith was inferior il
quality and deficient in quantity. She
said must exercise the most implici
faith and give her two dollars. / did SO
The healer said that Just as soon as
could firmly believe that my pain haC
gone, / would find that was free from
it. / IIe1erted myself trying to believe
till / was black in the face. The per
spiration stood on the brow of my faith il
great knobs. Every little while coult
hear my confidence rip down by back il
its great effort to assert itself. 1t did NJ
good.
We are told of many strange and al
most miraculous cures by this new meth
cd, if it can be 30 called. Patients wht
have been supported by charity and ont
crutch have risen and gone forth recon
structed; large, eating cancers have sud
denly lost their appetites and ceased Il
eat, and in one instance a new eyebal
sprouted and grew an old socket full oi
optic. Large classes are formed to re
ceive instructions In the faith cure, anG
if they succeeded in believing the above
statements they are graduated.
Sometimes the treatment works Wel
on the disease, but Injuries the patient il
some other way.
Sometimes cure is worked by the lay
ing on of hands and sometimes this il
omitted. The laying on of hands is moi
repuisive to me IN all cases, but it can bt
oyerdone. In riding from Chicago te
Portland, Or, I once had watch which
gave me a good deal of trouble by out
stripping the local time along the road al
we journeyed west. A gentleman on thu
train, who was a psychic heeler, laid his
hands on the diseased watch and it dis
appeared. The chief objection to psychit
healing is the absolute failure in long
standing cases of poll evil blind staggeri
and glanders. In nutshell, the theory
is that If you believe you are healed, yor
are healed, but the most stubborn resist
ance to this doctrine is met with among
both horses and mules,