National Republican., 1888-02-06
PSYCUoMETRY,
An interesting Essay on the Elements
of a New Science,

of New Science,
The nifty Club last week listened TO an
unusually suggestive essay ON "Psychom-
etry" from Mr.. George A. Bacon, OF the
agriculture department, which was replete
with interest, famllIarlzing, as II did, those
who were present with this one phase Of
occult science. The speaker claimed to be
a loyal adherent OF the goddess Truth,
knowing no higher religion. Because certain
facts OF experience, he said, with one
favorably situated, chance to differ from
those OF another having restricted oppor-
tunities for knowledge, ii does not follow
that the former are necessarily erroneous,
The establishment OF any branch OF science
does not depend upon the views OF the un--
Informed, but upon the verified results OF
investigation. There are those who are
capable OF seeing, hearing and feeling
what Is not recognizable by the majority.
Musicians express music, artists beauty,
poets poetry. and sensitives or psychic sub.
iects express impressions which they alone
are capable OF experiencing or expressing.
The principle Of knowing is with posses.
sion.
Psycbometry comes from psyche
soul, and "metrom,' measure, aud liter
ally signifies -measurer being analogous
to those orls which signify special meas
AS o science IL shows the nature, scope,
and modus operandi OF mans inner power
while q. an art II shows the method of util
izipg these psychic faculties In the investi-
CATION Of character, disease, &c.
AS to VINO are psychometers, he SAID, all
who exhibit IN any marked degree sensi-
tivenCss to influences, whether proceeding
from objects, from localities or conditions,
from other persons, or from physical
sources, are unquestionably psychometcrs.
Mary who naturally possess this power to
large degree have never thought to eXer-
else 1t, aud hence really know but little
about it. There are all grades Of sensi
bility, physical as well as mental, &c and
this susceptibility can 10y judicious culti
walton lie largely.ncreased Psychometers
are confined 10 no particular faith, belong
| to both sexes are OF all ages, Of every degree
| Of mental embodiment, and OF all shades
of religious belief This faculty shows
| how highly any lmpressible individual may
recognize Ia any piece OF writing, even an
| autograph, the mental and physical ini'u.
ence Of the writer. 1t s the truest reve
| ator OF mans inner self. How does psy.
| chometry register itself:> Agreeably with
the law OF importation or impressibIlity;
when any two objects are brought into con
tact the more sensitive becomes more o.
| less Affected. Every object, animate or In
| animate, has an aura which varies In pro
| portion to It's molecular activity. Pertinent
| quotations were given from DIR. buchanan
| from whom he freely borrowed: from Prof
| l.ewes, Prof. Draper, Prof. Hitchcock, anC
| Others
1t manifested itself through sensation -
| "the perception by the mind OF chang
wrought in the body" Through the nstru
mentality Of the nervous system, say
Chambers Encyclodedia, the mind intlu
| erces the bodily organs, as when volittoi
or emotion eXcites them to action; and tina
conversely, impressions made upon tn
organs OF the body affect the mind ant
excite mental perceptions throughthe sam
channel. Though 1t may be difficult tt
| believe that ones character can be correctl!
translated by another from holding an I'm
read-it may he a sealed-letter to the fore
head. that II can he has been demonstrated
| thousand times. Through the law of i'm
partation by contact or proximlty-throug|
our senses-we come en- rapport with th
universe. The extent to which these sense
may be cultivated are almost limtless
while the revelations they are capable
making overwhelm the imagination.
Who does not know that there are man
who detect the coming OF a storm, for In
stance, long before others do aud even be
fore the approach of any atmosphere
change Is ordinarily observable. The cas-
OF the late Bishop Polk was referred to
whose acute sensitiveness could detect tn
character OF metals by touch, even in tn
dark from the effect produced on his sys
TEN. Facts Of an analogous character oc
curing In the speakers family were related
lie had score Of personal friends
some in private, others profe
sioLal, who were daily demon
stratipg the wonders of this developed fat
ulty. What, he asked, Is 10 he don
with these marvellous facts? II
would have them systematlzed, classified
verified, for In them were TO be foun
the elements Of new science.
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