The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1888-03-03
THE PSYCHIC FORCES.
Mrs. Clara Field Shows How the Mad
Pursuit Of Wealth May Be Reversed.

4
Pursuit Of Wealth May Be Reversed.
The Opera House was well attended |
last evening by many of those citizens |
of Palatka who had not ia the two pre- |
cedng nights listened to Mrs. Clara
Fields exposition of the science of psy
chometry. The lecture was preceded by
some instrumental music and a few re-
marks by DIR. Hall by way of entertain
nent and introduction. Mrs. Fields
explanation of the operation and the re-
suits to be obtained by means OF the SCI
ence was brief and clear. The lady
demonstrated very easily that a general
knowledge and application of the prin-
ciples of the science of Psycllometry
would result in great good not only to
| individuals but to the world at large.
Mrs. Field struck the key note of this
material age we live in when she took
| the line of argument that her science
was eminently calculated to advance the
| individual in his pursuit of wealth.
| Probably no other line would arrest the
attention of people so quickly. and Mrs.
l.
| Fields success in Paiatka and elsewhere
may be considered as assured if she can
reduce her science to the status of an ex-
act science. The lecturer, however,
pays sufficient homage to the prophecies
as to start out with the postulate that
the mad pursuit of wealth characteristic
of SO many individuals is detrimental to
the mental health and useless. Ii the
individual will simply learn the princi-
| pies of her science and apply them.
There can be no doubt but that wealth
will inevitably come TO him-that
wealth will pursue the individual. In
other words instead of mad pursuit of
wealth by the individual there will be a
mad pursuit of the individual by wealth.
The theory is, that. surrounding every
individual is a psychic atmosphere, SO to
speak, within which the mental on
pyschic forces exert certain weil-de-
fined influences. One versed in the ma
ture of these psychic forces, and habit
ually practicing their use. can by con
tact with the person or with any article
belonging to him read his mind. Ii ons
can, therefore. read the minds of every
person. with whom he does business it il
. easy to be seen that the pursuis
of wealth becomes SO easy tha
, | it may well be said that thu
personalities of pursuer and pur
sued are reversed, and that on
becomes he other. 1t is curious in
quiry, just here, that il this world o
Individuals at large should by common
consent study and practice this art
; | whether all men would not in that even
Z | be on plane of equality still-a highe
! one it is true, but still plane of equal
ity. If, however, the honest man is b,
5 the intelligent use of his psychic force
! made equal to the dishonest man b,
: being enabled to read the precise natur
!. and extent of his dishonest intentions
the dishonest man must, perforce, be
come honest, and thereby the worlt
will be benefited, in that it viii n,
longer be possible for dishonesty to sue
r ceed
AT the close of the lecture Mrs. Fiel,
practiced her art upon several wei
known citizens of Palatka, and they sew
orally acknowledged that her succes
was remarkable. In thus dropping he
I piummet into these minds, however
3 Mrs. Field failed to state how deep tn
instrument went before striking bottom
. Sometimes, as an eminent Statesman
] once quoted .'the shadows murmu
q while the deeps are dumb