Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-06-06
WHAT is MAN
World of Matter Becomes lnsig
~ .s..ot When Compared With
The World of Mind.
,.urac Investigation of the Hyp-
notie State.

80 an. il all depends upou the suscePtl
So w. NJ The subject, VINO can be trained
~ - INTO the hypuotic state by almost
~ a,oripulstion After the subject has
o., nftan hvpno,ized the expectation OF
y '"..,,,..ition is sufficient TO realiz 1t;
.H 80 command. or the impression that
.,r,nand mas bsen given when really
-, has deem donel will at times be
-Sm"e1t ANY body can hypuotizs
,no8 subject, and the personality OF the
ssrstion Is simply effective IN the hrst
,r-i.arions of the state; this means moth
r,ora thar that determined, i'm
-.assive manner, aided by powerful
4br.ioue and prestige, is naturally more
a1i,oisfuence susceptible temperament
t5sn a feeble, hesitating manner lacking
.acb rvidences Of will power. sudden
.timplu-, such as a blow or shout, re-
o,akens the sleeper The proportion of
ner-ous susceptible 70 APPROPRIATION Is
ye-y ysriously estimated by different OBJ
servers, and depends upon the nationality,
class. tem permanent, and so on, of the IN
5iyf5pgls observed. II is probably fair
statement that about ten to twenty per
cert. make acceptable subjects.
Tn What extent such susceptibility Is
evidence of nervous impairment Is
question mon which all writers are not
agreed; bat it is generally admitted that
the prevalence of aneur0tic temperament
amongst hypnotic subieo is far greater
than amongst the population at large,
that this trait is most marked amongst
The most susceptible and "interesting"
subjects, md that the most delicate phe-
nomena are usually presented by hysteri-
cal patients. 1t is thus affiliated with the
mi.5er but common and Ito the physi-
ciau) tantalizing forms of nervous dis
ease. shading by imperoeptible degrees
10 normal health.
Asto the nature of the state, we have
little sure knowledge. Some speak of it
as an attention cramp" some describe
il as an inhibition of the higher psychic
braln-ceutres, a shutting of all that most
deios.tly constituted portion of the
BRAIN associated with voluntary control.
In daily life We attend TO only a small
fraction Of the thoughts that find a mo
meutary resting place IN onr minds to
think nationally We constantly and sys-
tsmsncally exclude Gnhibit) host of
suggestions from the chamber CT con
sciousness, allowing an audience only to
s1cn gs are germane to the end in view.
In dreaming we dismiss the guard from
the door, and the most extravagaEt con
RlOmrrstion of fanciful notions throngs
into the chamber. In hypnotism there
Is spring on the door which the opera
tor pushes open, letting in one suggestion
at q time, to which the subject must give
audience, with his attention, usually di-
yded amongst 8 crOwi of suitors, in
teusely concentrated upon a single claim
ant, The subject becomes an automatOn
played upon by the irresistible sugges-
tiOus Of the operator.
The further consideration of hypno7
ti-u would bring us at once to what is
now the crucial point ct Issue between
the two schools" Of hypnotism, known
as the school of Paris, OF which DR.. Char
cor ia the acknowledged head, and the
school of Nancy presided over by DR..
Beruheim. The latter regards the in
tnltely variable and protean phenomena
that hypnotized patients exhibit as one
and all due to the effects of sUggestion
conscious or unconscious With them
the state is psychical in character. The
former distinguishes three stages of hyp-
no.sm, the passage from one of which
70 the other Is by physical means-olos-
ing or opening the eyes, pressure at
points OF these three stages the catal-
epac Is distinguished by an unnatural
lmmobi!lty enabling the subject TO as
sumo and retain the most trying bodily
positions; the letharRic, by an especial
e1ouabiItg of nerve and uuscle; and the
aomuambulic, WHICH ia most akin 10 the
general state discussed by the "sugges-
uCu-ts,' sy the automatic character of
'ne SUBJECTS mental operations. This is
p'!onulog the most interesting
phase and 10 Is here that all the delicate
forms of suggestion have freest play;
mere that marked sensibility to one kind
OF stimulus Is shected which in turn gives
Hss 70 tales Of o,airvoyance; it is this
STATE that presents the striking adoption
"i ''reign personalities, and makes the
travelling Wesnerists' show so popularity
attractive
".'e'1ts for detailed description of
'N'-0 interesting conditions TO the more
1.elosl accouutg, 1t remains to notice
o"'Ns lev points of special interest
'0's VIZ lhe senuineness, (2) the border
.I'" ana 81 the dangerous aspect of
-l'' '.-1! The first Is easily dis posed
.'F tikld extension of the arm for
I'.' half an hour without any of the
0'''t'ag- accompanying such an attempt
w -'.i. Isl person, the assumption of
o'' aLl actions utterly impossible in
~. A3. p AZ state l., q an iliterate fac
o.t f.5 perfectly initiated an elaborate
exercise "hichJenny Lind extemporized
'-. the quickeuing of the percept.
' processes ~ measured by the reac.
"l- 70 -eusOry stimuli aud to men
'.''A. IONS, and variety OF similar
place the geuuineuess of the phenom-
-h beyond question, and every new
-'! strengthens the evidence thus &C
elal.a.ed.
l-ef The second head We have to dis
.'- .ae connection between bypnotism
."'Ng1t trausference, magnetism,
Wy Ale- and 20 on. It is often stated
- The deepest hypnotic states the
becomes clairvoyant, predicts
events reads the numbers on bank
a-'"l only TO the holder, and per.
aLg -lmtlar and more wonderful
ate to say that the evidence
These miracles is satisfactory.
F-lze Of 3 GOO francs was offered
ole reading without the aid of
Sa' and remained unredeemed
70 -sVerai applicants were succs ssfuily
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