The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-10-04
HOW TO HYPNOTIC.
HOW TO HANDLE THE MYs-
TERIOUS INFLUENCE.
The Operator Must be Thoroughly In Earnest-He
MAJ Get Subject uuder Thorough
Control, but Cannot Induce One
TO DO Anything Wrong.

Do all possible 10 introduce n solemn,
impressive and deliberate monotony.
speak firmly. authoritatively and be-
have throughoutin a manner calculated
TO impress the subject with profound
idea OF your power. All tendency To
any frivolity. levity or POPULARITY must
be vigorously repressed. Keep the
subject steadily gazing at an object In
his hand or counting his pulse as long
as possible Five minutes IL the aver
ago time. but the longer the better.
During this time you remain standing.
silent. gazing steadily at the subject.
After three or four minutes have
passed commence making the passes.
These should be previously practicei.
Throw your hand In the direction of
the subjects forehead. as II dashing
water In his face. and continue the
passes downward just below the chest
Practice will overcome the awkward,
jerky and exhaustive passes common
with beginners In raising the hand
to repeat the pass avoid turning the
back OF IL toward the subject This
has demagnetizing effect Passes
alone will not suffice. the will must nc
company them. The mind must be
conferred on one subject, namely
TO close tightly the eyes OF tho
subject, which he should be told 10
close before beginning the passes. Az
ter five minutes OF this operation place
your hand upon his forehead, passing
the thumb lightly downward till it
rests on the root OF the nose. Repeat
this several times, increasing the
pressure. The third or fourth time
press the thumb rather hard and in
firm. authoritative voice say: you can't
open your eyes" willing nj the same
time that he shall not II he open
them, repeat the process OF the passes
till you succeed. which you win do
sooner or later. When you have been
successful in fixing his eyes so that he
cannot open them tell him to go to
sleep. ana continue making passes for
some time to deepen your influence.
Lot him sleep for few minutes, then
awaken him by sharp slap on each
shoulder. with the exclamation OF
"Awakep' and two or three upward
7assea He is now in fit state for
Dhenominal experiment
IL should never be forgotten that the
will must accompany the act Anna
tours too often lose sight OF this and
are consequently puzzled and disheart-
ened by finding themselves unable to
produce the resusts promised them
When once the subject has been thor
oughly charged with the mesmerist's
magnetism he is the victim OF the sug-
gestion and control OF that will.
The mesmerist places a stick In his
hand. telling him IL Is whip or
pencil, and willing strongly that the
subject should see IL as such At first
reason struggles against the obvious
denial OF TACT but unultimately the
superior will becomes dominant and
the subject implicitly accepts the
assertion. and sees whatever the mes
merist Wills he shall see. The field OF
Illusion here opened ia inexhaustible.
AS the subject is victim OF sugges-
ton the mesmerizer can make him be-
lieve anything no pleases. A couple
Of hours spent at an ordinary mes
meric entertainment will teach an OBJ
Hn
the principles OF the art moro than
can be CLEANED from this article. To
undo any effect or remove any impress
sion produced the mesmerizer has only
to make one or two upward passes and
exclaim Right" or any similar ejacu-
lation. The experimental must DO
prepared for all sorts OF unexpected
phenomena
The subject may develop hysterical
symptoms-a common thing with girls
and women. Domagnetize them Mt
once. awaken and speak TO them firmly.
oven sharply. Other subjects sleep
very heavily. II they are difficult TO
arouse, dispose them comfortably and
safely and leave them 20 sleep of the
effect Two. six. or oven twenty-four
hours may DO required. but In any
case there is no cause for alarm so
long as no other person is allowed to
touch: them. This should on no ac-
count be permitted Tho person who
induced tho control can alone remove
H. In bringing about any delusion on
The mind OF mesmerized subject II
In necessary 10 command him with