The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-04-25
HYPNOTIsM OR wHATg
PEOPLE STILL DIFFER IN THEIR
OPINIONS.
Curious Discussions OF the Exercise Of
That which IA Called Hypnotic
Power--Inscstfgstors Have
Great uspsl


Ia the time approaching when we
shall be able 90 transmit our thoughts
without such mechanical appliances as
the telegraph and telephone? May we
vet see the day when ideas will be pro-
iected from one person 20 another.
many miles distant as freely as sound
light and electricity now travelP IL
such questions had been propounded
half century ago their author would
have been regarded rs a fit subject
for lunatic asylum, and even now
they look so preposterous as hardly 10
deserve serious consideration. Never
theless there are scientists and other
reputable investigators that believe
that tho browning wonder of modern
discovery may be the transmits ion of
thought without mechanical aid.
Even the Investigators into this sub
ject do not pretend To offer any logical
ground for their hope. at least SO far
as the public knows. The whole mat
ter Is SO obscure. i'm fact that II Is
hardly worth thinking about at pres
emit except as n remote possibility Of
wonderful stage OF human development.
There are some things, however,
possibly bearing upon the subject that
may stimulate the hopes OF the inves-
tigators. We know. for instance, that
IL you strike bar OF iron with ham
mer the news OF that stroke is carried
10 "A great distance. We know that IL
you send up rocket from mountain
top the light from that rocket actually
has 10 travel To the eyes that see IL
miles away and that time is consumed
In the journey.
We know. too. that telegraph mes
sages may be sent from rapidly NOV
ing train OF cars. and there are other
strange things, all within the domain
OF physics. that tend TO make US hest
tate about denouncing anything on the
ground OF impossibility.
But. again there arc things outside
the domain OF physics that are puz-
cling us IA good deal in these days OF
wonders. These Is no longer a ques-
ton. for example. that IL is possible
for two persons 10 be en rapport. as
the French say. through the instru-
mentality OF hypnotism. IL is only
within n very few years that physicians
and scientists have admitted the exist
ence Of this occult force. but with wide
practical demonstration has removed
all doubt about IL. II is more than
probable too. that we are only ON the
threshold OF developments in this di-
rection.
The experiments thus far made in
our country have been confined chiefly
10 exhibitions OF hypnotic powers when
the persons on rapport were within
seeing and hearing distance OF each
other. But we learn from recent i'm
vestigations In Europe, where the sub
ject has received greatest attention.
that hypnotic manifestations have been
obtained when the operator and the
subject were not near each other.
Well. II ono mind can exert an i'm
fiuence upon another when the two
persons are 100 feet apart why may
not like results be obtained when the
persons are 100 miles apart?
IL il fact. we'll known To the British
government, that the natives Of India
have some means OF rapid commun-
lcation with one another, at great
distances, which outsiders have thus
far been utterly unable 10 fathom.
When the great uprising OF the Indian
sepoys occurred. "A generation ago the
news OF the spread OF the rebellion
reached the natives at distant points
long bdore the British officers could
get such information with their best
systems OF rapid courier service. No
known system OF long distance signal
ing could account for II. and. In fact.
the matter was inexplicablc 10 the
British authorities.
All that the Hindoos themselves will
say on the subject Is that they possess
"A system OF thought transmission.
which IL as familiar 60 them as IL the
electric telegraph 10 the Western
world. Whether some phase OF hyp-
notism accounts for this marvel or
whether IL is only llindoo 'humbug.
we cannot now answer. We can only
say with Hamlet. In view OF the won
ders constantly unfolding In these
latter days. that there be- stranger
things In heaven and earth. Horatio
than are drcamt OF In your philos-
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