The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09
THE SECRET GF HYPNOTISM
Some Of the Interesting Phases of This
Peculiar Phenomenon Explained.
Mesmerism. Spiritual Healing. Mind-Resd-
ing and the Rest Resolves Itself lntos
Question of Individual Will Power.
Hartford Times.

asked a series of questions at his last even
ing's lecture on healing by thought power
and mental science.
That a person may be brought under the
will or domination of another. either TO his
good or injury. is undisputed; but there is
o great difference. the speaker claimed,
between going with a persons will and
against it. In giving scientific treatment
we 20 with the will of the patient There
Is q great difference between hypnotism,
or mesmerism. and spiritual healing, for
the mesmerizer, or hypnotizer, can use
bis power TO the Injury of person. while
the true spiritual besler cannot do this any
more than sunshine can cause darkness
Hvpnotism IL the hands of an evil-dis-
posed person may do great harm. 1t is far
better 10 substitute for any psychological
or mesmerIc power the simple declaration
which acknowledges the spiritual self and
pronounces it free. We may make q sug-
gestion TO another. but the suggestion does
not partake of the nature of a command.
If sit down and suggest to you TO take of
yOnr hat and keep thinking you TO take it
OF, you can do as you please; but whether
you take IL off or not this is the point /
wish to emphasize: You receive my
thought.
The victim of haIlucInations 10 the IN
conscious victim of other powers. This
idea is as old as the world. In the New
Testament we read of demoniacal posses
sion. A person In q state of confusion may
appear insane. but he is not insane spirit
ually. The trouble cannot be overcome
on the homeopathic principle of like
cures like" but the exact opposite is neces-
saty. The hypnotic trance mi ght be made
beneficial, provided the bypnotizer were a
spiritual-minded. good person. Spiritual
work cannot be done on material plane.
The worker on the mere material
the spiritual worker. No one has q right
TO throw another into a somnambu listc
condition unless that other desire IL. There
is this difference between hypnOtIsm and
spiritual healing: In hypnotism the will
Is tyrannical; IN the true spiritual power of
thought or healing the will Is cooperative.
j use my will when i give o treatment. /
desire certain things shall be fulfilled. But
the question Is: Do use my will with you
or in Oppositionf You desire TO be well
and desire you TO be well. and If | help
you that does not show that my will is
stronger than yours. but. just as the old
proyerb has it, that two heads are better
than One;" so two wills are better than one.
When we put our wills together we will
together. 1t is long pull, and q strong
pull, and q pull all together.
NEGATIVE PEOPLE ONLY.
We both will the same thing. We do
not think we could succeed If you opposed
us. The psychologist power can be exer-
cised only over negative people. The ma
jority of people are under some hypnotic
influence most of the time. They are moved
TO do things by other people. You can't
help them except through their own inclI-
nation. But when you get them out of the
clutches of the enemy so that they will be
submissive to yOu, then take advantage of
the sltuatlon-not TO hold them under your
power, but To educate them. You have to
take people where you lind them. but you
don't have to leave them there; we must
tako them into a higher condition.
Many think insanity is due to some evil
influence. This belief Is older than Chris
tanity and to-day many are revIvlng IT.
On the external plane this Is very likely
true. It Is possible tor one mind to dOmi-
nate another. but we take the ground that
no one has any right 20 hold another a slave
mentally, any more than he has TO hold
him n slave physically. Any one can be
held a mental slave II he Is willing. but not
otherwise. 1t is easier to magnetic q per-
son than to educate him. lt Is the chrome
defect of n representative temperament to
come under some ones influence, either
through love or fear. The intu-
ence through love is benefcent; that
through fear is always malefc. 1t is
q degradation to be influenced by fear,
but II Is never degrading TO be influenced
by love. Many exercise the hypnotic in
fiuence unconscIously, and they always
have band of satellites around them.
They who yield to this influence are people
who rarely do their own thinking. The
unconscious hypnotizers never rise to
the height OF the true spiritual science.
but they always have people obeying what
they undertake TO proclaim. They tell peo-
pie to obey orders This is the bane of the
world. 1t Is an Acknowledgment that a
person or body of people has the right to
control somebody else. Every W here we see
domination on the one hand and submits
sion on the other. If you take q very weak
person, who cannot act for himself. you
can do everything for him till he is able to
act for himself 1t Is q kind act TO lead
man when he is blind. but IL is much kind
or TO help him regain his eyesight.
Whenever you try to force your services
upon one who Is unwilling you occupy a
spurious position. If you desire to benefit
your patient bring a number before him
and let him select his own helper. | knew
q lady who would willingly take food from
, a plate brought by one person, while that
brought by another she would not touch.
1t Is cruel thing to force your services
upon q delicate person who is unwilling to
receive thcm, although your motive may
be good. You are putting them in an un-
natural, abnormal position. Ii Is not In ac-
cOrdance with the golden rule to force
your services upon weak. nervous person.
lou cannot force person into health.
HOW To HEAL THE SICK.
1t must be done through love or by the
patient working with you. He must at
least be willing you should treat him.
Never treat another without his consent
That is simply an impertinence. IL we
keep 10 the golden rule we shall steer clear
of all malehc or mesmeric influences
Every one uncOnsciously gives Oft an in
fuence peculiar TO each individual. 1t
originates mentally, but it results physic-
ally. This aura is pronounced in some
cases. IN others 1t Is more feeble. 1t is
strong IN one who has a great deal of char
Rcter and individuality. When a person
makes his or her presence felt they
give forth psychic influence
that penetrstes the atmosphere just
rs musk does You may either
like il or dislike IL. but YOU can't be indif-
feTent 10 IL. Individuality pertains ALWAYS
20 the mental condition. 1t Is the EN- odi- |
ment of the mental or spiritual. Ii is the |
expression of the mental. When you feel a |
strong magnetism you may be certain that |
that person IS strongly developed intel |
lectually. This unconscious psychic force |
Is gwen OIL constantly and others appro- |
pirate IL. And anything yOu give out is no |
longer yours-it Is any uOdy's and every |
bOdy's. If you find you are giving oil this |
unconscious influence you should Immed- |
ately 90 TO work to use it for the advan- |
tage of the subject. and that advantage is |
20 develop his own individuality.
You may say that an insane person has |
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