Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-20

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THERE IT'S" CRIED HIS coMPANIoS.
her while she was under my influence.
She was a married lady, and the effects
did not manifest themselves until after
| had de-magnetized her, and then she
suddenly expressed a wild and unrea-
sonable infatuation for him, which il
took me days TO work of. Is circum-
stances did not permit him to de-msg-
netize her"
This may lead you TO imagine that
you may produce any impression you
choose with IMMUNITY. but against this
must carefully warn you. You may
even produce insanity, which will, per-
haps, only fully develop itself years af
ter. when it would not be connected
with the true source, consequently there
would be no hope of your being sent
for 10 remove il, and the orthodox
medical men would. by their treatment,
so lower the vitality that nature would
have no power TO throw on the impress
sion, and chronic insanity would be the
result"
'Supersensitives whom you have
magnetized fall into tho magnetic state
every time you think Of them and most
deeply when you magnetic other sub
jects. no matter how far distant you
NAV be from them. They NAV
act as you are commanding your sub
Jet az the time to act, and start dane.
ing in public assembly, or suddenly
fall down in the magnetic sleep. or be-
come paralyzed like statue in the mid
die of a high road and be in danger of
being run over, etc"
All those warnings of liabilities TO
cause physical disease. decentralization,
insanity and death. IL is TO be observed,
are no. the averments ofenemies of the
so-called science. but the privately ac-
corded monitions Of an expert teacher,
speaking from ripe experience.
When the restriction OF hypnotSm
was under discussion in Italy Prof.
Lombroso. Of Turin. reported concern
ing the results Of Donato's hypnotiza-
tons; An artillery officer who was
hypnotized BIZ Donate at a public
seance afterward became almost in
sane. From time 10 time he had at
tacks Of spontaneous hypnotisnn at the
sight of any shining object He would
follow a carriage lamp IN the street as
though sperlhound. One evening IL his
fellow officer had not saved him he
would have been crushed to death by
going directly towards IN approaching
carriage violent historical crisis
followed. A railroad employee
had commissions and violent attack of
insanity. A young man of seventeen
became morally depravcd and became
derangcd."
DR.. +. Bjornstrom is undoubtedly
right in saving as he does in his work Of
.'Hypnotism': Many time IL
has happened that an ignorant mag
neither has been able 10 hypnotic,
but not 70 dehypnotize: thus the nerv-
Gus system may suffer irremedisble in
jury. Ry a few hypnoscs. many women,
who previously had only . slumber-
ing disposition 70 bysteria. have had
this disease brought 70 full activity
with violent hysterical attacks. From
all this we find that hypuotism is not to
10 srifed With; that " can harm in va
rious ways. aud that II requires all the
skill and conscientiocsness of an expert
euced physician TO properly use this
powerful agency"
Before leaving this branch Of the sub
iect-the dangers 70 the scnsitive-an in
ciden. related by the abb Alphons
Louis Constant seems worthy Of inclu-
sion. II concerns n natural sounsm-
bulisrn. but. a. will be remembered.
tho Sonnamhulistic state is srtifcally
produced in hypnosis, is, indeed. it's
common manifestation. and the dan
gers ~ the natural state are equally
.hose ~ The artificial.
Two companions lodged in the same
inn and shared the same room. One
had the habit 81 speaking in bis sleep
ahd resrog,ding 20 questions One night
he suddenly CALCULATED sti6ed cries;
his companion avokc and demanded
What wss the matter.
n, v,u not see. said The sleeper.
cha. enormous stone which is hecom-
ing loose and detached from the noun
tain II falls on ne Tt's going IA
crush ne
Well savc yourself
:" Impossible I have nv feet en-
tangled in tne -neshes. which are tight
euiuE. on Help, There. there The
great stone Is falling on me-
There it -. erred hss companion.
laughing and throwing the pillow st
his head ~ awaken him
A terrible shrek suddenly stifed In
~. throat. . convsIsson. Sigh. then
nothing more. The practical joker
arose. ~ pulled his eosnpsnion BY the
arm. ard 10 bis turn frightened. called
cut aIous. The people cane With lights
--fh. Lated sosnnssn ballst vac dead
Ret that IN which the community "a
ueshsns. even more Interested than in