Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

holding In his hand q round object about
tie size of n walnut and very hard.
which he bound upon the patients arm
above the elbow, USING piece of gray
flannel. That same day the fever went
away and twcnty-four hours later MIR.
Crawford was cured.
81 never know what was inside thnt
piece of flannel said Mr. Crawford.
II was Obliged to promise the Bruhmln
] would not examine IL and of course
kept my word The fellow assured me
that be had had great difficulty In getting
permission from his guperlors 60 apply
the cure. In such cNscs they are always
unwilling to put forth their powers. IN
deed they are exceedingly reticeut In
speaking az all IN detail about their re-
ligi0n. They never try 90 make con-
VCrts"
Before We finished our talk / 80 far
succeeded IN convincing Mr.. Crawford OF
my discretion that he revealed TO me one
of the simpler processes of producing
sclf-hypnutism. 40 not propose 90 dis
close this now but for the benefit OF
! persons who may have a deep and not
merely triiling interest In this vast sub
! iect | may say that one Of the prellmi-
nary requisites IN to devote an hour u
/ day for "a month TO looking hNedly 40 II
| white disc about six inches Ia diameter
! placed on a black cloth IL any one hns
| the patience TO do this conscicntiOusly.
| keeping his thoughts from wandering by
repeating any words That may occur 10
| him, Twinkle. twinkle little STAR or
anything else, 10 Is likely That by the end
of the month ne or she viii have discOy-
cred any special aptitude, " such there
! be- which would justify further re-
searches Things will huppen which win
| leave no doubt Ia the mind ON that point.
| Ihpu 10 Will be- quito time enough TO ask
what is 20 be done next
One OF the most interesting points IN
our conversation, to my mind was the
discussion of what happens 10 the soul
after its release from the body at death.
MIR. Crawford says that IL passes i'm
mcdiately into another newborn body,
which Is fitted To- receive a. Souls, II
would seem. like water, seek their own
level, and the grand resultant of what
has been done In past eNistences or left
undOne. whether Of good or of Ill., deter
mine what sort of body will be given
the transformed soul for Us new nhoue.
Ordinarily the soul. not being conscious
of itself, retains no memory of past ok
isteuce nor has IL any consciousness of
IT'S own present existence As have
said, we people of the West with all
our boosted progress aud civilization, do
not know our own souls But II Is posi-
bic to have that knowledge aud 10 keep
the memory Of previous existence, not
one but many. The Eastern adopts have
this memory aud delight la IL. That ID
the motive Of their continued frances,
for IN these, better than Ia ordinary con
seriousness. the soul looks upon itself
What particularly charncteri2s the
france condition is the awakening Of in
tense coNsciousness of oil the dormant
soul nature which il In man. This dor
mnnt soul nature rs exceedingly complex
There is the domnent self, which h the
real nucleus soul, and everything ana at
tachcd 90 that there are fragmentary
and passing souls which really belong TO
other people
This last point may not be perfectly
clear Ii "a not clear 20 me, and ] doubt
II q Is 10 Mr. Crawford himself, for be
assured me HAT he was VA active com
municnfiOn with an adept on the Subject
AS far however, az he could tell me II
seems that certain souls after death, for
one reason or for another, do not fms
the new bodies appropriate for them in
readiness The result Is they have 10
wait for such h0dics 10 be born There
Is probably q rcnson for this waiting. but
/ cannot furnish H. AZ any rate. during
this interval these unattached souls fix
themselves Gthor entirely or VA frng-
merits upon other souls which are pro-
vided with bodies and influence them 10
d greater or less degree The adept In
his sell-hypnOtic trance " conscious Of
these other souls, which have attached
themselves 10 his own. There are cir
cumatances which cause these super
imposed souls 10 awake 20 safcOnaciOus-
ness and separate memory. There even
seems 20 be q possibility Of confounding
the different Gets Of souls which are CON
nected With one body
This ~ becoming too abstruse for me,
think / viii leave the rest 20 Mr.
Crawford and the adopts.
CLEVELAND MOTFET'p