The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-05-01
CLEVELAND AND PSYCHOMETRY.

closer than the average or careless obser-
yer would credit. In order to make this
so plain that he who reads may run it
| will be necessary to enter with perhaps
| perplexing minutia into details that,
specifically, might be considered super
fluous aud trifling in Importance.
In order to establish thorough under
standing of the subject between the ex-
planation and the reader it is necessary
to first consider what psychometry is
and why it is; then turning from the
science to the man to consider the
proposition in inverse ratio.
1t is recognized as a law of the
nervous system, that it is capable of
being affected by the subtle influ-
ences which emanate from adjacent
objects. Influenced by this consider
alton it is probable that those
who possess this acute sensibility will be
distinctly affected by contact with living
beings, and would be able thus to ap-
preciate the influence proceeding from
the nvlng nervous action"
With this explanation in mind it may be
we'll to consider first what Psychometry
really is, and in order to gain a defini-
tion that will stand the test of time, the
explanation of the word from lis foun-
tain head, the source from which it
sprang is sought.
Professor Joseph Rhodes Buchanan,
the author of the "Manual of Psychom-
etry; the Dawn of a New Civilization"
and also of Therapeutic Sarcognomy"
thus defines Psychometry:
g The word Psychometry, coined in
1S42 to express the character of new
science and art, is the most pregnant
and important word that has been added
to the English language Coined from
the Greek, psyche, soul, and metron,
measure, it literally signifies soul
measuring, being analogous to the words
thermometry, barometry, electrometry
and similar terms, which signify
special measurement.
y,
the measuring assumes new charac-
ter, as the object measured and the
measuring instrument are the same psy-
chic element and its measuring power
is not limited to the psychic as 1t
was developed in the first
experiments, but has appeared
by successive Investigations to manifest
a wider and wider area of power, until
it became apparent that this psychic ca
pacity was really the measure of all
things in the Universe.
"Hence Psychometry signifies not
merely the measuring of souls
and soul capacities, or
qualities by our own psychic capaci-
ties, but the measurement and judg-
ment of all things conceivable By the
human mind and psychometry means
measuring by the soul, or
grasping and estimating all things
which are within range of human in
telligence."
So much fo- Psyschometry per Sc,
which being freely translated would
mean IN idiomatic English the "what"
Psyschonetry is. And now for the
u why"
But before entering into the discussion
of this latter point it must be perfectly |
evident to the candid reader that there |
IS close connection between Mr.. Cleve- |
and and Psychometry; that is they have
points in common.
AS was seen in his recent message to
Congress upon the Hawaiian wrong, to |
him belongs not merely the measuring
IF souls and soul capacities or quail
les by our own psychic capacities, but
he measurement and judgment of all
hings conceivable by the human mind.
Only this inan with his wonderful com
prehensiveness, his possession of this
occult faculty was able to perceive and
measure the immensity Of the wrong
lore the ebon-hued ruler OF an almost
prehistoric and certainly a cannibalistic
ace. While this assertion NAV
appear extravagant to many of the edu-
lated, or rather miseducated classes. as
insane as once did the doctrine Of rotun.
iity OF the earth, and the existence of
men at the antipodes with heads hang
ng downwards from us, never
heless in the light of advanced
cience these scoffers and doubters
'lainly are at fault, as the history Of all
'voluted science demonstrates. IL tisnot
merely exterior knowledge that we need.
'ut that knowledge Of self, which, before