The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-05-21
.HAS MANY OCCULT POWERS
Mrs. Lease, o. Kansas, TeIepa-
thist and Hypnotist.
She Believes That the Time Will
Come, and is Not Far Distant,
When Men Will Work Mira
Giles. How She Hypnotized
Republican,.


Mary E. Lease of Kansas is possessed
on the power of hypnotisIn to an unusual
degree To correspondent sho spoke
freely of her accomplishments along
these lines. She said:
Nothing is impossible in this day
and age. The process of evolution has
progressed as far as it eau and tho do
velopments of science are domonstra-
ton to us TINT our eyes cannot see rs
we'll as camera. We have for years
been able to convey messages to great
distances by telegraph, and there is no
reason why we should not convey them
with equal accuracy by thought. ! have
frequently sent thought messages to San
Francisco and received accurate answers
to them. For many years have known
that possessed large amount of cleo
tricity. The Same words addressed to IN
audience, with the same gestures and
the same intonation Of voice, will not
have any effect if not coupled with mag
netism. 1t is this power of magnetism,
hypnotism or mesmerism, or whatever
You may please to call it, that gives the
wonderful influence possessed by evan
gelists.
II rofrained from making public my
powers because do not think it is sub
ject which should be spoken of indis-
criminately. have often exercised my
hypnotic powers on individuals in my
audiences. Once, while speaking to n
Republican audience, made up largely
of old soldiers, at Mount Pleasant, la. in
the campaign of 1892, saw crippled
veteran standing up in the crowded hall
and invited him to step forward and
take a seat on the table at my side He
replied TINT he guessed he could hear all
he wanted to of my speech while stand
ing, but he kept edgiag toward where I
was talking and finally seated himself
on the corner Of the table, rs had in
vited him to do. AS I walked by him
In addressing the audience l occasionally
caught his eye, and whom making ges-
lures would make pass before his faco
Soon l had the satisfaction of seeing
that l had him completely under my
control. When l had nearly concluded
my speech, said would call upon him
TO testify as to the truth Of all the state
ments l had made. He responded
promptly and made most eloquent
speech i'll support of the position had
taken. he was ono of the most rabid
Republicans in Iowa, and his friends
We're moro thnn surprised at tho flights
of oratory he INDUCED in, rs we'll rs Mt
tho radical change that he had under
gone i'll his political beliefs. He was no
doubt more surprised than his friends
onco had rather an Interesting ex-
perlence Mt reception rendered me bv
my sister, Mrs. f. Q. Timmins, Mt her
home i'll Englewood, Chicago For tho
entertainment of the guests / proposed
to read accurately any letter that might
be given by simply placing it between
the palms of my hands. A gentleman
handed me- letter and not only read
1t to him, but told the name of the writ
er and gave a description of him with
out opening the envelope. at meeting
OF the Occult club in Detroit I gave IL
similar exhibition and read 23 letters in
the same way without an error
i do this by intuition, which, by the
way, is power that is much more high
ly developed i'll woman than in man.
Without any spirit of egotism wish
TO say that l possess powers that will
astonish the world. Without any rel-
gieus can't or protesting to control any
force that it is not possible for any man
or woman to acquire assert that can
do anything 1 want to- I think that the
day is not far distant when men will
accomplish with ease any or all the mir
acles performed by Christ. They will
literally turn water into wine and walk
upon the ssa with the ease that they
now move over the land.
In all Of my work upon the rostrum 1
adopt the ethics of Christ. do it sin
cerely and find its effects arc wonderful.
If one does not think evil, he can do no
evil, and his powers are greatly increased
in every direction. The ordinary facul-
ties Of mankind must give way to the
new development which is rising above
che common senses, and the true man
will take the place intended for him by
the Creator. San Francisco Examiner.