The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-10-18

state may De prOuuCeu III oo'Ci" a.
WAYS. First,-tell the subject 10
look closely at a bright OBJECT Tor a
few moments, have his nina d periect
blank. Soon it will be observed that
the eye-lids grow heavy, then close
completely and the subject Is 10 all
intent and purposes asleep.
Another method is to have thesuo-
ject look into the operators eyes.
having the mind absolutely Tree,
make a suggestion that he is grow
ing sleepy, that his eye-ilds are begin-
Mug to close, and ii the subject De IN
a receptive mood, he will 90 as' ne Is
hidden.
A third method is to look squarely
into the eyes of the subject, make a
few passes and tell him TO close MS
eyes and go to sleep.
The first and third method is really
mesmerizing, while the second Is hyp-
nothing.
Observation-Disclosures divides itself
into the following divivisions, VIZ:
l-Auto-Hypnosis.
2-HypnOtism proper.
observation-disclosures.
4-Catalepsy.
Auto-Hypnosis, or self bypnotiza-
ton is that state where the lndlVidu-
al unconsciously hypnOtizes himself.
| am willing to say, that there Is not
a person present here this evening,
who has not noticed this fact. Take
for instance your own case. have
YOU not, perchance, on sOmecold WIN
ter evening, sitting near 1t bright
wood fire. the papers, books ana
work basket thrown aside, gazed
with intent into the angry name.
Soon YOU grow drowsy, your eyes
partially close. and there appears
rising up in the flames beautiful WIS.,
ions; paradise itself seems to unfold
before YOU; you see streets and houses
and hGmes; people passing to and
fro. The scene vanisheS and you are
walking the streets OF some oriental
city, perhaps they are in Cairo. In
Algiers. i'm Canton. Again a change,
YOU now see Moorish palaces with
their innumerable minarets, pointing
gracefully in the azure like air; beau
tiful domes and cathedrals and val
Ieys: suddenly it VaniSheS. ana ola
faces long forgotten or perhaps never
known appear; battle scenes. the
march OF vast armies, you hear the
shriIl tone of the fife. the roll OF the
drum. the steady tramp, tramp OF
the marching soldiers, you see the
conflict, and, suddenly there is Il
crash. the flames die out and your
beautiful dream is ended. Day
dreams we call them, but in reality
it is self-bypnotism.
Allow me right here to bring up Il
thought. Have you not noticed
that when INDUCING in one OF these
day-dreamS. the vision or scenes
which pass before your me .tal eye,
seem to be realities? You have the
impression that one time or another
YOU walked those streets, You met
those faces, and took active part III
the before mentioned battle. They
are 50 real, and it were you are re-
calling from the way back recesses OF
brain rememberances OF past events.
Now, are not these day dreams or
reveries a proof to incarnation? Are
not these scenes which appear before
the mental eye, reproductions OF
scenes and incidents in some one Oh
our former eXistences? 1t is simply
an outside thought and has no bear
ing on this subject. Takeit for what
it is worth.
HYPNOTIsM PROPER-HypnOtis
proper is induced by having the sub
ject look intently into the operators
ewes for a few mOments-the mind
must be perfectly blank and the sub
ject in a mood to be bypnotized-
make a suggestion, and ii the subject
is proper one, or ready to receive
the suggestion will become a fact in
the subjects mind, and he will re
| spOnd.
Authors agree that between so tC
tible of being hypnOtized, the pre-
requisite being a voluntary obedience
| for a time on the part of the subject
| To become numb for surgical pur
| poses, it is necessary to stroke that
portion OF the body and state that il
will be insensible to pain. To pro
duce general anaesthesia it will bt
necessary to make passes over the
entire body.
| Young children it is difficult to hyp
nOtiZe, because they cannot cOncen
rrate their entire mind on the sub
ject for sufficient length OF time
| Idiots, the feeble minded and the in
sane cannot be hynotized at all, fol
with them there is no concentration
| it is all diffusion. The best subjects
are sleep walkers, hysterical anC
neurOtic people. An evenly balanced
mind is hard to hypnotic.
After a subject is hypnOtized, be
will usually awake Of his own &C
cord in a few minutes or seconds, OF
| at the command of the operator. By
telling him to wake up at certain
stated period, or the application
of cold water will also arouse him
! THINGS WHICH WILL HINDER OR PRE-
VENT THE PRODUCTION OF
| HYPNOSIS.
All disturbing noises, conversation
or anything which will distract the
| attention of the subject will interfere
with the mental state necessary fol-
| hypnosis. The operator must have
| the full confidence of the subject, W he
must give himself completely into
the operators power, body and soul
An audience may be distrustful OIL
| sceptical and even this may hinder
| the operator in his work. Has the
| operator the full confidence of the
| subject and audience a most brilliant
seance will follow.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF HYPNoTIsM.
People are hypnotized daily, only
we do not recognize the condition
III "a lyn for N of n J.,6u