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

Brett's for II piece of dress goods.
! Before she goes she has fully made up
her mind what to purchase, the
exact material, cost and shade. On
entering the store the polite clerk
| shows her piece after piece, in fact
pulls half the store down Tor her IN
sprction; the desired shade is not eX-
actly found. Soon the clerk seeing
an opening begins to unconsciously
exercise his hypnOtic powers. He
praises II certain pattern IN language
sweet and low, tells of its beauty,
how we'll it will suit her complexion,
casts in Il too utterly sweet smile, the
| fair one falterS. she waivers, and is
lost The pattern is cut, done up,
and-''hubby will pay the bill'-
departs. Size knows we'll enough at
the time that this is not what she
wants, Yet something almost or did
compel her to buy. Now what was
that power? Hypno'ism, and hyp-
nOtism only. Let her examine the
goods when at home and after tins
| power has passed from her, she VIII
| feel a perfect disgust toward them,
upbraiding herself for being such ii
| fool as to listen to that insignificant
snipe OF Il clerk; yet the next time she
| wants "A dress ia tern she will again
90 To The same store and 10 the same
clerk. Such a clerk il a fortune to
his emploN er and they are the ones
who draw the largest salary. The
above il taken from actual life, and |
am willing to say that there is not IA
laty here. tonight who has not had
| his experience.
The travelling man sells large
bill of goods to II merchant. goods
which he cannot use and does not
want. Hopnotism again.
The mother walking about and
carries y iretful babe upon her arms.
She walks silently to and fro, sing
ing softly and low an old and
nomely lullaby. Soon the fretful cry
ceases, now and then cOnVulslVe
sob is heard. This too is hushed,
and baby falls into a quiet and re-
freshing slumber. What has hap
pened? The mother, through her
gentle motion, her mOnOtonous song
and love has hypnotized the child
Grandfather clock, which has
stood for many year in ball or bed
room, with it's loud tick-tack- tick
has hypnotized many one into d
gentle sleep. Let that clock stop,
and YOU will roll and toss about for
hours before going to sleep. Here
we have hypnotism by regularity o1
sound.
minister delivering his Sunday
morning discourse, the day is hot,
the room is close. His voice assumes
a mOnOtOnOuS tone; soon one deVOut
member of his flock after the other
grows drowsy and drops OFF to sleep
Hypnotism again.
Thus we might go on indefinitely
and bring up illustration after illus
tration, showing that we are con
stantly hpynotizing ourselves; hyp
Nothing others, and being hpynOt
lied. In fact, | believe that when the
bible is next revised. we will theT
read AS follows: "And Adam spoke
unto the Lord, saving, the woman
thou gavest me did hypnotic me
and / did eat
SOMNAMBI LISM.
This is simply greater degree o
hypnosis 1t can be developed by
the same method as hypnOtism prop
or, and differs from it only in degree
of intensity. 1t is best produced by
methods. SOmnambuliSm is known
also as sleep walking or sleep-talk
ing. This variety is a natural som
nambulism. while that produced by
hypnupsis is of the artificial kind
While ia this state the subject may
perform large amount of work anC
will accomplish wonderful feats o
strength and endurance.
CATALEPsEY.
Catalepsey or trance is the last
st age of hypnosis, 1t may be pro
duced by loud noise, bright light
working upon the emotional side o.
the subject, or by first hypnotizine
the subject, and then making passes
and giving SUCCESS ions orcOmmands
1t is characterized by a rigid body
and this rigidity nay be Complete OF
partial, it may inr i've one arm, one
leg, one part or, ~. half of the body
determined by tl' will of the operat
or. The eye lids NAY be closed OIL
open. and the ey. nrlls fixed. In this
condition there's feasibility to pain
and the body, l,nbs, or various
members may b.. FACED in the most
unnatural positi and this position
they will retain fur an indefinite
period.
1t is this condition. which we see al
the old fashi'""d campmeetings
amongst the Shak =, and at the So
called religious r. walls of our Meth
odist brethren. ia this state fire
quently visions ar, seen and prOph.
estes uttered.
WHAT is 1T?
What it is we now not. What
that mysterious power is which one
individual exercises over the other
we do not know. We have an abund
ance of isolated facts and observa-
tiOns and theories; but to sift the
true from the false is the problem OF
the present and future generations
To say that the phenomena of hyp.
notism are only imaginary is a mis-.
statement. We have no instrument
for measuring this force, no chemical
tests to analize it. but that it does
exist we know. 1t does not resemble
electricity, nor magnetism nor gal
yinism. 1t is composed of many fac
tors and many conditions.