The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-03
PSYCHIC IN DETROIT
There Are Development Classes "
Conducted by Ladies.
HOW TO ACQUIRE POWER
Seek Lonely Spot. SIT Still. Think.
Dismiss All Care and Anxiety
and Project the Mind to
Distant Place.
From the Detroit Tribune.


ed in psychical thought would be very
much surprised If they could take a
peep into some Of the wellJfurnished
parlors of the city, these autumn even
ings. and see the groups gathered for
the express purpose of psychical de-
velopment. These gatherings are usu-
ally termed Glasses and are led or
conducted by some person who has
had experience enough in the matter
to be considered capable of instruct
ing
These classes are not composed of
the ignorant portion of the community,
but of well read, well bred. educated
people who. through Thought and
study. have arrived ait the conviction
that there Is a mental force above
and beyond the five senses which can
lead to heights of discovery in higher
realms, and that the only way TO en-
chain this force and utilize IL is to
begin by developing 1t. Therefore the
classes are called developing classes.
Mrs. Eva Pfuntner held a large class
OF this sort here last winter. DR.. Cas-
sius Mcdonald of 451 Second street,
has opened several classes at the pres
emit time. and there are besides many
more in our midst.
oftentimes this expression is heard:
II wish l could become a psychic"
and then. with a sigh of despair, But
1 suppose / am not blessed with any
such gift"
Now. IL the art" can be taught. Ut
Is not gift but an achievement. For
1t has been asserted that the higher
phases of psychic culture may ue at
tanned by all. This may or may not
be true. 1t is quite possible that the
possibilities of suoh development are
embodied in every mind, but in many
cases 1t would require more than one
lifetime in which to assert themselves
so as to be recognized, even by the
possessor himself. The desire for pure
ly mental conditions must be an over
towering one before a person can sum-
mon as his helpers the patience and
perseverance which are necessary to
the first step toward success.
That there Is a realm beyond the
external is proven by the very fact
of thought itself, that Intangible force
which knows not time nor distance
but fits across oceans in the wink of
an eye. Experimental knowledge has
come to some that this force can be
concentrated and controlled, and made
to do ones bidding in that sphere in
which 1t is Independent of the external
senses.
1t would seem sometimes that the
very force of a desire brings about its
realization. Others may declare that
you have not realized it-that Won only
imagine that you have. Yet, IL TO YOU
1t Is true. and you have attained 1t
through your own perceptions, why is
II raise. even though another see it
not?
But to develop the psychic force,
How set to work? Many rules have
been laid down. Perhaps those CLEAN
ed for this article may prove both lu-
cid and instructive.
DEVELOPING PSYCHIC POWERS.
The first step is to seek a quiet spot
free from Intrusion and
self in a comfortable position, dismiss
all care and anxiety and surrender
your muscular system to complete re-
taxation Close the eyes, and absolute
ly shut out the outward surroundings.
Then. collect the thoughts and by a
firm concentration project the mind to
some distant place, TO some person you
desire to see. The desire must be DOW
erful enough to hold your individual
attention during the experiment. for
nothing Is more fatal to success than
mind wandering. Let this be repeated
and entirely comprebended; the con-
troll of the attention Is the whole Sc
cret of success.
The best way to commence is to re-
call some familiar face or scene; some
one or something which has been of
absorbing interest will prove good ex-
ercise. Now. having taken the proper
attitude and the place or person is
CShti dAzcu al thought, make the ef-
fort TO see-to actually see the object
OF your desire. Form a perfect mental
picture of the same, study 1t and OBJ
serve 1t in detail until the mind has
become completely absorbed in the
contemplation. AS 1t gradually be-
comes palmer to you, you will doubt
less attribute II to the work of your
own fancy. but do not stop on that ac-
count. for 1t matters little at first
whether the phenomenon be a real
vision or not. The expression real
vision" may sound paradoxical but so
many things which have been held as
real have proved but visionary, why
may not the application be reversed
with impunity?
But what is the object in thus ment-
ally visiting distant place or friend? 1
1t is simply and purely to get the
mind off from self, and when this art
is acquired the first great step has
been taken in the development of
psychic power The inward concantra-
ton of desire. and the attention-in
faith-upon a certain object, will pro-
duce the light in which the object IT.
self becomes visible, the most COM
plete results being possible only
through entire attention to this single
object at once.
The second step in psychic develop
ment must be made to hear as well
as to see. Endeavor to hear wha lever
Is in connection with what you see;
let the mind speak silently 10 the
friend IL perceives and that friend
will. 1t Is asserted, reply tru shfully.
Your mind has become centralized up
on his. and though unconsciously to
him. his true thought will respond au-
drbdy. to yours. Your minds are en-
rapport or in mental sympathy.
The conditions here set forth must
not be COMPOUNDED with mediums1ip or
spirit CONTROL" for they are produced |
by the efforts of the brain only. and |
are purely psychological. When the |
mind wSthdraws itself from all exter- |
nal Influences and centers itself uron |
the internal. II retreats from the front |
brain-the seat OF the objective mind |
Ito the back brain. or the seat OF the |
subjective mind. and the resul< Is a |
state Of complete inward conoentra- |