The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-03-05
SCHOOL OF HYPNOTlsMl.
a Little English Doctor Who Processes to
Teach the Mysterious Magnetic Art.
CAN Be LEARNED IN TEN MINUTES.
After Which n clover Studcnt Can
Practice successfully en Animal
and Human Lifetime Doctor sus-
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New York, Feb. 2s.-Now. doctor. 1 have
come TO ask you To tnll me all about
your Academy of Medical Hypnotism.
Is II really true that one can by study
alone become Il %hypnotist In the real
sense of the word? Could you, for in
stance. teach me - ~hypnotize? Do you
bciieVe IN clairv2yarcr? Can yau hyp-
hotlZc any one rnd every one? Can one
ever be hypnotiZcd against ones will?
40 you think one could be made to com
mt u crime under It's Influence? Do
you think
~ this point. the doctor. Il venerable
Httle man, inclined to stoutness, with
snow-whSte beard and alert, piercing
brown eyes made Il gesture of iInraa-
tient protest.
My dear young woman! Just pausc
u moment In your mac questioning. /
nave devoted the last forty years OF my
'ite 10 study OF this science, and am
Stll tuuyln the answers to these great
questions which You fire at me so flip
PANTY. Assurcdly hypnotism can he
taught. 1t Is an art, which. like any
o;hrr, cnit be studied. comDrchendeu
ana put Int" practice. In Il course of
lessons. IL you are apt, ] could put you
into possession Of this power. OF
course. to become a master. the art must
spring from Intuition, just rs the mas
lars IN Other arts must be born pos
sessinG II certain accuracy In cstimat-
Ing ctlor. form, harmony. mathcmati-
cal values or what not. Mental equality
doesn't exist. you know, above all IN
the hypnotic art. Some more highly
endowed than others gain the suprr-
macy. juys as soinc excel In music,
painting or poetry
PUPILS.
What sort Of people as q rule constf-
tu;c your clicrtcic?'
MY classes are largely made ND OF
medical students and practicing ply
slcians, many of whom through my in
structlOnS have completely revolution
lied their methods. To-day there arc
more than two hundred practical mag
netlZers In New YSrk city alone"
will o not give me some idea Of
your methodist"
Certainly. a full course of instruc-
iion includes ten lessons of one hour and
IL half each. | also give the same course
by illustrated CcTrespundence and have
as many correspondence pupils as per-
sonal VISITORS
DO q yourself always succeed In
hypnutizlng III subjcc,s?"
by no means. should say tina l do
not succeed In more than 10 per cent. Of
them"
How do you explain th!s?"
You have yourself noticed the In
- - hN''p' NtIssiI SoIlt DeD1ln
nave for you upon Il frs. meeting, and
she corresponding rcpulsion which You
experience with others. Now Il Is px-
:rcinrly difficult to overc me this rcppl-
liant force sufficiently to hypnotic q SUBJ
jcct possessing J.. You have To do bal
tie with the law of It's temperament. and
temperament, you know. is well-nigh
in"luctahle. Generally speaking, q Der-
S-n in w5'rm the animal nature predomi-
mates Is the most easily hvpnotizcd. az
the higher intellectual nature offers
more re4lstar nee to the influence. The
study of hypnotism includes the study
of temperament. and its three compo-
her:s, vitality, motion and mental,ty.
IN every case one n these predomiuates
and determines character. Hypnotism
trcnEthen character. One may be
~hypnot.2ed to think better, to comprc
bend more fully and to act more quick
ly.''
DO you consider that It's results are
In any way supernatural?'
NO; everything is based upon theory
ana is perfectly logical. l~Iypnotasm Is
nerve and Will power concentrated. Con.
centra:ion is the most important thine
IN NE. Nou, for example, are endowed
with great vital energy. a large proper
tion OF which goes to waste. a course
IN this art you'd teach you to conscrv,
mis- vast and splendid force"
What Is your attitude, d3ctor. TO
ward the law OF suggestion. and the ne
ceszity of a passive condition OF tn,
subject 9" -
"~Hypnotism now has almost as man,
sects as religion. The Nancy scboc
holds that the subject must be in a per
iccsly passive state before the operate
can gam control, and there must Away:
DC suggestion. According to Mesmel
very few can be h~ypnotized agains,
their VIII. The Partisan school of IL
Sattpetriere believes that 4. Is impossl.
pie TO produce any result even In tbs
deepest hypnotic rance without the
luli c2nsent of the subject. NV own
experience Is that in the BEGINNING n
subject must be perfectly passive. Weld
ing himself willingly to outside sugges-
tion. once he has become accus-
TONED 10 the power, it is an easy mas
Ter 10 place him lin an unconscious state.
but to make him yield to suggestion
While unconscious is impossible without
his consent"
AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
And how about animals"
Animals are often hypnotized. 1t Is
this art which gives the lion tanner his
power. BY his perfect fearlessness and
easy security he dominates enc inferior
VIII, and Is able to perform daring featS.
Look at that wild little blue bird flying
abou my rom. 1t escaped from its
cage just before o entered. Now, /
give you my word OF honor that / ave
never h%ypnotiZed tina bird; but j think
| / can show you how easily 1t Is lone.
| The greatest difficulty was in catch