The herald., 1896-12-13

Of many a mans and many a woman's
intellect; they enslave and paralyze the
free will Of their subjects, turn immortal
men into soulless, irresponsible autom-
alta and vivisect their very souls with an
unconcern which is as lamentable as it
is diabolical.
The strangest things happen in nature
continually, our everyday life is full OF
them, yet they do not seem strange to
us, although we do not understand them,
merely because we are accustomedto see
them every day. Who would believe
that an oak will grow from an acorn, If
his experience has not told him that
such is q fact in nature? Few persons
realize the Importance and power of the
will and the imagination. Everywhere
we see the manifestation of universal
law, but the law itself is hidden. Ev-
erywhere we see the manifestation OF
will. but those who seek for the source
Of the will within their own brain will
seek in vain.
The powerful influence of the emotions
and the will, of desires and passions,
thought and Imagination, love and hate,
fear and hope. faith and doubt, are the
attributes of what Is called the soul, ana
are employed everywhere ana py every
body, every day, consciously or uncon-
sciously, willingly or unwillingly, ana
while those that cannot control or re-
by them, are passive instruments-"me
diums"-through which unseen powers
act, and are often their unwilling slaves,
those who are able to guide and control
such forces, by gaining control over
themselves, are, in proportion to their
controlling capacity, active ana power
full and true magicians, and insofar as
person exercises such power for good he
is white magician and insofar as he
employs them for evil he is a black
magician.
"The impressions made on the mind by
the effects of the imagination, says
Hartman, may be powerful and last
ing on the person. They may change or
distort the features, they may render
the hair white in a single hour: they
may mark, kill, disfigure or break the
bones of an unborn child, and make the
effects of the injuries received by one
person visible upon the body of another,
with whom that person is in sympathy.
They may act more powerfully than
drugs; they cause and cure diseases, in
'duce visions and hallucinations. I'M
agination performs it's miracles, either
consciously or unconsciously, in all de-
partments of nature. The forces of nat
ure influenced by the Imagination of
man, act on the imagination of nature.
and create tendencies on the astral
plane, which, in the course of evolution,
find expression through material forms.
In this way mans vices or virtues be-
come objective realities, and as mans
mind becomes purified the earth be-
comes more beautiful and refined,
while his vices find their expression in
poisonous reptiles and noxious plants"
.'If q person suffers his reason to give
up the control over his Imagination he
surrenders one Of the greatest preroga-
tives of man and exposes himself to dan
ger. In the normal condition reason
dac fIon fv,,o rrfv ;oy, t< ,fotv
tent: in abnormal conditions the will of
another may take its place, or it may
roam without being guided, influenced
only by previously existing conditions.
IT person is en- rapport with mag
netized subject the image or even
thought existing in the mind Of the
former is Immediately accepted as
reality by the latter"
Such states may be induced, not mere
ly during the magnetic sleep, but also
during the normal condition and with
out any active desire on the part of the
magnetizer. If an audience sheds tears
during the performance of tragedy, al
though they all know that it is merely
play, they are in state of partial mag
netization. Hundreds of similar cases
take place in every day life for the stu
dent of psychology to investigate and
explain, without seeking for causes of an
abnormal character
that men Of great intellectual power
should be bankrupt in spirituality By
their enforced ignorance they bring
dreadful consequences upon their own
heads, and, what Is worse, upon others.
Refusing to learn of the psychical realm,
they interfere with and awake to action
the most dangerous forces of nature.
without being aware of it. Because Of
the process referred to, instead of heal
n Of 1ot 70 hai nh cfc
with their own mental vices and phys
ical ills.
Years ago voice cried In the wilder
ness that 1t is the duty of medical au-
thorities to study mesmerism, and fur
ther, to take away the use from all who
abuse this means and make of it an OBJ
ject of lucre and speculation. But in the
light of occult psychology, it is said to be
incumbent on every scientific body
ray, on every government-to put an
end to public exhibitions Of the sort
and this, to a large extent, has bbeen
done. "By trying the magic effect of
the human will on weaker wills; by de-
riding the existence of occult forces in
nature and yet calling them out under
the mistaken idea that they are not in
dependent forces at all-not even psy
chic in their nature-men in authority
are responsible for the sad results that
follow their dangerous exhibitions. They
are sowing tares in the moral soil, and
verify "this century will not have passed
away" prophetically says H. P. B., DE
fore they have undeniable proof that
the idea of crime suggested for expert
ment's sake, is not removed by a re-
versed current of the will as easily as it
is inspired. They may learn that if the
outward expression of the idea of a mis-
deed "suggested' may fade out at the
will of the operator, the active, living
germ artificially implanted does not dis
appear with it; that once dropped into
the soil of the human or animal passions
it may lie dormant for years, sometimes
to become suddenly awakened by some
unforeseen circumstances into realiza-
tion.'
There are mysterious secret drawers,
dark hooks and hiding places in the
labyrinth of our memory, still unknown
to psychologists, and which open only
once, rarely twice, in mans lifetime, and
that only under very abnormal and pc
culiar conditions. But when they do
it is always some heroic deed accom-
plished by some person the least calcu-
lated for it, or a terrible crime perpe-
trated the reason for which remains for
ever mystery"
'N NJ T. PARTRIDGE, M. D.