The herald., 1896-12-13

her own hypnotic net, before a stone
wall, over which she cannot climb, un-
der which she cannot crawl. There is a
door in the wall, and she holds the key
IN her hand, but she throws the key
away from her in disdain, and fumbles
about in the dark, cropping and grasping
and perversely refusing to take counsel.
and so she will remain until she learns
the true philosophy; until she recog-
nizes other worlds than the physical.
But let this suffice. Science has no ex-
planation which Is satisfactory to her.
self or anyone else. But what does oc-
cultism teach? An explanation she has,
clear and logical, but to fully under
stand you must know something about
the constitution of man other than tina t
ology; you must know that there are
seven planes or states of mat
ter and seven sub-planes of
each; you must understand the
power Of Imagination, and something
about the will; you must recognize the
existence of an all-pervading agent, call
1t what you will, the breath of Cybele,
Akasa, Ether or what not, which is the
source Of, or is, Life, and is the funda-
mental essence which underlies all So
called miracles, and supernatural phe-
nomena Of all ages and in every cline.
AS the parent root 1t Is universal, and it's
effects are innumerable, and no one can
place limits upon the boundless. Some
thing, too, must be understood of the
occult forces at work in nature and the
cosmos and especially the subject of
vibration must be given attsn ton. 1t
must be remembered that Reichenbach
was right in his assertion that light
which he calls "Od," surrounds every
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and is the astral reflection, emanating
from all objects, and it is probably true,
also, that force resides in this light.
We are further taught that there is a
four r-dimenteoriaf plane, the realm of
atoms, however absurd it may seem to
everyday students.
With this brief preliminary, let us ap-
ply the occult teachings to an under
standing of the subject When hypnot-
ism is produced by the mechanical or
Braid method, no electro psychic or
even electro physical currents are at
work, but simply the mechanical molec-
ular vibration of the metal or crystal
gazed at by the subject. 1t is the eve.
which, serving as medium between the
object and the brain. attunes the molec-
ular vibrations Of the nervous centers
into unison with the vibrations of the
bright object gazed upon, and it Is this
ullOl tudl pIOuuCeS the Iy pHOtlC state.
When the influences exerted upon the
subject is achieved by "mesmeric" pass
es, or the direct gaze of the operator, the
correct name is animal magnetism, for
in that case it is the human will of the
operator himself. whether conscious or
otherwise, that acts upon the nervous
system of the patient. And again, it is
through vibration. only atomic, not
molecular. produced by that act of en-
ergy called will, in the ether of space,
that the superhypnotic state, called
suggestion" Is induced. Mark well
that what is called will vibrations is alb
solutely distinct from the vibrations pro-
duced by the simple mechanical molec-
ular motion; the two acting upon two
separate degrees of the cosmo-terres-
trial planes, molecular motion being at
the rate Of 100,000,000 vibrations, and
atomic motion at the rate of 800, ,000, 900
vibrations, per second.
In the act of magnetising. we are fur
ther taught, science to the contrary not
withstanding, there is really a trans
mission of something for which modern
languages have no name, and which
to describe as will means nothing to us
ordinary mortals. To those who have
investigated the subject deeply, the old
tabooed words, "enchantment," "fasci-
nation" glamour" "spell," especially
Ito bewitch," express far more suggest
lively the real process, which Is a trans
fer of magnetism and is of an osmatic
nature, and this process may be bene-
f1cient of maleficient, either conscious OIL
unconscious. When a healthful operator
magnetizes patient (and he should be
of pure thought, healthful mind, as wei
"as healthful body, to accomplish good
when the mesmerization takes place,
say, with determined desire to relieve and
cure him, the exhaustion felt by the
operator is proportionate to the relief
given to the patient; a process of en-
dosemose has taken place, the healer
having parted with a portion of his vi
tality to help the sick man. But here
comes in a note of warning for while
the vital fluid impaired by the physi-
clan who mesmerizes his patient can
and does cure, too much of 1t will kill.
This may be understood readily by
calling to mind that a company of SOL
diers passing over bridge are ordered
to break" step, because the vibration
of the tread is communicated to the
structure, and should the waves be in
tensified by each step, there is danger
Of the structure flying to pieces, when
the timbers or the iron reach the limit
of strain. This may be made clearer
by an experiment:
Take a tumbler Of fine and clear glass,
produce by striking it gently with a
silver spoon a well-determined note; af-
ter which produce the same sound by
rubbing its rim with damp finger, and
If you are successful the glass will i'm
mediately crack and be shattered. In
different to every other sound. the glass
will not resist the great in
tensity of its own fundamen-
tai note, for that particular
vibration will cause such a commotior
in it's particles, that the whole fabric
will fall to pieces. ... ,,4.
The gaze of the operator who really
fascinates his subjects is more potent
and more dangerous than the simple
who in nine cases out of ten does not
know how. and therefore cannot kill. u
Those who have been studying the Sc
mechanical action is performed on the
first or lowest plane of matter while
the other action, which necessitates a
well-controlled will, is performed on
the fourth plane if the operator
is profane novice, or on
the fifth plane if the process Is done by
an occultist. and it is from the fifth plane,
of course, that greatest benefit is de-
rived. r,ia fosgr
The dangers Of hypnotism are now sci
entifically recognized, but the enormity
of crime to which even the operators
may descend by the practice>is not fully
realized. In France it is already, or
rather, at last. admitted that between
the two states of Mesmerism or magnet
ism, and Hypnotism, -'there is an abyss
AS stated above, zone is beneficient, the
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