The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-01-16
.F1YPNOTIS
MADE EASY
Arthur l.. Webb, i'm the 1Hyp=
motto Magazine, Tells
How to Practice lit.


It always to be the case that he really
could not understand others. For in
stance, / once had boy hypnotized
who was dreadfully afraid of his faith
er. This fact was known to friend
of mine who happened to come into
my office at the time; and knowing that
| had told the boy he could not wake
unless l commanded him, and that |
had told him he could not understand
anyone except me, he shook him and
told him that his father was right there
with us. The boy did not move, even
when my friend shook him as hard as
he could, nor would be make an effort
to take a five-dollar coin when placed
in his open palm; though he was told
that he might have it for his own If he
would only take 1t. Not even his finger
tips tWiched. This proved to my
friend, who had been prior to that time
somewhat skeptical, that there was
more in hypnotism than he had be-
lieved. / tried an experiment once with
this same subject, the result of which
has since been verified by numerous
other experiments, to see if person
hypnotized at one time can remember,
at subsequent time when he is hypno-
tiZed, what he did when he was under
the influence at the first time. | once
told him that a stick, holding it before
him, was a snake; and when | moved
the stick toward him, he exhibited
signs of alarm. I told him that he
would always know, whenever he might
see it, that it was a snake. After l
had aroused him, in manner to be re-
lated hereafter, he did not remember
a single thing which he had done while
hypnotized; and when the stick was
shown him and he was asked what it
was, he at once said it was a stick.
Some time afterWard, l think about
two weeks after, l had another chance
at him: and when he was thoroughly
hypnotized. l held the stick up before
him; he at once jumped quickly back
and asked me not to let it bite him.
moved it toward him and he cried
aloud, begging me all the while to take
it away. When | asked him what 1t
was, he at once said: IT'S snake, it s
a snake" Yet, when he was aroused
after this trial, he knew the stick only
as a stick This suggests an expert
ment which l will be glad to try, or
have tried, and show him a stick. |
do not know myself what would be the
result, but | take it that if he remen-
bers one thing while hyDnotized, that
he has done at another time while in
the same condition, he will also remem-
Der everything. To further prove the
fact that one remembers in this way
what he has previously done, l will give
another Illustration. | once told a
young lady while hypnotized, to count
after me-thus, "one, two, four, five,
six" etc, being careful that ! should
leave out the number three. Then I
told her to count in the same way by
number. After arousing her she count
ed properly, much to my surprise, as
will hereafter appear. She was not told
that she had counted wrong, or that she
had been made TO count at all, while
asleep. Some weeks afterWard | hyp-
Noticed her again and, after trying a
number of other experiments, said
Count" She. without the slightest
hesitation, counted as follows: "One,
two, four five, Six" etc. l had, fire.
quently, before that, told a person un-
der the influence to count, leaving out
a certain number-alWays suggesting
to him that he was counting right.
For instance, | would say: Count, one,
two, four, five, six" etc. Then | would
say: '"There is no such thing as three
you will always remember that there
is no three, and when you are walked
you will count one, two, four, five six,
etc. Now, count again." Invariably,
until my experience with the young lady
before mentioned, the subjects have
counted wrong after being walked. The
strange part about it is the fact that
they will not remember a single other
thing that they have done. l have told
them to count off on their fingers; and
they Will, to the amusement of the spec
tators, skip one finger of the hand, OF
will put two fingers together and count
them as one. | am not sure why the
lady counted properly after being wax
ed, but / have reached the conclusion
that / failed to make the suggestion
that she would after being walked
count as she had while hypnotized My
mind is not, however, altogether clear
on this point. Somewhat similar to this
| experiment is another which, when YOU
practice it, will astonish you. For in
stance, you say to the subject that he
Will not know you when he wakes, but
| that he will think you are some other
| person, Invariably q have never
| known it to faiD he will, after being
walked, think you are that other per-
! son. l have had subjects to ask me
where / had gone, even though / was in
| plain evidence before them. This is
true of new subjects as well as old ones
| | have told subject that her sister
who was sitting beside her, was some
| other person (naming the other), and
| that when she walked she would know
her sister as that other person. Sure
| enough, she would declare, even insist
| Indignantly, that her own sister was
someone else The effect of this woulo
| necessarily wear off after a time; but
| to avoid any possible harm that might
result to the mind of one left in sucf
confusion, / always re-hypnotize tho
| subject and remove the false impression
by proper suggestion. If / happen t.
! be the one who disappeared, | simply
say: Il have come back now, anC
when you wake up you will know me. ;
TO RE-HYPNOTIZE.
| To re-hypnotize 1 do not use any
bright object, but simply tell the sub
| ject that / am going to put him asleeI
again. / leave no time for argument
but proceed, often over their objections
to make a few rapid passes with my
hand, touching their face, forehead anC
eyes, always making the proper sug
gestions such as you are gettins
sleepy-ycu will sleep very soon-oh
you are so tired-'you want to rest-t,
sleep-to sleep-and you win sleep-yoI
! are about to sleep now-you are almost
| almost, almost asleep" Pause a MON
ent and then say: Nov you are asleep
sleep till l wake you" If a subjec
ever becomes hysterical, he can at ono
be quieted by simply suggesting tina
he will sleep quietly and withou
dreaming.
| What l have said proves that a GER