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again. inserted tho probe, and left II there hIle
| Iwakcped her. That conyinced her. but when
| went to take out the probe che screamed and
sleep third time in order to got tho probe out &
| After that she came ovory morning for a while
then sat in the outer ONCE for half an pboup pboDp
with the probe In place, and after, that was put
| to sleep again 10 have it removed"
Have yon found that there are any after Of.
"No, except beneficial ones"
"What is your theory about hypnotlsm I"
"Well. don't agree with number OF oxpla.
nations, so called, WHICH have been advanced,
the phenomena to the influence of suggestion
but they don't explain what causes tho condi.
this suggestion. The physicians OF the French
school say that all hypnotic subjects aro In a
nI and az that the hypnotic
whom I consider normal and healthy. Ham Ham
PEELED to acknowledge the Renuineness OF tho
phenomena, explain them as resulting from a
polarization OF the attention. whatever they
~ regard the hypnotic power rs n concentra.
tion Of nerve force. Every tisie we havo a
sion which produces nerve force. Il is this
se oTaSr SSo
his hearers to alternate tears and laughter
RsfSs force an efSres This
different individuals. Like different chemi.
cal elements, these auras sometimes meet
each other When they are agreeable to pJ, each
other there is friendship. When this is carried
tration Of will power we can direct the current
of nerve force or magnetism and mako IL in.
sSr at and W this
more and more perfect control over tho current
and ii becomes constantly stronger. That seems
II do not find any difference between hyp.
notism mesmerism. animal magnetism, or tho
a term flrst used by Braid Of England to denote
the state of sleep into which subject is thrown.
Hypnotism means condition of sleep, nothing
more There nre various stages of the condi.
ton in which subject may be placed. First
there Is the languor produced by the manipula-
nervous and excited. instead OF quiet and
drowsy, you may know 1t Is going TO be difficult
.a to hypnotizo him seSond comes the msgnetie
cannot be awakened by any one except tho
operator unless he. the subject, passes into n
own accord. The magnetizer. however, can
waken him at any time by word.
in which the subject may be apparently
awakened and made to walk, talk. and act at
the win OF the operator. This is the phase gen.
orally shown for the entertainment OF the pub.
lie Magnetic anRsthesin is the next stage. In
IT, the nervous sensibility Is absent, and sur.
gical operation may be performed without the
subject feeling particle of pain. The cataleptic
stage Is one IN which every muscle of the body
becomes ' rigid tho hearts action is materially
Without close examination the symptoms might
be mistaken for death So profound Is the stupor
that tho subject might be literally cut to pieces
without feeling any sensation.
Magnetic clairvoynnce is a stage which is
seldom produced and which at one timo was
inclined to consider impossible. Yet have my
self found several cases in which the clairvoy-
ant condition was developed, and I could no
longer doubt the possibility of such things"
AS before said. however, doctors disagree. An
example of the completeness with which they
are able to do SO was found in physician who
shook his head at DR.. Gums claims.
"Oh yes.' he said. e know that Dr. Gum
says he can hypnotizc subjects. but I've seen
him when he claimed to do 1t and, between you
and me, the subjects were pretty poor looking
lot. They looked to me rs IL the sight of a quar-.
ter OF dollar would hypnotiZe them at mo-
ments notice. l couldn't believe that they
OF hypnotism which was. to me- convincing"