The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-08

= ,ohn oxon she finished Lord OSmonde's work.
s..,rpos him 90 hard with her riding whip that
Z. til,,d him, and then, in expiation, she rave
s.s..lt 10 the doing OF good deeds, and novor
-, better woman than she was afterward,
49, moro fortunate In all, save certain Of her
@.uncrles. or one moro adored. This story fills
III concerning Lord Osmondo and the Lady
ra.-,ndn wildairs that is needed to complete
.hs earlier tale. We have no doubt that 1t will
,.ro.d with tho same eager interest and CRATE
a., ,pproval that rewarded "A Woman Of
Quality"
Mr. j. +. G. Grumbine, instructor OF the
eohool of Psychical Sciences, Chicago, sends us
.voIumo entitled "Clairvoyance, q System OF
philosophy. Concerning Its Law. Nature and
ytrto,dment." published for the Order Of tho
white Rose. Chicago. I'LL We will first quote
s,om tho Publishers Note: This work 10 both
aove, and unique in its subject matter as well
=, in tho treatment Of 1t. 1t 10 original mas
much as 1t marks q new era in meta
nhy,lcs and spiritual science. It is q
kont within a book. II is one of q series OF
T~,aohings which form. rs the author secs at TO
,sme II, a System Of Philosophy Concerning
n,v,nity.' OF which Psychometry 10 the first
,,rss. Clairvoyance the second. Inspiration the
third, and Psychopathy the fourth. Collective
IL they establish q Rationale of Divinity. The
author claims to bo q seor." Mr.. Grumbinc,
vho claims to be q seer, also, IL we under
,,and him, claims, for q modest fee. to teach
the neophyte OF Cook county how to attain
10 that clairvoyant state in which there will
come TO him such inspiration as will enable him
10 understand tho true system Of Divinity"
This seems q little complicated, but the rules to
BE- observed by tho pupil Of the school Of psy-
ehical sciences In order that he may roach this
highly desirable state are comparatively simple.
Here are q few of tho First Principles he is ad.
yised to follow and obey:
Trsnquilllre the spiritual, mental. and material con.
ditions by becoming at one with the spirit. . . .
Prepare. as II were. n mental state as smooth and
classy and as unrufned and unmarried by contrary
vibrations as the placid bosom Of Q lake.
The vision will be assisted In concentration by NJ.
me the eye on q clean glass filled with clear water
uaua pura), and watching, as It were. the scenes that
appear and disappear. Sit at least six feet from the
stand. Change the water at each sitting.
sit in a dlmly lighted room and alternate with total
darkness.
Sit alone.
SIT facing the east. that you may DO In line with tho
spiritual or electrical wave currents which move
eastward from the west. At night sleep with head to
che north by east.
Pursue q vegetarian diet.
Above all. live q simple. natural life and keep close
% Mother Nature.
By following these and a great many other in.
structions. and by paying no heed to 1.-The ante
codent condemnation Of the Mother Grundys of
both Physical. Social. and Sociological Science
or the ipse dixit Of self elected infallibility," the
pupil is assured that. after a while. he may rea-
sonably expect to see things.
Now. while it behooves no one to be either
hopelessly skeptical or merely fiippant about
-l - 80 a. a..
q fact that a very slight acquaintance with the
work Of DR.. Charcot or MN. Binet and Fere, or
with the records of the epileptio ward of the
salpetriere. will show an inquiring reader hat
many Of the conditions enumerated above are
entirely favorable to the production Of what
physicians call the condition Of auto-hypnosis,
In persons of q neurotic, hysterical, or epileptic
tendency. These medical gentlemen, who were
not seers, but cold. unimaginative scientists.
conducted q number Of experiments, in the
course of which they were able to make their
patients see and do most astonishing things. As
also, though with entirely different objects. did
the ingenious NJ. Mesmer, about q century and
0 nalf ago; while the Fakirs and ShoDis of
India have from time immemorial possessed the
power of inducing the hypnotic condition at
will, by means of a preliminary course of fasting
and lowering of tho general vitality. Therefore
when we state that the educational methods
advocated by the Chicago School of Psychical
Sciences are neither move" nor unique" We
but confirm. once more. the old adage that
there is, after all, nothing new under the sun.
1t will DO seen that a strict attention to first
principles in this business necessitates a good
deal Of sitting still, and we know that tho
man who too assiduously cultivstes the gentle
art Of sitting still Is apt to arrive nowhere in
particular. Hence 1t might be as well for any
attending aspirant to psychic knowledge to first
provide himself with q ~helpmate, some good.
useful, matter-of-fact person like the wife of
that philosopher of whom the poet has told us.
She took washing and sewing
Jest to keep life a. going.
While he superintendent the earth.
In view Of the extraordinary activity in tho
"hold-up" industry in Chicago, it might be a
good thing II the professor could establish
classes among some of the leading practitioners
In that line Of business. These gentlemen might
be hypnotized and sent into the back yard to
hold up the woodpile. 1t is quito probable that
they could be induced to go through several
cords Of wood in the blissful belief that they
were engaged in their ordinary pursuits. In
this way the number OF wage earners and
producers might be increased and, at the same
time. a branch OF science that at present seems
to be ornamental rather than useful might be
made TO serve beneficial and entirely laudable
ends.
Another curious instance of tho lengths to
which a tendency toward tho mystic ana the
occul, may lead u man Is shown In 1.-THE Living
Christian Exposition of the Immortality Of
Man In Soul and Body" by Mr.. Paul Tyner
THE Temple Publishing Company, Denver, Coll.
Mr. Tyner, who appears to be at the head Of an
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