The sun., 1899-01-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ruREE SINGLE LADIES IN ONE on
sERVED IN BOSTON

and She IL sane When NO. IL Dehrious.
ro,,oving out the experiments In the study
.,,uhliminal consciousness made famous by
". cbsroot OF tho Salpetrlere School In Paris.
y, Morton Prince OF Boston has made the
-, year n series OF curious experiments in
krnnosis with results OF considerable scientific
-.ius These studies he embodied In a paper
,n,i,i.d An Experimental Study Of Visions"
-hIch yaa read before the New York section Of
,hs society for Psychical Research; at Columbia
i,niy.rsity Library last night. DIR. Prince him
,ei was absent.
nr Prince made series Of experiments upon
, ns,ient whom he called Miss X. Miss X. is a
rnunp woman OF high nervous sensitiveness
,rd has been under treatment for hysterico-
,nurosthenic ailments. Like many persons Of
,inIlar temperament she is highly suscepti-
Ma IN hypnotic influences and under hypnosis
aevelops two personalities distinct from each
o,her and from her normal self. Moreover. she
b,s the semi-hypnotic faculty OF projecting
ylsIons from her mind into a crystal ball.
"Crrstal gazing" which has been made the
hasis OF so much spurious spiritualism, Ia in
reality form OF self-hypnotization. So readily
susceptible was Miss y to this form Of control
that she behed visions while still possessed OF
bor normal self and able to describe clearly her
sensations. though In state OF absorption.
whera frequent pTOmpJlnRS uuu QuebJlOnlnRS,
spch as What do you see ?" Go on" and
"What next2' were necessary to keep her
,teady In her explanations OF what she saw
The notable feature OF these experiments
however. is that in almost all cases the visions
ware substantiated and explained by the sub
consciousness.
For the purpose OF cearness DR.. Prince con-
slders his hypnotic subject as three distinct
persons.
| The normal Miss Y. young woman OF
pleasant and kindly disposition. diRnihed and
courteous. Miss is still Miss when under
the influence of the crystal visions. though there
isdoubtlessa slight degree of hypnosis tChar-
cot used what he termed the first degree OF
hypnosis to induce the visions which DIR.
Prince induces by the crystal ball)
T. 4 secondary self of Miss Y induced by hyp-
nosis and called X. ,selt-conseiops and con
tcious also OF the existence OF Miss X. This
Character cha &C from the normal Miss K It proved
Of little value in the experiments,
3 a vSHoss s ana HGgGfS sSsa deeper s9nd nSa
cous daring and quick witted and exhibits a
X She is entirely sell-conscious and viyidly
conscious of the existence and dotngs q Miss
\ who she declares Is az g., entirely dfIersnt
Miss as she" X she refers to as Miss
afsp HS and not 62 i always bSiny ths ef
remember only parts OF each.
Dr Prince cites at length a score of expert
ments establishing perfectly the identity ofthe
three characters in one personality, a few OF
which are here given. Looking in the crystal
ball one day Miss described a vision of her
"A young man comes across lots from the
street, ;he said. - He looks an angry; He has
Insane Insane Here she exhibited signs Of alarm
Pressed to go on. she continued He takes out
letters and tears them up. Now he has his
watch in his hand and brushes that. He is like
man out of his mind"
On withdrawing her gaze from the globe.
piss Hara befora a Ike pace
He had left friend OF hers. Miss Y. and walked
lcross the hel lds. When he came near he, spoke
boxed insane and she was positive that she
bad not seen him tear up the letters or crush
bis s sGe BY o hn 9PRsh
thought .hatihe had crushed his watch, Ks.
beredthe whole matter at once.
He came out there looking very fierce. He
H Sa fs fsF hG d 'ss sse eFTsh hm wafn
hack was turned When she turned around
again he stopped tearing ,1 Hp + the letters. and
then held his watch In his hand and crushed it.
Prince. because of the sound basis for many
other visions. takes it to be true. 1t is sug-
Gested that the act Of tearing the letters was
vision. and was not recorded on the conscious
BRAIN but on the sub-conscious brain in which
pose of the crushing OF the watch was heard
but not recorded In conscious memory. On the
other hand, these supposed actions may have
been merely inlerential on the part OF 3. the
inference being drawn from the insane" ap-
pearance OF the young man. not noted by the
Another experiment. and one which proved
the accuracy OF the vision. was made shortly
and X in particularly malicious ood. for
she laughed heartily over a mishap OF Miss X
who. she said, had torn up some bank notes in
the street. and thrown them away. In a At Of
absent t-mindedness she had mistaken the bank
notes 3 said. for note from photographer
she added hadn't come to her notice for a long
fne m The hynJp0ic InJ c. spell was removed and
Have you received a note from a photog-
r'DSSs, Ss, stsLyfl sas he rsr,v e" ,ov s,,s
Where is it"
~ tore it up yesterday"
Are you sure you tore it up?"
Yes: I'm very sure"
LOOK In your pocket for II"
A search resulted in her finding the note in
her purse; also that two $40 bills were, miss.
ihg She was much chagrined at the loss OF
{he money. Dr. Prince suggested that she set
aea ip,n mind IN on the money and try the crystal In
ing down Washington street and taking the
tN} n9te and bills from her pocket. They were
she saw herself put the note back In her pocket
ana tear up the bills. There is, OF course. an
eIeHeit OF nypnotlc suggestion IN tnlS case OF
crystal vision. but the sequel is free Of that
tsInt, Shortly after Y 3 said that she"
miss n had been worried very much
About the fate of the money. particularly
p she had on former occasion. thrown some
56ank bills in the fire. while In a brown study,
Snder the spell Of this worriment. continued
SSS SSS she had risen in her sleep. got the, rest Of
her money from her purse and hidden It
under that iluiIy thing" 1t was with dihi- |
Guilty that could he constrained to tell |
There She had hidden It, Meantime Miss
mad been complaining that she had lost her |
money. referring to the crystal globe. she |
saw herself get up from bed with closed eyes. |
get her money. and hide 1t under sort of cover |
on the window seat In her room. The money |
was found there. X s. as usual. was much |
amused by Miss KS troubles over the lost |
AM Another source. Of amusement to the some
hhat bohemian , was a scrape into which she |
tnetsell got Miss X. IL was revealed by one OF |
the crystal globe visions. Miss was sitting |
Yn N : sofa In the medical institution, when she !
looked into the globe.
,,r Why, SOC myself" she said. ''and I'm sit |
shhs shs ,rlght on this same sofa. Why-what-ohW |
Nell what's the matter 2" asked DR.. Pierce. |
MhyEoh. dear! 1t can't be me. But it is. |
meyer did such thing in my life"
~ on said the doctor. Tell me aboutit." |
rMhy I'm smoking cigarette !"
Ntne ydoctOr took away the globe and asked |
Stnss Stnss y II sho couldn't remember smoking