The record-union., 1899-02-28


sub conscious understanding that they
are produced merely for the purpose Of
/ experiment. ~ 80
Ninth-A subject Of good moral
character cannot be induced by hypnot-
ic suggestion to perform an act which
he would consider in his waking state
immoral or even undtgnified. Z.
.sTenth--A subject OF loose morals will
exhibit the same characteristics in a
hypnotic state, but will refuse to COM
nit crime which endangers his per-
SON."
"E1eventh-The assent of the subject
Isl always necessary to the carrying out
of every suggestion"
"Twelfth-Auto-sugg is more
powerful than the suggestions of an
other''
In fact all hypnotic or mesmeric in
fluence results from auto-suggestion-
| What is an auto-suggestion?
The "Suggester and Thinker" al mag
azine published in Cleveland, O., Of
July, 1898, page q, thus defines auto
| suggestion:
AN auto or suggestion, Is one
arising entirely within ones own con-
sciousness from thought, mental i'm
preston, or physical sensation. The
! basis of an auto-suggestion may be
either real or imaginary"
| All suggestions, whether hypnotic,
mermeric or otherwise, have to be ac-
cepted by the subject and changed into
o-suggestions before any influence
can be exercised upon said subject;
consequently all influence results from
the subjects own belief, expectancy,
| faith-or in other words, auto-sugges-
ton. Therefore an act prohibiting an
influence which in reality does not ex-
list, would be an absurdity.
Again quoting from Sidney Flower,
Suggestive Therapeutics October,
| 1898, page 900, IT blame this fool book,
'Trilby,' and others of the same class,
for much mischief wrought in this way.
There is no power in another The pow
er is in yourself The weak point in
all these so-called Mental and Christian
Sciences, mesmerism, metaphysics, di-
vine healing and theosophy, is that an
absurd degree Of power is ascribed to
the adverse thought of another. Stuff!
! The power is in yourself! Don't worry
| about wardings off adverse influences,
evil thought projecting, etc; these
| things are not true; the power is with
in yourself AS you choose to believe
it will happen to you. Get down to
common sense and instead of treating
yourself energetically to ward off adj
verse thought, just bear in mind that
you are immune from anything of the
kind. Keep your imagination within
| bounds
| Quoting from Hypnotic Magazine
volume l, page 46: THE favorite objec-
| ton of persons who are not CONVEX
SAINT with the details of the work is,
that the use of hypnotic suggestion is
to be dreaded because the will Of the
subject is weakened by its employ
ment. Such a contention is ridiculous
on it's face; hypnotic suggestion and
education are one and the same thing.
They have the same end in view, name
| ly, to determine the subjects will in a
| certain direction. The point of differ
ence between the two is merely COM
parative; i. e. hypnotic suggestion at
| tains a result which education fails to
accomplish. The one acts quickly, the
other gradually. or not at ALL Educa-
ton is suggestion; hypnotic sugges-
ton is suggestion intensified.
Quoting from "Hypnotism Elk
planned a book published in Moberiy,
Mo, by the Rev. Louis Schlathoelter "a
Catholic priest), page A. Il have come
to the conclusion by study and practice
that hypnotism should be studied, not
only by a few professional men, but it
should be known by everybody. The
influence of suggestion; which under
| lies hypnotism, is of such vital impor-
tance to all men in every. day life, that
everybody should be made familiar
with it," Page 70 of this same book:
There is not such a thing as having
any one under your power; he is the
power, he only yields to your sugges-
ton because he wishes to; and as long
as your suggestions are of an indiffer-
emit or beneficiary nature, he will not
resist"
DR.. Bernheim, the great French au-
therity, claims there is nothing to differ
entiate hypnotic sleep from natural
sleep; therefore every mother and nurse
who assists in inducing sleep in the
baby, hypnotizes it as much as any
mythical Svengali was ever supposed
| to hypnotic a ''Trilby."
| See the position in which every moth
err in California would be placed, were
our law makers to pass such an alb
| surd bill as Assembly bill No. 1O1!
We are all hypnotists and subjects in
turn: every man who uses suggestion
| is Numerically and mesmerically infiu-
encing those to whom he makes suggss-
| tons: and he in turn is being mesmer-
ically and hypnotically influenced by
| every person who performs an act
which appeals to any of the senses.
| It seems an absurdity that the dark
| 5o1,~ of Calop, VVifohrraff ShdilI0 he
revived by the liberal and progressive
! men who make the laws for our glo-
rious commonwealth.
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