New-York tribune., 1899-12-03

scientific, and 1t may be tnht we ""N"
tinct gain for ourselves when we retuse W eo
fine our beliefs to ordinary scientific limits ro'
a quarter of a century Science has dealt WIN u'
In rather high handed way "Ihou shit "o'
believe in anything thou canst not eat i"''
crudely speaking, has been one OF the chlei conr
mandments Of the last few years. 1he PROOFS
OF the doctrine of evolution, which on the Whoic
have been satisfactory, have credited science
with too much, even though the gains nlaue
through that study have been enormous. lhose
gains are now being Incorporated in religion
and as part of the history of man they were
both great and necessary; but further personai
gain may be made In the discovery that thc
world Is not all pudding and cannot all be eateh
and that there are many matters and conditions
that can perhaps never be found out through
ordinary scientific methods Of research.
What fine chemists scales Will weigh the I'M
ponderable? What meter will measure the ef-
feet of will power on the mind OF another' Z
There are more things In heaven and earth than
are dreamed Of In materialism, and now that
the more simple mental phenomena exhibited Dy
hvpnotlzed patients are being taught and studied
I'm New-Yorl1 there Is hope that the majority Oh
mankind may soon become aware of the exist
ence of those parts Of their general makeup
which have so far remained secreted. In booK
on the subject that appeared some years ago II
was said "The future Of science lies chieny III
"the region that Is now calico unscientihc, ana
"tbe further revelations in regard to religion
must come from studying the Inner nature OF
"man: for man is a spirit and God is spirit
"ond the need Of man Is the finding Of himself
"the proving of the lmmaterlal self which
"hungers for the Spirit that is the Father
For those who have made some study or the
suhiect and who are aware Of the commonplace
though seemingly miraculous effects OF mlhu
upon mind II will be interesting to note the ap-
parent analogy between the workings or the
wireless telegraph and the wordless conveying
OF command to the mind Of the hypnotlzed
patient In the two cases the media utilized Tor
the conveyance Of the message may be entireiy
different but It is interesting to see that IN Doth
cases messages sent through space that Is
not bridged by wire or by any other materlai
method for contact, and that In both cases the
message Is received through the use or SUD
stance that is very sensitive to vibration. III
one case there are transmitter ana receiVer-a
crude apparatus, with wires that Is worker
with the aid Of electricity-and In the other case
the apparatus is made Of flesh and blood ana
nerve pulp. which also works, perhaps win the
aid OF electricity. One is admittedly machihe'
What is the other?
Every experimenter in hypnotism knows that
Thought. command and intention can be trans
mitted from mind to mind without words ana
that the will of the mesmerzed person is almost
wholly possessed by that Of the actuator Nhat
docs this meanl Can the ordinary electricity OF
tho bodv be freIghted With concentrated thought
and propelled across space to hold control OF
human receiving machine? Or is 1t one spirit
controlling another? That is a question that
NAV be as deep as the eternal seas, but human
roeoorcb may numb II before very long. Posi-
blv there is n great future for the study OF hyp-
Motto nhanomcna. Easily superinduced vision
may be utilized; those blind from birth may see
the glories Of the world not with their eyes,
which are only an apparatus but with the inner
faculty which in reality does all our seeing
Perhaps even those who are stone dear VIII De
made to hear delicious music, or AT leas' oe
made to think they hear It,
In the desire for instruction along these lines
the people of America are far more advanced
than those of any other region, ana II ~ 'iihe
tbev got what they wanted The study OF the
mind as related to matter should not De iel' l"
the men who have been making money oy pro
viding an evenings amusement, out shouiu pc
taken I'D by competent Investigators VINO ihisnl
carry their faculty further and hold lectures anu
classes so that the little they know could be I'M
narted 70 others. Among the clergy and IN the
medical profession born leaders OF men "ho al-
woys possess the mesmeric power should De en-
listed in this great work OF advance, 50 ,hal 'ne
magic of Nature may become part OF every
day Hfe-so that those who are afflicted may DE
,oodo olod and those who are in the darkness OF
totoI nnhelief may have some Of their spiritual
nature revealed to them.