The Anaconda standard., 1899-12-13
NATURES SNYSTERY AND SAAGIC.

general makeup which have SO far re-
manned secreted. In book on the sub
ject that appeared some years ago it
was said: "The future of science lies
chiefly in the region that Is now called
unscientiflc, and the further revelations
in regard to religion must come from
studying the inner nature of mar, for
man Is a spirit and God Is a s3~gst,
and the need of man Is the findl,s OF
himself-the proving of the immatesial
self which hungers for the spirit that is
the father"
For those who have made some study
of the subject. and who are aware of
the commonplace though seemingly
miraculous effects of mind upon mind,
it will be interesting to note the ap-
parent analogy between the workings
of the wireless telegraph and the word
less conveying of command to the mind
of the hypnotized patient. In the two
cases the media utilized for the con-
veyance Of the message may be entirely
different, but it is interesting to see
that in both cases messages are sent
through space that is not bridged by
wire or by any other material method
for contact, and that in both cases the
message is received through the use of
a substance that is very sensitive to
vibration. In one case there are a
transmitter and receiver-a crude ap-
paratus, with wires, that is worked
with the aid of electricity-and in the
other case the apparatus is made Of
flesh and blood and nerve pulp, which
also works, perhaps. with the aid OF
electricity. One is admittedly a ma
chine. What is the other?
Every experimenter in hypnotism
knows that thought, command and in
tention can be transmitted from mind
to mind without words, and that che
will of the mesmer.zed person Is al
most wholly possessed by that of the
actuator. What does this mean? Can
the ordinary electricity of the body be
freighted with concentrated thought
and propelled across space to hold con-
troll of a human receiving machine? Or
is it of one spirit controlling another?
That is question that may be as deep
as the eternal seas, but human re-
search may plumb it before very long
Possibly there is a great future for the
study Of hypnotic phenomena. 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 deaf will be made to
hear delicious music, or at least be
made to think they hear 1t.
In the desire for instruction along
these lines the people of America are
far more advanced than those of any
other region, and it is time they got
what they wanted. The study of the
mind as related to matter should not
be left to the men who have been maxi
| ing money by providing an evening $
amusement, but should be taken up by
| competent Investigators, who might
| carry their faculty further and hold
| lectures and classes SO that the little
| they know could be impartedlto others.
| Among the clergy and in the medical
| profession born leaders of men who al
ways possess the mesmeric power
should be enlisted in this great work
of advance, so that the magic of ma
ture may become a part of everyday
lfe-so that those who are afflicted
may be made glad, and those who are
| in the darkness of total unbelief may
have some of their spiritual nature re-
vealed to them.