The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-05-16
HYPNOTISM.
The Influence Of An Active
Mind Over A Passive One.
THE COMING SCIENCE.
BY Mrs. Hattie Grinnell.

This has been a wonderful century
and might be termed the wonder Per-
iod" OF the worlds progress. Chemis
try, photography, microscopy, hypno-
tism, telepathy, telegraphy, and many
other sciences have made rapid strides.
The Nineteenth Century has given us
noble growth OF much rich fruit.
Hypnotism is what we might call
unique or quite an exalted science for
just common ordinary, everyday folks to
attempt to handle. 1t contains powers
and mysteries that are beyond the scope
OF those who are not particularly scien-
ti6c. Geology pierces the earth and as
tronomy takes US to the stars; even 80
this science carries us to a still deeper
one Of moulding the human will-the
most Independent and God.like faculty
given and when it comes to yielding up
thai will to another, We naturally rebel
little.
Prof. Harraden is the worlds greatest
living hopnotist. He has been termed
crank" but 80 have all other enthusiast
tic, progressive, scientific people. Cali
leo, Sir Isaac Newton, even Columb bus,
Morse, Edison, and many others have
been placed in the same category with
him, have noticed for year or more
that progressive legislators, jurists, ply
sicians, teachers, nurses, employers and
in fact all persons who are required to
influence others either in public or pri-
vate life have been believers in this
science to certain degree. The in
huence of one mind over another is al
most like an ana"7thetic in surgery or
in the sick room. When a child is i'll
the influence of the mothers or fathers
mind over 1t is something miraculous.
believe that is bypuotisr. l believe one
mind must be nrre passive than the
other but not necessarily weaker in in
tellect, if adults are the subjects. Though
we have never witnessed any startling
phenomena Of the science. why should
not we believe what we read and have
heard others tell?
believe in instantane Gus hyptnotism
as mother hands on the brow Of
her child to relieve or alleviate pain OF
awife's MINISTRIES to husband who is
suffering. This is not miraculous but
truly scientific fact. We should not at
this age ever refuse investigation Of
hot Al
orthodox religions belief. Religion and
science should go hand in hand. Our
minds should be swept clear of all super
stition and also OF antique prejudices
and rustic misconceptions. All science
and discoveries should be accepted as a
trust and should be used for the good of
human beings and for the honor and
glory Of God.
This century has developed many re-
markable ways of nter-communicatlon
too, which no doubt the coming century
will carry on to greater perfection. Time
space, matter, will be wonderfully sub
jected by the mind OF man. l believe
two persons in close mental sympathy
with each other, VINO have great deal
a affinity, can transmit and receive
thought a hundred miles a part. The
twentieth century will greatly increase,
no doubt, the facilities OF inter-commu
nication between minds. Why not?
What have steam and electricity done?
l believe in brain communication as
much as by telegraph or telephone. l be-
lieve in mind waves as much as in the
ebb and flow of the oceans waves. The
theory is not near as incredulous as that
OF reproducing in a photograph the
voice OF one whose very accents and
tones We recognize, long after that voice
is still in death.