The sun., 1901-10-06
SOME PHASES or HYPNOTISM.
Hard 20 Draw the Line Just where Hyp-
netic Innurare Begtns.

F,om me Nee DTlsars Tunes Democrat
4 have seen some rather curious examples
of animal mesmerisin In nv time. said a
lover Of nature, -and my observation. in
this respect have mad. me believe enthus-
ia.ticaly In hypnoti-m, aud | am not sk-ptical
even when n comes down 10 many OF the
.xtravagance- ~ this new science The
fact of the matter i that We all seem 10 live
on a hypnotic bass Life seems Co have
been cast that way There il hypnotism
In business. In polltics, IN the professions
Ia all the walks Of life The merchant hyp-
notifies hts customer. the statesman hypnotiIes
the populAce. the lawyer hts client. and the
doctor his patient. aud ho does not have
20 b.. a professor &C. do It. either We all
po-.@ss t. some extent the puwrr 81 hyp-
nothing ~ one Nay OF another. and We aIl
mnv in turn be hyunptEed W" NAV not
forget even IN the Calloususss and indi1er-
@nc. ~ odd age. the iaci that loves -p"ll
has IN u somewhat of the thing We call
hvpno;ism IN th.-. latter times Goo-
soOing. II you please, - hvpnotLing. and
v. may tan" any Of the fascinating stage
snd. after all N T. but another evidence oi
the power which science has been tryirg
To develop and util'fg IN ,he-e latter day-
But ! had ia mint the evidences ot the
principl. Which | have observed M lower
orders of NE lake the ct. for ln-tsnc.
Now. ia. ability of the ordinary hou~s cat
to charm a bird l. nothing more than what
We call hypnoti>m In Il human h~lng The
cat Will simply q \ it, ewes un th" hird wriREl-
"
motions. which m ~nnie way charm the bird.
until the cat - "a clos. enough rang" o. make
tho lean In min" oas-s out 81 ten the bird
will fail 20 recover from the eats influence
IN time 70 grt away ! hav. -s"n snakes
de- III. sam" thing. aud after rather close
observation ! am in.lined 20 h"li-ye that
IA" whole power rests IN the animal eve
Tn. tnan1uvring uf the tail in ~" cas-. ~
both IN" cat aud the sunke seem. to he
sort Of by-plsy. and while ~. no doubt. has
it, function IN the general scheme. the main
power l. Ia the eve " = really pretty
- l.. H. II ~. -,
tie lower orders of life wheu one of the-.
little struggle. l. going On. and do not know
~ ANYTHING that would prove more inter
citing /" ~. .iudcn, Of nature Dogs hay.
the same power. but they rarely exercise
~ When they do, y amounts simply q
rather s'ealthy movement, and the ioe-
gaze j. fixed intentlv upon the ohier, which
Ne approaches, his head j. thrown out ~
q rather -tra,ghtened sttiiude. and YOU will
dud in "a" ca. of tho dog tho same ten
dency o. Wag III" tail which vou will ohServ.
IA the snake and ~" cat and other lower
-Sp~aklng ~ hypnotic influence nh
served specialist. probably the most
interesting ieatur" in connection with IN"
vhoi. subject subject that j. almost ia
finite Ia - rumihCutlon- u what advocates
81 ~. sci-nc" "all suto-hypno,ism have
heard. while attending various meetings
Of medical and other -cientihc bodies some
very interesting r"Uort> on cases of this
k'ud >"l-hypnoi.,m. TO put IN The lay,
fpr -sisrtnc and uhIo~ophi' speculation
tl1u ANY other pha-~ 90 ~" study Really
flFFe eau fe TO UNIV ~ lN' iHs-@lfNlilfH fti
ihi. urucple II nltghi l." used for many
pufp"-'.- % al n"n could "du,a'e them.
-"lv-- ~ g. iuphcti h'lief in u | recall
the theory advanced ~ hartmann, the
,,.rrrau philusupheT Nho followed Sohot,-u-
l1u"t tu hi. advocacy, aud have iu-t b~cu
.drftug II auto-hvpnoiisfn could not 10
iu-t ssstfh Vhsf Hartmann ~aid could be-
a,,nU H.I'd To- hi- PHILOSOPHY ~ iho
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