The Savannah morning news., 1901-12-27

hos as he stated to give point to his
contention that hypnotism or mesmer-
ism is a tremendous force in the being
not only of man, but of the lower al
mails, and even of insects, and that
the scientists of to-day are but stand
ing at the threshold of mysterious
realm.
DIR. Quackenbos, seen yesterday at his
office, supplemented this example or
hypnotic suggestion with others equally
startling. He denied, however, that the
actress mentioned in his paper was at
the time she made her great success
this Fall in a trance of the Trilby order.
He said:
81 applied in her case principles that
are not entirely new. AS the time for
her first night drew near she became
attacked with stage fright, and her
manager brought her to me as last
resort In her cast I studied her part
in the play, and. as near as it was pos
sible for me to do So saturated myself
with its spirit. She was to visit me
three times. She made two visits, and
on each of these occasions / put her
into a hypnotic sleep, and while she
was in this state impressed upon her
by the power of suggestion that she
was to portray.
81 filled her with the idea that she
was superior to her surroundings. and
brought out by suggestion every dra-
matte capabilty that had lain dormant
within her. I impressed upon her that
her acting throughout would be con-
sistent with her Interpretation of the
heroine of the play in which she was
to take part, and would be sincere and
natural in its tone. After two sleeps
she became imbued with absolute con-
fidence, and, refusing a third treatment,
went before the footlights consum-
mate mistress of the art
"She was not in trance the night
she made her first appearance and
was not even present in the theatre,
but the subliminal force in her being
had been made for the time the doni-
nant force, and her self-consciousness
was completely obliterated.
THAT is all there is in the treatment.
The operator brings into activity the
dormant psychic power in the subject.
Hypnotic suggestion will not give
man knowledge, it simply enables him
to comprehend things that he has
known but half forgotten; it will bring
to his fingers ends all the knowledge
he has ever had, and inspire him with
an overwhelming confidence in himself.
'"There is young woman violinist
appearing in this city to-day, who
her art by CONSCIOUSNESS. l know
nothing about violin playing, but by
putting her into hypnotic sleep and
impressing on her that she was capable
of the very highest expression on her
instrument, she performs now as one
inspired See her some day and notice
the utter absence of self consciousness
in her work.
~ have also had number of min
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got into that state where they dreaded
the coming of Sunday. They come to me
at regular intervals. l put them into
a hypnotic sleep, and by suggestion
make them think that it is not them
selves talking, but the spirit of God
speaking through them. Some power
full sermons preached in local pulpits
recently and reported in the press have
come Immediately after a hypnotic
sleep.
Recently I had young woman
singer. come here from California to
study under one of the most distin-
guished teachers in the city. She has a
splendid voice, but had certain vices
of expression which the teacher told
her would take two years to correct.
| One hypnotic sleep was sufficient to
correct these faults entirely, and al
| most incur the ennity of her music
| ISdCn6T. II was uOlC ny SAlllply llAlPA ESQ
| ing her with a conviction that the
| faults did not exist
1.-THE same method has worked sue
| cessfully with scores of students in
| Columbia University. I had one young
man last June, the son of a wealthy
man in the city, who was promised a
trip abroad if he successfully passed
his examinations. He felt absolutely
| hopeless of being able to pass. and
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mented upon. The experiment was a
| complete success, and he took his
| coveted trip through Europe. By hyp-
motto suggestion all the knowledge
gained by him during the year was
simply brought to his fingers ends, so
| to speak.
"Hypnotism is a vast subject, and
| has been abused by charlatans and
| tricksters, but there is much in it,"
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