The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-01-02
HYPNOTISM AS A CURE.
DR.. Quackenbos Claims 1t Re.
lieves All Maladies.
OAN CHANGE NATURES AS WELL

BY his declarations made In recent
address delivered before the phycholog'
Ical branch of the Medlco-Legal society
that he had exerted n hypnotic infiu'
ence upon an ambition young actress,
with the result that she attained high
rank in her profession. DIR. John Dun
can Quackenbos professor emeritus at
Columbia university. brought upon him
self a deluge of criticism, much Of 1t
unfavorable ard some of II of an I'M
pleasant nature, says the New York
Herald. To this DIR. Quackenbos says
that he has become accustomed as n
result of past experiences. He asserts
that in most instances criticism is pass
ed without full understanding Of the
circumstances.
DIR. Quackenbos was discussing the
nature Of the communications received
by Professor James II. Hyslop OF Co
lumbia university from Mrs. Leonora
Il. Piper when he related his expert
ence with the actress who submitted
herself TO his hypnotic influence. In
statement made to the above men,
toned paper Mrs. Piper confessed her
ignorance of the influences that were
at work upon her when she entered
what appeared to be trance state, but
she expressed the opinion that spirits
were in no manner connected with the
phenomenon. DR.. Quackenbos said that
4, 1nTtVn1 from
two thousand hypnotic patients.
"These subjects" said DR.. Quacken-
hos, explaining his methods, sought
my aid for almost every conceivable
malady, mental and moral; some for
ethlco-spiritual, many for literary or
dramatic inspira ton. | have thus been
brought into closest touch with the hui
man soul practically liberated in the
hypnotic sumber from its entangle-
ment with a perishable body. No In
| Jury has come to my mental or physical
health as n result OF unremtting work
as n suggestionist because | get some
thing back from my patients; otherwise
| would be n nervous bankrupt.
| Hypnotic suggestion is merely a
summoning into ascendency Of the true
man. There is nothing mysterious about
1t except to those who do not under
stand. 1t Is n sudden overshadowing Of
! character defects and mental weakness
] es by quick growth of moral energy.
"In my experience | have given hyp-
motto assistance TO students wishing TO
qualify for n rigid examination and to
the equipment of talented women for
authorship or the stage. 1t was In this
manner that | prepared an actress
within a year who gained immediate
insight into her endowment; she alb
sorbed confidence in expression, and
she went before the footlights a con
summate mistress of her art, TO be cur
tained, as | have said, seven times
throughout the winter after the climax
of the play. To achieve this result the
lady in question was brought TO a full
realization of herself in her higher re-
lationships, and there came to me n
spiritual naturalization for the energy
expended.
"Hypnotism impn $ on the part of
one personality an expenditure of splr-
itual energy which materializes as eth
ical activity in the personality that is
inspired. The majority of hypnotsts
do perfunctory work. not sounding the
depths of the soul they seek to aid.
| The hypnotst who Is IN full rapport
with his subject Is often startled by
his own experiences.
| "As an instance, an actress whom 7
was inspiring with confidence recently
and preparing for her part assured me
a week after treattlout that she had
experienced a remarkable change in her
disposition and hrr attitude as regards
the purity of the stage. She would not
| entertain a proposition from n manager
whose plays verged on the vulgar, and
her newly adopted ideals were so ex-
actly in conformity with my own that
there could be no question regarding
their sources.
'"The time has come when souls may
know of each other without the inter
medlary OF the senses. | do not hesl-
tate TO say that we have within us an
lmmaterial principle entirely independ-
ent of sense organs. These facts cast
light upon the principles of telepathic
Mlnhs blOhEhl lulD
hypnotic contact can exchange
thoughts. ideas. convictions and feel
ings which suggest the possibility that
such minds may communicate without
reference TO space limitations.
Some years ago the late Austin
Corbin purchased $4,000 acres of farm
and wood land in sullivan county. N.
H., and stocked the estate literally
with game. Recently Austin Corbin.
Jr., reported the presence Of mountain
lions and of lynx in the park. BY some
mysterious power the great cat that
vanished from this region a century
ago became aware of the presence Of
deer and elk in Blue Mountain park
In my work have at times felt my
self thwarted by an intervening intelli.
gence that opposed the strongest in