The San Francisco call., 1905-06-11
TRUTH AND
FRAUD IN
BEATRICE
N.
HIN KLE,
III. ID.

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acts or even crimes, which In his nor
NAL condition he would recoil from. is
one of the greatest errors possible to
be conceived. 1t is this false concep-
ton held by so many intelligent per-
sons that has prevented the mass of
people from taking advantage Of the
wonderful benefits in large number
of physical and moral conditions to
be derived from the intelligent and sci
entif1c use of hypno-suggestion.
1t was doubtless this idea cleaned
from sensational articles written on
this subject or hearsay from unreliable
sources that impressed Mrs. Denver,
who recently committed cuicide be-
cause she imagined she was impelled
to do so by the mysterious hypnotic
influence she fancied was exerted over
her by man whom she casually met
and whose baleful glances were capa-
BILE Of penetrating space 5000 miles.
This, If true, would far outdo all sto-
ries of long distance healing which
have been told and marveled at, be-
cause the healing at least is working
in harmony with natures forces while
the destruction of the individual is alb
solutely contrary to all known natural
laws
However, that all such theories are
absolutely false and unworthy OF con-
sideration is known to all scientific
students of hypnology and allied sub
jects. Although this science has been
known and practiced under various
names for years there has not been
or act repugnant to the individual in
his waking state committed while in
a hypnotic sleep. Indeed, contrary to
this, every practitioner of scientific
hypno- suggestion is aware that where
it is desired even in minor matters to
force the patient to do something
which would be Objectionable in the
normal state, the individual protests so.
strongly as to almost invariably awak-
en- him or arouse him from his passive
condition. In my own practice / have
proven the truth of this assertion re-
peatedly, even in small idiosyncrasies
of individuals, the patients arousing
again and again, often without even
knowing why they awaken. The only
possible class of individuals who might
be induced to commit crime or wrong
acts are those whose wills are abnor-
mally weak or whose natural desires
and inclinations are criminal and who
are only prevented from carrying out
their instincts by the strongest trait,
that of cowardice; fear of consequences
of the law or of injury to themselves as
a result Such persons under hypnotic
suggestion Of another criminal with
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gestions impressed on the subjective
can conceive might produce crime, but
under no circumstances could criminal
acts be committed by pure minded
person in whose normal state crime
would be abhorrent.
Now to the other "bete noire" Of the
laymen; the loss Of will Of the subject,
the tale whispered sepulchrally that
once allow yourself to be Influenced"
or hypnotized your doom is sealed;
you are for all time unde4 the dominion
of another mind and your Individual
ity is lost foreverl
If this were true 1t would indeed be
serious matter that should attract
the attention of all thinking men.
But that these statements are as false
as the other heresies can be very easily
proven. Let any one who has ever
been hypnotized simply affirm that he
will not be influenced again and object
even in the smallest degree, and all the
operators In the world could not have
the slightest effect
1t seems curious that belief of this
sort could be entertained by otherwise
intelligent people, when the very fact
that 1T is necessary to obtain the con-
sent of the patient and have his CO.
operation is one Of the strongest OBJ
jections offered by many physicians to
the employment Of hypno- in
the treatment. of diseases.
Allied to this fallacy is the one often
heard that only weak-minded people
are capable of being affected by this
means-that when affected it is prima
facie an evidence of feeble intellect or
lack Of will power and something to be
quite ashamed of. Instead. of this the
absolute contrary is the fact, and the
people Of bright mind and strong will.
in other words. the most evenly bal
anced people, are the best subjects and
those OF weak mind and will are
the poorest and most difficult to help,
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