The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-31
.wHrNCn THn PREJUDICEf

.WHUNCE THE FHEJupilEf cPPy3Flsshs PPPsy3assas is0' shld T OfsIs Of 70 sysT wl ses as ana aRP9nsshd yss deny the evidence ssf f they ss ahs isdasstsa s Ssa own Judgment. They close their eyes systeiIsaficaliy to truths which do not adapt themselves to their precon- 'sstsss One thing. probably. more than any other which has led to unfayorapie opinions of "hypnotism. has been h the notista. The placing of a subject TOT e number of hours asleep In pubic window, strikes the masses as i. some fear ana wonderment One serious ops lection to all performances or this charactsr is that wrong snrlpd impdfetssss0ns tssgss But let us reason together. should we prsscribe q thing We ~ know 10 ps3 gsther is hypnotism put to prevert- a ss pors no nnS sSs alyu shan take 0tns nn fair Advantages of their too creduious
 i5,m Hypnotism should be a part of every left to the ignorant h, aua;e snd ss scnasa cnar1 F ts thing ssst itsss bas # is iD sss the operator that the danger lies.
 Then again there is much preju- dice in conseousncs Of the ,hst genersn ansy Iss persons can De 'iiypnotissd This I, sp- tireiy wrong supPosition is Sassu s;an ei'n nr upon marrow field of experimenta-
 Erroneous Impressions.
 It Is an error to suppose that one under hypnotic control will the more 'sreaidly yield to either criminal or immoral suggsgtlon; g.,SSs Snst the an rensrse ensrse tor to impress a suggestion so strong ly upon q subject as to cause him to perform an act in violation l I'g of & the set t. repulsive suggestion Is to the hyp- nofee the stronger his resistance
 The ma man a,tr of true dFnisy sna Of ans soul S trace of harsh feeling. A truly tenn perate man, when under hypnotic or yield to drunkenness; nor can a truly modest person be induced to do
 A vtrtuous woman. is, indeed, in less danger of assault while in the hyp- notic state than she is in her normal hypnotic subjects are always endowed with q physical strength far superior to that possesssd in the normal eondi- tion is always elevated.
 As the subjective mind never sleeps and as it's first law Is self preserva. tfon of the individual. and as 1t Is more alert when the objective mind a pets m and ns l in nh the operator, I hold that the latter cannot even think an impure thought without the knowledge of the sub
 A natural criminal may be made to do a criminal act when under the con trol of hypnotic suggestion, or at a stated time by sub-hypnotic sugges- tion. but the same suggestion. no mat ter how forcibly given. would have no such a.s sf5sSt & upon man I,, of real moras the crime just as quickly and just as readily. if not little more so. when in the H normal condition; "a. .. prove nothing, because some traces, cf SsRstSI s1s snbjsct hs % is piaylnr aon pnrt p when he submits to be. -hypnotlzed he as- sures himself that no possible harm can befau him: this Is an auto-sugges- fion of self protection
 4 suggestion that would imperil the life of the subject (the hypnotee) if carried into execution would be re- sisted with an energy proportioned to the degree and tmminence of the peril
 Tka Deneat of Hypnotism.
 By properly dIiected suggestions, activities may be arr ested, evil habits ana m natural @ Conditions of health re. re-, stored. The same results as obtained in the natural or setf-induced sleep of which spoke in previous ar
 The subject should be placed in a receptive condition: from this state sna Rs purposea sre arc not so ssS De thwarted by adverse auto-sugges- tions.
 general erroneous impression regard of one's will By hypnotism. There the viii of the subject. Hypnotic con trol is an agreement between the will of the operator and the will of the CT of one will over another. but the blending of two wills; the. subject be- ing passive; the operator positive. against the will of the subject but in are exercised to to accomplish an ob- ss' 'ea eannst Ss De saSSns
 Mental. moral ana physical short bos, are capable of elimination bv hyp- notic suggestion.
 v Better natures can be brought to ness substituted for moral anesthesia- Young culprits can be redeemed. crim- r1nal tncA1nAIlOnb anu uHbirGB removed and, above all, generations yet unborn can be influenced for the better by thia means.
 n every case where hypnotism is used for the good of the one hypno- tixed. the will of the subject is greatly strengthened It enables one to con thought to the exclusion of ali others it rouses latent impulse to degree and force of which the patient was previously incapable. In the case oi an inveterate drunkard, who is anx- ious to be cured of the habit, but has not sufiicient strength of mind to re- eist the craving, hypnotic. suggestion furnishes him with a strengthened will and a firm resolution that will tide hin over crises and eventually remove the desire.
 The question is repeatedly asked Does not oft repeated hypnotism weaken the subJectT'
 It matters not how many times the subject is brought under the influ. is to aid the subject mentally. morally or physically. But when subject Is used by a travelling stage hypnotist night after night for public exhibition ~-----------------