The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-07-21


tritely. II am scarcely myself.
don't know how it Is, but that sub.
ject always irritates me out of my
normal state. The thing seems sc
plain and indisputable to me, and its
opponents are so obtuse and unconvin-
chile! 1 thought you were an enemy
at first, but 1 see you are not. Come
tell me what to do. I'll follow your Cii-
rections to the letter. Shock out of me
whatever you will, only save herr
That is more like it, Now we can
start understandingly 1t is very sim
pie and easily arranged. In the first
| place, 1t is necessary for me to con-
vince you not only of my ability TO
| hypnotic man, but also that i'm doing
so 1 use no influence upon him except
to draw from the truth of the matters
about which 1 question him. 1 put no
| thoughts, and can put no thoughts
into his mind, but can compel him to
| speak the true thought which is al
ready in his mind Do you follow me?
| THAT is not the usual notion of
what hypnotism is" said Mr.. Harsh,
interestedly.
! mo, it is not" returned DR.. Furni-
vail, dryly. 1T is my notion, and
since 1T is with my notion that we have
to do just now, that is the one we will
consider 1 will tell you the seSret of
| 1t in two words as the French say. 1t
is important that you should under
stand it. 1t is simply this: A man of
! good intelligence who will, instead of
pursuing mere ends; who will bend all
! his efforts upon abstract truth regard
less of private gain; who is unbiased
! by expediency, driven neither by debt
/ nor credit, nor friends nor foes, nor
| ignominy nor fame, nor riches nor pow
! erty, must set up in his body a flow of
| forces unknown to and undreamed of
| by the ordinary human being. This
| is at once believeable to any good ply
stefan, for We all of us know that the
| thoughts of the mind influence the
! body more or less, and that the longer
or the shorter a certain thought is
| held and dwelt upon the more pro-
| nOunced are it's effects on the body
| containing it, especially in the more
| mobile parts, as the face and eyes
! Fear shows there at once, and so does
| anger and joy and pain and weakness
| and vigor, and so forth; and any
! thought persisted in for a sufficient
| length of time will result in a settled
| change Of appearance there The ewes,
when normal, are the most sensitive,
/ most mobile, most expressive register
of the owners thought that he pos
| sesses. It is there probably that every
/ thought of our minds finds it's sur
| est and Quickest expression. Conse-
quently, to hold continually to the de-
/ sire and thought of pure unadulterat-
| ed truth, never to be swayed from that
stand by any possible consideration. is
| to %-OlVe an eye altogether different
| from that of the ordinary man. who is
! continually sacrificing truth to expe-
! diency. In fact, as l have learned by
research and experiment, an eye so
R6 hrr
| ing who looks into it, a sort of physi-
cd1-mental magnet, drawing from him
even though he tries with all his power
TO resist, such truth as he has in him
| on the subject suggested to him at the
moment. He couldn't lie to save his
| life. That is the kind of hypnotism I
| possess. Does it seem plain to you?
And is it reasonable"
Mr.. Harish, for the first time since
the interview began, so far forgot his
troubles, in his interest, as to smile.
I think the theory is first rate" he
said, but can you declare that, in the
midst of all your professional cares.
from your early struggles onward. up
to the famous position you have made
Tor yourself, to say nothing Of the ne
cessity of expediency in your practice
| today, you have held to the pursuit of
abstract truth as strongly as all that p"
Does It seem impOSSible?"
To me, yes, l confess il does" Mr..
Harish returned somewhat dryIy. Il
am certain that in my own case six
months adherence to abstract truth. as
opposed to eXpedienCy, would ruin me
outright. And l must believe it is the
same with all of us. I am as upright
as anybody, and I feel obliged to think
that other peoples methods, if they are
successful, do not differ materially
from my own. In fact, l know they do
not"
That is, you would rather see the
eyes and experience their quality than
to consider mere theory about them?''
WELL yes" Mr.. Harish spoke with
polite reluctance. Il do not question
your theory" he added hastily. 1T
seems logical and reasonable. But to
practice it! If it can be carried out;
If any man can succeed as you have
done amid all this hurly-burly and
wild scramble for dollars, still main
tanning constant desire for the alb
stract truth of every one of his trans
actions, refusing even to think of ex-
pediency as opposed to that truth, why.
then I should indeed be glad to re
ceive some proof of the fact that could
not be disputed"
And nothing but that sort of proof
would satisfy you?"
Il think not"
He looked curiOusly into the thick
cOlored spectacles, but could see only
an outline of the eyes behind them.
4 wear these glasses said Dr. Fur
nivall, observing the scrutiny, when
ever 1 do not wish to pry into a mans
mind and force him to say what he
would rather keep to himself. In fact.
l wear them always on ordinary occa-
sions, for without them l could not
help hypnOtizing everybody who should
look into my eyes, even despite my
self"
As he spoke he removed the disfig-
uring disks, wiped them carefully and
slipped them into his pocket. Mr.. Har-
ish started nervously. But he imme-
diately controlled himself, sitting with
a half smile around his mouth.
81 am going to give you the indus
putable proof you require" said DR..
Furniyall, gazing him steadily in the
eye. rs there anything in your mind
that you would tell nobody, something
that wild horses could not draw from
your"
Il don't know Maybe there is
well, you are going to tell it to me.
Not only that, but you viii write il
down, so that you may be absolutely
convinced that you have told it. Will