River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1908-03-26

ject there can be no resistance and
the results cannot be anything but
satisfactory.
Mental, moral and physical saort-
comings, says Prof. John d. Quacken-
bos, are capable of elimination by hyp-
motto suggestion.
Better natures can be brought to
the surface, and conscious sensitive
ness substituted for moral anesthesia.
Young culprits can be redeemed, Grim.
inal inclinations and desires removed,
and, above all, generations yet unborn
can be Influenced for the better by
this means.
In every case where hypnotism is
used for the good of the one hyp-
Noticed, the will of the subject is
greatly strengthened. 1t enables one
to concentrate the mind upon any one
thought to the exclusion of all others;
it rouses latent impulse to degree
and force of which the patient was
previously incapable. In the case OF
an inyeterate drunkard, who is anxious
to be cured of the habit, but has not
sufficient strength of mind to resist
the craving, hypnotic suggestion FUR
nishes him with a strengthened will
and firm resolution that will tide
him over crises and eventually remove
the desire.
The question is repeatedly asked:
Does not oft repeated hypnotisE
weaken the subject?''
1t matters not how many times tbs
subject is brought under the influence
of the hypnotist, if the purpose is to
aid the subject mentally, morally or
physically. But when a subject is
used by travelling stage hypnotist
night after night for public exhibition,
his will is greatly weakened instead OF
strengthened he almost loses his iden-
tity, and eventually becomes mere
| automaton.
| 1t is well known fact that subjects
who have been long and continuously
employed on the stage for the pur-
poses of exhibition invariably become
nervous wrecks. 1t is with this class
of subjects that the evils of hypnot-
ism have been made manifest to the
general public In fact, much Of the
popular prejudice against hypnotism
arises from witnessing stage exhibit
| tons of this character There Is no
need to debase science for the mere
matter of amusement and money
making Cor, rather, money getting),
when there are so many noble ave-
nues of usefulness open to it.
The value Of hypnotic suggestion in
surgery has been demonstrated by
the profession in many notable in
stances. 1t is not, by any means, as
popular az it should be, but this is
largely due to the fear of the sur
geon that the patient might not re.
main under the influence during the
operation. There. is no ground for
such fear under the hands of skill
| full operator.
| There is no reaction, no shock,
when coming out from under hypnotic
influence. 1t may be given as an
anaesthetic, producing deep sleep and
unconsciousness; or, as in many
cases, the condition of analgesia is
preferable 49, inhibiting pain without
losing consciousness.
Black Magic or White Magic?
Black magic is the name frequently
applied to "hypnotism." 1t is often
referred to as the work of the devil.
This insinuation is very facetiously
met by DR.. Burr of Chicago:
"And the Lord God caused deep
sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
slept; and he took one of his ribs
| fhn inc
Of"
This was suggestive anaesthesia
for a surgical purpose. This makes
God the father of hypnotism, rather
than the devil
1.-THE satanic origin of this most
beneficent art has been attributed to
it too long already by the ignorant
and superstitious, and needs no en-
enlargement. Therefore repudiate
this enterprising practitioner in toto"
Necromancy is black magic;" pure
occultism is white magic. The differ
ence is as great as night is different
from day One is of the dark; the
other is Of the light. The same
force may be used for both. It is
white magic when it is used for some
noble purpose and for the good of hui
mainly; but it may well be tel ned
black magic" when used for evil pur-
poses. Magi is simply another name
for teacher or practitioner of magic:
THE inspired magi from the orient
came"
My concluding article will be a
summing up of more than 25 years
experience and observation along the
lines of "hypnotism,' "clairvoyance,"
"clairaudience," impressions" and
'premonitions."
These will be assertive, positive, but
not dogmatic.
| Copyright 1907, by Joseph B. Bowles)
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