The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-01-09
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this line was made by Professor Char
cot, of Paris, who by series of expert.
ments found that the piece Of bright
metal was not a necessary adjunct to
theAinductlon of pnotism, but t. at
by gazing lixedIy into the eyes of the
subject, he could produce the highest
forms of the phenomena, such as clair
voyance, mind transference, (mind
reading) etc. He was also the discov-
erer of psycho-therapeutics which has
been boon to the medical profession
in the treatment of certain classes of
nervous and mental diseases. Prof.
Charcot's following is,known as the
Paris school.
Dr. Liebault was the founder of the
Nancy school Of ny pnotlsm. He was
the first to prove beyond doubt that
no matter what the physical condition
of the subject, the conditions charac-
terizing the hypnotic state are to be
determined by mental action alone.
He has also proventhat the phenomena
can best be- produced in persons of
sound physical health, strong nervous
energy and perfect mental poise. 1t
having heretofore been the common
belief that hysterical persons. or per-
sons of fitful, flighty, highly nervous
Temperament were the most stsusceptible
to the influence.
The Nancy school was also the first
to recognize the potency Of suggestion,
and has demonstrated that all psychic
phenomena produced by the induction
of hypnotism is the result Of suggestion
in some form or other, either oral or
mental. Even Mesmer himself, when
he gazed Into the eyes Of his subject,
and to give the operation an air of
mystery, made passes with his hands
and said: "Hokos pokos, mutus detlit
noman ,cocos, comstock mahogany
haud-carw Tor words to that effect
/ Why, he was throwing out suggestion
enough to hypnotize a mule. But he
didn't realize it, poor old fellow; he
thought all the time it was the "6uid'
getting in its work.
i Briefly summing up, we find the
three different schools of hypnOtism
differing only in the method of induc
ton, for they have long since aban
doned the cerebral anatomy" theory
and are thoroughly convinced of tn.
mental duality of man. And at thu
present day there is only lacking {
4 working hypothesis to bring thi'
!, branch of psy ychology within the reain
of exact science. 9.s y
OUR MENTAL DUALITY.
1t Is hard to understand how any in
telligent person can doubt this propo
sitlon, for in our everyday life we hav
evidences of it on every hand, and i
one will only give the subject littl
thought he will soon become convince,
that he is possessed of an extramun
dane intelligence that doesn't belong t
; his physical make up at all.
First we will consider the normal O
"objective" mind, the mind we reaso
: with. We are all familiar with tn
= functions of this mind, but say, li
Q you ever stop to think that only fo
Q mans struggle for existence he woul
8 not have to reason at all, and tn
t higher civilized he becomes the fierce
: the struggle, and Of necessity th
D keener the reasoning power, and th
n further he gets away from nature?
J. do not mean to infer that primitiv
t man was wholly destitute of reasonin
Q power, but do claim that in mol
g part he had to rely upon his intuitto
9 for protection, and to lead him
d the truth of things in general. Br
G that is getting back to nature, back
the psychic mind, the soul mind, an
4 this is the most natural Of the two.
d So let us now take an Vbsersation I
y the psychic or subjective mind. tn
y mind is the seat of all love and EN-
d tions, is the storehouse of memory, b,
It is incapable of indnctive. reasoning
ID being the mind of the soul, to 1t ever
le thing is truth without reasonin
% First we will consider mothers fov
l. the love next to divine. A moth
is loves her child, and the child loves
mother, and they each know that the
g love is recipfocated. We are positive
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