Norwich bulletin., 1912-01-18
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
An Experiment in Hypnotism-lnflu
 encing People at a Distance.

Editor Bulletin: A recent personal experiment with hypnotism answers the question Can a person be infu enced at a distance"
 If the experiment only established the fact of the possibility of the op- orator influencing his subject at dis tance the incident would not be wor- thy of note In point of fact, an hyp- nOtic operator cannot influence his subject at distance unless it be done by past hypnotic suggestion.
 It is impossible for person to ex- tend his own sphere of magnetism be- yond it's normal limit, thus making it impossible to infringe upon and dis turb the magnetic circle of another, which is absolutely necessary in order 10 produce aI;y degree or phase of so- called hypnotism.
 Any hypnotic subject seeing with his spiritual eye independently of his phy- siC;u will VertifY this statement in his description of the modus operandi of hypnotism as it is being produced by an operator and subject.
 I make this explanation so that my reader may understand that it was not my power that produced the result in the incident I am to relate, and I com- mend the incident to them as one wor- thy their most serious consideration.
 While discussing psychic subjects re- gently with @ gentleman friend who resides in Putnam he mentioned the fact that he had a sister who was in terested in the subjects we were dis cussing. I have never even to this day seen this lady. When he mentioned her name there flashed over me the Power of a Presence with which I have been familiar for many years; and I immediately replied to my gentleman friend:
 T can influence your sister at dis tance-from here-and I have never seen her"
 He could not believe it.
 l repeated my statement, adding:
 And will make the experiment this ey yening.
 The proposition met with his instant | and hearty approval.
 l took a piece of paper and wrote | on it these worlds
 Held this paper in your hand: you will feel a Power go all over you" This paper I put into an envelope, sealing the envelope. I said to the gen. l tleman:
 Tell your sister to open the envel- 1 ope and read the letter. She will feel the Power"
 l The next morning he told me the re- l suit of the experiment. He said that as soon as he entered his home he ] handed his sister the envelope, and be- l fore he had a chance to tell her who it , was from, or that it was an experi- ment-in fact, before he could say a | WOrd-she instantly exclaimed: | "Oh, what is it? I feel it go all over me just the same as from a battery" | Then he told her to open the envel- | ope and read the letter. She opened the envelope, but on account of feeling 1 the Power so very strongly she was l unable to read the letter. It will be noticed in this experiment | that no suggestion was made to the lady's brain, a fact which gives to the experiment highest scientific value ir 1 the psychic problem as to what the l Power was that the lady felt. | have already mentioned the fact | that there was flashed over me the | Power of a Presence when I told the gentleman I would influence his sister | When I handed him the letter to take l to his sister I said to him:
 The Power will go with you and your sister will feel it."
 Now here is a case where a. lady felt a tremendous power not caused by sug- gestton. She did not know the lettel l was from me, was not even thinking 1 of me, and had not the faintest idea il | was an experiment; but the instan- her hand came in contact with the en velope the power was all over her, last ing several minutes.
 It could not have been past hypnou suggestion, for l had never seen her, t produce such a condition.
 For many years this power has beer a part of my life; in fact, no perso5 ever had a closer companion. That i is a force, and an intelligent force would be hard to deny, when one see it do just what has been narrated above, which is only one of many many similar incidents I might nam in my personal psychic experiences.
 In all of my varied and extensive per sonal experiences with so-called hyp notism, never have I ever claimed tha it was my power. There is no persoI living knows better than do that 1t i not my power. Many and many is tn time when this power, right in tn midst of most positive hypnotic exper iments, would leave me as quick as flash, only to return again perhaps il few minutes, doing this several time in an evening.
 Surely this is not hypnotim! No wei informed student in psychic matter would for an instant call it hypnotisr
 But what is it? What was it III, friends sister felt, and what was tn power that caused it?
 DELoss WOOD. | DanielSon, Ct., Jan. IF, 1912,