The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-08

who did would assuredly fall to
death. No clearer proof of the power
| of an idea could be desired. There
| is, however. another striking exam
pie in the impunity with which Sleep
walkers perform the most perilous
feats, such as wandering about on a
roof, hugging the extreme edge of
it, to the terror of their friends, who
may happen to perceive them. II
awakened suddenly a sleep walker in
such a position would inevitably fall.
Cooks False Alarm
Here is another. DR.. Pinaud, in
his book, "De la Philisophie ct de la
Longevite," relates that in the middle
of a large dinner party the cook
rushed in to announce that she had
made a mistake and mixed arsenic
with the food instead of some other
Ingredient! Several persons were
Immediately seized with pains and
sickness, which only ceased when the
cook came back to say that il was a
false alarm; there had been no such
dreadful error
i have said enough to prove the ir-
res.stible influence of the idea or
Imagination, over the physical Or
ganism. 1t determines pain. move
ment, sensations. Its effect is both
moral and physical. We may log
ically conclude, therefore, that hui
man ailments, which are nothing but
disturbance of the natural eauilib-
rum of all the elements of our
being. can be cured by the right
kind of idea or suggestion.
To begin with, there is in every
disease, of no matter what nature,
a moral factor which no doctor can
afford to ignore. Some medical au-
thorities in France estimate this
| 20
40 to so per cent of the chances of
recovery. A paitnet who says to
himself. II am getting better" vastly
increases his vital forces and has
| tens his recovery. BY gently putting
our Imagination on the right track
1--WE are sure of aiding nature, who
+, manifests herself through the me-
dunn of our subconscious self The
instinct of representation is but a
manifestation of nature. At the first
sound of alarm she hastens to the
rescue. A cut finger or other wound
is followed by a rush of red globufes
to the injured part. That wonder
| full subconscious self of ours does it.
For it knows and Commands every
movement of our being, every con-
traction of our heart, the minutest
| vibration of every cell in our or
ganism. 1t is the sublime nstru-
lnent winch we are so apt to misuse
by allowing bad, disturbing or dis
couraging thoughts to interfere with
it's work, instead of allowing it to
function smoothly and harmoniously
Fa~irs' of India
! Miracles are attributed to the
fakirs of India. Legend or fact, !
know not, but it is certainly true
F, that they do some most wonderful
! things simply because they are
taught from their infancy to know
and make use of the limitless un-
seen and yet unexplained forces
latent in us-which can be awak
ened by thought.
/ am often asked: What are the
limitations of auto-suggestion?
treply: ! really do not know. The
cures l have seen have appeared
| sometimes so amazing, so incredible
that | decline theoretically to Mace
any light at all, although, of co1rse
| I must insist, nothing must be lex
pected from. auto-suggestion which
| is obviously outside the domainN OF
material possibilities For instance
| it would be absurd to ask for the
| growth of new arm or a new leg
despite the fact that the lobster
seems to know how to grow a new
claw when 1t is necessary.
There are persons who. by long
CURED an amazing power over their
to the medical faculty of Paris OF
men able to increase at will the speed
of their heart-beats from 90 to 40.