The Washington times., 1923-01-24

that unconscious technique fail and
We may feel only am ugly pain in
place Of a beautiful vision, or over.
whelming blackness may shut Us
off forever from receiving visual
messages from the physical world
In view OF these always threat.
ening penalties, should we take
chances with mental patent medi'
cines? Do we feel justified in sub
hitting all that unconscious psy.
Geological skill which countless
generations of the suffering and
evolution Of our ancestors have
ling, unframed dictation of Miss
Miracle Worker?
"The answer lies not only in a
glance at the appalling statistics
Of mental diseases actually under
treatment, but also in a considera.
ton of the still more appalling
growth of crime following the up
set of the worlds psychological
equilibrium by the great war.
1.-THE telegraph company employs
experts, men qualified by training
and experience, to make its repairs.
When we realize there are more
complicated, delicate and Intricate
nerve paths, or circuits, in q small
part of the human brain than there
are electrical connections in all
the system of the largest tele.
graphic companies. shall we not
follow the example Of the wire
chiefs and call in a properly quail.
fled specialist OF the mind? But
surely, If we are averageiy well
and happy, let US not hunt trouble
by subjecting our nervous systems
to amateurish experimentation, no
matter how glittering q miracle II
promised for result.
Tells OF Needed Training.
Finally, it is worth while, in
our consideration Of the distinc'
ton between real and fake psy'
chology, to review a little of the
training which is requisite to the
classification OF any individual as a
psychologist. One does not begin
by studying philosophy, religion, or
popular literature. One first makes
an acquaintance with physics,
chemistry, physiology and neu.
zoology, for psychology, the latest
nebulous mass of speculative theory
called metaphysics is, above all,
a science based upon sciences, the
topmost block on the foundation OF
descriptive knowledge, the keystone
Of mans intellectual arch. Yet our
candidate for psychological training
can by no means stop with his
background Of other sciences. He
must, in addition, spend three years
working through the mass of fact
and theory involved in tracing the
rudimentary relations between sub
junctive experiences, called human
consciousness and the accompany
ing nerve currents, bodily changes
and physical and chemical stimula
tons. Now becomes apparent the
absurdity of applying the term
psychologist to every ignorant, un'
trained, popular lecturer who would
borrow the cloak Of the scientist to
cover the rags Of an intellectual
pauper and parade before a mysti
fled public the dazzling, but world
old jugglery Of the professional
miracle worker"
According to Professor Marstor
the secret Of M. Coue's success
with his popular formula is thai
the Frenchman succeeds in inject
ing into the mental operation Of his
subject a suggestion of his own
which, for lack Of a terse, compre
hensive, descriptive term. he desig
mates as "auto-suggestion.
A short course of popular lee
lures on real psychology may be
arranged and delivered in Wash
ington in an effort to correct tht
false impressions created by fake
DSYcholOpiStS