AN INVISIBLE AND MYSTERIOUS POWER.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 5119, 2 December 1903, Page 3

AN INVISIBLE AND MYSTERIOUS POWER.

[MrLiiEBS Flat Cobbebpondent.] A new Bohool of thought has arisen among tbe leading scientists of France, Germany, and America, and it has for its base the investigation ol a ntw spnere of science tb&t opens op unlimited possibilities in the area oi the already extensive field of thought. Theosopby, therapeutics, alleviation of human suffering sod mental deformity, and attaining tbe highest possible standard of civilisation are Borne of the objects it aims at ; and it is believed by some that it will ultimately be the bridge whioh will span tbe gulf that intervenes between mind and matter— between tbe material and, epi"<u&l worlds. It is Qlumea tbftt every mv wad woman oi oidi<

nary intelligence hold within themselves this wonderful invisible power, and, bj developing it, oan wield it to their physical and moral

advantage as well as to that of others.

This power is called by various names — hypnotism, mesmerism, olairvojancy, animal magnetism, <fee — hat, no matter whah if ia Called, it ii the wonderful fore a, hitherto but little understood.

It w»3 known to the ancients in a crude way and enabled the magioians to perform their wonders, and probably the Witch of Endor knew 6om°ihinß of i\ Ifc ia only now being removed by the band of progressive time and increased knowledge from unda* the dark cloud of superstition and prejudice that b»ive enveloped it for eges, and wben Ihfs ahroud bus been torn aside simple and new truths will shine forth in all their splendor. It is believed by some of the'most advanced and scientific thinkers that before- tbe twentieth century ia much older hypnotism will be I taught in 'he public schools as part of tbe national eduoation, and they hold that in this progressive age it is uec^s-sary evcryoue should be possessed of the knowledge how to wield this wonderful power.

Sy its aid the motber oan niter tbe defective disposition and frame the future character of the child for the better ; the lovelorn swaiu can win tbe object of his affection, tbe doctor cure bis patient, the lawyer swsy the jury, the pastor bis congregation, and the politician the people — and all this by the knowledge of natural though invisible laws whioh an all-wise Providence has universally dispensed for the good of mankind. But, like alt the other laws of nature, if perverted or abused, it will recoil with, vengeance upon tbe misuser.

Magnetic healing, thought transference, auto-suggestion, and telepathy all oome under tbe scope of hypnotism, and it is anticipated by the students of the science thai, when it beoomes better understood, telepathy will supplant wireless telrgraphy. It is believed that men 1,000 or 10,000 miles apart will be able to transfor tbeir thoughts to one anolW by no other means than the force of the human miud. This at first thought would SQftn a hopeless impossibility, but when we take into consideration that the human brain is the most perfect electric battery in creation and the human mind the most powerful and stupendous force under heaven, with such a force generating within ourselves there is nothing unreasonable or impossible in tbe idea that this force vjill in the near futurft be used to annihilate space and timo, and that we will yet be able to dispense with mechanical appliances and still communicate with one another mentally and intelligently from the uttermost ends of the earth. This can be done now at short distanoss by any amateur who cares to practise it. And let it be remembered that the practicability of the telegraph, telephone, and wireless telrgraphy was tested at short distances, whioh were gradually increased as the systems were more develnped end better- understood. Therefore, on the same ground?, we hivo every reason to expect that mental telepathy, with a btill more perfect combination of fotcjs, will yet accomplish and even surpass all the wonders performed by wireless telegraphy.

This seema all the moro feasible when we know that tbe leading scientists of Europe and America have now greppKd with tho problem, Such men as Mux D?ssior. of B >r« lin University, and Professors Scripture (Yalp), Yerkes (Harvard), and Baldwin (Princt-town) are among the learned and distinguished men who have investigated the secrcis of this wonderful power and, in the" facu cf much prejudice and settled convictions of other sec tarian and learned schools, removed many misapprehensions that prp.va'kd r< girding it, and hypnotism is now placed on a footing with other recognised soiences of modern tim°s.

To enter more fully nnd completely into Ihie fasoinaUng Bubieot. is not within rnj ability, &nd I will leave it to moro able and FoieDtific mind 3, but I may cay, for tbe benefit of thofo who perhaps would like to take up the study that I bavo been for nearly two yeais a atudsnt in communication with tho American College of Sciences aud I find the study a most fascinating pastime, and if I were a younger man I could easily turn it io a remunerative accouot. I m»y nbo state that the president of this college is a gentleman of mf-aoB who", like Mr Cirnegie, wishes to do good wish bis wenltb in bis day and genePiitlois hy dispensing- knowledge tor (bo bemfii of bia f llowmea. Any male or fcmiic who wishes to study this wonderful Fcicnce miy send their name and eddress io tho Tuapeka. Times tmce and I will have much pleasure- in tubrmlting the same to the president of the ColUpe and placo him in communicalion with thrrn. For a trifling Eum merely the cost of printing — be will place them in possession of all tho stcrets of hypnotism that are known to science, and any person of oidiuary intelligence can master them and put them id to practice in a very short time, and no one will regret the email outlay suoh valuable information costs.