,,buchanan',s ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,,vol4 ,i4 ,,january1 #ahhh4 ,,no4 #ab4 ,,contents ,,of ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,the ,pursuit of ,truth ,occultism defined ,psychic ,phenomena ,the ,ancient ,iberians ,the ,star ,dust of the ,universe ,,miscellaneous--,bright ,literature2 ,the ,two ,worlds2 ,foote's ,health ,monthly2 ,psychic ,theories2 ,twentieth ,century ,science1 ,dawning at the end of the ,nineteenth2 ,comparative ,speed of ,light and ,electricity2 ,wonderful ,photography2 ,wooden ,cloth2 ,the ,phylloxera2 ,falling ,rents2 ,boston ,civilization2 ,psychic ,blundering2 ,beecher's ,mediumship2 ,a ,scientific ,cataract2 ,obstreperous and ,pragmatic ,vulgarity2 ,hygiene2 ,quinine2 ,life and ,death2 ,dorothea ,l4 ,dix2 ,the ,drift of ,catholicism2 ,juggernaut ,the ,principal ,methods of ,studying the ,brain ,responses of ,readers--,medical ,orthodoxy ,,the ,,pursuit ,,of ,,truth4 ,to be loyal to the truth is of more account than to be merely successful in formulating it4--,popular ,science ,monthly for ,december4 ,indeed it is2 for loyalty to truth is the prior condition of success in formulating or stating it1 and that loyalty not only precedes the special success in formulating it1 but is the prior cause of universal success in its attainment4 ,special perceptive powers and favorable opportunities may enable scientists to ascertain certain truths1 as a lamp may enable them to discover a few objects near them which darkness hides from others1 but loyalty to truth reveals1 like daylight1 all that lies within our horizon1 for it opens widely all the avenues between the mind and universal nature1 and prevents our mental transparency from being darkened in any direction or relation4 ,he who has this loyalty dominant in his nature never pronounces anything false which subsequent investigation1 or the investigation by others1 proves true4 ,he never becomes an obstacle to the spread of any truth4 ,he is always the first to welcome a new truth and the last to falter in sustaining it4 ,he is always ready to recognize the same sincerity and fidelity in others1 and to give a kindly welcome to the labors and discoveries of other followers of truth4 ,as brave men readily recognize and honor each other1 so do the soldiers of truth meet in quick sympathy and cordial co-operation4 ,the labors1 the discoveries and promulgations of such men ever become criteria by which to test the loyalty and truthfulness of others1 for1 wherever they are presented1 all who live in loyalty to truth are at once attracted and realize their harmony with the truth4 ,as the magnetized iron attracts the unmagnetized1 so does the loyal soul charged with truth attract all other loyal souls4 ,but all through human history we find that inventions1 discoveries and1 above all1 momentous truths uniformly fail to attract the masses1 either of the learned or the unlearned1 as was illustrated in our ,december number1 and hence we must conclude that1 in the present early or juvenile stage of human evolution1 loyalty to truth is one of the rarest virtues of humanity4 ,and yet1 how often do we meet in literature expressions which would indicate that the writers were entirely loyal4 ,they mistake loyalty to their own self-esteem1 loyalty to their own dogmatic convictions1 mental limitations1 prejudices1 and prepossessions for loyalty to truth1 which is a passionless1 modest1 lovely and noble quality4 ,no doubt the contemporaries of ,galileo1 ,newton1 and ,harvey indulged in the same self-gratulations4 ,the bigot and dogmatist in all ages have entertained no doubt of their own loyalty to truth2 but it was loyalty to their own very limited perceptions1 and to their profound conviction that all outside of their own sphere of perception was falsehood or nonentity1 and should be received with supercilious scorn or crushing blows whenever presented4 ,men's minds are thus narrowed in the base contests of selfishness1 jealousy1 and fraud2 but of all the demoralizing influences that darken the mind by closing up permanently its most important inlets1 none have had such a wide-spread and far-reaching power for evil as the false theology which demands the absolute surrender of reason to self-evident absurdities4 ,benumbed by countless centuries of superstition and passive surrender to false education1 to social influences1 to pre-natal conditions1 to the terrors of law and custom1 and to the lurid threats and horrors of the imaginary drama of eternity1 the mass of mankind have lost the power of the dispassionate philosophical reasoning demanded by loyalty to truth1 and they do not know how to appreciate it when they see it4 ,rebelling now against this limitation and slavery1 they still carry in their rebellion the marks of their slavery1 and in their honest agnosticism they still fail to reason fairly in loyalty to truth1 and indulge in the same dogmatism1 narrowness or prejudice as when they were slaves to priestly dogmas4 ,it is true that in the agnostic scientific classes there is far more independent reasoning capacity generally than among those who dwell in the theological limitations1 but their independence has not relieved them from the dogmatism which has so long been cultivated in the human race by all religious systems4 ,the dogmatism of the medical college1 and of most scientific associations1 rivals that of theological sectarianism4 ,the ,popular ,science ,monthly1 from which the above expression in behalf of loyalty to truth was taken1 is itself a striking illustration of disloyalty1 and rigidly confines itself to the fashionable doctrines of the schools1 excluding from its pages whatever differs from the prevalent scientific dogmatism1 and while denouncing the dogmatism of theology1 exhibiting itself a dogmatism equally blind1 unreasoning and regardless of facts4 ,experimental demonstrations and scientific facts1 which transcend the limits of their arbitrary theories1 receive as little attention from the dogmatists trained in medical schools1 as they would from a college of cardinals4 ,the ,,journal ,,of ,,man1 in the presentation of new truths1 attracts only the candid1 loyal and progressive4 ,it does not hope to conquer the results of inheritance1 pre-natal influence and old institutions1 or force any truth upon reluctant and disloyal minds1 but it knows that there is an important and growing class who sympathize with loyalty and prefer the glowing future to the decaying remains of the past4 ,to the party of progress1 this magnificent republic opens a free and ample field4 ,the domination of habit and transmitted dogmatism is growing continually weaker1 fading away in churches and colleges4 ,the pulpit of today is tolerant indeed in comparison with the pulpit of our fathers1 and the bright1 free thought of the advanced people surrounds the colleges with an atmosphere which is gradually penetrating their walls and modifying their policy4 ,an important duty devolves upon every loyal1 progressive thinker1--the duty of speaking out firmly1 manfully and distinctly1 to swell the volume of thought which carries mankind onward to a nobler future4 ,,occultism ,,defined4 ,,by ,,one ,,who ,,knows4 ,my own claims to be considered as an exponent of true ,occultism are founded upon the following grounds3 ,when quite young1 in fact1 before ,i had attained my thirteenth year1 ,i became acquainted with certain parties who sought me out and professed a desire to observe the somnambulic faculties for which ,i was then remarkable4 ,i found my new associates to be ladies and gentlemen1 mostly persons of noble rank1 and during a period of several years1 ,i1 and many other young persons1 assisted at their sessions in the quality of somnambulists1 or mesmeric subjects4 ,the persons ,i thus came into contact with were representatives of many other countries than ,great ,britain4 ,they formed one of a number of secret societies1 and all that ,i am privileged to relate of them is1 that they were students of the two branches of ,occultism hereafter to be described2 that they claimed an affiliation with societies derived from the ancient mysteries of ,egypt1 ,greece1 and ,judaea2 that their beliefs and practices had been concealed from the vulgar by cabalistic methods1 and that though their real origin and the purpose of their association had at times been almost lost1 it had revived1 and been restored under many aspects4 ,they claimed that alchemy1 mediaeval ,rosicrucianism1 and modern ,freemasonry were off-shoots of the original ,cabala1 and that during the past #aej years new associations had been formed1 and the parties who had introduced me into their arcanum were a society in affiliation with many others then in existence in different countries4 ,these persons1 deeming that the intrusion into their ranks of unprepared minds would be injurious to the harmony necessary for their studies1 carefully avoided assuming any position of prominence in reference to the society1 so that they might never be solicited to admit those whose presence might be prejudicial4 ,indeed it was one of their leading regulations never to permit the existence of the society to be known or the members thereof named1 until they passed from earth to the higher life4 ,it is in virtue of this last clause that ,i am at liberty to say that ,lord ,lytton1 the ,earl of ,stanhope1 and ,lieut4 ,morrison 7better known as ,zadkiel71 and the author of ,art ,magic1 belonged to this society4 ,i should have known but little of its principles and practices1 as ,i was simply what ,i should now call a clairvoyant1 sought out by the society for my gifts in this direction1 had ,i not1 in later years1 been instructed in the fundamentals of the society by the author of ,art ,magic4 ,when modern spiritualism dawned upon the world1 for special reasons of my own1 the fellows of my society gave me an honorary release from every obligation ,i had entered into with them except in the matter of secrecy4 ,on that point ,i can never be released and never seek to be2 but in respect to the statements ,i am about to make1 my former associates1--deeming their publication might serve to correct some of the erroneous opinions that are put into circulation by individuals who arrogate to themselves a knowledge1 of which they have not the slightest iota1--not only sanction1 but command me to present to the candid inquirer the following brief definition of genuine practical ,,occultism--,,anciently ,,written ,,in ,,cabala4 ,,occultism is a study and application of the occult1 or hidden principles and forces of the ,universe1 or1 in its more limited sense1 of ,nature4 ,the study of occultism is called speculative4 ,the application of that study is practical occultism4 ,speculative occultism includes opinions and teachings1 often so widely at variance with commonly received beliefs that it would be extremely unwise to subject it to the criticism of persons generically called the world4 ,speculative occultism of course might be regarded as speculative only1 were it not possible by the aid of practical occultism to demonstrate its truths4 ,the subjects which engage the attention of the speculative occultist are ,,the ,,creator1 or creative power2 ,,world ,,building1 and the order and design of the earth and its spirit spheres2 ,,man1 and his relations to the ,creator1 the earth1 and his fellow-man4 ,,descent ,,of ,,spirit into matter1 and its growth through embryotic stages1 during which period it is first elemental1 then animal1 then man4 ,,ascent ,,of ,,spirit out of matter1 and its progress through future stages of growth as planetary and solar spirits4 ,besides these purely theoretical subjects are suggestions concerning the best methods of communing with spiritual existences1 and of receiving information from lower and higher states than man4 ,these1 together with some mental exercises and practices1 form the main themes of consideration in the colleges of speculative occultism4 ,spirit ,communion1 together with ,astronomy1 ,astrology1 ,mathematics1 ,geometry1 ,music1 ,anatomy1 ,physiology1 ,psychology1 and ,psychometry1 are all kindred branches of study which must engage the attention of the true occultist4 ,,practical ,,occultism4 ,,practical ,,occultism consists1 first1 of a perfect mastery of the individual's own spirit4 ,no advance whatever can be made in acquiring power over other spirits1 such as controlling the lower or supplicating the higher1 until the spirit within has acquired such perfect mastery of itself1 that it can never be moved to anger or emotion--realizes no pleasure1 cares for no pain2 experiences no mortification at insult1 loss1 or disappointment--in a word1 subdues every emotion that stirs common men's minds4 ,to arrive at this state1 severe and painful as well as long continued discipline is necessary4 ,having acquired this perfect equilibrium1 the next step is power4 ,the individual must be able to wake when he pleases and sleep when he pleases2 go in spirit during bodily sleep where he will1 and visit--as well as remember when awake--distant scenes4 ,he must be enabled by practice1 to telegraph1 mentally1 with his fellow associates1 and present himself1 spiritually1 in their midst4 ,he must1 by practice1 acquire psychological control over the minds of any persons--not his associates--beneath his own calibre of mind4 ,he must be able to still a crying infant1 subdue fierce animals or angry men1 and by will1 transfer his thought without speech or outward sign to any person of a mental calibre below himself2 he must be enabled to summon to his presence elementary spirits1 and if he desires to do so 7knowing the penalties attached71 to make them serve him in the special departments of ,nature to which they belong4 ,he must1 by virtue of complete subjugation of his earthly nature1 be able to invoke ,planetary and even ,solar ,spirits1 and commune with them to a certain degree4 ,to attain these degrees of power the processes are so difficult that a thorough practical occultist can scarcely become one and yet continue his relations with his fellow-men4 ,he must continue1 from the first to the last degree1 a long series of exercises1 each one of which must be perfected before another is undertaken4 ,a practical occultist may be of either sex1 but must observe as the first law inviolable chastity--and that with a view of conserving all the virile powers of the organism4 ,no aged person1 especially one who has not lived the life of strict chastity1 can acquire the full sum of the powers above named4 ,it is better to commence practice in early youth1 for after the meridian of life1 when the processes of waste prevail over repair1 few of the powers above described can be attained2 the full sum never4 ,strict abstinence from animal food and all stimulants is necessary4 ,frequent ablutions and long periods of silent contemplation are essential4 ,codes of exercises for the attainment of these powers can be prescribed1 but few1 if any1 of the self-indulgent livers of modern times can perform their routine4 ,the arts necessary for study to the practical occultist are1 in addition to those prescribed in speculative occultism1 a knowledge of the qualities of drugs1 vapors1 minerals1 electricity1 perfumes1 fumigations1 and all kinds of anaesthetics4 ,and now1 having given in brief as much as is consistent with my position--as the former associate of a secret society--,i have simply to add1 that1 whilst there are1 as in ,masonry1 certain preliminary degrees to pass through1 there are numerous others to which a thoroughly well organized and faithful association might advance4 ,in each degree there are some valuable elements of practical occultism demanded1 whilst the teachings conveyed are essential preliminaries4 ,in a word1 speculative occultism must precede practical occultism2 the former is love and wisdom1 the latter1 simply power4 ,in future papers ,i propose to describe the two ,ancient ,cabalas1 and the present attempts to incarnate their philosophy in modern--so-called--,theosophy4 ,,sirius4 99 99 99 99 99 ,in the foregoing essay1 taken from the first number of ,the ,two ,worlds1 edited by ,mrs4 ,e4 ,h4 ,britten1 we have the best exposition of ,occultism that has been published4 ,it shows that ,occultism1 theoretic and practical1 is a matter of intellectual ambition--ambition to understand the mysteries of nature1 and to wield the power which such understanding gives4 ,it exhibits no ulterior purpose of using its knowledge for the benefit of mankind1 or even of diffusing it4 ,its aim is selfish1 and the secrecy which it has maintained is not justifiable in the present condition of our civilization4 ,,anthropology1 which ,i am endeavoring to introduce for the benefit of mankind1 comprehends the whole of the theory and practice of ,occultism1 and there is no need for seeking mysterious societies for a species of knowledge which is no longer a secret1 and which will be fully illustrated in my future publications4 ,practical ,occultism1 as defined by ,sirius1 is perfectly intelligible to one who understands the science of the brain4 ,it is an effort to cultivate into abnormal predominance the heroic1 firm1 hardy1 and spiritual regions of the brain1 to the neglect if not suppression of its nobler powers4 ,in suppressing sympathy and sensibility1 it impairs the foundation of our most amiable virtues1 isolates man from the companionship and love of his fellow-beings and comes dangerously near to misanthropy and black magic1 or the attempt to use spiritual powers and the spiritual realm for purely selfish purposes4 ,bulwer1 it is stated1 was one of the occult society4 ,in his case the pursuit was one of pure selfishness2 his motives in his literary career were selfish and avaricious2 his domestic life was detestable1 and the use that he made of his knowledge in his literary labors was meretricious and fantastic4 ,that noble-minded woman and gifted medium1 the late ,mrs4 ,m4 ,b4 ,hayden1 ,m4 ,d41 was received by him at ,knebworth1 and gave him ample evidence of truths which he never publicly sustained4 ,whatever withdraws us from society and from the duties to fellow-beings which are incumbent upon all1 is unworthy of encouragement4 ,the noblest cultivation is symmetrical1 and in its symmetry maintains the supremacy of the ethical sentiments1 which recognize human fraternity4 ,nevertheless1 this practical occultism1 abnormal and egotistic though it be1 may develop marvellous powers1 at which we may wonder as we do at the skill of an acrobat or the pugilism of ,sullivan4 ,it cultivates a will power and a spirituality by which miraculous phenomena may be shown1 but they are of little real value compared to the nobler miracle of healing those whom physicians have surrendered to death1 and bringing to the knowledge of mankind the entire truth concerning the future life1 and the ennobling lessons derived therefrom1 which bring earth life nearer to heaven4 ,,psychic ,,phenomena4 ,the ,new ,york ,world publishes a narrative of psychic experiments by its correspondent at ,washington which may interest those who have not witnessed anything like it4 ,they are just such as have been on exhibition publicly in this country for more than forty years1 but owing to conservative prejudice have not received their due attention from the press4 ,but as newspaper correspondents and reporters are a privileged class1 they can bring before the public marvellous phenomena which would not be welcomed from other sources4 ,the following is the letter from ,washington3 ,you know what an excitement there has been about mesmerism in ,paris this summer8 ,a lion tamer1 who was also a mesmerist1 took into his cages a young lady whom he had mesmerized1 and made his dentate pets jump over her on the floor4 ,there was great excitement about it1 and a law was passed in the ,french ,congress1 ,i believe1 forbidding such exhibitions1 even where the consent of the subject had been obtained previously to losing consciousness4 ,this letter will be in the nature of a confession4 ,last spring1 discovering by accident that ,i could mesmerize1 ,i took up mesmerism as a diversion for the amusement of myself and friends4 ,i had long believed in it entirely and carefully watched its processes1 but ,i wished to study its philosophy and find out1 if ,i could1 the cause and the limits of its mysterious phenomena4 ,i first found that ,i could1 by placing my hand on the forehead of a young acquaintance and accompanying the slight pressure with an imperative command1 close his eyes and keep them firmly closed against all efforts of his will4 ,i could compel him to dance or keep him from moving from his tracks2 could prevent his rising from his chair2 prevent his striking his hands together1 and1 at last1 could prevent him from speaking4 ,in fact1 ,i absolutely controlled his voluntary muscles in every respect1 and could compel him to do anything that he was physically capable of doing4 ,extending the experiments1 ,i obtained the same control over others1 both men and women1 till ,i had quite a class of sensitives so responsive that ,i could control them with ease4 ,up to this time they were all perfectly conscious and without any hallucinations2 they knew who they were1 where they were and what they were doing1 and they laughed as heartily at the absurd results obtained as any spectator4 ,up to this time1 too1 ,i had no means of ascertaining whether the apparent results were genuine4 ,i might be the dupe of cunning people who were conspiring to fool me1 for1 in these early stages1 there seems to be no way of scientifically proving it4 ,it was some time before ,i was able to carry the experiments further and get control of the consciousness and senses of my class4 ,at last success came4 ,i made them see and hear mosquitoes and fight the tormentors with great energy4 ,at this point they became dazed1 and it was easy to command their senses in other respects4 ,at a suggestion they heard music1 the noises of a riot1 a thunderstorm1 the roaring of lions1 a speech by ,col4 ,ingersoll1 and they gradually came to see vividly anything to which ,i directed their attention4 ,in this world of hallucination they lost consciousness--or1 rather1 they abandoned their real existence and assumed an abnormal existence1 as one does in a dream4 ,i am not yet certain whether this strange condition is imposed on them by my will1 or whether it is self-imposed1 subjective1 and the result of expectation on their part4 ,i am inclined to believe the latter theory is true1 because1 when ,i direct their attention to a horse1 for instance1 each one sees a different sort of horse1 and his head is in different directions4 ,by a few additional passes ,i can induce a cataleptic state1 in which the sensitive becomes perfectly rigid and can be laid out between two chairs1 his head on one and his heels on another1 like a log4 ,they can also be easily made insensible to pain1 so that pins are stuck through their hands1 teeth drawn1 and painful but harmless acids put in the eye1 without extorting a sign of feeling4 ,in this way1 and others even more conclusive1 ,i have demonstrated the good faith of my class4 ,i have given several receptions for the entertainment of my friends1 and record here some results for the benefit of those in other cities who choose to try similar experiments4 ,the available class now consists of eight--four gentlemen and four ladies1 from seventeen to forty years of age4 ,two of these 7both ladies7 ,i have never been able to take into the region of hallucinations4 ,i can control them physically1 can prevent their unclasping their hands1 or laying down a fan1 or rising from their chairs1 or pronouncing their own names2 but here my influence stops4 ,i cannot make them think that the room is hot or cold1 or that mosquitoes are prevalent1 or disturb the testimony of their senses in any way4 ,the other six are lost to the realities of life the instant ,i touch them4 ,one of them ,i can put into a sound sleep in a second1 and he will sleep until ,i awaken him4 ,it should be stated here that these sensitives are above the average of intelligence and mental activity4 ,three of them are clerks in the departments1 one1 who took the valedictory in college1 being an artist in the ,smithsonian4 ,two are in business for themselves2 one of them1 a shrewd1 sagacious and level-headed man as one would meet anywhere1 with a sharp commercial turn of mind4 ,this man differs from the others in being keenly incredulous--sceptical of his hallucinations when they seem unreasonable4 ,for instance1 at a reception the other evening1 at which the members of the ,cabinet were present with their families1 ,i introduced to my sensitives a learned pig4 ',see here6' ,i said1 when they were all in the mesmeric trance2 'here you are in my dime museum4 ,let me show you my educated pig4' ,they all wanted to see it1 and ,i whistled1 snapped my fingers1 and called their attention to the fine animal before them4 ,they evidently saw it4 ',a lovely little white pig6' said a young lady4 ',only it isn't little and it isn't white1' said the silversmith2 'it is a big black fellow1' and he appealed to the others4 ,i explained that it was a scarlet pig1 and told them it could read and sing4 ',sing6 ,oh yes1 we hear you6' said the incredulous man sarcastically4 ,i snapped my fingers4 ',there he goes6' said the artist1 'singing ',wait till the ,clouds ,roll ,by4'' ',i hear singing1' said ,incredulous1 turning to me4 '',titwillow1' isn't it8 ,how do you work him--the machinery1 ,i mean8' ,the others laughed at him4 ',why1 the pig sings1' said the young lady2 'can't you hear him sing8 can't you see him sing8' ',he looks as if he sang4 ,i see his jaws move1 and he sounds as if he sang1' persisted ,incredulous2 'but he doesn't sing4 ,pigs don't sing4' ',very well1 what is it1 then8' asked one of the clerks1 triumphantly4 ',a tube and a hole in the floor1 may be2 it's well done1 though1' said the doubter4 ',suppose you go and find the tube1' suggested the artist4 ,he went and kicked around where he supposed it to be1 tore up a piece of the carpet and looked nonplussed4 ',yonder's the pig over by the entrance1 singing ',a ,warrior ,bold1'' said the artist1 amid laughter4 ,the scoffer came back to his seat and said1 ',it's probably ventriloquism4' ',aw6' said the silversmith derisively1 'you can't throw the voice any such distance nor make it sound clear and sweet like that4 ,i've made a study of ventriloquism4' ',well1 ,i've made a study of pig1' said ,incredulous obstinately4 ,then ,i changed the illusion by making the pig's ear grow out three feet long1 and then turning him into an elephant with one leg and four tails4 ,sometimes ,i turn my class into infants and have them 'play school1' with infinite fun2 sometimes ,i transport them over the seas to ,africa or ,japan on my enchanted carpet1 where for a brief space they enjoy all the delights of travel2 sometimes we participate in battles1 sometimes visit famous picture galleries1 sometimes the artist enjoys a quiet talk with ,socrates1 or ,moses or ,confucius1 providing both questions and answers in a curious dual action of the mind highly entertaining to the audience4 ,the other evening ,i transformed my artist into ,president ,cleveland4 ,he assumed the character with quiet dignity1 but said he had had a hard day's work and was tired4 ',queen ,victoria will visit you this evening1 you know1' ,i said4 ',no6' he exclaimed with surprise4 ',i didn't know she was in this country4 ,when did she come8' ',yesterday1 on the ,aurania2 here she comes1 now4' ,he straightened up as ,i spoke and received her imaginary ,majesty with real dignity and tact4 ,after bowing and shaking hands he said3 ',i have heard with unfeigned pleasure of your ,majesty's approach to the capital of the republic1 and it is my agreeable privilege to extend to you the freedom of this city and country in behalf of sixty millions of people4 ,dan1 get the lady a chair6' ,as she seemed to seat herself he listened a moment1 smiled and said3 ',i reciprocate those feelings1 as do all ,americans1 and ,i trust that the amicable relations so long preserved between this republic and the mighty realm of which you are the honored and beloved ruler may never be broken4' ',where can the lady hang her crown8' ,i asked him4 ',it must have a peck of diamonds in it4 ,can't ,i take it8' ,he looked scornfully at me and ,i added3 ',can't the boys manage to get it away from her ,majesty when she goes down stairs8' ',you are a disgrace to this administration1 ,dan1 and have got to be fired out6' the ,president exclaimed angrily to me1 and then he humbly apologized to the ,queen4 ,he casually added that the fisheries dispute might lead to trouble1 and she would be prudent to let our boys get bait along shore where it seemed handiest4 ,i know of no other thing in which there is so much entertainment as mesmerism4 ,for the benefit of those who desire to experiment ,i append certain conclusions from my own experiments here3 #a4 ,about one person in ten can be mesmerized4 #b4 ,the proportion of people who have the 'power' to mesmerize1 if it be a power1 ,i do not know4 #c4 ,mesmerism is a trance and seems to me almost identical with somnambulism4 #d4 ,it is as harmless as sleep4 ,my sensitives occasionally come to me in the daytime to be put to sleep for the purpose of obtaining rest4 #e4 ,hallucinations that take place under mesmerism are seldom remembered in a subsequent waking state1 but are generally recalled with vividness in a subsequent mesmeric state4 #f4 ,mesmerized subjects do not see the objects or people in the room1 or hear any noise whatever except the voice of the operator4 #g4 ,my sensitives could have an arm or a leg amputated1 ,i have no doubt1 without suffering any pain4 #h4 ,some of my sensitives are able to tell what goes on behind them and where they cannot see it1 by some occult sense of which ,i am ignorant4 ,i am at present pursuing study along this line4 ,others here are now experimenting1 and ,i think mesmerism is the coming fashionable 'fad4' ,w4 ,a4 ,,croffut4 ,,animal ,,magnetism4--,methinks that if some of our eminent 787 scientists were to investigate this much abused subject 7as all of them might7 they would soon find themselves hors de combat in relation to their premises that all manifestations of mind are nothing but products of matter4 ,huxley1 for instance1 that the mind is a voltaic pile giving shocks of thought1 and many other quotations equally as absurd by other materialistic philosophers 787 who claim prominence as such4 ,as long ago as #ahdc ,i was induced to investigate and try this phenomenon mainly for a hygienic purpose and afterwards led on by curiosity4 ,i had no teacher1 consulted no works on the subject1 but derived all ,i learned in relation thereto by my own individual experiments1 and in parenthesis say that what ,i learned ,i hold as above all price in settling in my mind the vexed question1 to be or not to be4 ,in #ahdg ,i was in ,wisconsin1 and for the satisfaction of others ,i was induced to a renewal of experiments in magnetism4 ,i was located with several other families with a view of forming a co-operative colony1 so that excepting myself the rest had their residences closely together1 whilst mine was half a mile from the rest4 ,the subject at one time was brought up for discussion1 and an earnest desire on the part of many to see something of it resulted in my finding a subject to experiment with at once1 and fortunately he proved to be an extraordinary one4 ,the finding of property through him in a mesmeric condition was a thing of common occurrence1 and in some instances he seemed to be conscious of the mental conditions under which the property was lost4 ,i found that he could take cognizance of what was occurring out of his sight1 by pre-arrangements to test him4 ,one evening ,i mesmerized him1 and in imagination took him to ,england1 and prepared as ,i was to accept the marvellous1 ,i was considerably surprised at the probabilities of some statements from a letter received afterwards4 ,telling of this to my neighbors1 they suggested the institution of a series of experiments to thoroughly test the matter4 ,the course pursued was this3 ,his brother would magnetize him1 distant from me one-half a mile1 and in the evening1 according to arrangements1 my family were to be engaged at anything suggested to our minds at the time1 something for instance somewhat out of the ordinary routine of family occupation1 to make it more apparent1 and by comparing notes it was evident that through some mysterious law or power of mind he was with us taking cognizance of our actions4 ,this was so thoroughly demonstrated that the parties concerned would have subscribed and sworn to the same before any officer qualified to administer an oath4--,a4 ,,lansdell1 in ,golden ,gate4 ,,good ,,clairvoyance4--,dr4 ,e4 ,s4 ,packard1 of ,corunna1 ,me41 in the ,eastern ,star1 states that ,mr4 ,david ,prescott1 of ,south ,sangerville1 over ninety years of age1 wandered away into the woods1 and not returning1 a crowd of over a hundred men hunted for him nearly two days2 the mill pond near his house was drained4 ,search was made in every direction but to no success4 ,a gentleman of that place decided to call in the aid of ,mrs4 ,stevens2 she told him somebody was lost1 and not being able to visit the place she drew a map or chart of the locality1 giving directions1 by which1 on his return he was immediately found alive1 but died the next day4 ,the day following ,i was at ,south ,sangerville1 and stopping at this gentleman's house1 examined the map1 which was perfect in every respect4 ,the house and shed were correctly drawn1 the mill and pond near the house were marked1 the field and woods1 two fences over which ,mr4 ,prescott must climb1 even to the swinging of the road by the house was definitely given4 ,the spot where she said he was1 was shown by a large black mark1 and he was found exactly in that place4 ,when we consider that ,mrs4 ,stevens never saw this place in her normal condition1 it is to me a wonderful test of spirit power4 ,,hypnotism ,,in ,,insanity4--,we learn from the ,german periodical1 ,sphinx1 that hypnotism has been used in an insane asylum near ,zurich since ,march1 #ahhg1 in #da cases1 a report of which has been made by ,dr4 ,forel4 ,in fourteen cases there was a failure1 but in twenty-seven there was a degree of success without any unfavorable results afterwards4 ,in four of the cases due to intemperance a cure was effected and the patients joined the temperance society4 ,a morphine eater was cured in the same manner in six weeks and dismissed from the asylum4 ,,the ,,ancient ,,iberians4 ,,their ,,station ,,in ,,canada ,,described ,,by ,,the ,,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,h4 ,,murray4--,a ,,psychometric ,,report ,,on ,,an ,,ancient ,,race4 ,the ,rev4 ,w4 ,h4 ,h4 ,murray1 the eloquent minister who was once so conspicuous in ,boston1 on a yacht excursion to ,canada recently wrote from ,tadousac to the ,boston ,herald as follows3 ,at that point of time touched by the earliest ray of historic knowledge1 the eye of the student of human annals sees1 occupying the ,spanish peninsula1 a race of men called ,iberians4 ,these old ,iberians were not a tribe or clan1 but a people1 numerous and potential1 with a fully developed and virile language1 skilled in arms and the working of precious metals1 and industriously commercial4 ,this much can be clearly inferred from the extent of their territory and the remnant of them1 with their characteristics and habits1 which still remain4 ,this old people1 themselves a colony from some other country1 once existent and highly civilized in the remote past1 spread from the ,mediterranean ,sea to the slopes of the ,pyrenees1 and all over southern ,gaul as far as the ,rhone1 and flowed westward with a movement so forceful that it included all the ,british ,islands4 ,all this happened #djjj to #ejjj ,b4 ,c4 ,they are older than the ,egyptians probably by #ajjj years1 and were strong enough to attempt the conquest of the known world4 ,these ,iberians colonized ,sicily4 ,they were the original settlers in ,italy and pushed their way northward as far as ,norway and ,sweden1 where can still be found among the present inhabitants their physical characteristics--dark skin and jet black hair4 ,this ancient people were not barbarians1 but highly civilized4 ,they had the art of writing and a literature4 ,poetry was cultivated4 ,their laws were set in verse2 and for these laws thus written they claimed an antiquity of #fjjj years4 ,this ancient race has passed away1 as all great races do4 ,the rise and decline of a people are as a day4 ,they have a sunrise1 a noon1 a sunset1 and there remains of them and their splendor nothing but a gloaming1 a twilight of a thousand years1 perhaps1 and after that ,,oblivion',s ,,starless ,,night4 ,this old ,iberian1 world-conquering race came to its sunset hour a thousand years ago1 and the gloaming after their sunset is deepening into that gloom which hides all4 ,only a remnant1 a hint of the old-time radiance1 remains up to this day4 ,in ,southern ,europe1 the remnant of this antique race1 the fragment of a root with the old-time vigorous sap in it1 may still be found4 ,there1 on the ,spanish peninsula where its cradle was rocked1 the grave of a once powerful race is being slowly sodded2 for there still live that strange people called the ,basques4 ,it matters not today what they are--chiefly mountaineers1 ,i think--but they are of the old ,iberian stock1 and the ,iberians were colonists from some unknown land1 pre-historic1 undiscoverable by us4 ,colonists and colonizers also4 ,from some unknown land1 hidden from us in the gloom of ages1 these ,iberians came to ,southern ,europe in ships4 ,to ,sicily they went in ships2 to ,britain and ,ireland2 to ,norway also1 and where else1 or how far or for what1 is left to conjecture4 ,but being strong in numbers1 ambitious to conquer1 skilled in navigation1 we can well believe that they pushed their flag and commerce nigh to the ends of the world4 ,now these ,basques1 to-day mountaineers1 they tell me1 were once1 nor long ago1 great sailors4 ,in instinct and habit1 they were true to the old ,iberian stock1 to which they were as the last green leaf on a dying tree4 ,they were of a world-conquering race1 and they sailed the seas of the world1 seeking profit fearlessly4 ,four hundred years ago ,jacques ,cartier1 himself a ,breton1 with the old ,basque or ,iberian blood warm in him--for the ,bretons were of the old ,iberian stock1 with the same temper and look of face--sailed into the gulf of the ,st4 ,lawrence1 and found--what8 ,,the ,,basques ,,before ,,him4 ,not one ,basque ship1 but many4 ,engaged in what8 ,in hunting whales4 ,whalers they were1 and whalers they had been in these parts for years and centuries4 ,how know ,i this8 ,because--the records are scanty1 and pity it is that they are not fuller--,cartier himself1 and other of the old navigators to these waters1 found not only the ,basque whaling ships before them1 but the nomenclature of all the shores and of the fish in the waters purely ,basque4 ,bucalaos is the ,basque name for codfish1 and the ,basques called the whole coast ,bucalaos land1 or codfish land1 because of the multitudes of codfish along the coast4 ,and up to this day1 underlying the thin veneer of saint this and saint that1 which superstitious piety has given to every bay and cape and natural object in gulf and on river1 you find the old ,basque names of places and things--the solid oak beneath the tawdry coating applied by priestly brush for churchly purposes4 ,there is ,basque harbor1 ,basque island1 and old ,basque fort1 and a place known as the spot where these old-time whalers boiled their blubber and cured their catch of fish4 ,it was from these old ,basque whalers1 whose fathers and forefathers for a thousand or thousands of years had visited this coast in commerce1 and who knew every cape1 bay1 island1 shoal1 and harbor from the ,bay of ,fundy to ,cape ,tourmente1 as well as from the old ,icelandic pilots1 that ,columbus learned of the existence of this ,western ,continent2 and when he sailed from ,lisbon on his 'world-seeking voyage1' ,i make no doubt that he as surely knew1 by actual information1 of ,america1 as ,i know that the island of ,anticosti is but #bjj miles below me4 ,and yet ,i read in a paper somewhere lately that some wise dunce had proposed to 'celebrate the fourth centennial of the discovery of ,america by ,columbus'6 ,that's rich6 ,to-night the yacht ,champlain is swinging at anchor in the harbor of ,tadousac1 and ,i am writing in her little cabin with a profound conviction that1 a thousand years ,,before ,,columbus ,,was ,,born1 a little group of men1 ,basques by name1 then living in southern ,europe1 a remnant of the old ,iberian race1 anchored their ships in the same harbor in the month of ,august annually4 ,only half a mile to the west of me1 the ,saguenay1 whose bottom is one hundred fathoms deeper down than the bed of the ,st4 ,lawrence1 pours its gloomy current between the stupendous cliffs of rock which make for its resistless passage an awful portal4 ,these monstrous cliffs of bare1 gray rock have not changed in form or color or appearance since some force1 next to that of the ,almighty1 lifted them from the under world and placed them to stand eternal sentinels at the entrance to this strange1 impressive1 awe-inspiring river--for the wind and wear of unnumbered centuries have left them cold and bare1 soilless and treeless1 save where some stunted shrub1 with a single root1 has spiked itself into a crevice1 and there stands starved and dying1 as it lives its withered life4 ,as it is to-night to eye and ear1 so was it centuries ago2 and so the old ,basque whalers saw it while yet the great continent to the west was a trackless wilderness from ocean to ocean and gulf to gulf4 ,and ,columbus and ,jacques ,cartier and ,champlain were not1 by five hundred years1 yet born4 ,the harbor of ,tadousac is a basin shaped like a sickle4 ,on the west the mountain wall of the ,saguenay protects it4 ,the eastern curve is sheltered by vast sand lanes1 scoured from the sea bottom and whirled upward by some mighty eddy in geologic ages4 ,to the north are mountains of stone1 their gray surface flecked here and there by stunted fir and cedar or dwarfed birches4 ,between these mountains of rock and the water of the harbor or basin is a short1 narrow plateau1 lifted some fifty feet above the water line1 every foot of which is historic to a degree4 ,on no other bit of ground of equal size on the ,american continent has so much been done and suffered which can interest the curious1 touch the sensibilities1 or kindle the imagination and fan it into flame4 ,there is reason to think that before the ,christ was born the old ,iberian ships were here2 and their descendants1 the ,basques1 continued the commerce which their progenitors had established and which rendezvoused here #a1ejj years after the ,galilean name had conquered kingdoms and empires4 ,the ,norsemen were here1 we know1 a thousand years ago1 and many a night the old sea kings of the north drank out of their mighty drinking horns good health to distant ones and honors to ,thor and ,odin4 ,then1 late enough to have his coming known to letters1 and hence recorded1 ,jacques ,cartier came1 himself a ,breton1 and hence cousin in blood to the ,basque whalers1 whom he found here engaged in a pursuit which their race had followed before ,rome was founded or ,greece was born1 before ,jerusalem was builded1 or even ,egypt1 perhaps1 planted as a colony4 ,st4 ,augustine1 ,plymouth rock1 ,quebec--these are mushroom growths1 creations of yesterday1 traditionless1 without a legend and without a fame1 beside this harbor of ,tadousac1 whose history1 along a thin but strong cord of sequence1 can be traced backward for a thousand years1 and whose connection with ,europe is older than the name6 99 99 99 99 99 ,,psychometry ,,and ,,archaeology4 ,whether the thin but strong cord by which ,mr4 ,murray pulls the old ,iberians to these shores be mainly historical or imaginative1 ,i have not attempted to decide2 but as to the old races of ,southern ,europe there are relics already sufficient to evoke their history by psychometric exploration4 ,the ,popular ,science ,news of ,boston gives a sketch of some old relics from ,la ,nature which ,i quote as follows3 ,recent explorations in ,spain by two ,belgian scientists1 the ,messrs4 ,siret1 have resulted in some very interesting discoveries4 ,relics of a prehistoric race have been found in great abundance1 ranging from the stone age to that of bronze and metals4 ,these people buried their dead not only in stone graves or cells1 but also in great jars of burnt clay1 accompanied by pieces of pottery and other articles of use and value4 ,this form of jar-burial is very widespread1 and examples have been found from ,japan to ,peru4 ,these relics are supposed to belong to that ancient race which lived in ,europe previous to the ,aryan immigration1 the various branches of which are known as ,iberians1 ,pelasgians1 ,ligurians1 etc41 according to the country in which they lived4 ,several skeletons were found adorned with silver and gold ornaments4 ,one of the most remarkable is illustrated here4 ,it is a female skull encircled by a band of silver1 to which is attached a thin plate of the same metal4 ,it is not known whether it was originally worn in the position as when found1 or1 as is most likely1 had been accidentally displaced after burial4 ,this skull was found in a cave near the station of ,fuente-,alamo1 where gold and silver are found in small quantities in the soil2 and it is quite possible that in those ancient times the mining of the precious metals was a regular occupation of the inhabitants4 ,illustration ,,psychometric ,,description4--,mrs4 ,buchanan1 describing the subject from this engraving1 without seeing it or knowing what it represented1 spoke as follows3 ,this is far away2 it is remains of some kind2 remains of a human being1 of a very remote type of female4 ,her surroundings were very rude4 ,she was of a race of strong animal instincts--a large people4 ,she seems something like a squaw4 7,what of their habitations87 ,they were very rude1 as much like caves as anything4 ,i think they lived in caves and rocks4 ,they hunted and fished4 ,their weapons were of stones1 but they had some kind of metal which they could hammer out4 ,they dried their food in the sun--fishes and meats4 ,they had very little agriculture4 ,they had a process for making things they wanted for domestic use1 and for weapons1 as well as stone implements4 ,they may have used the precious metals1 not as money but for ornaments4 ,it was not a numerous race1 did not propagate fast4 ,they have all died out4 ,there is no vestige of them on the earth4 ,they were a brown1 dark colored race4 ,their heads were low and faces large2 jaws prominent4 ,evidently this is not the race of which ,mr4 ,murray speaks--neither ,iberian nor ,basque4 ,,the ,,star-,,dust ,,of ,,the ,,universe4 ,the distinguished astronomer1 ,norman ,lockyer1 has lately read a paper before the ,royal ,society 7,london7 under the title of a ,preliminary ,note on the ,spectra of the ,meteorites1 which advances some of the boldest theories and suggestions ever offered concerning the ,universe1 which cannot fail to interest the readers of the ,,journal ,,of ,,man4 ,according to ,mr4 ,lockyer the meteors which we have been accustomed to consider trivial or incidental matters in planetary and stellar systems1 no more important than the dust which the housewife raises from parlor and chamber1 are really fundamental and basic elements of the ,universe1 capable of generating comets1 planets1 suns and stars4 ,if this idea can be entertained1 meteors must be vastly more numerous than the world has supposed4 ,cosmical space1 according to ,mr4 ,lockyer1 is filled with meteorites of various sizes1 flying in many directions with enormous velocities and moving in certain orbits like larger bodies4 ,many observations have been made to determine the number of these meteorites4 ,dr4 ,schmidt1 of ,athens1 in seventeen years of observation concluded that in a clear dark night an observer would see on an average fourteen an hour at one station4 ,other astronomers have calculated that if observations were made over the whole earth1 ten thousand times as many would be seen as could be seen by a single observer4 ,calculating thus1 it has been inferred that about #bj1jjj1jjj luminous meteors fall on the earth every twenty-four hours1 besides the innumerable amount of minute bodies too small to be seen by telescopes--which some suppose to be twenty times as numerous as the visible4 ,prof4 ,h4 ,a4 ,newton makes some astounding estimates on this subject--that the orbit of the earth is filled with meteorites1 about #bej miles apart1 making a group of about #cj1jjj in a space equal to that of the earth4 ,if such calculations are reliable1 the query must arise1 ,how much effect can such a meteoric shower every day in the year exert on the orbital motion of the earth1 in retarding its velocity8 ,the effect must be greatly increased if1 according to ,prof4 ,newton1 the velocity of meteors striking the earth is about thirty miles a second1 varying from ten to forty4 ,from such a basis as this rises the grand hypothesis of ,mr4 ,lockyer1 who is a courageous theorist1 that all cosmic space is filled with meteorites1 that they go in swarms1 and that not only comets but stars are formed by conglomerate aggregations of meteorites4 ,schiaparelli1 in #ahff1 demonstrated that the orbit of the ,august meteors was the same as that of the comet of that year4 ,it is in ,august and ,november of each year that we have the most brilliant display of meteors in two distinct groups1 or orbits4 ,those of ,august come from a point in the constellation of ,perseus and those in ,november from a point in the constellation ,leo4 ,they are believed to fill two distinct orbits or rings making an elliptical orbit round the sun4 ,in such orbits1 comets are believed by astronomers to be formed by a concentrated swarm of incandescent meteorites rendered luminous by collisions4 ,but this hypothesis of innumerable collisions between meteorites travelling in the same orbits does not appear very plausible4 ,this doctrine of the genesis of comets1 advanced by ,schiaparelli1 is extended by ,mr4 ,lockyer to the genesis of all great luminous bodies4 ,nebulae1 comets1 stars1 variable and temporary stars1 are all thus brought under a general law and method of genesis4 ,the increasing approximation and condensation of the meteorites is seen in different classes of stars4 ,stars of the class iii4a are not so far advanced as others4 ,the next step in the hypothesis is that in the extreme approximation and condensation of the meteorites a degree of heat is generated which converts the whole into a mass of incandescent vapor1 at a transcendental temperature4 ,the maximum temperature being thus attained1 a cooling process begins1 which is seen in our sun and other stars of the second class4 ,other stars1 according to ,mr4 ,lockyer1 of class iii4b exhibit spectra which show that their temperature is not so high1 and the last stage is attained by stars and other bodies which have ceased to be luminous1 and1 therefore1 are not seen1 but may be recognized by the perturbations which they produce in the movements of other bodies4 ,according to this hypothesis our solar system was once but a mighty swarm of meteorites1 extending as far as the farthest planet at present4 ,we may as well suppose its materials to have been a swarm of meteorites as to suppose a chaotic fire-mist4 ,mr4 ,lockyer supposes the clash of meteor swarms to have produced new stars1 and suggests the possibility of stellar or planetary bodies coming into collision1 though no observations ever made yet give an example4 ,the destroyed planet1 ,sideros1 discovered by ,prof4 ,denton1 illustrates that the universe has its disorder and tragedy as well as our own sphere4 ,the time is coming when all these mysteries are to be cleared up--it will be when ,psychometry is added to our telescopic and spectroscopic methods4 ,then will astronomy and all other sciences receive their grandest enlargement4 ,in this task ,i cannot at present engage1 for the limitless field of ,anthropology alone is too much for a solitary scientist laboring for the advent of ,,the ,,new ,,civilization4 ,,miscellaneous4 ,,bright ,,literature4--,new publications have just been received which express the bright mental activity of the present time4 ,the first number of ,the ,new ,christianity1 which has just appeared1 bears the editorial names of ,b4 ,f4 ,barrett and ,s4 ,h4 ,spencer1 and is issued by the ,swedenborg ,publishing ,association1 ,philadelphia1 published every ,thursday in sixteen large pages1 at #b per annum4 ,at so moderate a price it should have a large circulation4 ,the name of ,rev4 ,b4 ,f4 ,,barrett is a sufficient guarantee of the literary excellence1 profound thought and liberal aims of this weekly4 ,the ,association1 of which ,mr4 ,barrett is president1 holds the good of life to be paramount to the truth of doctrine2 charity superior to faith2 doctrine 7though it be from the ,lord out of heaven7 to be of no value save as a means to this divine end--purity of heart and righteousness of life4 ,hence1 they have been more intent on diffusing their principles than building up a religious establishment4 ,the ,association has condensed ,swedenborg's writings into ten small volumes1 in about one-tenth of the compass of the unabridged works1 and has sold about #cg1jjj volumes1 besides many thousands given away4 ,the ,boston ,herald says of this publication that it deserves a cordial welcome as an attempt to express1 through the religious press1 a wider interest in the things of this world than most of the ,new ,church papers have aimed at1 444 a broader treatment of what concerns our common ,christianity than has been heretofore attempted in this religious connection1 and thus satisfy the ,new ,church people1 who realize that they are still in the world1 as well as the no-church people1 who prefer smaller doses from the abstract writings of ,swedenborg1 and more of the thought of ,new ,churchmen about what all men are thinking of4 ,,the ,,two ,,worlds1 published weekly1 at #fa ,george ,street1 ,chatham ,hill1 ,manchester1 ,england1 at #b;d4 a number1 #bs41 #b;d4 for thirteen weeks1 or #hs41 #h;d4 per annum in advance1 is under the editorial control of ,mrs4 ,emma ,hardinge ,britten and ,e4 ,m4 ,wallis4 ,the first number is dated ,nov4 #ah1 #ahhg4 ,the names of its editors are a sufficient guarantee of its ability and its noble aims4 ,they are admired and honored in ,america as well as ,europe1 and have thousands of friends4 ,the first number fully sustains the expectations raised by their names4 ,there is a brightness1 vigor1 independence and eloquence in the editorials which are refreshing4 ,the salutatory says3 ,we do not propose to inflict on readers searching for light from the higher world matter beneath instead of beyond the reader's previous status of thought and education4 ,the spiritual rostrum should be the sphere of instruction alike to listener and reader1--not the school in which unfledged and half-developed mediums seek to entertain their audiences by practicing the ,a ,b ,c of the oratorical art4 ,they say1 also1 ,that the scope of this journal may not be misunderstood1 we desire to state at once1 and in advance of our future issues1 that we propose to traverse1 as far as possible1 the wide and varied fields of human interests that might be vitalized and exalted by that knowledge of the life hereafter1 which spirits alone can demonstrate4 ,instead of confining ourselves1 therefore1 to the relation of phenomenal facts and speculative philosophy1 we shall endeavor to show how beneficially the spiritualistic revelations of the nineteenth century might operate through such departments of earth life as reform1 science1 theology1 politics1 occultism and the only true and practical religion1 viz43 goodness and truth in the life here as a preparation for heaven and happiness in the life hereafter4 ,as to ,occultism and ,theosophy1 they say3 ,every article that will appear in these columns will be written by one who knows1 and who will deal with those subjects from the standpoint of practical experience4 ,the article on this subject in the first number is extremely interesting and instructive1 in fact1 the first clear and satisfactory statement that has been published4 ,among other facts it mentions that ,lord ,lytton1 the ,earl of ,stanhope1 and ,lieut4 ,morrison 7better known as ,zadkiel71 and the author of ,art ,magic1 belonged to this society1--a secret ,occult society in ,england1 successor to the ancient societies of ,egypt1 ,greece and ,india4 ,there is no reason to doubt that the ,two ,worlds will have a brilliant career1 and do much to elevate the tone and enhance the reputation of spiritual science4 ,the inspiration of ,emma ,hardinge ,britten is of a high order1 and flows into a mind which has also a strong grasp on external life4 ,either on the rostrum or through the press she is a distinguished leader in the spiritual movement4 ,mr4 ,wallis has also earned a high rank as an exponent of ,spiritualism on its highest ethical plane4 ,,foote',s ,,health ,,monthly4--,if any of my readers are not already acquainted with ,foote's ,health ,monthly1 published at ,new ,york1 at #ej cents a year1 they will find it worthy of their attention4 ,dr4 ,e4 ,b4 ,foote is one of the most conspicuous and worthy of ,america's medical reformers4 ,his ,plain ,home ,talk1 when first issued on a smaller scale as ,medical ,common ,sense1 sold to the amount of #bej1jjj copies1 now under the title of ,plain ,home ,talk1 containing #ice pages1 with #bjj illustrations1 the publishing company say that they issue #bjjj or more copies every month4 ,its vast circulation is not surprising when we consider that it is almost a cyclopedia of medical information for the people at the amazingly low price of #a4ej4 ,copies of this valuable work may be obtained from the editor of the ,,journal ,,of ,,man1 or from ,dr4 ,e4 ,b4 ,foote1 #abj ,lexington ,avenue1 ,new ,york4 ,the people need medical information1 and ,dr4 ,foote has for many years been the leader in popular medical enlightenment4 ,,psychic ,,theories4--,an esteemed correspondent says1 ,i trust you will soon have space and time in which to fully discuss theosophy1 and its bold assertion that ,spiritualism is but the manifestation of dangerous elementals or of the souls of those sent untimely from this life as suicides and executed criminals1 who until their selfish desires are gratified1 make use of 'astral shells' of the real spirits of our dead friends1 in order to wickedly deceive us1 a discouraging view4 ,theosophy or divine wisdom does not make such assertions4 ,they are but traditional dogmas which did not originate in scientific investigation4 ,those who make such assertions may call themselves theosophists1 but they have no exclusive right to such a name1 which belongs to all seekers of divine wisdom4 ,american theosophy as represented by the ,,journal ,,of ,,man makes no such assertions1 and relies upon investigation1 never receiving the speculative notions of darker ages without evidence1 whether they relate to ,metempsychosis1 or the garden of ,eden1 the burning hell1 the purgatory1 or the various pictures of the infernal and supernal regions which had been current in the old world before such realms were ever investigated4 ,when my readers hear any such theories advanced1 let them quietly ask for the evidence1 what are the facts on which such opinions are based1 when were they discovered1 who were the investigators1 and what was their method of investigation8 ,if such questions cannot be answered1 the theories deserve little attention4 ,,twentieth ,,century ,,science1 ,,dawning ,,at ,,the ,,end ,,of ,,the ,,nineteenth4--,in the #bjth century1 ,psychometry will become the guide of the nations4 ,the world will understand itself4 ,every mile on the surface of the globe will be familiarly known4 ,an important event anywhere will be immediately known everywhere4 ,the planets and their inhabitants will be known1 and much more known that need not be mentioned at present4 ,the healing art will approximate perfection4 ,criminals will be reformed4 ,their number will be diminished4 ,the juvenile nations of the earth will be more or less under the care of the adolescent and peace will be maintained4 ,these are not psychometric forecasts1 but rational inferences1 from our increasing rate of progress4 ,,comparative ,,speed ,,of ,,light ,,and ,,electricity4--,the ,french physicist ,fizeau calculated the velocity of light at #ahe1aeg miles a second2 ,cornu1 another ,frenchman1 calculated it at #ahe1dbj1 and ,michelson obtained #ahf1chj as the result of his calculation4 ,wheatstone1 the ,english electrician1 found that free electricity travelled #bhh1jjj miles a second2 ,kirchoff concluded1 from theoretical considerations1 that an electrical current sent through a wire in which it meets no resistance has the velocity of #aib1ibd miles a second4 ,the velocity of an electric current sent through iron wire is #fb1ajj miles a second2 through copper wire1 #aaa1ghj miles4 ,we think justice will be done by deciding that electricity is the faster4--,n4 ,y4 ,sun4 ,yet practically speaking1 electricity in wires is much slower4 ,prof4 ,gould found that telegraph wires at a moderate height1 transmit signals at the rate of #ab1jjj miles a second2 but if the wires are suspended high enough1 the velocity may be raised to #af1jjj or even #bd1jjj feet a second4 ,subterranean wires and submarine cables transmit slowly4 ,wheatstone's experiments were made fifty-four years ago1 and have not since been confirmed4 ,i would say light is the faster1 for electric currents are always retarded by the medium4 ,,wonderful ,,photography4--,dr4 ,h4 ,g4 ,piffard exhibited in ,new ,york to a society of amateur photographers a new method of taking instantaneous photographs by means of a brilliant light made by sprinkling ten or fifteen grains of magnesium powder on about six grains of gun-cotton4 ,when this is flashed in a dark apartment it gives light enough to take a good photograph4 ,it will do the same if flashed out of a pistol2 so that a citizen may have his revolver with a small camera on the barrel and by flashing the gun-cotton out of his pistol he can make a photograph of any burglar or robber in the dark before he fires a bullet4 ,,wooden ,,cloth4--,an ,austrian has patented a process for boiling wood and cleaving it into fibres that may be spun into threads which may be woven4 ,,the ,,phylloxera pest1 which has wrought such havoc among vineyards throughout ,europe1 has invaded ,california also4 ,france has lost many millions1 and has offered a reward of #cjj1jjj francs for the discovery of a remedy4 ,a ,turkish farmer is said to have discovered accidentally that the remedy is to plant ,sorghum or sugar-cane between the vines1 which draws the phylloxera from the grapevines4 ,it is said to have been successfully adopted already in ,turkey1 ,croatia1 ,dalmatia and ,eastern ,italy4 ,,falling ,,rents1 in ,england4--,while landlords are battling for rents foreign rivalry is destroying rent1 and it is still going down4 ,large estates have a difficulty in getting either tenants or purchasers4 ,the fall in prices and rents extends all over ,england4 ,on a farm of #b1gjj acres1 in ,lancashire1 the tenant had been paying five dollars an acre1 but he refused to take it for #ahhg at two dollars and a half4 ,lands in #ahgf were commonly valued at #bfj per acre2 but they would not bring over #aej to-day4 ,the ,court ,journal says3 ,the depreciation in the value of ,english land is witnessed by one or two statements published last week4 ,we are1 in the first place1 told that within a radius of twelve miles around ,louth1 in ,lincolnshire1 there are now #bb1djj acres of land without tenants4 ,in the same shire the largest farm in ,england has been thrown on the owner's hands4 ,it is #b1gjj acres in extent and the tenant paid ,l#a per acre4 ,this year a reduction of #ej per cent was made to him1 but finding that although an experienced and energetic farmer1 that even at this reduction he could not make two ends meet1 he has thrown up his farm4 ,,boston ,,civilization4--,during the four years ending ,sept4 #cj1 #ahhd1 there were #iga liquor sellers condemned for violating the law1 who appealed to the superior court4 ,of the entire number1 only #ai were fined1 and #gbi were allowed to escape by dropping the prosecution4 ,but the law against preaching on the ,boston ,common is enforced with faithful severity1 and ,rev4 ,w4 ,f4 ,davis has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment for preaching without a permit4 ,evidently rum-selling is more popular than ,protestant preaching1 and pugilism is more popular than either1 as the mayor and some councilmen participated in putting a #aj1jjj belt on ,john ,l4 ,sullivan1 the slugger1 before the largest audience the ,boston ,theatre would hold1 on the #ith of ,august1 #ahhg4 ,but perhaps other cities are no better4 ,cincinnati has one liquor-selling shop to every twenty voters4 ,the cities will not tolerate prohibition1 but it is successful elsewhere4 ,,psychic ,,blundering4--,the ,psychical ,research ,society held a meeting a few weeks since in ,boston4 ,their first communication was on ,thought ,transferrence1 by ,dr4 ,h4 ,b4 ,bowditch4 ,it was stated that a large number of experiments had been made1 but the results were of a negative value4 ,the attempt to establish the reality of thought transferrence had not been very successful4 ,what else but negative results are to be expected from negative people1--people who have been in this matter mere negations for forty-five years1 during which discoveries have been in progress all around them1 which they have refused to look at1 and refused to test by experiment4 ,still1 if the march of mind for half a century can finally rouse the sluggard class1 it is well4 ,for while the lamp holds out to burn1 etc4 ,it was a ,dr4 ,bowditch who1 in #ahdc1 certified as secretary of a committee to the facts which demonstrate the science of ,anthropology1 and then relapsed into an agnostic slumber and forgot all about it4 ,,beecher',s ,,mediumship4--,it has been generally believed in spiritual circles that ,henry ,ward ,beecher had the inspiration which belongs to mediumship4 ,this quality appears to have been inherited from his mother4 ,on one occasion she was suddenly impelled to leave her apartment and rush out to an old carriage house1 where she arrived in time to save the life of her youngest child1 which had fallen through a carriage top and was caught in such a way that if she had not arrived then he would have been strangled4 ,a ,,scientific ,,cataract4--,the blindness of the old school medical profession to modern progress is due to what may be called a cataract formed by medical bigotry4 ,it will require half a century to remove this cataract4 ,we are reminded of its existence by a paragraph in the ,boston ,herald speaking of the cancer in the throat of the crown prince of ,germany1 which the faculty expect to prove fatal1 which it calls a physical disorder for which medical science has yet to discover a remedy2 it is not at all likely that this fortunate discovery will occur soon enough to be of service to the heir-apparent4 ,this flat denial of the curability of cancer is in the same columns in which an enlightened correspondent gave ample proof of cures with names and dates4 ,such denials are published in a city where a diligent inquiry would reveal about three hundred cases of successful cure of cancer well attested4 ,but alas6 these cures were not made under the authority or by the disciplined followers of the old school ,american ,medical ,association and therefore they cannot be recognized or heard of4 ,there is a dignity which cannot see or feel anything it does not wish to see or feel2 which reminds us of a story of two ladies4 ,said ,madam ,f41 a ,swiss lady1 to ,madam ,r41 a ,french woman1 ,i was surprised to see you walking with ,col4 ,m4 yesterday4 ,do you not know that he was publicly horsewhipped by ,capt4 ,d4 of the ,infantry8 ,i do not mind such remarks at all 7said ,madam ,r417 for ,i know that ,col4 ,m4 is a man of honor and too dignified a gentleman to notice anything going on behind his back4 ,speaking of cancer1 the press and the political world are greatly concerned at the probable fate of the crown prince of ,germany1 attacked with cancer in the larynx1 and with little or no hope of surviving4 ,they announce as the result of the great scientific investigation prompted by this fact1 a great discovery concerning cancer4 ,is it a discovery of a cure--oh no1 they think they have discovered the cancer bacillus4 ,that is science1 but as for destroying the cancer bacillus they leave that to the physicians whom they call quacks for curing what the professors cannot cure4 ,,obstreperous ,,and ,,pragmatic ,,vulgarity4--,the house of ,knoedler ,co41 leading art dealers in ,new ,york1 has been arrested by ,comstock for selling photographs of celebrated paintings from the art galleries of ,paris4 ,it is a foul mind which sees obscenity in that which cultivated people admire1 and the ,hoboken ,evening ,news says very appropriately1 ,of all the cranky ,pharisees allowed to run at large1 ,anthony ,comstock is the chief4 ,he is a most unmitigated nuisance and requires most emphatic and summary suppression4 ,the ,n4 ,y4 ,home ,journal1 in a well considered editorial1 says3 ,the need of a revision of the law regarding immoral publications in literature and art becomes every day more manifest4 ,there is required especially a precise definition of what the statute is designed to prohibit4 ,at present there is no uniform criterion4 ,it is just what the local ,dogberry and the scratch jury happen to find4 ,books that have had an established place in literature for generations and are found in all the great libraries of the world2 pictures that represent the highest skill attained in the leading schools of ,europe2 reproductions of works that adorn the national and royal galleries cherished as monuments of genius to reflect the glory of the time1--these are quite likely to be brought up and solemnly condemned by our tribunals as unfit for the contemplation of our superior ,american virtue4 ,but the real injustice of the proceeding follows in the infliction of fines or imprisonment on the unsuspecting vendors of the works1 who naturally imagine that merchandise current in all the other markets of the civilized world would be current also here4 ,the most respectable houses1 known throughout the length and breadth of the country for their honorable dealings1 are exposed to legal prosecution any moment that an officious fanatic or jealous rival pleases to bring a charge that certain works in their store have an immoral tendency4 ,judge ,brady1 of the ,supreme ,court1 says1 ,if ,i had been a legislator ,i would never have voted for this law4444 ,it is evident that mere nudity in painting and sculpture is not obscenity4 ,it is a false delicacy and mere prudery which would condemn and banish from sight all such objects4 ,public opinion should be directed against the vice society which employs and pays such a tool as ,comstock4 ,the prosecution which he instigated against ,mrs4 ,elmina ,slenker1 of ,virginia1 resulted in her acquittal4 ,the ,n4 ,y4 ,evening ,post says1 ,if there is to be a prosecution in this ,knoedler case1 and these prints should send some one to jail1 we for our part think ,anthony ,comstock should be the man4 ,,hygiene4--,sir ,spencer ,wells1 in an address to the ,medico-,chirurgical ,society of ,nottingham1 ,england1 referred to sanitary improvements which had reduced the annual death rate from twenty-nine in a thousand to nineteen1 and said that it ought to be reduced to fifteen or twelve4 ,he then said1 ,and if we have--as we really have--seen the average duration of human life in ,great ,britain advance from thirty years 7which it was half a century ago7 to forty-nine years 7which it is now1 according to life tables71 why may we not witness a still further advance8 ,why should seventy or eighty years remain as the usual limit of human life8 ,why should its natural duration under perfectly healthy surrounding conditions not be at least #ajj years1 with an occasional extension of some ten or fifteen years more8 ,when people are made to understand that at least nine-tenths of the deaths in ,england are premature1 the representatives of the most parsimonious rate payers will be compelled by the criticism of the public to remember that they also represent the more sacred interests of human life and happiness1 and that resistance to sanitary improvements is punished by preventable disease and premature death4 ,high local mortality is largely due to want of local information4 ,for the tens or hundreds who are killed by murder or manslaughter1 or by accident1 or in battles on land or sea1 thousands and millions are victims of preventable disease4 ,when this is fully understood1 no imperial ,government1 no local authority1 will dare to incur the responsibility of such a national disgrace4 ,dr4 ,wells then forcibly illustrated the dangerous and pestilential results of our system of burying the dead1 planting the germs of diseases in the ground to come forth again1 and corrupting the water supply4 ,london alone uses #b1bjj acres of land for cemeteries1 and ,england and ,wales have #aa1jjj cemeteries1 costing for the land over #fjj per acre1 all dangerous to health1 while about #be1jjj1jjj are annually expended on funerals4 ,for all this cremation was the remedy4 ,a distinguished ,english physician1 addressing the ,international ,hygiene ,society at ,vienna1 said that the gain to ,england in the last fifty years from improvement in health was equal to #a1ejj1jjj1jjj4 ,,quinine4--,this famous drug1 which was once as high as #e an ounce1 has become very cheap by preserving the trees which were formerly destroyed in gathering ,peruvian ,bark4 ,the drug may now be purchased in quantities at half a dollar an ounce4 ,the trees now yield a crop of bark every year4 ,the fashionable sulphate of quinine1 which is most extensively used1 ,i consider the most objectionable form of the drug4 ,my favorite form is the dextro-quinine1 made by ,keasby ,matteson1 ,philadelphia4 ,but quinine is not at all a necessity4 ,it could be satisfactorily replaced by ,declat's syrup of ,phenic ,acid1 a ,french preparation1 which is free from the objectionable qualities of quinine4 ,but even that is not necessary1 for we have in the willow1 the dogwood1 and the apple tree1 three ,american barks1 which might well replace ,peruvian bark by their fluid extracts and alkaloids4 ,to these we may add ,gnaphalium 7or ,life ,everlasting71 an admirable remedy in fever1 and other medicines and combinations of value4 ,our slavish dependence on ,peruvian bark has been due to our ignorance4 ,,life ,,and ,,death4--,perilous is the fisherman's life4 ,in the past year1 ending ,october1 #ahhg1 ,gloucester1 ,mass41 has lost #ag vessels and #abg lives of fishermen1 leaving #fj widows and #fa fatherless children4 ,the ,mayville family of ,wakefield1 ,mass41 begin small4 ,mrs4 ,mayville weighed but two pounds when born4 ,her son of #ag years1 weighing #afj pounds1 weighed but #bd ounces when born1 and she has lately had a male baby1 weighing only eight ounces4 ,it was born ,nov4 #ac1 and appeared dead1 but was revived4 ,it was ten inches long and measured eight inches round the head and was perfectly formed4 ,it died in two weeks1 from irritation of the bowels4 ,mrs4 ,charlotte ,tubbs of ,caroline ,county1 ,md41 recently gave birth to four babies1 all of whom are alive4 ,this addition to her family makes her the mother of nine children1 all of whom were born within five years4 ,among the older children are two pairs of twins4--,cin4 ,enq4 ,mrs4 ,wm4 ,wright1 of ,new ,castle1 ,ind41 recently gave birth to four children1 making in all a family of fourteen children1 including five pairs of twins4 ,who was it said that he'd rather be ,wright than be ,president8 ,we wouldn't4--,norristown ,herald4 ,,dorothea ,l4 ,,dix4--,this noted philanthropist1 whose labors in establishing asylums for the insane in ,america and ,europe were never equalled1 died last summer in ,new ,jersey4 ,an interesting tribute to her memory was delivered in ,boston by the ,rev4 ,,james ,,freeman ,,clarke1 and ,i regret that the limited space of the ,journal forbids its full republication4 ,i can only quote this4 ,being asked how she achieved such noble results in her work1 she answered that she went to those whose duty it was to aid in any particular work1 and was always sure that though at first they might refuse to do what they were asked1 they would gradually become interested and end by doing whatever was needed4 ,may her example in this be followed by all friends of progress4 ,,the ,,drift ,,of ,,catholicism4--,the purpose of the ,catholic party to break up our unsectarian school system has been realized in ,stearns ,co41 ,minnesota1 where their church property exceeds a million of dollars4 ,the ,catholic catechism is taught daily in nearly three-fourths of the public schools4 ,many of the schools are conducted in the ,german language1 and some of the schools taught by the ,benedictine sisters4 ,,juggernaut4--,it is a singular fact that at the late procession of the idol ,juggernaut in ,india1 instead of the thousand devotees who used to drag at the ropes to haul his chariot from the temple to the river1 hired coolies had to be substituted1 and the victims who willingly threw themselves under the ponderous wheels to be crushed to death1 were entirely wanting4--,commonwealth4 ,,chap4 ,,xi4--,,the ,,principal ,,methods ,,of ,,studying ,,the ,,brain4 ,cranioscopy1 ,pathology1 and ,vivisection1 their failures recognized--,limitations of ,craniology and its stationary condition--,human ,impressibility explained--,its prevalence in different climates--,method of testing it4 ,in what manner shall we proceed to study the brain8 ,all must admit the necessity of a thorough study of its anatomy2 yet1 unless we learn something of its functions1 this anatomy is profitless and uninteresting2 hence cerebral anatomy was crude and erroneous until1 revolutionized by ,gall and ,spurzheim1 it assumed a philosophical character and became connected with a doctrine of the cerebral functions4 ,for the study of these functions three principal methods have been adopted by eminent scientists3 #ast4 ,the method of ,cranioscopy1 practiced by ,gall and his followers4 #b;d4 ,the study of ,pathological ,anatomy4 #c;d4 ,the mutilation of the brains of living animals4 ,but neither ,cranioscopy1 ,pathology1 nor ,vivisection has given satisfactory demonstrations1 nor does the whole scope of the alleged results of all embrace more than half of the cerebral functions4 ,the results of ,vivisection have been unsatisfactory4 ,but it has shown that slicing away the anterior and upper parts of the brain of an animal produces a state of partial stupor--a loss of its intelligence and mental characteristics1 without producing any great detriment to its muscular and physiological functions2 while injuries inflicted upon the basilar parts of the brain produce evident derangements of muscular action1 and are more dangerous to life4 ,vivisection has been almost entirely fruitless for the discovery of psychic functions1 but in the hands of ,prof4 ,ferrier and the continental vivisectors it has thrown much light upon cerebral psychology1 and as ,i shall hereafter show1 has confirmed my own discoveries4 ,pathological ,anatomy1 too1 has been extremely unprofitable4 ,the results of ,pathological ,anatomy 7says ,muller7 can1 however1 never have more than a limited application to the physiology of the brain4 ,we are unacquainted with the laws according to which the different parts of the organ participate in the functions of each other1 and we can only1 in a general way1 regard as certain that organic diseases in one part of the brain may induce changes in the function of other parts2 but from these facts and the results of ,pathological ,anatomy1 we cannot always draw certain conclusions4 ,mr4 ,solly1 after commenting on the general failure of ,vivisection1 remarks1 ,from pathology we might naturally expect surer evidence2 but even here the physiologist who carefully examines its records is doomed to disappointment4 ,as will be proved hereafter1 no certain light has yet shone on physiology from this source4 ,cerebral pathology will not continue to be so barren a study when we have a true cerebral physiology to guide us4 ,i find all pathological cases instructive as confirmations and illustrations of true cerebral science4 ,the method of ,dr4 ,gall--studying the growth and development of the different parts of the brain1 as indicated by the cranium--is the most simple1 rational and successful of all the methods adopted up to the present time4 ,in his hands it has elicited a valuable and practical1 though rude1 system of phrenology4 ,but ,craniology or skull-study cannot perfect1 nor can it positively demonstrate1 the science4 ,the observations of the craniologist are continually liable to error4 ,the irregular thickness of the skull constitutes a great difficulty in the way of exact observations4 ,by great expertness and accuracy of observation1 he may overcome this difficulty in a great degree1 but whenever the brain is subject to any remarkable influence1 increasing or diminishing the activity and size of particular organs1 the external form fails to indicate the internal condition1 because it can change but slightly1 and with slowness1 after the skull is fully developed and ossified4 ,were the skull composed of more pliable materials1 cranioscopy would be more accurate in its facts1 but while it preserves a uniform exterior1 the interior often undergoes remarkable changes4 ,convolutions that are frequently called into action become better supplied with arterial blood1 expand and grow1 while the adjacent portion of the inner plate of the skull becomes absorbed1 and presents a remarkable indentation4 ,convolutions that are seldom in action shrink in size1 and the adjacent bone grows in upon them4 ,thus the skull becomes thinner at the site of every active organ1 and thicker over every convolution that is inactive4 ,the translucency or opacity of the different parts of the skull1 when a light is placed in its interior1 generally indicates the active and inactive organs4 ,hence1 many skulls of fine exterior reveal1 upon interior examination1 a degenerate character4 ,criminal heads generally present remarkable opacity and thickness in the region of the moral organs1 with distinct digital impressions from the convolutions of the lower organs4 ,thus all craniological observations are liable to inaccuracy1 even as regards development1 and much more in regard to functional power4 ,the activity1 power and predominance of an organ may be essentially changed1 without making any perceptible impression upon the interior of the skull1 for an indefinite period4 ,changes in excitement and circulation1 that revolutionize the character1 may leave but a slight impression upon the interior1 and none upon the exterior of the cranium4 ,the external configuration of the skull is therefore not a true criterion of character when the influences of education1 society1 food1 drink and disease have greatly changed the natural bias1 although reliable in a strictly normal condition of brain and cranium4 ,organs which easily expand laterally by encroachment upon their neighbors1 which is a common effect of local excitement1 must be slow to make any impression upon the superjacent bone of the cranium4 ,cranioscopy1 moreover1 is incompetent to indicate the development of small regions or portions of a convolution2 it gives but a rude survey of development4 ,being thus incapable of minuteness1 accuracy and certainty1 it cannot be considered a proper and sufficient basis for cerebral science4 ,in the hands of ,gall and ,spurzheim1 it had already very nearly attained its limits as regards the subdivision of organs1 and the progress of their followers in discovery has been unimportant or fallacious4 ,to what1 then1 can we resort1 when the failures of ,pathology and ,vivisection are admitted1 and we perceive the limited extent of the uncertain results of ,craniology8 ,shall we not be compelled to resort to the same methods of investigation in the brain1 which have been so successful in establishing the physiology of the nerves1 viz43 direct experiment in exciting and arresting the action of the various masses of nervous fibre4 ,every sound physiologist must perceive that we are compelled to resort to experiment1 or else to rest contented in ignorance of the true cerebral physiology4 ,muller1 perceiving this1 remarks1 ,the principle for the advancement of the physiology of the nerves then remains the same1 viz43 experiment on the living nerves4 ,we therefore experiment on the living brain in that class of persons who are susceptible of being thus influenced2 hence arises the last and most perfect method of cultivating ,anthropology1 by means of ,,human ,,impressibility4 ,our system of ,anthropology relies1 for its demonstration1 upon human impressibility4 ,impressibility in its general sense1 or the power of being affected by external agents1 is proportional to the development of life4 ,inorganic matter is affected only mechanically or chemically--vegetation is powerfully affected by causes which would have no perceptible influence on stones or metals1 and animals are affected by remote objects1 by sounds1 by the voice1 and by other influences which do not affect vegetables4 ,animals of a higher grade are affected by many moral influences which produce no effect on the inferior classes1 and man1 having the fullest development of all1 is continually receiving a variety of influences from nature and society1 to which animals are wholly insensible4 ,as man is superior to animals in impressibility1 so is the man of genius or the man of superior moral sentiments more easily affected by everything that addresses the intellect or the sentiments1 than the ignorant and selfish classes of society4 ,superior impressibility is then the result of a superior development of the organs which feel the various impressions4 ,in the highest order of genius capacities exist which recognize a thousand subtle influences and beauties in ,nature of which common minds are unconscious1 and the psychic influence of a human being is instantly and thoroughly recognized4 ,for the purpose of analytical experiments upon the human functions1 we require the development of a faculty which shall feel the influences we use4 ,we look to the various forms of ,sensibility4 ,the organ of physical sensibility is situated in the temples1 immediately over the cheek bone4 ,it feels the influences of the various objects which affect the sense of feeling in all its modifications4 ,heat and cold1 moisture and dryness1 sound1 light1 and all the imponderable fluids produce their effects upon this region1 and the more it is developed1 the more powerfully are we affected by such agencies4 ,the portion of ,sensibility which feels the influences of the human nervaura1 is the highest portion of the organ1 where it connects with ,modesty1 ,somnolence1 and ,ideality4 ,this we regard as the special organ of ,nervauric ,impressibility1 because it renders the system so sensitive to the nervaura1 as to be strongly affected whenever it is applied4 ,mental impressibility is dependent upon intellectual organs1 which feel the influences of mind4 ,the power of recognizing mental action is dependent upon the internal part of the front lobe1 located just above the root of the nose4 ,this organ gives physiognomical talent1 and a ready tact in appreciating the expression of mind through the eye1 countenance1 and gestures4 ,it is a channel of mental sympathy1 as displayed in the intercourse of society1 and in the experiments of animal magnetism4 ,by means of this organ1 a general relation is established between the mind of the operator and that of the subject1 which may exist without the capacity for local impressions1 which would develop particular organs4 ,it is devoted1 however1 to active perception rather than to passive impression4 ,the faculty of being mentally impressed depends also upon the region of ,spirituality and ,marvellousness4 ,mental and nervous impressibility being dependent upon these organs1 it follows that a large development of the front lobe favors ,impressibility1 and that the occipital organs tend to diminish it4 ,impressibility lies in a group of organs which sustain it1 and may be expected to accompany its development4 ,sensibility1 ,somnolence1 ,dreaming1 ,ideality1 ,modesty1 ,humility1 ,organic ,sensibility1 ,relaxation1 etc41 are its natural accompaniments2 hence it will be found most abundantly in those classes of society which are most remarkable for refinement1 sensitiveness1 modesty1 diffidence1 humility1 or submissiveness1 disease1 languor1 debility1 and intellectual excitement4 ,religious excitement1 love1 mirthfulness1 thoughtfulness1 imagination1 benevolence1 sympathy1 sincerity1 faith1 philanthropy1 hope1 epicurism1 intemperance1 ardor1 spirituality1 effeminacy1 imitation1 romance and1 in short1 all amiable1 sensitive1 intellectual1 refining1 relaxing influences may be regarded as promotive of impressibility1 and their opposites as calculated to destroy it4 ,it is fortunate that disease promotes impressibility1 for it enables the sick to be relieved by manipulation1 and it causes medicines to operate more efficiently upon morbid constitutions or organs1 which has been fully demonstrated by the ,homoeopathic ,school of therapeutics4 ,but impressibility does not imply disease1 although it may make the system more accessible to slight morbific agencies4 ,we find individuals occasionally1 of the highest tone of health and bodily vigor1 who are highly impressible4 ,nor does it imply mental weakness1 for it is highly congenial to intellectuality1 and is occasionally found among the strongest and most cultivated minds4 ,nervous ,impressibility is that condition in which the nervaura has a powerful influence--in which the action of the brain and all the vital functions of the constitution may be controlled and indefinitely changed by the application of the hands of another individual--in which we are susceptible of being totally revolutionized in character by application of the fingers to the various organs1 so as to become1 for the time being1 miserable or gay1 philosophical1 felonious1 murderous1 angry1 stupid1 insane1 idiotic1 drowsy1 hot1 cold1 credulous1 sceptical1 timid1 courageous1 vain1 indolent1 sensual1 hungry1 diffident1 haughty1 avaricious1 etc42 and in which the muscular strength1 secretions1 circulation1 pulse1 respiration1 senses1 and morbid or healthy conditions of the frame may be changed or controlled by the nervaura emitted from the hand of the operator acting upon the brain of the subject4 ,the number of individuals who can be thus affected is different in different places4 ,in southern climates they are more numerous than in northern--in the pleasant weather of summer more than in winter--in lecture rooms1 ball rooms and places of fervid religious worship1 more than in the street and market place1 where the intellectual and moral faculties are less predominant4 ,in the ,southern ,states of the ,union1 thirty or forty per cent4 of the population will give at once distinct evidence of impressibility4 ,in the more northern1 about ten per cent4 will give indications of an influence from the hand4 ,a moderate degree of impressibility which is almost universal in the ,south1 belongs to more than half in the ,north4 ,impressible subjects may be selected by the development of the organs of ,impressibility1 and the general predominance of the frontal and coronal regions of the brain over the occipital4 ,the qualities already mentioned as favoring impressibility may be studied in the character1 or observed in the development1 as they occupy the entire anterior half of the head1 giving breadth to the temples1 with height and projection to the forehead4 ,an enlarged pupil of the eye will be one of the best symptoms1 and1 in connection with a calm1 spiritual1 gentle expression of countenance rarely fails to indicate impressibility4 ,to test impressibility apply the fingers upon the organ of ,somnolence1 an inch horizontally behind the brow1 with a very gentle contact2 your subject1 after a few minutes1 will manifest a sensitiveness of the eye1 and will wink oftener than usual--his winking will be repeated and prolonged1 until his eyelids droop or remain closed--he is now somnolent and dreamy2 and this condition may be prolonged until it becomes the ,mesmeric ,somnolence1 or may be promptly removed by brushing the excitement off with the fingers4 ,a very simple test of impressibility consists in passing the ends of the fingers over the palm of the hand of the subject1 within one or more inches1 and ascertaining whether he can recognize its passage by any impression4 ,if impressible he will perceive a cooling sensation as the fingers pass4 ,a more perfect demonstration is to let your subject stand erect before you1 and apply both hands gently over the forehead and moral organs1 or upon the temples2 then very slowly withdraw them1 and continue this process until you perceive that as your hand is withdrawn1 the head seems inclined to follow it as if attracted2 some will move thus but an inch or two1 others will be drawn forward and compelled to follow you wherever you go1 or may be drawn down and prostrated upon the floor4 ,you may accomplish the same upon the back of the head or body--the hand or any other part which is free to move2 but the forehead is the best region1 because the front lobe is the seat of ,impressibility1 and the operation cultivates that quality1 by drawing excitement into the brain1 and especially the front lobe1 thus debilitating the muscular system and power of resistance4 ,apply the fingers upon the organ of ,relaxation1 below the cheek bone1 and your subject1 if standing1 will become enfeebled1 unsteady in attitude1 and incapable of supporting as great weight as before in his extended hand4 ,this will be counteracted by touching the region of ,energy4 ,the most painful experiments may be made by placing the hands upon the temples and face1 so as to cover the regions of ,sensibility1 ,disease1 ,relaxation1 and ,irritability--the effect of which would be to produce bodily weakness1 sickness1 pain1 distress and general prostration2 a condition1 which if not relieved1 might result in severe disease1 but which may be counteracted by dispersing the excitement upward and backward1 and by stimulating ,health1 ,energy and ,hardihood4 ,by grasping a metallic rod firmly in the hand while the other end of it rests in the relaxed hand of an impressible person1 you may transmit a current of nervaura1 which he will recognize gradually entering his arm at the hand1 passing slowly up to the shoulder1 and then diffusing itself over the body4 ,one may test his own impressibility by placing the palm of the hand in contact with any portion of the head or body of a vigorous constitution for about twenty minutes1 and observing the different impressions imparted by different localities4 ,if the hand be held in contact with an individual suffering from some active form of disease1 resting upon the forehead or the pit of the stomach1 the morbid symptoms will be very perceptibly transferred to any one of an impressible constitution2 but ,i would not recommend the experiment to any but those who are embarrassed by a constitutional scepticism1 which hinders their believing anything which is not impressed upon their own senses4 ,an easy method of testing our susceptibility is by holding some active medicinal substance between the hands while sitting at ease 7without knowing what the properties of the substance are71 and holding other active substances at different times1 to compare the effects which they produce upon the constitution4 ,after such experiment1 if the effects should in any case be greater than we desire1 the influence should be removed by dispersive passes on the hands and down the arms4 ,,journal ,,of ,,man ,,for #ahhh4 #a4 ,in view of all the circumstances ,i have very reluctantly decided to postpone the enlargement of the ,,journal to #ahhi4 ,the demand for promised volumes is more urgent than the necessity for enlargement1 and the demand for personal instruction in the new therapeutics also consumes a great deal of time4 ,the appeal to readers has elicited a most cordial and cheering response4 ,no periodical ever had so appreciative a circle of readers1 for no periodical ever occupied the vast1 untrodden field of the new sciences as does the ,,journal ,,of ,,man1--a solitary pioneer of the new civilization4 ,i shall continue publishing the cheering words of readers1 which are too numerous to be given in any one number of the ,,journal4 ,many of the responses express the purpose of extending its circulation by new subscribers1 which is the most important act of friendship for a new journal4 ,,responses ,,of ,,readers4 ,you may be truly called1 and wisely1 a friend of humanity4--,b4 ,a4 ,l4 ,count me for the ,,journal as long as published4--,dr4 ,p4 ,p4 ,l4 ,my wife would willingly sacrifice some of her favorite publications for the ,,journal4--,j4 ,l4 ,we smile in saying we are with you4--,g4 ,c4 ,n4 ,count on me as long as you work for the good of humanity4--,e4 ,c4 ,i am delighted with the ,,journal ,,of ,,man4--,s4 ,l4 ,r4 ,it contains so many startling truths4--,a4 ,j4 ,s4 ,it is the most scientific monthly published4--,w4 ,b4 ,a4 ,mr4 ,b4 says1 count on him as long as there is breath in his body4--,c4 ,f4 ,b4 ,i will renew1 be 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impressions as to past and future4 ,her numerous correspondents express much gratification and surprise at the correctness of her delineations4 ,the fee for a personal interview is #b2 for a written description #c2 for a more comprehensive review and statement of life periods1 with directions for the cultivation of ,psychometry1 #e4 ,,medical ,,orthodoxy ,is realizing the reaction of public opinion against all forms of monopoly4 ,there is some plausibility in the demand that all who heal should educate themselves1 if we had a true system of education1 which we have not4 ,but there is no justice in the demand that those whom nature has gifted with great healing powers should be prohibited from exercising their natural gifts1 or giving advice to their neighbors1 whenever they happen to know anything that is useful4 ,to interfere with such acts of benevolence1 which are really the performance of a religious duty1 is a crime1 and it is none the less criminal when it is the act of legislators1 who are careless enough to allow themselves to be made the tools of an avaricious monopoly1 which would make it a crime for a farmer's wife to give her neighbor's children a blackberry cordial or hoarhound syrup4 ,when the law makes benevolence a crime1 laws and legislators become objects of contempt1 and a dangerous spirit of rebellion is fostered4 ,in ,illinois a law has been obtained from a careless and unthinking legislature1 which makes all healing a crime1 when not performed by graduated1 licensed and registered practitioners1 but the law is so odious that it is not enforced against those who are not administering medicines4 ,in ,iowa an equally disgraceful law has been obtained1 designed to establish a similar monopoly1 but the prosecution against a lady for assisting a patient with her prayers resulted in her acquittal1 and the medical societies have been paralyzed as to its enforcement4 ,dr4 ,r4 ,c4 ,flower1 of ,boston1 has made several addresses to large audiences in that ,state1 in opposition to medical legislation1 and the report of his very spirited and effective lecture in the ,des ,moines ,register shows that he carried his audiences with him1 and roused enthusiasm in opposition to the law4 ,dr4 ,f4 related some terrific cases of malpractice by eminent physicians1 and portrayed the horrible effects of the law in upholding quackery4 ,the present law of ,mississippi is a disgrace to the civilization of that ,state4 ,it would authorize the prosecution of any one who helped the sick1 even by prayer1 if the benevolent party was not protected by a medical license4 ,in ,alabama the law gives to the old school ,state medical association the entire control of medical practice1 and the power to examine and license every one who does any practice4 ,under this law graduates of ,eclectic colleges who are outside of the medical ring1 have been prosecuted for non-compliance with the law1 but the prosecution was defeated4 ,mississippi and ,alabama need to be ,americanized4 ,medical bigotry has carried them back to the dark ages1 for there is not a country in ,europe to-day which is not more enlightened and liberal in its medical legislation than these two ,states4 ,monopoly is one of the most formidable enemies of ,american liberty4 ,it is now assuming the form of ,trust combinations to raise prices1 but there is no monopoly so grasping as the medical1--none which assumes to suppress competition by law4 ,the plea of promoting education is as false as a proposal to elevate the pulpit by compelling every clergyman to pass through a ,roman ,catholic college4 ,the existing medical colleges hold the same relation to the practice of the healing art as the ,sectarian ,theological ,seminary to the practice of ,christianity4 ,one may be a very good ,christian without the help of a theological seminary1 or a very good doctor without the help of a medical college1 but no one can be a first-class physician who goes through a medical college and adheres strictly to all the knowledge and all the ignorance administered by professors1 without learning anything from other sources4 ,,mayo',s ,,anaesthetic4 ,the suspension of pain1 under dangerous surgical operations1 is the greatest triumph of ,therapeutic ,science in the present century4 ,it came first by mesmeric hypnotism1 which was applicable only to a few1 and was restricted1 by the jealous hostility of the old medical profession4 ,then came the nitrous oxide1 introduced by ,dr4 ,wells1 of ,hartford1 and promptly discountenanced by the enlightened 787 medical profession of ,boston1 and set aside for the next candidate1 ether1 discovered in the ,united ,states also1 but far inferior to the nitrous oxide as a safe and pleasant agent4 ,this was largely superseded by chloroform1 discovered much earlier by ,liebig and others1 but introduced as an anaesthetic in #ahdg1 by ,prof4 ,simpson4 ,this proved to be the most powerful and dangerous of all4 ,thus the whole policy of the medical profession was to discourage the safe1 and encourage the more dangerous agents4 ,the magnetic sleep1 the most perfect of all anaesthetic agents1 was expelled from the realm of college authority2 ether was substituted for nitrous oxide1 and chloroform preferred to ether1 until frequent deaths gave warning4 ,nitrous oxide1 much the safest of the three1 has not been the favorite1 but has held its ground1 especially with dentists4 ,but even nitrous oxide is not perfect4 ,it is not equal to the magnetic sleep1 when the latter is practicable1 but fortunately it is applicable to all4 ,to perfect the nitrous oxide1 making it universally safe and pleasant1 ,dr4 ,u4 ,k4 ,mayo1 of ,boston1 has combined it with certain harmless vegetable nervines1 which appear to control the fatal tendency which belongs to all anaesthetics when carried too far4 ,the success of ,dr4 ,mayo1 in perfecting our best anaesthetic1 is amply attested by those who have used it4 ,dr4 ,thorndike1 than whom ,boston had no better surgeon1 pronounced it the safest the world has yet seen4 ,it has been administered to children and to patients in extreme debility4 ,drs4 ,frizzell and ,williams say they have given it repeatedly in heart disease1 severe lung diseases1 ,bright's disease1 etc41 where the patients were so feeble as to require assistance in walking1 many of them under medical treatment1 and the results have been all that we could ask--no irritation1 suffocation1 nor depression4 ,we heartily commend it to all as the anaesthetic of the age4 ,dr4 ,morrill1 of ,boston1 administered ,mayo's anaesthetic to his wife with delightful results when her lungs were so badly disorganized1 that the administration of ether or gas would be entirely unsafe4 ,the reputation of this anaesthetic is now well established2 in fact1 it is not only safe and harmless1 but has great medical virtue for daily use in many diseases1 and is coming into use for such purposes4 ,in a paper before the ,georgia ,state ,dental ,society1 ,dr4 ,e4 ,parsons testified strongly to its superiority4 ,the nitrous oxide 7says ,dr4 ,p47 causes the patient when fully under its influence to have very like the appearance of a corpse1 but under this new anaesthetic the patient appears like one in a natural sleep4 ,the language of the press generally has been highly commendatory1 and if ,dr4 ,mayo had occupied so conspicuous a rank as ,prof4 ,simpson1 of ,edinburgh1 his new anaesthetic would have been adopted at once in every college of ,america and ,europe4 99 99 99 99 99 ,mayo's ,vegetable ,anaesthetic4 ,a perfectly safe and pleasant substitute for chloroform1 ether1 nitrous oxide gas1 and all other anaesthetics4 ,discovered by ,dr4 ,u4 ,k4 ,mayo1 ,april1 #ahhc1 and since administered by him and others in over #cjj1jjj cases successfully4 ,the youngest child1 the most sensitive lady1 and those having heart disease1 and lung complaint1 inhale this vapor with impunity4 ,it stimulates the circulation of the blood and builds up the tissues4 ,indorsed by the highest authority in the professions1 recommended in midwifery and all cases of nervous prostration4 ,physicians1 surgeons1 dentists and private families supplied with this vapor1 liquefied1 in cylinders of various capacities4 ,it should be administered the same as ,nitrous ,oxide1 but it does not produce headache and nausea as that sometimes does4 ,for further information pamphlets1 testimonials1 etc41 apply to ,,dr4 ,u4 ,k4 ,,mayo1 ,dentist1 #cgh ,tremont ,st41 ,boston1 ,mass4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,the ,,open ,,court4 ,,published ,,by ,the ,open ,court ,publishing ,company1 ,rooms #da and #db1 #afi-age ,,la ,,salle ,,street1 ,,chicago4 ,b4 ,f4 ,,underwood1 ,,sara ,a4 ,,underwood1 ,editor and ,manager4 ,associate ,editor4 ,the ,open ,court is a high-class1 radical free-thought ,journal1 devoted to the work of exposing religious superstition1 and establishing religion upon the basis of science4 ,it is opposed to all forms of sectarianism1 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,van ,buren ,denslow4 ,prof4 ,thomas ,davidson4 ,mrs4 ,edna ,d4 ,cheney4 ,gen4 ,j4 ,g4 ,r4 ,forlong4 ,wm4 ,clark1 ,a4,m4 ,prof4 ,w4 ,d4 ,gunning4 ,clara ,lanza4 ,gen4 ,m4 ,m4 ,trumbull4 ,c4 ,d4 ,b4 ,mills4 ,w4 ,m4 ,salter4 ,alfred ,h4 ,peters4 ,those who wish a first-class journal1 devoted to the discussion of scientific1 religious1 social and economic questions1 should send at once for a sample copy of this great journal4 ,terms1 #c per year4 ,single copies1 #ae cents4 ,make all remittances payable to the order of ,b4 ,f4 ,,underwood1 ,treasurer2 and address all letters to ,open ,court1 ,p4 ,o4 ,drawer ,f41 ,chicago1 ,ills4 99 99 99 99 99 ,,forty ,,patients ,a ,,day is the name of a pamphlet ,helen ,wilmans has written on her practical experience in healing4 ,no one seems to have had better opportunity of demonstrating the truth of mental science than ,mrs4 ,wilmans has had in her ,southern home1 where the report of her skill was carried from mouth to mouth1 until patients swarmed to her from far and near4 ,send #ae cents for the pamphlet4 ,address3 ,mrs4 ,,helen ,,wilmans1 ,douglasville1 ,georgia4 99 99 99 99 99 ,transcriber's ,note3 ,the ,table of ,contents came from the first issue of the volume4