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Personal Influence
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Elmer E. Knowles
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A CORRESPONDENCE COURSE
Hypnotism, Telepathy,
Personal Magnetism,
Personal Influence
by
Elmer E. Knowles
COPYRIGHT 1926 BY
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jfact that your eyes are not trained, work, who seemed to devote no great
there is a tendency for them to become attention to this question. I have
heated or otherwise inconvenience you, underlined the word " seemed ", because
it will be advisable for you to bathe such an opinion is based more on what
them in cold water for a few minutes " seemed " to be than on what was. No
before resuming the Exercise. operator, however great his experience
As mentioned in a previous part of may be, can afford to dispense with
this Course, the Exercises must be suggestive-formulae, and useful as they
so studied that they form a very part are to the already successful opera
of your being, for the reason that an tor, they are a thousand times more use.ful
hypnotic experiment would be irreme and more necessary to the beginner.
diably ruined, should you be uncertain Let us take as an example, a very
as to the steps which were to be taken. suitable formula used in the 11 Falling
The whole success of hypnotism depends Backwards " Experiment : -
on the absolute certitude which you " YOU WISH TO FALL BACKWARDS.
must have in your own mind that you know " YOU WILL NOT RESIST BUT WILL FALL
what you are doing. In nothing is this BACKWARDS.
assurance which you must have, more " YOU WISH TO FALL BACKWARDS.
necessary than in the enunciating of » AND - NOW - YOU - FEEL - SOMETHING -
the formulae which are the vehicles by DRAWING - YOU - BACKWARDS
which you express the suggestion it is » YOU - ARE - GIVING - YOURSELF -
desired to convey. In ordinary conver ENTIRELY - UP - AND - YOU - CANNOT
sation, one may be pardoned for occa - RESIST - FALLING - BACKWARDS.
sionally failing to remember the proper " YOU - ARE - FALLING - BACKWARDS -
word to use, but there is no pardon for BACKWARDS - BACKWARDS - FALLING
undertaking an experiment in hypnotism -FALLING-FALL.
or suggestion, only to find that when You can see the appropriateness of
you come to express the suggestive- this formula. Note the emphasis which
formula, that you must stammer and is given to the idea of "Falling Back
stutter and flounder about for the wards " which you are endeavouring to
correct word. It is only the practised express. This master-idea is constantly
practicioner, who has, by experience, recurring to the point of monotony.
gained a considerable amount of self- The sentences are not too long but are
confidence, who can afford to take risks. only used as a medium of expressing
The beginner dare not do so, because any the idea of falling-falling-falling
failure, repeated time after time, will backwards.. When this is uttered inci
inevitably react on his sub-conscious sively and convincingly in a low drowsy
ness and render him incapable of exer tone of voice, it is difficult (if not
cising the influence, which he would impossible without a strong exercise
otherwise do. of the Will) to resist its effects.
Formulae must be selected with great In this Exercise, the student should
care. Any formula, conveying roughly seat himself at a table, as shown in
the main idea, will not suffice. It must Illustration No. 3—II, preferably before
fully and completely express the sug a mirror, so that he can speak to his own
gestion. It must be pithy. It must be reflection in the glass, as if it were,
constantly recurring so that the expres in reality, a subject whom he wished to
sion of it becomes monotonous. Monotony influence..
is the great ally of Suggestion and After carrying out an adaption of Exer
Hypnotism. We see, therefore, that it cise No. 1, so as to render the concen-
is necessary for the student to prac trative abilities more acute, continue
tise the formation and the expression to gaze steadily and unfalteringly at the
of the formulae.# For this reason, the ball in the Crystal and express any for
following exercise should now be carried mula on which you may have decided for
out. yourself. If you prefer, you can use the
formula for "Falling Backwards" as given
PREPARATORY EXERCISE No. 3. — THE above, but there is no reason why you
NECESSITY OF SUITABLE SUGGESTIVE should not use any other suitable formu
FORMULAE AND PRACTICE THEREIN. la, applicable to other circumstances.
Remember that the expression of the for
You may perhaps wonder at my insis mula is nothing if it be not accompanied
tence on this question of formulae, in by an intense wish on your part, that it
view of the fact that you may sometimes should penetrate into the sub-conscious
have seen professional hypnotists at ness of the person whom you are endea-
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vouring to influence. In this case, there table fact that gestures or passes, when
is nobody before you but your visualisa properly carried out, assist in promoting
tion of an imaginary person, but you must, suggestibilityon the part of the subject.
nevertheless, endeavour to speak to that When improperly executed, or when used
non-existent person, as if it were a real to excess, they are worse than useless,
flesh and blood subject. and it is therefore necessary, that the
Do not pay merely lip-service to the student should learn how to comport him
formula. Do not forget that the words are self in this respect.
merely the clothing of an intense desire I will explain what I mean in saying
which you must feel. The words alone are that passes promote suggestibility. If
powerless, but coupled with the Wish you draw your hands, with fingers
(which is the expression of your Persona outstretched down another person's face,
lity) they are potent. about one inch from it, that, person
Speak your wish slowly, giving the will have the feeling, as if the hand
whole of your concentrated attention to were touching the face and, if the
its expression. Pronounced with the pro movement be continued, during some time,
per droning incantation, the expression it will tend to induce a feeling of
of the sentence "YOU WISH TO FALL BACK quietude and relaxation in the mind of
WARDS", will require about five seconds; the person. In all the writings on the
longer sentences requiring correspond subject of Hypnotism and Suggestion,
ingly more time. Repeat this formula un from the earliest days down to the pre
til you have firmly fixed it in your own sent, mention is made of this power which
mind and can deliver it with the proper is inherent in the hands, and it behoves
spirit of certainty. the student to acquire the knack of the
You can then select other formulae, pay proper use of the hands.
ing great attention to have them so The operator possesses three great
polished that they convey the greatest hypnotic or suggestive weapons: — the
insistence and emphasis with the least power of the eye; the use of properly
verbiage, taking care to arrange them so selected and correctly intoned verbal
that the master-idea which is conveyed suggestions, and the use of the hands.
in the formula, recurs regularly and The following Exercises are intended
frequently, without too great spacing. to train the student in the most suit
Do not forget that the fact must never able manner in which gestures or passes
be allowed to escape your notice that the should be made.
formula is only the clothing of the wish Passes are of three kinds:- downward
which you must have that the idea should passes to induce hypnosis; rotary or
be faithfully received. revolving passes, serving the same pur
If you carry out this Exercise careful pose; and horizontal passes, intended
ly and thoroughly, you will find that the to retain the influence once it has
experience which you will gain in the been imparted. Some teachers add to the
expression of the formulae will be of the above, a fourth class of upward passes
greatest assistance to you when you have to dispel the influence, but I have
progressed sufficiently to work in co never found that it is necessary to
operation with a subject. make any well-defined gestures in de-
The sincere student should devote at hypnotising. We will therefore limit
least half—an-hour daily during three or this Exercise to the downward, rotary,
four days to this Exercise. and horizontal passes, which are all
Bear constantly in mind, that the for necessary to the student.
mulae must be expressed with force and This exercise is intended to teach
incisivenes, in a low, droning, monoto you the manner in which passes in a
nous tone of voice. downward direction should be made.
Ilustration No. 4-II represents a phase
of a downward pass, which can be used
PREPARATORY EXERCISE No. 4. with great advantage, when the subject
PASSES - THEIR SUGGESTIBILITY - PRACTICE is seated before the operator, and which
IN VARIOUS FORMS OF should be executed in the following
HYPNOTIC and SUGGESTIVE PASSES. manner.
Let your arms hang limply at your
It would lead us too far, were we to sides, the hands being opened, while
take up the question of the exact nature you are concentrating and when 1 you
of the influence which emanates from judge the moment opportune, close your
hypnotic or suggestive passes. fists and raise in the closed position
Suffice it so say that it is an indubi to the level of the subject's head.
Now open the fists, taking care that ful in inducing the essential preliminary
all the hand and arm joints are supple, condition of mental passivity, after
and direct your fingers towards the which it will be feasible to use the
head of the subject, at a distance of Radio-Hypnotic Crystal (as hereafter
not more than one inch from the subject. described) or such other method as you
Hold your hands in this position, the decide to apply.
finger-tips being slightly turned in
wards, for a few seconds and then begin
to draw your arms downwards, so that PREPARATORY EXERCISE No. 6.
your hands and finger-tips seem to flow HORIZONTAL PASSES.
in a rhythmic magnetic movement along
the face of the subject, without, however, In Illustration No. 6. II, we see a
actually touching it. This movement good example of the horizontal pass,
should be very gently executed till it which is generally used in order to
reaches the shoulders, when the hands retain the influence which has been
should again be closed and raised to applied.
the original point at which the down The student should imagine a subject
ward movement begins. seated before him, in whom hypnosis has
Be careful to eliminate every abrupt been induced for the purpose of applying
or spasmodic movement from this pass, the science of suggestion for the cure
which should really represent a rippling of habits, etc., or, it may be, for the
of the hands. imparting of suggestions to be carried
out post-hypnotically.
The hands of the operator are brought
PREPARATORY EXERCISE No. 5. before the eyes of the subject, the
RELAXATION. left-hand being superimposed on the
right, both hands being held flat with
The pass, as shown in Illustration palms pointing downwards, the fingers
No. 5—II, is one that is used being held loosely together. They are
efficaciously to create a state of then gently moved outwards until the
mental placidity in restive subjects, hands are in a straight line with the
who find difficulty in relaxing. It shoulders of the operator and as gently,
should precede ordinary hypnotic or moved inwards until they again occupy
suggestive treatment with all persons their original position before the eyes
who are in a state of mental anguish, of the subject.
as, when properly carried out, it is This smooth, gliding to-and-fro
potent in stilling and in calming the movement should be continued during all
nerve-vibrations and in wooing all the the time that the suggestions are being
conscious faculties to a deep surrender. imparted. The student will find that
As will be seen from the Illustration, this pass, once it has been properly
the right-hand of the operator, the acquired, will be of great service to
fingers of which are inclined inwards, him in his future work in the realm of
makes a slow, gentle rotary movement suggestion or hypnotism.
along the head and face of the subject. After the student has the knack of
This movement begins at the crown of the using this pass, he may usefully exercise
head and is terminated when the hand of himself in an adaption of it which is
the operator reaches a point underneath very common and which consists in using
the chin of the subject. Simultaneously, only either the right or the left-hand
the operator uses the left-hand to make instead of using both hands as shown in
a downward pass before the eyes of the the illustration. This pass is very
subject, so that the entire movement is frequently practised by medical men and
really a combination of downward and by psychotherapeutic healers in
rotary passes. combatting nervous disorders.
The hands and all the finger-joints
should be quite supple and flexible and
great care should be taken to ensure PREPARATORY EXERCISE No. 7.
that this pass is free from all brusque HOW TO DEVELOP SELF -
movements, for any abruptness on the COMMAND and SELF CONFIDENCE.
part of the operator will tend to
irritate still more the already turbulent This Exercise wich is intended to train
nervous system of the subject. the student in the acquisition of self-
After you have carried out this pass command and self confidence is really a
for about five minutes or longer, you higher exercise in Concentration, for
should find that you have been success without Concentration on the idea that
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you are able to make use of the sugges dence, consciousness of his own power
tive power which is inherent in you, and a firm resolve to use it for the bet
there can be no self-confidence nor terment of himself and his fellow-men,
self-command, both of which are absolu to pervade and penetrate into the inner
tely indispensable to the proper carry- most recesses of his sub—conciousness.
ing-out of any hypnotic or suggestive To this Exercise, at least thirty minu
experiment.
tes per day should be devoted, after the
You must remember that, as I explained student has faithfully carried out the
at some length in Course No. 1, and also preceding Exercises. If he do so, he will
in a foregoing part of this Course in find that when he comes to face a subject,
Suggestion or Hypnotism, the mind of the there is no longer any hesitancy, and
subject is in a passive state, free from doubting of his own powers but a glorious
all contradictory or conflicting ideas, certainty, based on self-control and
receptive and ready to allow any idea self—confidence.
suggested by the operator to pass over
into action, subject, of course, to the We have now terminated our prepara
limitation, that there is nothing in the tory studies and it is presumed that
suggestion which would be contestant you have faithfully and conscientiously
with the Conscience, and subject to the carried out the Exercises which have
been prepared for you, devoting to each
idea being suggested or imparted forci its due measure of attention, for do
bly by an operator who is imbued with the not forget that, on the manner in which
consciousness of his own power. Self- you have studied these preparatory
confidence and self-command on the part exercises, depends, in a very great
of the operator is more than a mere measure, your future success.
favouring factor. It is an indispensa These Exercises have been carefully
ble necessity. The student's watchword selected, after a lengthy experience
should, therefore, be "COMPLETE SELF- in teaching the science of suggestion,
CONTROL". as being just those of which the begin
In Hypnotism and Suggestion, the dif ner is most in need. As I have said
ference between success and failure is before, this in the only System, where
as the^difference between strong and the Student is taken right at the
weak, between decision and indecision, beginning and set on the road which he
between purpose and lack of purpose, has to follow, so that any failure or
between energy and lack of energy and delay in your progress •' can only be
the aim of this Exercise is to afford the ascribed to yourself.
student enlightment and unfoldment of If you in doubt of your own power to
the powers which are latent in him. achieve results; if if there is any
Holding the Crystal in the right-hand, lingering trace of self-doubt present
elevated over the head, concentrate on in your mind, devote at least, three
the wonderful power of Suggestion which or four days, to an intensive revision
is inherent in you, by means of which you of Preparatory Exercises Nos. 1-7 in
can bring peace and happiness into the clusive, before proceeding further. The
vicissitudes of your own life or that of beginner cannot have a clear idea as
those near and dear to you. Meditate on to .the value of such a period devoted
the wonderfully calming effect that you to revision. His confidence and faith
can exercise. Think how a knowledge of in himself will so strengthened as to
pratical psychology can help you in de make possible many things which, in the
veloping the nobler and finer side of beginning, he may well have thought to
Life. Fix your own goal and decide that be beyond him. It will impart to his
you will not allow anything to impede voice, gestures and actions, that mag
your progress. Create for yourself, netic influence which enables him to
within yourself, an inexhaustible well accomplish things.
of radiant, magnetic energy. Determine Should you feel uncertain of your
that you will so enhance the power of power, your eyes cannot help but betray
your Personality, that it will emanate the fact, your general demeanour will
a never-ending stream of suggestive give the lie to what you say and your
power. future subjects will have no faith in
The student should, in this Exercise, your abilities. In your own interests,
not be content with the expression of any therefore, make sure that you are so
set formula.. Rather, should he allow a familiar with each step in your work
flood of inspiring thoughts, breathing that you will take it, as it were,
the spirit of self-command, self-confi instinctively and without hesitation.
HOW TO SELECT SUBJECTS BEFORE YOU UNDERTAKE AN EXPERIMENT
The' vast majority of people in pos Possessed of the knowledge contained
session of their mental faculties may in the foregoing, you are now enabled
be hypnotised or suggestionised, on to select from among the circle of your
condition that they are willing to friends, some person who, in your opi
yield to the influence and that they nion, should be susceptible to sugges
possess, even in a small measure, the tion.
faculty of concentration. But, as I Do not reveal to him that you have
have already observed, no person can taken up the study of applied psycho
be hypnotised, against his or her will. logy at first, but incidentally lead
Even-with willing subjects, however, the conversation to the subject of
only a small percentage can be influ mental science. You will have gained
enced at the first or second attempt enough information from Course No. I,
and the student may find that it may to enable you to speak with fluency
be necessary to make as many as twenty and moreover, it is very rare, that the
or thirty experiments before succeed daily Press does not contain some news
ing, for the reason that so few sub item which you can utilise as an intro
jects have the faculty of concentration duction.
sufficiently trained, to enable them to If your friend appears sceptical or
fix their minds upon the suggestions antagonistic, do not despair. His scep-
made by the operator. Again, although tism or antagonism is immaterial to
they are quite willing to be hypnotised, the success of the experiment ; all that
many persons are too curious and anxious is necessary is that he should be able
as to the result and do not pay suffi to concentrate and be prepared to submit
cient attention to the suggestions that willingly to the influence.
the operator utters or mentally conveys. After you have conversed generally
The degree of suggestibility in both withyouf friend concerning the science,
sexes is practically the same. This is ask him if he would be interested in
contrary to a widespread opinion that collaborating with you in a very simple
women are more easily influenced than experiment, which illustrates the power
men but it is, nevertheless, a scien of Suggestion.
tific fact. As many persons are unjustifiedly
Generally speaking, the best subjects frightened of the word "Hypnotism",
are persons, either male or female, do not mention this but refer always
possessing a strong, vigorous mind and to the science of suggestion. Make this
ordinarily good education. It is much a general rule, as you will find that
more difficult to hypnotise or sugges- it will be conducive of the spirit of
tionise a low, ignorant, animal type confidence in you which is so neces
of character than a highly intelligent sary, if the experiments are to be
person for the reason that the former properly carried out. It may.often be
is much less able to grasp the meaning to your advantage to call yourself a
of the experiment and to comply with " Suggestionist " and not a " Hypnotist ".
the directions given. He rather resem When you " sense " that your friend is
bles an uneasy child whose attention in a receptive frame of mind, commence
cannot be fixed upon one particular immediately with the experiment.
point, to the utter exclusion of
everything else.
Speaking of children, it is not at all THE "FALLING FORWARDS" TEST
clear that a child under three years of age
can be made to concentrate sufficiently The first step in this experiment is
to be susceptible to suggestions. It is to request your friend to stand erect,
advisable that the student should not with his feet joined, and his hands
conduct any experiments with children lying limply at his sides,, as shown in
until he has been successful in impar Illustration No. 8-11. Ask him to open
ting the influence to adults. Any stu his eyes wide and to look intently at
dent who "is interested in the use of the ball in the Crystal which you
Suggestion for the correction of chil must hold at a distance of about ten
dren's faults and failings can receive or twelve inches from the root of his
my Special Instructions dealing with nose, in such a position, that the
this question, free on application, as subject is obliged to elevate his head
soon as he can make a satisfactory slightly.
report of his progress. When he is gazing steadily in the
requisite mannner at the Crystal, gra in the manner in which you have been
dually ask him to relax mentally and instructed in Preparatory Exercise
physically and to render himself recep No. 4. These passes should begin
tive to the suggestions which you are at the base of the subject's brain,
going to impart. Tell him to think of continue along the right side of his
falling slowly forward and to yield to neck and then downward to the waist.
the slightest impulse of falling. Assure As always, the passes should be very
him that there is no danger of his slow and gradual.
falling to the floor, that he must not When you have mode these passes for
resist and while you are so speaking about one minute, during which you have
to him, you must, yourself, expect him been constantly giving appropriate
to fall. If you doubt your success, mental suggestions that your subject
your actions will cause the subject to will fall, when you tell him to, you may
begin the verbal suggestions, which you
will previously have thoroughly
rehearsed. Say slowly and convincingly
to your subject
" You will experience a desire to
fall forward.
" You will not be able to resist this
desire which you will experience.
" You must not resist this desire
which you will feel. "
Now slowly describe a rhythmic circle
with the Radio-Hypnotic Crystal before
the eyes of the subject and bring it to
rest in its former position. Continue
now with your suggestive formula, couched
in the most convincing and commanding
tones of which you are capable, being
careful, however, not to raise your
voice unduly :—
" You now experience the desire to
fall forwards.
" You are now incapable of resisting
this desire.
" Do not resist it.
" You cannot resist it.
" When I draw the Crystal away from
you, you will be forced to follow it.
" Watch the Crystal closely — more
closely — still more.
" Now I withdraw the Crystal before
you.
" Think of Falling — falling —
falling.
" NOW — you — will — fall.
" FALL. »
When you come to that part of the
Illustration No 8-11 formula where you say :- " Now I withdraw
the Crystal before you ", move your upper
body slowly and evenly backwards,
lose confidence in your ability to obtain imparting at the same time, a scarcely
the desired result. Do not allow his noticeable rotary movement to the
eyes to wander away from the Crystal, Crystal. These movements must be very
which you must keep in such a position gradually carried out, so that the
that he is obliged to gaze at the ball. subject is not disturbed by any abrupt
Convince yourself that he is really change.
relaxing physically and mentally and, If you have taken up a good position
holding the Radio-Hypnotic Crystal in at the outset of the experiment, as
your left hand, place your finger-tips shown in Illustration No. 8-1I, with
lightly on his temples and make your left foot slightly advanced, your
downward passes with your right-hand, body being slightly inclined from the
hips upwards, in the direction of the request him to fix his gaze on your
subject, you will find it possible to thumb-nail, which, if you have carried
draw your upper body backward about three out the instructions properly, will
feet, without moving the feet from their now be about 8-10 inches away from the
original position. eyes of your subject in a upward di
'When the subject falls, allow him to rection.
do so with a slight shock, but be careful Quickly convince yourself that the
to catch him safely in your arms, which position of the subject is correct and
you must swiftly outstretch at the moment
of falling, as otherwise you may
discourage him from further collabora
ting with you.
You will be able to discern the exact
moment when the subject is about to fall,
if you watch closely enough, and when
the subject has fallen into your arms,
snap your fingers loudly near his ear
and say " All right; Wide awake. "
(Complete instruction upon de-hypno
tising or awakening subjects is given
later in this Course.)
Illustration No 11-11.
THE USE OF SUGGESTION IN RENDERING THE epidermis of the subject and they should
terminate in a slight, dor/nard pressure
SUBJECT UNABLE TO REMOVE HIS HANDS. on reaching the hand of the subject, at
the same time, pressing upwards with
This Test is slightly more difficult your left hand, so as to iirpart a certain
than the preceding ones and you should, pressure on both surfaces of the right
therefore, select as your subject, a hand of your subject.
friend or acquaintance with whom you Make this contact pass about eight or
have been successful in carrying out the ten times, gazing steadily and fixedly
previous tests. into the eyes of the subject and mentally
Having chosen your collaborator, take insisting that he must so relax as to
up your stand as shown in Illustration ba completely receptive to the sugges—
tion which you will issue. " You C-A-N-N-O-T.
Having carried out these instructions, " Try as you will, you C-A-N-N-O-T.
say to the subject that he must now fix "Try hard. Harder still. But you
his eyes on the back of his own hand and, C-A-N-N-O-T.
having assured yourself that your " The more you try to remove your
instructions are being followed, make hand, the more you C-A-N-N-O-T.
short, rhythmic downward passes over the " You cannot remove, your hand from
hand of the subject as shown in the mine. You C-A-N-N-O-T. "
Illustration and begin with the following Continue these suggestions for a few
verbal suggestions :- seconds, during which the subject will
" Think that your hand is stuck so strive with all his might to remove his
tightly to mine, that you cannot hand from yours, and when you. judge that
remove it. the experiment has lasted long enough,
11 You will find that you cannot remove the influence, by drawing your
lift your hand from mine. right hand heavily down the right
" You are losing control of the forearm of the subject, saying
muscles of your hand. simultaneously :- " All right. The
" Your hand is getting stiffer and experiment is finished. You can now
stiffer. remove your hand. You can now remove
" It is resting'so closely on mine your hand. " Slap the back of the
that you cannot remove it. subject's hand sharply and quickly.
" The more you try to remove it, This is usually sufficient to remove the
the tighter it will stick. influence which you have exercised.
" Concentrate on the fact that you
cannot remove your hand. EXPERIMENT in the USE of SUGGESTION
" When I count three, try to remove WHEREIN the SUBJECT is UNAELE
your hand. to MAKE HIS FINGERS MEET.
" But you will find that you cannot. As will be seen from Illustration
" You cannot, for you have lost No. 12-11, this very interesting
control over it. " experiment can easily be carried out
Suspend the pass which you are. making with the collaboration of several
with your right hand, and press it subjects, but it will be advisable if in
downward against your subject's hand, the beginning, the student limits his
at the same time, pressing upwards with ambition to being able to conduct this
your left hand, using both your hands Test successfully with only one subject,
as a vice in which to exercise pressure before carrying it out with several
against the hand of the subject. This subjects.
pressure should not occupy more than a The subjects, or subjects, selected
few seconds, during which the expression should preferably have already been
of the verbal suggestions should not be tested by the student for susceptibility
interrupted. and as far as possible, should already
Now continue have submitted succesfully to the pre
ceding tests. By selecting only such
" Your hand is now stuck fast to mine. subjects, the student will have the
" You cannot remove it. Thinkwith assurance that a certain amount of
all your force that you cannot psychic sympathy or communion of thought
remove it. already exists and will, moreover, have
" When I count THREE, try to remove the certitude that his collaborators are
it. enabled to concentrate sufficiently,
" But you will not be able to for as I have mentioned several times,
remove it. the faculty of concentration, and there
" Ready — One — Two — Three. " fore, to relax at will, on the part
After you have counted, and have thus of the subject is as indispensable as
given the subject permission to try to the same faculty on the part of the
remove his hand from yours, your verbal operator.
suggestions must be expressed more Assuming therefore that you have
quickly and with the greatest measure of selected your subject with due fore
force and command of which you are thought, allow him to become seated
capable. You must concentrate with all in front of you, his feet being firmly
the strength of your mind that your planted on the floor. Hold the Radio-
subject is really unable to remove his Hypnotic Crystal in your right hand,
hand from yours, as follows the pedestal thereof being between
" Now you CANNOT remove your hand. your thumb and the index finger and ask
No 12-11.
the subject to gaze into your eyes. rotary movement, taking care to ensure
Allow him to do so during the space of that the movement which is imparted to
a few seconds, after the expiration of your wrist and forearm is almost imper
which, gradually raise your hand hold ceptible. You will find that your sub
ing the Crystal and interpose it between ject will begin to relax, and by closely
your eyes and those of the subject, watching his eyes, you can easily gauge
holding it a distance of about ten to the moment, when his receptive state
twelve inches from the root of his nose- will be such that you can proceed,
The subject being seated, while you are which usually will come after about one
in a standing position will ensure that or two minute's gazing at the Crystal.
his line of vision will be at an angle of Without allowing him to remove his
from 30-45 degrees, at the point where eyes from the Ball, gently ask him, to
it meets the ball of the Radio-Hypnotic raise both hands before him till they
Crystal, dependent on your elevation reach the level of his chest, the hands
above him. being clenched, and the arms being
Ask the subject to gaze steadily and pressed against the sides of the body.
fixedly at the Crystal, to which you Allow him to remain in this position
will gradually impart a very slight for a few seconds, and then proceed by
asking him to extend the index fingers " Allow that one idea to occupy your
of both hands, the remaining fingers mind.
and thumbs still being clenched and to " Do not wonder but CONCENTRATE on
withdraw the hands from each other, the fact that you will be unable
so that the tips of the extended index to make your fingers meet. "
fingers are about eight or ten inches Repeat this once or twice, after which
distant and pointing directly towards proceed as follows, slowly and more
each other. positively :-
During the whole time, continue to gaze " You are now losing control of the
steadily into the eyes of your subject, muscles of your arms and hands.
so as to ensure that he does not remove " You will find that you cannot make
his eyes from the ball of the Crystal. the tips of.your fingers meet.
You may find that the student may be " Try slowly to make the tips of
tempted to withdraw his eyes from the your fingers meet.
Crystal and to watch the movement of " You cannot make them meet.
his fingers and it is better therefore " You C-A-N-N-O-T.
that you should not say to him : - " You have lost control of your
" Withdraw your hands till the tips of muscles.
the fingers are distant about eight " LOOK AT YOUR FINGERS. "
inches ", for should, you do so, your When you come to this part of the
collaborator cannot avoid removing his formula, the last phrase of which must
eyes from the Crystal, for the very be uttered quickly and commandingly, but
simple reason that he will endeavour not over-loudly, withdraw the Crystal,
and lower it to the region of the fingers
to measure the distance. It is prefer
of your subject, rotating it over the
able, therefore, simply to say : -
gap between the extended index fingers.
" Withdraw your fingers from each
Your subject is now looking at his
other. Still more. Still further. More
fingers and is striving to make them
still. Not so much. Approach them
meet. Continue with suitable suggestions,
slightly " and so on, until you have
placed his fingers in the proper posi as follows
" You C-A-N-N-O-T make your fingers
tion, without any mention of any spe
meet.
cific distance. " You CANNOT. You CANNOT.
Still watching the subject's eyes, "Try as you will, you cannot make
and holding the Crystal motionless in them meet.
its previous position, place your left " You see, you miss them every time.
hand quickly against his elbows, so as " Try harder - Harder still - but it
to assure yourself that they are really is useless trying.
reposing against his sides. " For you C-A-N-N-O-T make them
These various preliminaries having meet.
been carried out to your satisfaction, "You C-A-N-N-O-T. "
proceed to tell him that he must hold and so on, repeating suggestions of the
his hands perfectly still in the posi utter impossibility of the subject being
tion in which you have placed them ; able to make the tips meet, uttering
that he must under no consideration, your suggestions in a clear, masterful
remove his eyes from the ball of the voice.
Crystal; and to think now with all the Do not allow the subject to strive too
concentrative force of which he is capa long to overcome your influence. Break
ble that when he tries to place his extend off the experiment after about a minute,
ed fingers together, or to make them meet before any signs of strain are apparent.
that he is going to miss them; to think It will be sufficient to clasp his hands
that he cannot put them together. Repeat in yours, and to ask him to look you in
this to him in a tone of incisiveness and the eyes, saying "All right — All right.
filled with the uttermost conviction, so Now you have full control over your
that it.cannot fail to sink into his sub muscles again ", frictioning his hands
consciousness. Always watch his eyes, and forearms very lightly. .
to see that they do not withdraw them After you have been successful with
selves from the Crystal. several subjects treated separately,
Now begin as follows you may proceed to carry out this same
" Think that your fingers will not experiment with three of more friends
meet. simultaneously, as shown in the Illus
" When you try to place them togeth tration No. 12-D. Do not pay any at
er, you will miss them. tention to the fact that in this Illus—
tration, the operator is shown behind this indispensable state of relaxation
the subjects. This is done in order to with the least waste of time.
facilitate your observation of a phase Your subject in this Experiment should
of the experiment, and in any case, after be seated in a chair, his right hand
you have been successful with different resting on his lap, as shown in
subjects, your feeling of power will Illustration No. 13-11, the left hand
become so enlarged that you will not find being raised to the level of the shoulder
it a hindrance to revolve around your and stretched out parallel to the floor.
collaborators and to work this experi Now place your clenched right hand
ment in its final stages from behind
them instead of being in front of them.
HYPNOTIC SLEEP
INSTRUCTING THE SUBJECT.
You have been herein taught, both by Illustration No. 14-11
precept and illustration, how to conduct
certain essential physical tests ; When you feel sure of your own capa
essential, because by assimilating bilities, request the subject to sit in
them, your confidence in your own an easy, comfortable position, as
ability has been increased and also shown in Illustration No 14-11, allow
you have by now, collected around you ing his feet to rest firmly on the floor,
a small but sufficient band of suitable his hands lying limply at his sides.
subjects, who also have gained confi Explain to him that you are now, with
dence in your ability. This mutual his collaboration, going to undertake
confidence — yours in your subjects' a very slight experiment in Advanced
suggestibility, theirs in your power — Suggestion, and that you wish him to
is of prime importance in these higher give you his full and undivided
tests, which you are now going to learn. assistance.
Before beginning with your first Tell him that you have selected him
as your1 subject, because you feel that not using the Crystal, alter the
he is in full command of all his mental Suggestion to make him gaze into your
and psychic forces and, that being so, eyes. In both cases continue as follows
he is more likely to make a perfect " You now wish to go to sleep.
subject than one who is not yet so " Fix your mind on going - to - sleep.
developed. Explain to him that you " Sleep - Sleep - you are going to
will require his attention for a compa sleep.
ratively short time only, during which, " Count slowly to yourself : - one
he must utterly disregard his surround - two - three — one - two - three,
ings and listen attentively to every " One — two — three — Now close your
suggestion that you make. eyes and go to sleep. "
The whole point of this preliminary Now say to your subject :-
Instruction to your subject is to bring
him to a receptive state of mind, to " Repeat to yourself mentally with
enlist all his impulses on your behalf me
and on behalf of the success of your " I - am - going - to sleep
joint experiment. Always refer to it " I - am - getting - sleepy.
as " our " experiment in Advanced " I - want - to - go - to - sleep. "
Suggestion — never as " My " experiment. While the subject is repeating this to
You will find that your subject will himself mentally, you should continue
become thoroughly receptive and will to make appropriate passes before him
wholeheartedly assure you that he will (either with or without the Crystal)
do everything that within him lies to with your left hand, as shown in
ensure that your " joint " experiment Illustration No. 14-11, while your right
will have a successful issue. hand, palm flat and fingers extended,
is reposing lightly on your subject's
forehead, your thumb pressing lightly
PRODUCING LIGHT HYPNOSIS BY SUGGESTION at the base of his nose, between the
eyes. Now continue
Now ask your subject to make himself " You are getting sleepy,
as comfortably relaxed in his chair, as " Your eyelids are getting heavy.
he is accustomed to do when he wishes ii You - want - to - go - to - sleep.
to have a good long rest. In talking to " You - cannot - stay - awake -
him in this manner, you must be in a sleep - sleep.
commanding position as regards your " Sleep-sleep-sleep-fast asleep."
subject, that is to say that your eyes Repeat these and similar suggestive
must be above his, so that when he looks formulae, having a pronounced sedative
at ycu, he must perforce look upwards. tendency, in a droning, monotonous tone
The result of this, is to tire his optic of voice until his heavy, even breathing
nerve much sooner than would otherwise and complete muscular relaxation shows
be the case. you that he is indeed on the borderline
Now ask your subject to gaze steadily of hypnotic sleep. Do not now interrupt
upward at the Radio-Hypnotic Crystal your sleep-giving suggestions, but
which you must hold as explained in a continue them until the state of hypnosis
previous exercise. If you have not the is perfect, which outwardly resembles
Crystal, or if you decide for some normal sleep.
reason or other which seems good to you, If the foregoing method does not
to operate without its assistance, prove immediately efficacious, you may
begin by making rhythmic sleep-giving modify it by pressing with your finger
downward passes, as explained under the tips at the roots of your subject's
heading 11 Practice in the Various Forms nails, while issuing the suggestions.
of Hypnotic and Suggestive Passes ". The exact amount of pressure necessary
Concentrate your mind on the fact that may best be ascertained by experimenting
you wish to induce SLEEP and begin to with him previously, so as to avoid
place your suggestions accordingly. causing him any feeling of discomfort
The more soothing and soporiferous, or pain.
your tone of voice, the better. Every As your repertory should consist of a
thing you do and say must have a tendency knowledge of several methods, you should
to put your subject to sleep. If you also try to induce light hypnotic sleep
are using the Radio-Hypnotic Crystal, by revolving the subject's head, as
say to him as follows :- follows Take hold of the back of the
11 Open your eyes wide and look intently
head with the fingers of your left hand,
at the ball of the Crystal ". If you are exerting a slight pressure at the base
of the brain. At the same time, place superseded by the Radio-Hypnotic
the thumb of your right hand between his Crystal) " in a dreamy listless manner,
eyes, and the fingers on his left temple. with a blank, expressionless stare,
You can now revolve his head very gently thinking of nothing, but relaxing the
and slowly in a small circle, in a ocular muscles. Make no effort, for
direction from right to left. In doing there is nothing that you can do to
so, you will, of course issue your encourage the approach of the favourable
sleep-giving suggestions, as above. mind state. Do not wonder what is going
The following method of hypnotising to happen. Do not be apprehensive, or
is also very effective. The subject suspicious, or distrustful. Do not
being comfortably seated in a chair, desire that anything shall take place,
you must gaze steadfastly into his eyes nor watch to see what may occur, nor
and audibly count " one, two, three ", seek to analyse what is going on in your
etc., telling him to blink his eyes mind. You are as negative, indolent,
after each number is pronounced. While indifferent as you can be. You have
there are some few persons who might confidence in me and faith in yourself.
be able to prevent their succumbing to No harm can come to you when lost in
their desire to sleep until you had this sleep. So with confidence in me,
counted up to one hundred, the vast in yourself, in the occasion, the
majority would be asleep by the time you instrumentality and the outcome of the
had reached fifteen or twenty. This is experiment, you are about to abandon
a very good method for the simultaneous yourself without mental reservation, or
hypnotising of a number of people, with misgiving, to a pleasant current that
which I will deal later in this Branch. drifts you along with it to the sphere
In order to awaken your subject in of sleep - for that is all that it is,
this Experiment, all that will be the same sleep that you enjoy every
necessary is to say " All right, wide night. "
awake ", at the same time concentrating The student may find it advisable to
your mind upon the idea that he will incorporate some of the sleep-inspiring
awaken and issuing corresponding mental remarks recommended and used by Doctor
suggestions. Do not be nervous or Quackenbos in the general notes which
doubtful of your ability to awaken him. have been given in the chapter headed
If he does not immediately respond to "Hypnotic Sleep — Instructing the
your suggestion to awaken, slap him very Subject " and may, if necessary, use other
lightly on the cheeks and repeat " All sedative thoughts created by himself.
right, wide awake ", as many times as If he has thoroughly rehearsed
may be necessary. Fuller instructions Preparatory Exercise No. 3, concerning
on this matter are given under the the creation of suggestive formulae,
heading : " How to Awaken the Hypnotic he should now be fitted to fashion new
Subject ". ones which may well prove very appealing
and even resistless for his own special
INDUCTION OF PROFOUND HYPNOTIC SLEEP. type of subjects.
The manner of inducing profound Having induced the light hypnotic
hypnotic sleep is somewhat similar to sleep as explained in the preceding
that described above, but naturally chapter, continue as follows
greater attention must be paid to the Place your finger-tips on each side
preliminaries than is necessary in the of the subject's head, your both thumbs
induction of only slight hypnosis. resting on his forehead just above the
Before proceeding to detail the steps eyes, so that the extremities of your
in this Experiment, I cannot refrain from thumbs nearly meet. Move the thumbs
quoting the beautiful words in which along the forehead towards the sides of
Dr. John Duncan Quackenbos, A. M , M. D-, the head of the subject and continue to
tells us of the manner in which his repeat this contact pass from the centre
preliminary suggestive conversation of the forehead over the brow to the
with his subject was carried on. He temples for about two minutes. While
writes " I ask my subject to assume a doing so, keep repeating : - " Sleep -
comfortable reclining position, and then deep sleep - sleepy - sleep - sound and
continue a soothing conversation along deep sleep - sound asleep " and so on>
lines like the following, with a view speaking all . the time in a low,
to producing a monotonous impression on sing-song tone of voice. Simultaneously
eye and ear : you should concentrate mentally on the
" I wish you to look at this diamond " fact that the slumber in which the
(the use of a diamond has now been subject is sunk, will be deep and
undisturbed. Suggestion a stage further and to learn
Now place your left hand on the top of the how to use your power for the purpose of
subj ect s skull andmake rhythmic downward creating hallucinations in the mind of
contact passes, beginning at the top of your subject. The word " Hallucination "
the skull and terminating at the point may be defined as being a mental image of
where the head joins the neck, exerting something which in reality does not
a fairly firm pressure with your finger exist. The creation of such mental-
tips against the head of the subject. illusions is always an instructive and
The pressure, while firm, should not be amusing manifestation of the power of
such as would inconvenience the subject. hypnotic suggestion.
Simultaneously with this contact pass, The best manner in which to proceed is
carry out with your right hand, short as follows After you have placed your
downward passes before the subject's subject in a state of profound hypnotic
face; this latter pass should not be a sleep, allow him to remain tranquilly
contact pass. During all these various in this condition for a minute or two,
movements, you should not cease to during which time the only suggestions
murmur lowly but positively and firmly, given should be those tending to retain
the soporific suggestions on which you the influence. Now create the
have decided. hallucination on which you have decided,
As you " sense " that your collaborator as for example, making the subject see
relaxes more and more and sinks more a beautiful garden of flowers before
deeply and more profoundly, suspend the him. Visualise this non-existent garden
pass with your right hand, continuing in your own mind and holding the subj ect's
the contact movement with your left hand right hand with your left hand,
towards the base of the brain. Place simultaneously carrying out contact'
the thumb of your right hand on the root passes with your right hand, in the
of the subject's nose, and allowing it neighbourhood of his forehead and
to repose firmly, repeat temples, converse with him regarding
" You — are — sunk — in slumber. the garden which you wish him to see.
" You - are - sound - asleep - Say to. him in a low, positive tone,
" Your - sleep - sleep - is - so - replete with suggestive-force
deep - and - so - profound - " You will remain in sleep and when
" That - you - hear - nothing - "I tell you to open your eyes, you
nothing - but - my - voice - " will do so and you will see what I
" Sleep - sleepy - sleep - SLEEP. " " tell you to see. We are now in a
Repeat this formula in the most " beautiful garden filled with the
monotonous voice of which you are capable " most luxuriant flowers. See that
and continue to express it during, at " great mass of poppies, like a
least, two minutes, after which you will " great crimson stain. Look at the
find that your subject is in a deep " wealth of roses and the glorious
sleep, oblivious to all his surroundings " display of beautiful blooming
and responsive only to your voice. " hyacinths 11
Some subjects require much longer and so on, using simple, insistent
treatment on these lines than others, phrases, descriptive of the hallucinated
but if you carefully and conscientiously garden. It is not necessary for me to
follow these instructions, you must place such phrases in the mouth of the
ultimately succeed in inducing most student, for each one will be able to
profound hypnosis. construct suitable ones for himself.
Full and complete instructions as to When you feel that your introductory
the most suitable methods of de-hypno suggestive talk has sunk into the
tising the subject or of awakening him sub-concious mind of the subject, it
out of this deep sleep will be found will now be necessary, without inter
hereafter in the chapter dealing with rupting the hypnotic sleep in which the
the matter. subject is plunged, to induce him to
open his eyes, for which purpose, you
CREATING HALLUCINATIONS will say to him :- " Open your eyes,
Open your eyes ", concentrating at the
BY HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION.
same time, on the fact that the "eyes
Having induced profound hypnotic sleep, will open.
as described in the foregoing chapter, While doing so, place the fingers of
you are now in a position to carry your your left hand on the top of the subject's
studies in Hypnotism and Hypnotic brow, your thumb exerting an upward
pressure just above the eyes, as shown Embrace in your suggestions all the
in Illustration No. 15-11. beauty that he would notice were the
Repeat your exhortation that the garden of flowers real and not merely a
subject should open his eyes in order to figment of his imagination acting under
see the beautiful garden and should he your control.
not do so within a reasonable time, say When you see from his pleased
one or two minutes, press the skin of appearance that the hallucination which
the brow upwards with both your thumbs youhave createdhascrossedthe threshold
so as to assist the eyes to open. of his sub-consciousness, you may, if
As soon as the eyes are open, the you so desire, invite him to accompany
subj ect still being ina state of profound you to the fictitious garden and having
hypnotic sleep, make a few downward arrived there, ask him to collect a
passes before his face, as taught pretty bouquet for some member of his
Illustration No 15-11
three different subjects simultaneous subject can look into your eyes.
ly. His position at the rear of the Look each subject steadily and fix
subjects is taken, so that the student edly in the eyes during the space of a
can see the details of the operation, few seconds, and subsequently direct
but it is essential that the operator your eyes, so that each individual sub
should be facing his subjects during ject is under the impression that you
the time necessary for the induction of are looking directly at him or her.
hypnosis. When hypnotic sleep has been Now hold up the Radio-Hypnotic Crys
induced, the operator may stand at the tal on a level so that the subjects are
Illustration No. 18-11
obliged to raise their eyes and request gestions which should constitute an
them to gaze directly and fixedly at adaption of the formulae suggested in
the little ball on the top of the pin. one of the preceding chapters dealing
Describe a small curved movement with with the induction of hypnosis.
the right hand holding the Crystal, so You may find that one or two of your
that the pin is evident to each one in subjects do not respond so readily to
turn. This movement should not be la your soporific suggestions as the remain
boured nor abrupt. Rather should it be ing ones, in which case, it will be
a graceful, gradual movement, flowing necessary for you, to devote to them a
effortlessly from the wrist. certain degree of special attention,
Continue this operation during two or without, however, neglecting the others-
three minutes, insisting mentally on During the entire operation, continue
the necessity of each one of the subjects to move the Crystal as described, your
gazing fixedly at the Crystal, and as eyes following its line of motion and
you feel that they become more and more being fixed steadily on each subject
placid, commence with the verbal sug in turn, making your gaze more insistent
and commanding if possible as you direct such supplementary development in Con
it on the subject who appears more centration, you may begin your experi
recalcitrant to the influence which you ment as follows
are exerting. Seat yourself in a comfortable, relaxed
Proceed as described in the chapter position and devote the first five or
treating of the creation of hypnotic ten minutes to an exercise in auto-
sleep, either light or profound, accord placidity. Do not allow any other per
ing to your desires. Remember that a son to be present in the room, which
much more intense degree of concentra should, so far as possible, be isolated
tion on your part is necessary in deal against the clangour of every-day life.
ing with several subjects than is the When your degree of placidity is such
case where only one subject is con as to justify your proceeding further,
cerned, but that otherwise the process gaze at the ball of the Crystal (if
is exactly the same as that previously you are using this instrument) and
recommended. think intently of the person whom yoa
If, before undertaking this experi wish to receive your suggestions. Should
ment in collective hypnotism, you have you not be making use of the Radio-
/thoroughly tested the degree of sugges Hypnotic Crystal, concentrate steadily
tibility of those taking part and have and try to create a mental visualisa
acted properly and in accordance with tion of the person in question.
your examination of their suggestibi When the psychic picture which will
lity, there is no valid reason why you inevitably arise in your subconcious-
should not be equally successful with ness by proceeding in this manner, is
five or six, or even ten subjects as cleared and unblurred, try to imagine
with only one. that the person is present with you,
The mode of procedure for awakening and speaking in a tone of voice, pre
in collective hypnotism does not differ gnant with the greatest suggestive force
radically from that recommended for of which you are capable, which while
one subject. Naturally the formulae vibrating with intensity should not
will have to be adapted to suit the be loud, express the thoughts or actions
circumstances of the case. Individual which you wish to convey.
members who may not awaken so readily While doing so, you must endeavour to
as their companions may require indi create in your mind the feeling of
vidual attention. absolute certitude that your sugges
tions will be carried out.
APPLYING HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION It is vain to hope that you will be
AT A DISTANCE. successful at the very first attempt,
for you will not yet be enabled to gauge
This phase of the Science is practised your psychic vibrations so as to attune
but little, owing to the fact that them at a distance to those of another.
the percentage of people susceptible The degree of success which will attend
to the degree necessary for successful your efforts at distant-suggestioning
experiments is limited. With willing will depend, in an almost overwhelming
and trained subjects, however, remark measure, on your ability in relaxing
able results can be obtained. and in concentrating.
Before trying to conduct an experi Try this experiment with the same sub-
ment in Hypnotic Suggestion at a dis ject several times, ten or twenty if
tance, it is advisable that you apply necessary before making use of another
yourself assiduously, during two or three person as collaborator.
weeks, to the development of your con- Unless it is desired that the person
centrative powers. Any student of this whom you wish to influence at a distance
Branch is entitled to apply for my should remain in ignorance of your in
Special Instruction on Concentration, tentions, it is recommended to fix a cer- •
joining to his application, a brief tain time for the experiment and to
and concise report of his progress, so advise the other person of this so that
that I may judge therefrom as to whether he or she may endeavour to facilitate
his present knowledge of the hypnotic your efforts by placing himself or
and suggestive sciences is such as to herself in a state of receptivity.
justify my placing this supplementary Do not be discouraged if you do not
instruction in his hands. In every case get immediate results. Be calm; be pa
where the application is accepted, no tient; cultivate a.hopeful disposition
charge is made for this additional in the magnitude of your powers and
service. sooner or later, your desires will be
Assuming that you have now undergone realised. Practice and experience will
develop and strengthen as well as 11 sen undaunted and forceful manner, express
sitize " your receptive faculties in an your suggestion in short, pithy phrases.
incredible manner, but constant, unre Your suggestions should contain nothing
mitting practice is indispensable. objectionable nor should they be such
as would necessitate your subject in
terrupting the conversation with you
CORRECT METHOD OF HYPNOTISING
until it is completed.
BY TELEPHONE. When you have issued the suggestions on
In endeavouring to exercise hypnotic which you had decided, cease all further
or suggestive influence by telephone, conversation, replace the receiver and,
the great difficulty which you have to await events. You will receive in
face and overcome lies in the fact that due course a report from your subject
you are deprived of the opportunity of on the experiment. In fact it is better
using the eyes as a medium of augmenting that you should have arranged with your
the susceptibility of the subject. The subject to send you such reports during
same difficulty will meet you as in the first eight or ten experiments, so
applying hypnotic control at a distance as to enable you to guard yourself
and it must be overcome in exactly the against various little faults in the
same manner, i.e. through increased Con use of a new medium.
centration and through the impulsion of Success in effecting influence by tel
greater suggestive force in the words ephone is invariably due to a thorough
which you may utter. knowledge and a proper application of
A subject should be selected who has the laws of the science of hypnotism,
already collaborated with you several as expounded in previous chapters.
times and who possesses a reasonable
degree of immediate susceptibility to CATALEPSY — THE PRODUCTION OF
your influence. It will be necessary ANAESTHESIA, ETC.
for you to arrange with the person whom
you select as collaborator regarding The cataleptic condition has been
the time fixed for the telephone ex regarded by many writers and sometimes
periment. Later, when you have been by the public as a somewhat dangerous
successful with several selected sub one, but to the person who has made a
jects, it will not be necessary to do study of the different forms of suggest
so, but this course is to be recommended ion, catalepsy is one of the most in
teresting phases of hypnotism, nor does
at the outset.
it present any danger when carried out
Before communicating by telephone with
your subject, concentrate vividly on by a conscientious performer.
The cataleptic condition is one in
the subject matter of the experiment,
which the muscles of the subject's body
calling up before your mind what you
become stiff and rigid, in which con
wish him to do or to say. You will find
dition, it will support enormous
that this mental reflection on the
weights. Catalepsy can only be induced
experiment will help in no small degree,
by a student who is capable of producing
towards its successful outcome.
profound hypnotic sleep, as taught in
One very important point to remember
is, never to do anything during the a preceding chapter.
To induce this state of catalepsy,
course of the experiment, either by
you should first of all place your
thought or by word of mouth, which
subject in a deep hypnotic sleep, after
would be likely to excite your subject's
which you must suggest as follows
mental opposition. Do not couch your
suggestions in a negative or semi-neg " When you hear the word RIGID,
ative way. Make them insistently and " Your • muscles will become stiff and
commandingly affirmative along the lines rigid.
which you have fixed. " You will find that you cannot move
Make up your mind at the outset that a single muscle of your body. "
you are master of the situation and Repeat this suggestion five or six
that, having studied the art of hyp times, each time speaking the word "RIGID"
notic suggestion, you have an intangible in a commanding tone of voice. Should the
power which gives you psychic mastery subject be difficult, command him to
(for the time being) over your subject. think of the muscles become rigid and
When you have completed the prelim to grip his hands together as tightly
inaries to your entire satisfaction, as possible while so thinking.
place yourself in communication with Simultaneously, you should concentrate
your subject, and in a calm, resolute. on the fact that the muscles of the
subject's body will become rigid. ation and how they must concentrate.
Should you desire to place heavy Having thus created the proper atmos
weights on the body of your subject phere in the minds of your audience and
when he is in the cataleptic condition, your subjects, begin with a few simple
it will be necessary to have him stand experiments, such as " The Falling
erect before you at the time you induce Forwards Test"; "The Falling Backwards
profound hypnosis, and having induced Test"; "Fastening the Hands", etc ,
hypnotic sleep, make downward passes proceeding gradually to light Hypnotic
along the body of the subject, at the Sleep; Profound Hypnotic Sleep; The
same time issuing the suggestions that Creation of Hallucinations and The
he will become rigid. Cataleptic Condition, if necessary.
Take care that the furniture selected A few further hallucinations which
to support the head and feet of the can be utilised during the course of
subject is sufficiently strong, as, in a private experiment are to cause the
some instances, accidents have been subjects to imagine that they are
occasioned through the collapse of the catching butterflies; that they cannot
furniture when weights have been placed speak their names: that their hands and
on the body. faces are covered with coal-dust, etc,
The method of dispelling the condition etc.
of catalepsy is that used for awakening The successful professional hypnotist
ordinary hypnotic subjects. or suggestionist who applies his know
ledge of these sciences in the field of
HOW TO GIVE A PRIVATE HYPNOTIC public theatrical seances is usually
ENTERTAINMENT. in receipt of very attractive remuner
ation. I may mention that my average
Demonstrations of hypnotic or suggest honorarium for each performance was
ive powers should invariably be preceded usually between $400 - $1000. Those of
by a brief explanation of the Science, my students who may desire to enter
as outlined in Branch No. 1., a,nd two this field (where there is always room
important facts must necessarily be for talent) in a professional capacity
made plain to your audience as well as should apply to me for particulars as
to those upon whom you wish to operate. to how they may do so. Stage tuition
First, that Hypnotism and Hypnotic is necessarily highly individual, part
Suggestion is a Science that must be icularly adapted to the country or
acquired through study, and secondly countries in which the student wishes
that you can succeed in obtaining control to perform and must contain certain
over a subject only because of the fact indispensable information concerning
that you have made yourself sufficiently the language, the manner of obtaining
familiar with the different forms of engagements, etc. etc. As such it does
Suggestion to know how and when the not fall within the purview of this
suggestion should be placed in order Branch.
to make it most effective. Tribute
should also be paid to your subjects,
making it clear that the persons most THE VALUE OF AUTO-HYPNOSIS.
susceptible to hypnotic control are
those who possess strong minds, ability The student will remember that we
to concentrate, and also well—developed defined in Branch No. 1, Auto-Hypnosis
imaginations. as denoting the influencing of a per
Extend an invitation to a few of those son's sub-consciousness by that person's
present who may care to volunteer as own normal consciousness, in other
subjects, explaining that hypnotism and words, the operator is eliminated and
hypnotic suggestion is absolutely the subject influences himself in the
harmless and that those who qualify as direction desired. Just as the ideas
subjects will not be injured or mal of any one person who has learned to
treated in any way. use hynosis and suggestive power can be
Make a short speech to those who have used to influence the conduct and belief
volunteered, thanking them for offering of another person through hypnotic
you their collaboration and assuring methods, so can the normal consciousness
them that good results will be obtained of a person bring his sub—consciousness
from those who comply with the neces under a greater or lesser degree of
sary conditions of relaxation and con control, for the subjective mind of the
centration. Explain to them in a few individual is as amenable to suggest-
well-chosen words, the nature of relax ional methods by its normal conscious-
ness as is that of another person. can develop Personal Magnetism in the
This powerful force is inherent in same way as any muscle of the body can
everyone of us and is waiting our call be developed by constant usage of the
to intervene effectively in any direction same. We see many people around us in
which we desire. It can be used to every-day life who are successful in
enable us to to resist temptation, to whatever they undertake, who seem to
overcome shyness and timidity, to exert an influence over all those with
destroy unworthy motives and impulses whom they come in contact. These persons
which have harboured themselves in our seem to possess some subtle unseen power
subconsciousness, to oust thoughts of that attracts and upon investigation, it
failure and to flood the life-currents• will be discovered that they invariably
with a joyous feeling of success and possess a strong Will-Power, which
happiness. enables them to carry out their purposes
to a successful conclusion. To possess
HOW TO HYPNOTISE ONESELF. a fascinating Personality,one must apply
one's self whole-mindedly towards its
The best method for inducing a state acquisition. The faculty of observation
of self-hypnosis is to carry out Prep must be exercised to the fullest, in
aratory Exercice No. 1, as the state of order to perceive how others use the
auto-placidity explained therein has remarkable art of Fascination. But
been found exceedingly appropriate for above all, it is essential that that
treatment by auto-hypnosis. A very which has been acquired should be uti
suitable time for carrying out an ex lised in the most advantageous manner
periment in hypnotising oneself is when possible, which again necessitates the
the student is just about to yield to possession of a strongly developed
slumber, for at this time, it is relat Will-Power and the faculty of Concen
ively very easy to implant the dominant tration on the end which it is desired
idea in the mind, which it is intended to secure. The Student who desires to
to convey by the suggestions which you do so can obtain free on request, my
decide to use and this dominant idea, Special Instruction on the Development
so implanted, will not fail to influence of Will-Power and Concentration, on
all your conduct and thought. Methods making application stating the progress
of self-hypnotic treatment are given in already made in hypnotic and suggestive
Branch No. 3., which follows on the studies.
study of the present Branch.
SOME SUITABLE EXERCISES IN PSYCHIC
SELF-HYPNOTISM AS AN AID TO FASCINATION.
PERSONAL MAGNETISM. It is not possible to confine the
teachings of the art of Psychic Fasci
Auto-Hypnosis is really a great psy nation within narrow limits, and there
chological miracle and I cannot too much fore, in order to keep this Branch
impress the wonderful part that it plays practical, it will be necessary to
in the drama of life. It accounts for divide my remarks into two separate and
much self-deception and self-elation. distinct classes, the first of which
It immunizes the soil of the sub-con- covers the mental, and the second, the
sciousness against the bacilli that physical state.
assail it. It perpetuates a feeling of With regard to the mental state,
fascination that is irresistible. It which is of paramount importance in the
bares the secret of influence. It is acquisition of Fascination, I would
the hidden power that enables us to impress upon the student the necessity
accomplish many seemingly impossible of creating through Concentration, im
tasks. It is the channel through which plicit und unwavering faith in his own
Personality finds expression and as such powers Psychic Fascination is impos
is of paramount importance in the de sible without an entire absence of Self-
velopment of Personal Magnetism. Doubt.
A great deal of the mental processes
THE ELEMENTS OF PSYCHIC FASCINATION. involved in Fascination will take the
form of elimination. No one can possess
The Philosophy of Personal Magnetism a pleasant and fascinating manner
is at present receiving a great share whose thoughts are not attuned. Worry,
of public attention, for the world has fear, anxiety and similar mental states
been brought to realise that anyone have a very bad effect on Personality,
while self-reliance, a happy Confidence As explained in the previous chapter,
and a kindly feeling towards others the manner in which the voice is used
are most beneficial. plays an important part in hypnotism
Modern investigations of the science and suggestion. This is also true of
of Telepathy - especially the wonderful fascination, and the student should, by
experiments carried out by the Earl of constant exercise, cultivate a pleasantly
Balfour in conjunction with Professor modulated tone of voice, seeking to
Sir Gilbert Murray, - have shown that attain a fascinating articulation and
a thought once created is transmitted an easy and impressive flow of well-
throughout the Universe and sooner or chosen words.
later impinges on the mentality of It is never necessary to speak over-
another person. It follows, therefore, loudly. Indeed it is always better to
that the student must harbour only select a middle range having a soothing
thoughts that fascinate and attract. and soporific effect on the person with
The method to be pursued therefore is whom you converse.
to retire to a darkened room and to Follow out these instructions with all
concentrate intensely, preferably with your mind, for a charming, fascinating
the help of the Radio-Hypnotic Crystal personality is within your reach if you
as explained in Preparatory Exercise so train yourself that your psychic and
No 1, on your increasing power of psy mental forces constantly work in
chic fascination, This exercise will harmony with, your physical forces.
strengthen and harness the mind-forces, Beauty is not essential, though it
prevent mental wool-gathering and will may sometimes be a help, but some of
moreover stimulate your confidence in the plainest people in the world have
your ability to fascinate others. been the most fascinating, despite their
During this Exercise, thoughts should apparent handicap of irregularly formed
be selected as suitable for the object features.
which the student desires to attain and
the. period of Concentration should CREATING
commence with five minutes, the time AN EXPRESSIVE MAGNETIC PERSONALITY.
devoted thereto being gradually leng
thened to thirty minutes daily. Our Those who develop an expressive
Supplementary Instructions upon Con magnetic Personality must realise that
centration can be obtained on request the thoughts which we harbour in our
free of charge by all students who minds are emblazoned on our external
have hitherto made satisfactory progress appearance and since it is within our
in their studies. power to make our minds what we will,
Regarding the physical state, the it stands to reason that we can so
great point to be attained is the crea control our outward being as to make it
tion of a strong and impelling gaze, radiate the wonderful force of a magnetic
allied to a general demeanour expres personality.
sive of the power of fascination. The The one method which the student must
student will, therefore, have to revise follow is to conceive and nourish in
and complete these preparatory exerci the temple of his sub-consciousness,
ses relating to the control of the facial thoughts which are pregnant with beauty
muscles so that his lineaments are, at and inspiration.
all times, under his command. Too much In the cultivation of personal radiance,
attention cannot be paid to the deve too much stress cannot be laid on the
lopment of the power of the eye, for necessity of making your facial
it is proved that the human eye con appearance to accord with the thoughts
stantly emits a radiant stream of of beauty and the student should
magnetism which is potent in fascina endeavour, therefore, to train his
tion. Unfortunately too many people, facial muscles so that theymay constantly
who have not gone to the trouble of represent in a winning smile the interior
training their eyes, allow this won music which his harmonious thoughts
derful magnetic force to be dissi will create within him. It is highly
pated, so that the force instead of important to practise this magnetic
being concentrated as one point is dis smile before a mirror, as this will
persed uselessly in all directions. No enable you to assure yourself that your
one who is not trained can resist the smile is really a magnetic expression
fascination expressed by the eyes of of the inner radiance and not merely an
those who know how to make use of this inane grinning.
power. It is not necessary that you should
smile always, indeed such a forced smile fit in with the general principles
is repulsive rather than attractive, previously outlined. Owing, however,
but you should so accord your inner to the difficulty in concentrating to
feelings that the smile represents more the extent required for the successful
than anything else a surge of your execution of any telepathic experiment,
personal magnetism. it is advisable that both the receiver
Such a smile flashing first through and the transmitter should be equipped
your eyes which are the windows of the with individual Radio-Hypnotic Crystals,
soul and gradually suffusing the entire with the help of which they can concen
countenance possesses a charm which is trate at a time which must be fixed
irresistible. By care and culture exactly. The transmitter should
everyone can make it his or hers. It concentrate on the thought which he
will accentuate the best lines of your desires to send through space, while
face and improve the weaker points and the receiver should endeavour to attain
even the most favoured of natural a state of almost complete passivity,
" beauties " cannot afford to neglect or so as to render himself acutely sensitive
despise its power. and receptive. The first ten experiments
Do not be misled by the old saying should be limited to the transmission
that " you cannot improve on Nature 11. and reception of very simple thoughts,
This is an old proverbial snare which is and both the transmitter and receiver
radically false. As well say we should should be in a very satisfactory state
leave the vine or the rose-tree to grow of physical health. It is advisable to
in its own wild way. A smile that does interrupt the experiments on the very
not shine for always, but glitters first feeling of fatigue, as the first
responsively only in the glow of chosen tests may be attended with psychic
moments is a great help to you in weariness on the part of the transmitter
developing a fascinating, irresistible or the receiver.
magnetic personality.
If you have formed mental habits which TALKING BY THOUGHT.
are contrary to this, it is advisable
for you to undergo a course of self- Although little is known of the manner
analytical treatment concerning which in which thoughts or mental pictures can
full advice can be obtained from our be transmitted, as was proved by the
Supplementary Instruction in Character experiments carried out before the
Building, Self-Analysis and Will^-Power, Psychical Research Society, nevertheless
which may be obtained by all students scientific opinion has been so aroused,
free of charge on application, stating that further important developments in
the progress made in the study of the the science of Telepathy may reasonably
psychic sciences as taught herein. be expected. Sir Oliver Lodge, the
famous European scientist, former
TELEPATHY - ITS NATURE AND PRINCIPLES. Principal of Birmingham University and
President of the British Association
The most reasonable definition of does not hesitate to say " a direct mental
Telepathy is that when a person thinks communication, without any mechanical
of anything, psychic energy is liberated intervention may some day, seem simpler,
from his sub-consciousness and this easier, and more natural " than even
energy tends to propagate itself in wireless telegraphy. It is to be
much the same manner as waves reproduce expected that the evidence will continue
themselves and expand when a stone is to grow and will ultimately give us a
thrown into a pond. If these waves, greater insight into the telepathic
therefore, strike against another sub processes than that which is now
consciousness which is in tune with the possessed by science which is content to
originating sub-consciousness, the accept telepathic phenomena as a fact
percipient is affected by the thought- without being able to give us any
vibrations of the transmitter and will explanation.
respond to the appropriate thought.
It follows therefore, that its nature
is on somewhat similar lines to that CONCLUSION.
outlined in the Chapter entitled :
" Applying Hypnotic Suggestion at a In this Branch you have been given
Distance ", and a certain amount of specific instructions in Hypnotism,
success may be anticipated if the student Suggestion, Personal Magnetism and
adapts his experiments in telepathy to Personal Influence so as to familiarise
you with the basic, underlying principles these few instructions
and to place you in a position of being " Be conscientious and unremitting
able to carry my teachings into effect. in your studies.
But your Success in applying the " Be pertinacious in applying these
teachings depends in a great measure on methods.
YOURSELF. I can only put the weapon in " Refuse to allow your progress to
your hands and show you how it should be be hindered by any trifling
wielded. I can inspire you to a recog difficulty which you may meet.
nition of the magnitude of your inherent " Be thorough and painstaking in
inner powers and evoke the genius that carrying out e&ch experiment or
lies in you. My power goes no further. test. "
According to the doctrine of free-will, Allow these thoughts to permeate your
you can be either a successful hypnotist whole Being and, if you do so, there can
or suggestionist, or otherwise. I cannot be no doubt of your ultimate success.
make you use the powers which you have Thousands of others have succeeded.
been taught in this Branch. This much Thousands are marching to Success daily.
you must do for yourself. Make up your mind to follow in their
wake. Kill every idea of discouragement
You can attain to the pinnacles reached or disappointment while yet in the
by all the thousands of enlightened embryonic state. Let your aspiration
men and women students in every part of be :- EXCELSIOR. Let your master-thought
the civilised globe if you but follow be SUCCESS.