The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.Hudson, Thomson Jay
Philosophy
The Law of Psychic Phenomena: A working hypothesis for the systematic study of hypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, etc.
Hudson, Thomson Jay
Parapsychology
"_First Experiment, at a Distance of Five Miles._--I endeavored
to acquaint my friend, the Hofkammerrath G. (whom I had not seen,
with whom I had not spoken, and to whom I had not written for
thirteen years), with the fact of my intended visit, by presenting
my form to him in his sleep, through the force of my will. When I
unexpectedly went to him on the following evening, he evinced his
astonishment at having seen me in a dream on the preceding night.
"_Second Experiment, at a Distance of Three Miles._--Madame W., in
her sleep, was to hear a conversation between me and two other
persons, relating to a certain secret; and when I visited her on
the third day, she told me all that had been said, and showed her
astonishment at this remarkable dream.
"_Third Experiment, at a Distance of One Mile._--An aged person in
G---- was to see in a dream the funeral procession of my deceased
friend S.; and when I visited her on the next day, her first words
were that she had in her sleep seen a funeral procession, and on
inquiry had learned that I was the corpse. Here there was a slight
error.
"_Fourth Experiment, at a Distance of One-Eighth of a Mile._--Herr
Doctor B. desired a trial to convince him, whereupon I represented
to him a nocturnal street-brawl. He saw it in a dream, to his great
astonishment. (This means, presumably, that he was astonished when
he found that the actual subject of his dream was what Wesermann
had been endeavoring to impress on him.)"
It would thus seem to be reasonably well established that the state
of natural sleep is the best possible condition for the reception of
telepathic suggestions for therapeutic purposes.
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