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
Recapitulation of Propositions.--Natural Sleep the Best
Condition attainable both for Healer and Patient.--Demonstrative
Experiments.--Healing at a Distance of One Thousand
Miles.--Distance no Obstacle.--Space does not exist for
the Subjective Mind.--Objective Habits of Thought the only
Adverse Factor.--Diseases treated.--Strabismus Cured.--Mode of
Operation.--Not a Good Money-making Scheme.--It Promotes the Health
of the Healer.--A Method of Universal Utility.--Self-healing
its Most Important Function.--The Power absolute.--Within the
Reach of all.--Method of Self-healing.--The Patient's Credulity
not overtaxed.--The Example of Christ.--Material Remedies not
to be ignored.--Advice to Christian Scientists.--The Control of
Dreams.--Practical Conclusions.
It is thought that the following propositions have now been, at least
provisionally, established:--
1. There is, inherent in man, a power which enables him to communicate
his thoughts to others, independently of objective means of
communication.
2. A state of perfect passivity on the part of the percipient is the
most favorable condition for the reception of telepathic impressions or
communications.
3. There is nothing to differentiate natural sleep from induced sleep.
4. The subjective mind is amenable to control by suggestion during
natural sleep just the same as it is during induced sleep.
5. The condition of natural sleep, being the most perfect passive
condition attainable, is the best condition for the reception of
telepathic impressions by the subjective mind.
6. The most perfect condition for the conveyance of telepathic
impressions is that of natural sleep.
7. The subjective mind of the agent can be compelled to communicate
telepathic impressions to a sleeping percipient by strongly willing it
to do so just previous to going to sleep.
The chain of reasoning embraced in the foregoing propositions seems to
be perfect; and it is thought that sufficient facts have been adduced
to sustain each proposition which is not self-evident, or confirmed
by the common experience of mankind. The conclusion is irresistible
that _the best possible condition for the conveyance of therapeutic
suggestions from the healer to the patient is attained when both are
in a state of natural sleep; and that such suggestions can be so
communicated by an effort of will on the part of the healer just before
going to sleep._
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