Nevertheless, a few general observations regarding the proper course to be pursued may not seem impertinent. It is obvious that when catalepsy is suspected, or is possible, all allusion to or suggestion of death should be avoided, especially by the physician in attendance. It should not for a moment be forgotten that, however profoundly the objective senses may be locked in insensibility, subjectively the patient is awake and is taking cognizance of all that occurs, and appreciates with wonderful, acuteness the significance of every word that is uttered. It should be remembered that since suggestion can induce catalepsy, it can also deepen and prolong the period of its duration. Conversely, it is the most potent means of restoration. Other restoratives should rarely, if ever, be resorted to. Violent means should never be employed. The essential thing is a cheerful, confident demeanor in all present at the bedside. Time should always be given for the conservative forces and recuperative powers of nature to do their legitimate work, and in due season the patient, who "is not dead, but sleepeth," will awake; or, in obedience to suggestion, will "arise and come forth," saved from the jaws of death,--rescued from the horrors of a living grave. [Illustration] CHAPTER XXII. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS. The Normal Relations of the Objective and Subjective Faculties.--Their Distinctive Powers and Functions.--The Infinite Wisdom displayed in their Distribution.--It constitutes Man a Free Moral Agent.--Limitation of Subjective Powers and Responsibilities in this Life.--The Kinship of the Soul to God.--The Limitation of the Powers of the Objective Mind.--The Transcendent Powers of the Soul.--Errors of the Old Philosophers.--The Normal Functions of the Soul in Earthly Life.--Dangers of Abnormal Exercise of Subjective Power.--Nervous Disorders, Insanity, Imbecility, and Moral Degradation.--The Importance of a Knowledge of the Law of Suggestion.--Dangers of Mediumship.--Trance-speakers.--Immoral Tendency of Ignorant Mediumship.--Tendency towards Free Love.--The Causes.--The Orientalists.--Their Greater Powers and their Greater Facilities for Self-delusion.--Practical Conclusions.--Warnings. I have now presented the propositions of my hypothesis, together with a brief outline showing its applicability to the leading psychic phenomena; and it remains only to draw a few practical conclusions which apply to every-day life. The first, and the most obviously important one, relates to the exercise of subjective power, and the normal relations of the objective and subjective faculties. In order to do so clearly and concisely, it will be necessary to recall the terms of the hypothesis.