Three Sub-Classes of Mental Phenomena.--Mathematical Prodigies.--Musical Prodigies.--Measurement of Time.--Distinction between Results of Objective Education and Intuitive Perception.--Zerah Colburn, the Mathematical Prodigy.--The Lightning Calculator.--Blind Tom, the Musical Prodigy.--The Origin and Uses of Music.--East Indian Fakirs.--Measurement of Time.--The Power possessed by Animals.--Illustrative Incidents.--Hypnotic Subjects.--Jouffroy's Testimony.--Bernheim's Views.--Practical Observations.--The Normal Functions of Objective Intelligence.--The Limitations of Subjective Intelligence pertains to its Earthly State only.--Its Kinship to God demonstrated by its Limitations.--Omniscience cannot reason inductively.--Induction is Inquiry.--Perception the Attribute of Omniscience.--Conclusions regarding the Power of the Soul 62 CHAPTER VII. EFFECTS OF ADVERSE SUGGESTION. The Subjective Mind incapable of Controversial Argument.--A Sceptical Audience demoralizes it.--The Presence of an Avowed Sceptic prevents Successful Exhibition of Subjective Phenomena.--Labouchere and Bishop.--The Royal Academy of Medicine.--Its Offer to Clairvoyants.--Failure to earn Reward.--Harmonious Conditions required by Spiritists.--The Seybert Commission.--Trance-speaking Mediums.--How demoralized.--Adverse Suggestion the Cause of Failure in all Cases.--Possible Lack of Telepathic Conditions in Bishop's Case.--General Conclusions.--Failure Consistent with Honesty of Mediums 75 CHAPTER VIII. HYPNOTISM AND MESMERISM. Warfare of the Schools.--History of the Science.--Mesmer's Career.--The Academicians.--The Successors of Mesmer.--The Royal Academy of Medicine.--Its Idiotic Prejudices.--Dr. Braid's Discovery.--Re-baptism of the Science.--Effects of Braid's Discoveries.--Liébault's Theory of Suggestion.--The Nancy School and the Paris School compared.--The Fluidic Theory.--The Law of Suggestion the Greatest Discovery in Psychic Science.--The Significance of Braid's Discoveries not appreciated.--Hypnotism of Animals.--The Charcot School.--The Sources of its Errors.--Reform in Terminology suggested.--The Mesmeric Theory.--Braid's Processes not productive of Higher Phenomena.--Mesmerization of Animals.--Recapitulation of Points 81 CHAPTER IX. HYPNOTISM AND MESMERISM (_continued_).