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Experimental fascination. In this work,
I shall give the student an idea of

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the methods of conducting experimental work in
that phase of fascination, which has been

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called mental impression, et cetera,
following the lines of the best investigators and

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experimenters in America and Europe. My
reason for so doing is that the student

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may have a thorough idea of the
practical work, even though he may not

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wish to conduct such experiments in person. I think that everyone should be made

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acquainted with these things as a matter
of knowledge, and also for purposes of

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the self protection which arises from an
understanding of the subject startling phenomena explained.

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I also desire to satisfy the careful
student and investigator that defeats tests and phenomena

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which have heretofore been regarded by the
general public as inseparably connected with mesmerism,

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hypnotism, and sleep conditions may be
reproduced without the aid of sleep conditions and

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without the hocus pocus of the public
performer. The entire phenomena of mesmerism,

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hypnotism, et cetera may be produced
by simple and scientific methods along the line

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of mental fascination, by means of
menative induction without any attempt to produce sleep

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as a necessary precedent condition. When
this matter is thoroughly understood by the public,

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the glamour and sensationalism of public mesmeric
and hypnotic performances will vanish, and

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the subject will receive the scientific consideration
that it merits. But at the same

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time, people will be again to
realize the mighty power of the mental influence

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that is capable of producing such styling
manifestations in a waking state, and will

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seek to guard themselves against the abuse
of the power. Hypnomic performances condemned.

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It should be almost unnecessary for me
to add that I have no sympathy with

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the public performances of that phase of
mental impression known as hypnotism, mesmerism,

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et cetera, in which subjects are
made to go through all sorts of foolish

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and absurd performances. Outside of my
objection to people surrendering their will to another

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in this way, I feel that
such exhibitions are lacking in feeling, good

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taste, and often indecency. To
say the least, it is making horseplay

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of a scientific phenomenon. Thing In
sympathy with such manifestations or exhibitions, and

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shall speak of them in this work
only to condemn the methods employed scientific methods

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in my remarks and instruction along the
line of scientific methods, along the lines

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of the best authorities upon the subject, and in accordance with the rules observed

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at the best conducted experiments of such
authorities, at which experiments I have frequently

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been present. I wish my students
to place themselves in a scientific attitude of

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mind, just as if they were
attending lectures on the subject at some leading

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university in its scientific course. The
subject is a strictly scientific one and should

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be approached, considered, and investigated
only in accordance with the scientific spirit of

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investigation. It is not a matter
of fun or idle amusement. I trust

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that I have made my position on
this point sufficiently clear to all, so

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that there may be no understanding regarding
the same the importance of the knowledge.

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I do not advise all of my
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for there is no necessity for them, so doing what I am really trying

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to do is to acquaint them with
the methods used in these experiments and the

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results obtained in this way, they
may acquire an extended knowledge of the subject,

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which will enable them to really understand
the different phases and prevent them from

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entertaining erroneous ideas concerning the matter.
This knowledge will also enable them to detect

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any symptoms of an attempt to use
this force upon them in everyday life.

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When a person becomes acquainted with the
true inwardness of a thing, so that

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he recognizes it whenever he sees it, there is little danger of his falling

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into error regarding it. The knowing
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repulsing it. And with this understanding, and with this explanation, I shall

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now proceed to describe the work in
experimental fascination now being performed by scientific investigators

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in the colleges and other places in
this country and in Europe favorable environments.

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The investigator of experimental fascination soon learns
that certain environmental conditions have a marked effect

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on the degree of success attending his
experiments, and accordingly he endeavors to surround

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his experiments with the best conditions possible, as indicated by his experience. A

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knowledge of these conditions is an important
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these lines desirable conditions. The investigator
finds that he can obtain much better results

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when his experiments are conducted in a
quiet place, the atmosphere of which is

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conducive to calm, undisturbed, peaceful
mental states. This atmosphere affects both operator

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and subject, allowing the former to
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his full attention and to rest in
the passive mental state. It is well

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if the experiments be conducted in a
room remote from the street and as far

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as possible apart from the rest of
the house, so that noises of either

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cannot well penetrate. The experimenter should
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the latter will interfere with its concentration
and the subject's attention sense impressions. The

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best experimenters see that their experimenting room
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decorations, et cetera. Calculated to
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which will deaden the sound of footsteps
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go even so far as to place
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the chairs, tables, et cetera
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obviate such noises, the room should
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too warm nor too cold, as
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less able to give his full attention
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cold rooms, drafts, et cetera
interfering with the best conducted experiments, and

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every experimenter is aware of the fact
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with his experiments. Care should be
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the room. Shades of soft greens
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colors should be used in the decoration
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to obtain the best results. Remember
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will get the right idea psychological effects. Some experimenters burn a little incense in

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the room before the experiment is performed, the same having a tendency to quiet

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the nerves and impart a feeling of
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will notice that the conditions that tend
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experiments are the same that the ceremonial
churches of all races have adopted in their

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services, et cetera. This fact
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It is well known that soft,
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in which persons become quite impressionable,
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advantage of this fact. The whole
theory rests upon the production of the feeling

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of ease in the subject. Consequently, it is scarcely necessary to add that

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the cheers should be very comfortable and
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I may conclude these remarks upon desirable
conditions by quothing from an article for

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a magazine written by myself about seven
years ago under a pseudonym. The article

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described the experimenting room of a leading
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before a class of investigators and students
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think that the description will convey to
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these lines, I said in the
article. The room is well ventilated and

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lighted, although there is an absence
of glare. It is remarkably quiet and

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free from disturbing sounds and sights,
the air of seclusion and remoteness from the

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scenes. Without being very marked,
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of the interior of some quiet,
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when all around seems to indicate the
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save the occasional breeze faintly fanning the
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come from some far distant point,
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that had chanced to float in the
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heightened by the dim religious light and
by the voice of the experimenter as he

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gives the repeated suggestion to the patient
in the same monotonous tone, encouraging and

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hopeful, and at times reminding one
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the stillness, the tone of the
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all give the strongest suggestion of quiet, calm, peace, ease and rest,

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freed them from care and worry,
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The influence of these suggestive surroundings is
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he also unconsciously assumes the role of
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was told by some of the patients
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presence of the class and are,
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operator, with no other thoughts than
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might add that the suggestions given to
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were calculated to increase the desired mental
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How to determine impressionability. The first
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determine the degree of impressionability of the
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to determine this. One of the
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is to have the impressionable partially extend
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position is obtained. Then have him
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then raise or elevate the third finger
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finger, holding the other fingers steady
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Then tell him that you will proceed
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tingling sensation in the finger, which
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to extend up the hand and wrist, and then up the arm to the

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shoulder. Tell him that the feeling
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it will begin to tingle more and
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it will extend in the manner stated. Then concentrate your own mind on the

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feeling you desire to produce in him, and will strongly that it be produced.

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After a moment, ask him whether
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sensation, But note this, ask
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him the positive suggestion that he does
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the tingling already, don't you.
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for you state the thing before asking
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you emphasize the don't sharply and positively. You will find that the sensation is

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perceived in a moment or two in
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many cases the more pronounced results are
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the degree of impressionability of the person
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In each case, be sure to
take the subject's hand, grasping it firmly

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and shaking it gently, saying your
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right, emphasizing the words all right, and saying them firmly and positively.

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Always say these things with an air
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a great suggestive quality in such tones. Testing a roomful of people. If

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you are testing a number of people
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pass rapidly over the number to be
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test the whole roomful at one time, as above, if you desire.

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Do not act as if you were
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them that you are merely testing them
for impressionability, et cetera. But when

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you have finished, you will know
just the degree of impressionability of each person

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in the room, and you will
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for the next test, impressing the
subject. Having selected the desired number of

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impressionables, pick out one of them
and ask him to stand up before you,

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looking you straight in the eye.
See direction for acquiring the magnetic aze

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in the later chapter, saying to
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tone. Words to this effect.
Now give me your entire attention. I

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wish you to fix your attention firmly
upon me and what I am saying.

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For in this way only can the
best results be obtained. You must forget

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everything and everybody else in the room, and must hear only my voice and

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feel my thoughts. Make yourself perfectly
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There must seem to be no one
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You must see no one else,
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no other thoughts but mine. Give
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yourself to the inflow of my thoughts. Talk to him a few moments in

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this strain, and then say,
that's right. Now you are giving me

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your full attention. You are now
feeling my thought. All is going well,

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et cetera, et cetera. In
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spirit as you would to a child
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your direction, inducing relaxation, instruct
him to relax all his muscles, to

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take the attention off of them.
Tell him that in so doing he will

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draw his will away from his muscles. Which is just about what really happens.

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If he seems to be slow at
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practical illustration of relaxation by lifting one
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If it does not drop freely,
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him until he learns just what relaxation
means. This practice will bring about a

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state of passivity, which will tend
toward success in your experiments. Exercises in

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relaxation. It is of the greatest
importance that the subject of the experiments be

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brought into a passive condition of mind, and the best way to induce this

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desired condition is to bring about a
passive condition of body, for the latter

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will have a reflex action on the
mind. According to well established laws,

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the following exercises will aid you to
bring about the relaxed condition preparatory to your

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psychological experiments. Exercises instruct the subject
to withdraw his will from his right hand,

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making it perfectly limber, so that
he may swing it loosely from his

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wrist. Then have him so swing
it backward and forward. Repeat with the

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left hand. Then have him impart
to the hands a twisting motion to and

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fro from the wrist, of course, letting them twist about limply. Then

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have him withdraw the will from his
arms, and then shake and twist them

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about the shoulder like a pair of
empty coat sleeves. Then lift his arms

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up above his head and allow them
to fall like a dead weight to his

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sides. The following must be occasioned
by the weight of the arm, and

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not aided by his will. His
will must be withdrawn entirely. The above

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exercises may be varied and amplified as
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Some of the best experimenters take considerable
time in putting at ease the persons who

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offer themselves as subjects for psychological experiments, and at the same time they bring

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about the desired state of relaxation.
They realize the distaste and fear that anything

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like hypnotism inspires in the minds of
people owing to the public performances thereof,

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and they avoid any suggestion of similar
conditions. They generally begin by talking of

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the value of relaxation and how few
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Then they illustrate the matter by showing
the subjects how few of them are able

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to relax easily. This leads to
the trying of the above mentioned relaxation exercise

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or similar ones, which, as
you will see in a moment, leads

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directly to the first real test of
mental induction and suggestion, which is known

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as the falling forward test, which
is one of the simplest tests known to

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the psychological laboratory. From that test
to others is merely a matter of successive

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steps, So the experimenter really begins
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subject at ease and training him in
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that very few people know how to
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In the majority of cases, the
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After instructing the subject in relaxation,
say to him, now look me

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straight in the eyes and let my
thought act through you. You are feeling

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an inclination to fall forward, fall
forward, fall forward toward me. Do

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not find it, but yield to
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I will catch you as you fall. Now, fall forward toward me

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slowly. That's it. You are
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come on, come on, now, this way, this way,

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now, extend your two hands,
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but a little in front of him, so that he can see the palms

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of your hands, which should face
each other. Then, as you repeat

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the suggestions mentioned above, draw your
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you are drawing him by some physical
power. This is a strong suggestion which

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will render him more susceptible to your
will. The more reality you throw into

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the acting out this drawing, the
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and the more readily will he obey. Using the will. While saying

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these words, look contently into his
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In a moment, he will begin
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you keep up the concentrated will and
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Be ready for him, and catch
him with your hands. This test

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is far more simple than it would
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and is capable of being produced in
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will allow their minds to become passive
to yours. Where there seems to be

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a resistance, tell the person to
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towards you. Some find it easier
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eyes closed than with them open with
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tests. After you have succeeded in
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one yard and concentrate your case upon
the point at the base of the skull,

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that is where the neck joins the
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will experience a falling backward sensation,
just as he did before in the falling

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forward test. Be sure to tell
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falls, et cetera. In order
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et cetera as in the falling forward
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the word backward for forward. In
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same result as in the falling forward. Both of the above experiments are among

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the easiest tests known to experimenters,
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to inspire confidence in himself in the
mind of the experimenter, and a passive

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confidence in the mind of the impression
of Then it is always well to begin

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by some easy tests and then work
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Even upon subsequent occasions. The fastened
palm test. The next test may

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be as follows. Tell the impressionable
to place the palm of his hand upon

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your own, allowing it to rest
there a few moments, withdrawing all of

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his will from his hand and leaving
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Then tell him that you are going
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thought. Then, looking him straight
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firm, positive tone, now you
can't take your hand away. You

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can't, I say, try,
but you can try, Try, Try,

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you can't. You can't, you
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Always accent the word can't in these
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you wish to emphasize and drive home
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of course accompany your words by the
thought you can't. You must will that

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he cannot remove the impression by saying
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The locked fingers test. Your next
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together. This is accomplished by getting
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hands together, holding them as tight
together as he is able to do,

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using his will actively in so doing. Then say to him, now,

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do not resist me, but remain
as you are Now. You can't unloose

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your hands. You can't, I
say, you can't. Try but you

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can't, et cetera, et cetera. At the same time, concentrating your

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gaze and will upon his hands,
thus holding them together. It may help

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you in the beginning to hold his
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and then gradually loosen your own until
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repeating your suggestions. Meanwhile, remove
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clenched fist test. Your next test
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his fist. Proceed as in the
last test, telling him to clench his

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fist together as tight as he can, and then you must say to him,

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now you can't unclench it. You
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It will be some time before he
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the impression. Rotating hands test.
The next test may be that of making

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him rotate his hands. Proceed by
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but begin to rotate them around each
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to him faster faster, faster,
faster, as fast as you can.

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Then, when his hands are rotating
rapidly, say to him, now you

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can't stop them. You can't,
I say, try, but you can't,

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you can't, et cetera. And
it will be some time before he

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will be able to stop. Remove
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all right. The drawing test.
Your next test may be that of drawing

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him forward or backward toward you.
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him, as the case may be, and telling him that he will walk

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toward you, backward or forward as
you wish. The command must be accompanied

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by the will remove the impression akin
to the last two tests as follows,

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one preventing him from stepping out at
all, and two preventing him from stepping

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outside of an imaginary circle that you
have drawn on the floor. These tests

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are of course accompanied by the appropriate
suggestions and use of the will remove the

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impression. The chair tests similar tests, such as preventing him from sitting down

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in a chair or causing him to
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may be made in the same way
remove the impression other tests. Another

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common test is that of giving the
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it fast, and then telling him
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for it is sticking to your hands, et cetera. Remove the impression.

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A similar test is preventing him from
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or a chair by your suggestions of
you can't, accompanied by the use

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of your will remove the impression.
The name test. Some experimenters try the

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test of preventing the impressionable from speaking
his name by their Kent suggestions. A

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variation of this is making him say
his name is Tom Jones or some other

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fictitious name by the mere strong suggestion
of Tom Jones. It's Tom Jones,

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I say, following upon the sharp
question what's your name? Strange as it

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may appear, this test is successful
in many instances remove the impression. The

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eyelid test. The test of fastening
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fasten his eyelids tied together, keeping
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when the experimenter says, now you
can't open them. You can't try,

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but you can't, et cetera,
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release the impression. Stiffening the arm
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lines using the appropriate suggestions, and
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the catalepsy feet of the professional hypnotists, is but an enlargement of the

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above muscular tests and consists of producing
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of the subject. I do not
advise conducting this test, for accidents have

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occurred in some cases, and there
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I mention it here merely as a
matter of scientific interest. Notwithstanding the

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claims of the hypnotists that this test
is capable of being produced only when the

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subject is in the deep stage of
hypnosis known as a cataleptic stage, all

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psychologists know that it may be produced
in the wide awake condition, and is

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merely a muscular test, having nothing
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One underlying principle. You will see
that one law governs all of these tests

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and thousands of others of a similar
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It is all a matter of the
use of the will and the suggestion

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of the experiment accompanied by the relaxation
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The law of mentative induction is the
real cause behind the phenomena. The suggestions

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render doubly efficient the will power of
the experimenter by giving the mind of the

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impressionable a mental image, around which
is mental polls materialize on action muscular tests

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and beyond the above tests are what
are known as muscular tests, all depending

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upon the control of the muscles of
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Many of these tests are believed by
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of production only when their subjects are
in the sleep condition, or at least

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only after they have been put to
sleep and then around. As a matter

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of fact, sleep conditions have nothing
whatever to do with this phenomena, as

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may be proven by the fact that
all of the above tests may be performed

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without any suggestion of sleep or similar
condition. There is a more remarkable class

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of phenomena than the above mentioned,
which will be considered in the next chapter,

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all of which also may be produced
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This sleep delusion has led people ashray
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known that the phenomena of sleep itself
is merely an effect of mental impression and

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suggestion, instead of being the cause
of the various phenomena known as mesmerism and

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hypnotism removing the impression. Referring to
my repeated caution to remove the impression,

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I wish to call your attention to
the fact that the best experimenters lay much

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stress upon the advisability, if not
the absolute necessity, of removing the induced

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condition from the mind of the person
experimented upon, Otherwise he might carry away

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with him the induced condition or impression, which is often far deeper and stronger

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than is commonly believed to be the
case. I urge this upon you specially,

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do not neglect it. The conditions
may readily be removed by the suggestion

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of now you are all right,
all right, Now you understand you are

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now all right, accompanying the suggestion
by the mental picture of their being relieved

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from the induced condition. The gentle
touch of the hand, as in patting

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the part that has been controlled,
will help to accentuate the effects of suggestion

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of all right, removing undesirable conditions. In this connection, it may be

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as well to mention that if you
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tendency to manifest a drowsy condition,
or the so called sleep state of hypnotism,

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probably arising from previous suggestions, either
direct from a hypnotist or from having

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witnessed a hypnotic exhibition, you may
proceed to awaken him to the method just

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given for removing the impression. In
such cases, you may make upward passes

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along the sides of his head,
saying to him sharply and positively, wake

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up, Wake up now, I
say, wake up, wide awake.

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Now you're wide awake? Why awake? All right? Now? All right,

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I say, all right, all
right. And while awake, all

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right, all right. You may
heighten the effect by snapping your fingers close

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to his face and slapping his shoulders
sharply. Be sure to speak positively,

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firmly and sharply, just as a
father would in rousing up a sleepy boy

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in the morning, and don't lose
your head. You are not likely to

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have need for this advice in ordinary
experiments, but I give it in case

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you happen to come across some impressionable
or hyper impressionable see lay the chapters.

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Who may have been previously hypnotized by
some operator who believed in the sleep condition

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and not seeing about by suggestion see
lay their chapters, or else some subject

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of the same class who has seemed
hypnolic subjects go will sleep, and induce

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the same state in himself by imitative
self impression. In such a case,

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I would advise that you afterwards give
the subject a good sound suggestive treatment to

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the effect that he will never again
go to sleep. In this way,

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that he is immune to hygnolic sleep
suggestions, and in other ways build up

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in him a resistance to this deplorable
condition. These sleep condition hypnotists have much

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to answer for, for which their
plea of ignorance is not quite sufficient.