CHAPTER IX Hypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits
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CHAPTER IX Hypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits
What he was supposed to accomplish was stated thus in the London Pall Mall Gazette, issue of December 2: “Dr
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The fact is, the amateur can always be deceived, and there are no special tests that can be relied on
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One of the most interesting phases of hypnotism is that of post-hypnotic suggestion, to which reference has already been made
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Cocke describes one or two experiments of his own which have an important bearing on the question of criminal suggestion
Read record →CHAPTER IX Hypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits
s it is in natural slumber or in sleepwalking, and any unusual or especially exciting occurrence, especially anything that runs against the grain of the nature, reawakens that will, and it soon becomes as active as ever
Read record →CHAPTER IX Hypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits
Cocke says: “I have occasionally seen subjects who complained of headache, vertigo, nausea, and other similar symptoms after having been hypnotized, but these conditions were at a future hypnotic sitting easily remedied by suggestion.” Speaking of the use of h
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The following is Professor Delboeuf’s account of Dr
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“The mode of suggestion should be varied and adapted to the special suggestibility of the subject
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“We have arrived at the point at which it will be plain that the condition produced in these cases, and known under a varied jargon invented either to conceal ignorance, to express hypotheses, or to mask the design of impressing the imagination and possibly pr
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It is on power of supersensory, or extra-sensory perception that what is known as telepathy and clairvoyance are based
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The first case was that of a girl suffering from hysterical tremor
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It would seem that by an extraordinary effort the mind of a person in the waking state might be impressed through a great distance
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Such facts as these have stimulated experiment in the direction of testing thought transference
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Piper was the wife of a modest tailor, and lived on Pinckney street, back of Beacon Hill
Read record →The phrases Good Spirit, Great Spirit, and similar ones, have occasioned endless discrepancies in the minds of…
The phrases Good Spirit, Great Spirit, and similar ones, have occasioned endless discrepancies in the minds of travellers
Read record →So it is with the story the Algonkins tell of their hero Manibozho, who, in the opinion of a well-known writer,…
So it is with the story the Algonkins tell of their hero Manibozho, who, in the opinion of a well-known writer, "is always placed in antagonism to a great serpent, a spirit of evil."[64-1] It is to the effect that after conquering many animals, this famous mag
Read record →It is not without design that I recall this early dream of the religious fancy
It is not without design that I recall this early dream of the religious fancy
Read record →They were to him, therefore, not inferiors, but equals--even superiors
They were to him, therefore, not inferiors, but equals--even superiors
Read record →D so general is such a superstition, and so wide-spread is the respect it still obtains in civilized and…
d so general is such a superstition, and so wide-spread is the respect it still obtains in civilized and Christian lands, that it is not worth while to summon witnesses to show that it prevailed universally among the red race also
Read record →Ion with the advancing summer and fertilizing showers it bore the opposite character of the deity of…
ion with the advancing summer and fertilizing showers it bore the opposite character of the deity of fruitfulness, riches, and plenty; how, as occasionally kindling the woods where it strikes, it was associated with the myths of the descent of fire from heaven
Read record →A dart, and further when the conqueror clothes himself with the skin of his foe and drives the rest of the…
a dart, and further when the conqueror clothes himself with the skin of his foe and drives the rest of the serpents to the south where in that latitude the lightnings are last seen in the autumn;[116-2] or when in the traditional history of the Iroquois we hea
Read record →Moreover "the golden color of the liquid fire," as Lucretius expresses it, naturally led where this metal was…
Moreover "the golden color of the liquid fire," as Lucretius expresses it, naturally led where this metal was known, to its being deemed the product of the lightning
Read record →I have already alluded to the Fountain of Youth, supposed long before Columbus saw the surf of San Salvador to…
I have already alluded to the Fountain of Youth, supposed long before Columbus saw the surf of San Salvador to exist in the Bahama Islands or Florida
Read record →Sometimes it is the moon, sometimes water, of whom this is said: "We are all of us under the power of evil and…
Sometimes it is the moon, sometimes water, of whom this is said: "We are all of us under the power of evil and sin, because we are children of the Water," says the Mexican baptismal formula
Read record →Verred their race had proceeded.[151-3] For are we not all in a sense indebted for our lives to fire?
verred their race had proceeded.[151-3] For are we not all in a sense indebted for our lives to fire?
Read record →Since a remorseless criticism has shorn so many heroes of their laurels, our faith in the maxim of the great…
Since a remorseless criticism has shorn so many heroes of their laurels, our faith in the maxim of the great Florentine wavers, and the suspicion is created that the popular fancy which personifies under one figure every social revolution is an illusion
Read record →He was founder of the medicine hunt in which after appropriate ceremonies and incantations the Indian sleeps,…
He was founder of the medicine hunt in which after appropriate ceremonies and incantations the Indian sleeps, and Michabo appears to him in a dream, and tells him where he may readily kill game
Read record →E, which holds all hues in itself, disposes the soul to all pleasant and elevating emotions.[174-2] Not fashion…
e, which holds all hues in itself, disposes the soul to all pleasant and elevating emotions.[174-2] Not fashion alone bids the bride wreathe her brow with orange flowers, nor was it a mere figure of speech that led the inspired poet to call his love "fairest a
Read record →An ancient prophecy handed down from their ancestors warns the Winnebagoes that their nation shall be…
An ancient prophecy handed down from their ancestors warns the Winnebagoes that their nation shall be annihilated at the close of the thirteenth generation
Read record →From this story arose the supposed sevenfold division of the Nahuas, a division which never existed except in…
From this story arose the supposed sevenfold division of the Nahuas, a division which never existed except in the imagination of Europeans
Read record →Were it unluckily impecunious, she deprived it of an eye.[248-2] With the Aztecs this water was called…
Were it unluckily impecunious, she deprived it of an eye.[248-2] With the Aztecs this water was called Chicunoapa, the Nine Rivers
Read record →The derivation of the name is from a root meaning to fear, from which comes the term in Maya dialects for a…
The derivation of the name is from a root meaning to fear, from which comes the term in Maya dialects for a ghost or phantom.[251-3] Under the influence of a century of Christian catechizing, the Quiche legends portray this really as a place of torment, and it
Read record →Mictlanteuctli, Lord of Mictlan, from a word meaning to die, was the Mexican Pluto
Mictlanteuctli, Lord of Mictlan, from a word meaning to die, was the Mexican Pluto
Read record →He Moravian Brethren give the grounds of this belief with great clearness: "That they hold the soul to be…
he Moravian Brethren give the grounds of this belief with great clearness: "That they hold the soul to be immortal, and perhaps think the body will rise again, they give not unclearly to understand when they say, 'We Indians shall not for ever die; even the gr
Read record →The noble science of medicine is connected with divinity not only by the rudest savage but the profoundest…
The noble science of medicine is connected with divinity not only by the rudest savage but the profoundest philosopher, as has been already adverted to
Read record →The replies received, though occasionally singularly clear and correct, are usually of that profoundly…
The replies received, though occasionally singularly clear and correct, are usually of that profoundly ambiguous purport which leaves the anxious inquirer little wiser than he was before
Read record →Their highest development is what our ancestors called "second sight." That under certain conditions knowledge…
Their highest development is what our ancestors called "second sight." That under certain conditions knowledge can pass from one mind to another otherwise than through the ordinary channels of the senses, is familiarly shown by the examples of persons en rappo
Read record →The seer must work himself up to a prophetic fury, or speechless lie in apparent death before the mind of the…
The seer must work himself up to a prophetic fury, or speechless lie in apparent death before the mind of the gods would be opened to him
Read record →These various considerations prove beyond a doubt that the power of the priesthood did by no means rest…
These various considerations prove beyond a doubt that the power of the priesthood did by no means rest exclusively on deception
Read record →In Peru, for example, they were divided into classes, who made the various means of divination specialties
In Peru, for example, they were divided into classes, who made the various means of divination specialties
Read record →Not that all trance patients are lucid, any more than all brown studies result in brilliant ideas; nor should…
Not that all trance patients are lucid, any more than all brown studies result in brilliant ideas; nor should it be claimed that some measure of lucidity, even of the ultra-normal kind now under consideration, cannot exist without complete bodily trance
Read record →And indeed it is one of really general interest, since the hypothesis of fraud is entirely inapplicable to it,…
And indeed it is one of really general interest, since the hypothesis of fraud is entirely inapplicable to it, and in the opinion of the most sceptical critics who have made an adequate study of the case, no explanation more commonplace than that of telepathy
Read record →The Society for Psychical Research, though it has now for some time studied this among other questions, has…
The Society for Psychical Research, though it has now for some time studied this among other questions, has arrived at no sort of agreement concerning it; the only fact on which its members are generally agreed is as to the reality of some kind of telepathy, a
Read record →From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made…
From the recorded testimony of many competent witnesses, past and present, including observations recently made by scientific men of eminence in various countries, there appeared to be, amidst much illusion and deception, an important body of facts to which th
Read record →Before proceeding further, I must ask my readers' permission to introduce Dr Hodgson, the man who has studied…
Before proceeding further, I must ask my readers' permission to introduce Dr Hodgson, the man who has studied Mrs Piper's case with the greatest care and with the most perseverance
Read record →Dr Hodgson is one of the earliest workers for the Society for Psychical Research
Dr Hodgson is one of the earliest workers for the Society for Psychical Research
Read record →"She is obliged to hold someone's hand in order to go into a trance
"She is obliged to hold someone's hand in order to go into a trance
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