Show A POETESS hypnotized I 1 mrs ella wheeler wilcox Is in a I 1 meat ure an advocate of 0 hypnotism some four our or five years ago while at a reception she was brought in contact witly MY IL russian who professed to C I 1 be a hypnotist out of several hundred I 1 guests g the russian selected M mrs rs wilcox as a subject A few days later she met him at the home of a friend to test his abilities and to gratify her I 1 curiosity there were a dozen friends I 1 of mrs wilcox present all were excited I 1 none more so than she 1 I in relating the experience mrs wilcox said he made ads several passes with his 1 hands 9 ads over my eyes and brow scarcely 1 touching me and I 1 soon experienced a I 1 sensation of drowsiness I 1 did not ja however seem to pass beyond that state but remained perfectly conscious I 1 he bad not told me what wha t he intended to do but I 1 heard him hi say bay to the 1 others I will put this needle through her flesh and she I 1 will feel no pain then he took my arm and lifted the flesh somewhere between my wrist and elbow and with a common needle ran it clear through the flesh my friends witnessed it ono one hiss thomas nearly fainted it if he had told me what he was going to do I 1 should have been frightened As it was I 1 knew no tear fear suffered no pain and no blood came from the wound the marks remained on my axin arm proving what he had done lie ire said that after one or two more experiments he be would have me under perfect control that frightened me and I 1 never allowed him to mesmerize me again I 1 should not like to surrender myself to another in that fashion I 1 have been interested in it since I 1 was a young girl I 1 always have lemed seemed to realize that there are senses I 1 have always believed there were sensis finer than the given five hypnotism will some day be used I 1 by physicians and dentists when dentists make use of it I 1 shall gladly be one of the first to profit but I 1 shall not be EL a victim I 1 think in time we will all be able to hypnotize ourselves so that we can free ourselves of pain and yet remain conscious and be under no one ones s control there Is a great law which governs governs the occult sciences I 1 have faith in it but it will be very difficult for it to become successful as long as it remains a matter of dollars and cents I 1 have had friends cured by spiritual science I 1 do not call it christian science because it Is so BO much older than christianity its doctrines are found in the old books of the hirt doos 1000 years ago faith cure and hypnotism are branches of the same hajne science and great revelations are ar near it at hand new york recorder |