T HE L A W O'

M E N TA L I S M
A p r a ct ic a l, s c i en t ific exp la n a ti o n of th o ug h t
o r m in d h e la w w b ic h
f o rce : t
g o v e rns

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A . V I C T OR S E G N O
DI SCOV E RE R A N D D E M ON S TR AT O R O ' T H E L AW

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L OS A N G E LE S ,
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A M RIE CAN I N S T I T UT E O' M ENTA LI S M

PU BL I S H E RS
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A . V I C T OR S E G N O
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CA
C OM M E R I L

L 0 S A N G E L E S
T HE P OW E R O' T H OU G H T

i t tr u e h h gh are h i g
I h o ld t at t o u ts t n s

E n d we d wi h b d ie s b h an d w ing s
o t o , rea t ,

A n d h we s en d them f th
t at fil l or to

The w rl d wi th g d re s u l s
o
— ill oo t or .

That which we call s ecret th u ght o ur o ,

Sp ee ds the ear h s rem e st s p t

to t
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ot o ,

An d leave s i t s b le ss ing s i w e s or ts o ,

L i ke track s b ehin d i t a s i t g e s o .
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0 t t O O O t C

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We awak en in an ther o

Just the h u gh t s min d s c ta i n

t o o ur on .

I f we re k in d we win their kin d ne ss

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I f we hate hey hate a gain ,

t .

W pa ss e b r ther m rtal s
on to o o

Th e vi b rati n s f the s u l o o o ,

A n d the k n w i ng ne s re c eive them

o o ,

A s he y s earch f r m p le
t p le o o to o .

0 t 0 0 O t C 0 t 0 0

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bu il d
We fu tu re s th ugh t by th
o ur o o ugh t f
O g d r b a d an d k n w i t t
oo or , o no

Yet th u niver s e i s w r u ght

so e o .

Th ug h t is an th er name f
o 'at e o or ,

C h s e the
oo th y d e s t i n y an d wa i t
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'o r l ve b
o rin gs
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a nd ha e b ri ng s h a te
t .
 P RE 'A C E

In acquiring the information contained in this book I ,

lay no claim to ha v ing possessed a knowle d ge o r power

superior to that possessed by many o ther persons I S im .

p l
y claim that after many years of close conscientious ,

study to have touched a chord in Nature that responded

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an d revealed to me the law which governs all intelligence ,

life and the change called death After thoroughly test

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ing this great power I have decided to give the knowledge

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to the world I do so with the full conviction that it will

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revolutionize to a more or less degree the life of every

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person who reads it .

I intentionally avoided the use of scientific terms in this

bo ok fo it was w ritten for the people as a whole and n o t
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simply as a scientific textbook I ha v e also avoi d e d all

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statements that in any way flavored of the sensational o r

mysterious because I have no desire to play upon the
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s uperstition inherent in humanity I have not d ealt with

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s u ppositions or possibilities but have held strictl y t the

. o
knowledge that has been thoroughly tested and demon
t ate d to the entire satisfaction of logical thinking
s r ,

minds because I wish to appeal only to the reason and in

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t llig e c e in man
e n .

I believe that there is one great source of all in te lli

gence called God ; that the mental and spiritual ( min d
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and soul 'are as one in Him and in us ; that intelligence

has always existe d and always will exist That we are all .

entitled to share alike in this great gift and that we each ,

gain all the knowledge we rightly seek and work for .

That we are slaves or masters as a result of our ignorance

or our choice That man was created a free and inde
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pendent being and that he is boun d in slavery only

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through his ignorance of the source of intelligence and

the laws that govern life That we can make or mar our
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careers upon this earth and in the life to come and that it ,

remains entirel y with us to d eci d e .

I f you dear rea d er are a lover of truth knowle d ge and

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intelligence the contents of this book will satisfy your

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desires and give you mental food that you can easily
assimilate .

It is to the people who seek truth that they may de

v e lo p within themselves greater power that I dedicate th i s
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work . A V I C TOR S EG N O
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 C ON T E N T S

C HAP T ER I .

IS ME N TAI J S M

C HAP T ER II .

IM P O RT A N CE O' WIL L PO WE R

C HAP T ER III .

P OW E R
C HAP T ER IV .

C HAP T ER V .

HOW TO C UL T IV A TE WI L P O WE R
L

C HAP T ER
S O L I T UD E AN D C ON C E N T RATI ON
Co n te n ts

C HA P T ER V I I .

Ho w C H A RA C T E R D E S TI N A R E ' O R M E
AN D Y D AN D

C O N T RO LLE BY M EN T ALI S M
D

C HA P T E R V III .

T H E IMM O R T AL IT O T H E S OU L
Y ' ,

W H A T A R E D R EA M S ?

C HA P T ER IX .

WH A T I S G EN I U S ?

C HAP T ER X .

Ho w To S ELE C T T H E R I G H T V O C A TI ON

C HAP T ER XI .

Ho w T O S T R E N G T H EN T H E M E M O RY

C HAP T ER XII .

Ho w P A R E N T S C A N C O N T R O L T H E I R C H I L R E N D ,

Ho w To W 'R I N S A
IN E A E C TI ON
D ND ''

C HAP TER XIII .

D I S EA S E ; I T S C A U S E N C U RE
A D

C HAP T ER ' I V .

D I S EA S E I T S C A U S E C U RE C O N TI NU E
AN D ,
D

C HA P T ER ' V .

D I S EA S E ; I T S C A U S E C U RE C ON TI N U E
AN D ,
D
 Co n te n ts

C H A P T ER
WH A T I S H YP N OT I S M ?

C HA P T ER
WH A T I S P ERS ON AL M A G NE TI S M ? 17 7

C HAP T ER X V III .

Ho w To C U RE E I L H A IT S
V B ,

ELI G N E T C H EAL IN G O R M E N T ALI S M

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C H AP T ER XIX .

THE ' O UN D A TI ON O S I R IT U A L I S M C LAI RV OY AN C E

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M E D IU M S H IP TE LE P A T HY
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N D I N T U ITI ON
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C HAP T ER XX .

THE B A SI S O' C H R IS TIA N S C I E N C E

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The law s o f th u ght are th law s
o e o f th e u niver s e .
— B u c h n er .
 C HA PT E R I .

W/z a t is M en t a lis m 9

What is Mentalism T 0 answer that que s ti on is the

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purpo s e o f this boo k Mentalism is a power o r force so

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subtle an d yet so potential that to mea s ure its breadth

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and d ep th and to ascertain all its uses an d purposes would

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require more years than are allotte d to man o n this earth ,

fo its possibilities are unlimited

r It is the source o f a l l
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intelligence an d o f a l l physical social mental spiritua l

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s ci entific ,artistic and mechanical achievement and ad

vancement It un d erlies al l know l ed ge ; i s the caus e o f
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all happines s o r unhappine s s health o r di se as e s ucce ss

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o r failure and without d oubt will be closely as s oci ated

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with o u lives after we leave this earth

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
The power and principles of the Law of Ment alism
are as old as humanity having existed ever since man
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was created In di ff erent ages of the world s progress

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men have in some measure realized the existence of the

Law but heretofore man has been unable to grasp it with
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any degree of completeness He has h o wever from time .

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to time discovered a few of its mysteries and believing

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that he had the whole truth formed and organized one of

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the sciences or religious sects known as Mesmerism Hyp ,

no ti s m
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Personal Magnetism Magnetic Healing Mental
-

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S cience C hristian S cience S piritualism C lairvoyance

, , , ,

C lairaudience Telepathy Mediumship etc

, , , .

There is but one law underlying all these sciences an d ,

that is the Law of Mentalism However the study of the .

various branches of this science has been the stepping

stones in the onward march of mental supremacy I f one .

would learn any language he must first learn the alphabet

, ,

and then wor d s of one syllable before he can compre ,

hend those of deeper meaning Man cannot grasp all the .

truths and facts at once ; therefore it has been necessary ,

for humanity to move forwar d slowly step by step in its , ,

edu c ation All things exist but man knows of them only
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,

so far as he is educated to comprehend them What is a .

fact to o e is an unreality to another ; thus no two people

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or any dis e ase Then if man i s master over disease

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which we know to b e a fact who can d oub t that he has

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power over the natural forces C hrist says in John He

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that believeth in me the work s that I d o shall he do also ;

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and gr e ater w orks than these shall he d o .

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Mentalism is the harmonious action of the three most

powerful faculties of the mental organization The first .

o f these is Thought the second Etheric Energy and the

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third is Will Thought i s the intelligence which is col

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lec te d by the brain for the use of the min d from such ,

passing mental vibrations as are in harmony with it .

Etheric Energ y is the force generate d in the brain by the

process of thinking It is upon thi s force that thoughts
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travel from the cell s of the b rain to their destination .

The Will is the operator an d director and d i spatches and

guides the thoughts to their respective stations Thus .
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Thought conveyed b y Etheric Energy and guid e d and

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controlled by W ill becomes a power of su ch magnitude

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that neither material nor distance are a barrier to it s

transmission .

Thought pro d uces energy and energy creates force ,

which in turn produces action an d motion Thought .

through motion displaces the atoms in the air which

surrounds the body thus causing vibrations or thou ght
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 Wh a t is M e n t a li s m ?

waves in the atmosphere A weak thought makes only

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a slight d isplacement j u st as a faint bree z e s ways but

gently the leaves o f the trees ; while strong fo rceful ,

thoughts displace the atoms over a greater area .

Marconi the inventor o f Wirel e ss Telegraphy says

, ,

that a wor d o r its equiva l en t creates a vibration in the air

j ust as a pe bble thrown into a pond creates a ripple in th e
water and that this vibration travels with the speed o f
,

lightning to the terminus however d istant an d mak es

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itself known an d felt by every telegraph instrument that

i s tuned in harmony with th e sender .In the same man
ner a thought from the b rain o f one person travel s o n
despite all resistance until it is taken up by the brain o r

brains that are in harmony with the mind from which

it was sent.

A thought of scorn o r praise when sent by the Will

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from th e brain become s a living force and is n o t los t

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in the multitu d e o f sounds an d vibrations but goes o n to

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find the individual again s t whom o in favor o f whom

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it was directed S uch thoughts strike the person with an

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impact w hi ch either hurts o help s them Those wh o do

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n o t under s tand the Law of Mentali s m may o t know

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when thes e thoughts have taken flight and fo r the same

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rea son the person receiving them may n o t know from

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whence they came ; nevertheless he is either uplifted or
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depressed by them .

A lmost every person will admit of having often ex

p i
e r enc e d a sudden depression of feeling or a fear that
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something unfortunate had or was about to occur ; and

again at another time of being controlled by a sensa
tion of hope and happiness even in the face of seem
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i g ly unpleasant facts and with no apparent cause for it

n , .

There are few people who have not been convinced at

some time in their lives that they felt the thoughts of a n

other influencing them even when they knew that th t

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person was distance from them Perhaps when deeply

a .

engrossed in work or study you have been startled by

what seemed a living presence beside you and the ment l , a

impression was so strong that you involuntarily reached

out your hand as though to touch the living flesh while ,

your eyes were fixed upon space and you saw more from
within than from without Or perhaps you experienced
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,

this same feeling of nearness of some frien d whom yo u

believed to be far away and in a few moments he entered

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your presence and you in astonishment greeted him with

I was j ust thinking of you .
”

These or similar experiences demonstrate to what

extent a pers o n is sensitive to Mentalism and to what ,

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degree other people are able to influence his thoughts and
actions for good or evil .

For the want of a better explanation knowledge ac ,

quired in this way has been credited to Telepathy o r

Intuition which means that it was gained through some

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faculty other than the five senses It is a recognized .

tru th that we cannot feel or know o f that which does n o t

exist therefore such experiences not only prove the exi s t
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ence o f the power but they prove that we have the

,

facult to perceive that power As man possesses this

y .

facu lty it is his duty to develop an d use it for his o w

,
n

advancement and for that of h u manity .

It is an indisputable fact that Thought i s the fo u n da

ti on o creative force back of every action whether it be
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the simple lifting of the hand or that used to build a ,

city The sculptor by his thoughts gives to his model

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shape and being ere he Chisels it from the marble T he .

artist likewise had alread created the picture in his

, , y

brain by his thoughts before he attempte d to reprod uce

it o canvas in colors S tatuary and pictures are but
n .

material reproductions of the artist s thoughts an d ’

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should yo ask him he would tell yo u that the y w ere

u ,

but poor imitations of the mental picture s from which he

co pied them .

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A thought is but a flash of intelligence that illuminates
the brain Intelligence has always existed and a lways
.

will exist so there can be nothing new created Wh at

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we call new is but another spark of light that we have

learned to recognize Thoughts that cannot be measured
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or compare d by the previous experiences of the person

have been called Imagination There is no such facult
. y ,

quality or organ S uch thoughts are transferred to the

,
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person by Mentalism They are not original or imagin a

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tive ; they are real They are a part of the great I te lli
. n

gence and we but perceive and use such parts of this

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Intelligence as we are able to understand The thoughts .

that we think have been thought before by others an d ,

will be thought by others after we have passed on and

our little sun has gone down .

It is by the Law of Mentalism that we rea d or under

stan d the thoughts s e nt to us by others What people .

think Of us influences and a ffects us and plays an i m

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portant part in our lives What we say ( speech is but

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an expression of thought 'or think of others excites in

them some emotion or passion To what exte t these. n

influences are e ffective is determined by the strength of

the Will that guides them and the sensitiveness of the
person to whom they are sent Thoughts not guide d by
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 Wh a t i s M e n t ali s m ?
the Will may travel in any direction an d a ffe ct those fo r
whom they were n o t intended To illustrate : The sub tle
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( Ether ic 'force upon which Thought travels is containe d

i the cells of the brain an d is set into action thro u gh
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the process o f thinki ng and emanates from t h e brain in

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waves o currents similar to electricity As these curren t s

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are g en erate d they must o f a necessity find space to

occupy and in so doing pass o ff into the atmosphere In
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this c ondition the force i s s imilar to electricity or steam ,

which after being generated is allowed to escape in every

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direction becau s e n o measures are taken to control it It .

can be readily seen that in or d er to control this valuable

force which is constantly going to waste the guidance o f ,

the Will is neces s ary .

When economically contro l led steam and electricity

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are valuable agents in execu ting man s d esires but they

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are o t as valuable as Mentalism fo without Thought

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and Mentalism these forces would never have b een c o n

trolled S team an d el e ctricity uncontrolled are dangerous
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el e ments and so are uncontrolle d thoughts One cannot .

estimate the amount o f d amage they do and the num ber o f

lives they destroy .

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 C HA PTE R II .

I mp o r t a n c e of P o we r

The Will governs the amount of mental force that

shall be prod uced and also the direction an d d istance it
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shall travel Like the rudder o f a ship it gu ides

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and directs the course o f our thoughts The Will bei n g .

the controlling mental facu lty it is ab l e to mak e a de c is

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ion and to send out to the world o r to an in d ividual the

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ideas an d opinions which were collected by the brain o r ,

those thoughts which came to the brain from other pe o

ple It d etermines the e xtent o f our influence over other

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people and it al so counteracts the effect o f th e thoughts

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an d ideas conve y ed to o u b rain by other s o r by cir

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cu m s ta c e s
n .It can through concen tration attract

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
thoughts to the brain but it cannot prevent their coming
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when the mental faculties are in harmony with those

thoughts for it is the harmony that attracts like to like
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It can however Change the mental tone o f the person and

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thus throw him out of harmony with cer tain people or a

certain line of thought In this way evil may be turned to
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good or good to evil

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A great many people strong Wills but possess ,

the majority d o not The person who is so .

fortunate can send his thoughts a greater d istance than

the person having a weak Will This fact accounts for .

some people be ing successful and famous while others ,

are not known outside of their immediate neighborhood .

The famous man is he who by his strong Will started

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thought waves in motion that have traveled around the

earth People are ma d e successful and famous by sending
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out to the public a series of thoughts which are taken up

by thousands of pe o ple who in turn send them on to
,

thousands of others If this person is an actor or a

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musician there is then a grand rush to see him and if

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he is a writer thousands buy and read his book The

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thoughts of all these people are centered on the one man

and they make him successful The thoughts that he .

sent out were at first similar to a faint breeze but in ,

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 T h e I m p o r ta n c e o f Will P o w e r
pa ssing thr ough the brains of other s the force was multi
plied until it became as powerful as a hurricane S u ccess .

o f this character is no t w o n through personal magnetism ,

as some people claim because the public is n o t within the

,

circle o f his magnetism: He reaches the minds o f the

pe ople by the u s e o f M entalism They feel his thoughts
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and unconsciously ob eye d his wishes .

It often happens th at the successful man in his assur

ance o f continue d success becomes indi ff erent or e g o tis
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tical an d di s continues sending out the strong thought

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vibrati o ns to the public and immediately his success be

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gi ns to decrease and someone else who is sending o u t

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s tronger vibrations reaches an d controls fo a time the

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pu blic s min d T hus one rises while another falls an d the

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people continue to b e the servants that worship at the

shrine o f him who makes use o f the Mentalism un d er
his control We read o f and see such experiences every
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day .

Wireless telegraphy is an ack nowledge d fact M es .

sage s have been sent and rec eived over a d ista nce o f
thous an d s o f mile s with only the ether o f the atmo s phere
a cting as a condu ctor Thoughts are sent from the brain
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exa ctl y as a wireless mes s age is sent from a tran s mitter .

The wave s pro d u ced in the atmosph e re are i d entical and ,

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the process corresponds exactly with the principles of
wireless telegraphy Whenever an action occurs in
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the brain a chemical Change of its substances also

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takes place and the result is an electrical manifestation

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that pro d uces force an d motion It therefore meces .

s a ily follows that no brain action can take place without

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creating a wave or undulation in the atmosphere for ,

the m o vement of any solid particle submerge d ( as we are

i atmosphere 'in any medium must create a wave
n Each .

acting thinking brain is the center of the undulations

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which are transmitted in all directions through space .

These undulations or waves vary in character and i mten

s ity in accordance with the nature of the person an d the

strength of the Will that dispatches them T he .

thoughts Of love or hate of life or death of murder or

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rescue of consent or refusal each have their correspond

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ing tone or intensity as each emotion or passion has its

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corresponding tone of voice .

Thought is Nature s method of communication

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S peech is a cultivated talent If speech had been the only

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possible means of communicating one with another we ,

would have been born with that faculty develope d and

ready for use as the other five senses are An infant .

cannot speak but nevertheless it can rea d the thought

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langu age Every mother is confi d ent that her baby
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know s j ust what she is thinking and doing S h e w ill .

as sure yo u that when she is thinking o f lea ving the room

that it will protest an d refuse to sleep while at other ,

times it woul d go to sleep quickly Only mothers full y

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realize to what extent thought lang uage is understood

by children As we grow from infancy to childhoo d we
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are taught to use speech as a m eans o f expres s ing o u r

selves an d thus the natural faculty is held in chec k an d
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its development dwarfe d The deaf and dumb conver s e

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by a s ystem o f their o wn without the use o f speech an d ,

it is a well known fact that the greater part of their u n

de s ta di g is due to thought reading an d very little o f
r n n

it to sign reading That animals also possess the fac lty

. u

o f receiving thought communications i s proven in many ,

ways but as this work is inten d ed to deal only w ith that

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power in man I shall only mention a few o f the facts

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that have come un d er o u observation Without the

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power to think intelligence could n o t exi s t fo r thought

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is intelli g en ce in action Eve ry o n e will admit that ani

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mal s have a marked d eg ree o f intelli g ence Then anim al s .

m u s t be ca pable o f thin k ing T hi s facul ty o r po w er is

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develope d to a gr ea ter d egree in domes tic an i mals and e s ,

p e c i ally in the do g an d hor s e There .i s a sym pathy e x i s t

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ing between these animals an d man that can only be the
res ult of m u tu al mental understanding Any person who
a .

has ever been the owner of a horse o r a do g will need no

further proof of the ability of animals to understan d
their master s thoughts and desires Where is there to
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be found greater faithfulness than that displayed by a

dog toward his master On e cannot help but obs erve
?

with what quickness a dog will know if you fear him or

not and a horse if you have the confidence to d rive him
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.

That animals possess a marked amount of intelligence

is Clearly shown by their leaving a forest some d ays
previous to a forest fire and by rats in leaving a con
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de m e d ship and by birds in migrating from North to

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S outh and from S outh to North with the changes of the

seasons A little investigation along this line will well
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rep ay anyone for the time and e fforts used .

I repe at that speech is only an expression of thought

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.

It is o e method of conveying thought from one person

n

to another but its use is limited because sound can be

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propelled only a short distance by the human voice .

Wires are not necessary to telegraphy nor is speech nec

essary to thought We can send a telegraph message
.

without wires and we can send a thought mes s age with

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out speech A thought message may be sent to one per

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C hrist did need to be informed o f a man s wishe s
no t
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for He read the mind of man as an open book and the

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man s story was alrea d y told Lip s had nothing to do

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with it The Master knew felt and shared the j oys and
.
,

sorrows of humanity This subtle force was thorou ghly

.

understood by Him a s verified by the record of His life

in the New Testament .
 Great m are hey wh s ee that men l f rce i s str nger han
en t o ta o o t

ma erial f rc e ; h at h u ght ru le s th e w rl d E m
t o t t o o .
”
— ers o n .
 C HA PT E R III .

Man S up e r i o r Po wer
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s

We all kno w that un d erlying every s ign o f life an d in

th e movement o f the heaven l y bo d ies there i s s ome u n
,

see n unexpl ained force The world rec ognize s in elec

, .

tric i ty which n o w furnishes us with light an d heat and

, ,

tu rn s the great wheels o f machinery an d ca rrie s me s

,

s age s from continent to continent the highes t form o f

,

mechanical po we r Yet this force is n o t ma d e by m a

.

chine ry M an ha s simply learne d to contro l a fo rce

.
.

which ex i s t s every wh e re in th e air an d in th e ea rth M an .

i s greater an d more powerfu l than any an d all th e for ces

he bring s un d er hi s co n tro l o r he w o uld n o t be a ble to
,

m a s t er th e m an d m ak e the m se rve him M an s supe rior

’
.

ity over all the force s i s due to h is m in d .

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The L aw o f M e n t ali s m
Mentalism or thought force as it manifests itself in
the human brain is the highest known type Of power the
, ,

mysteries of which have been called nature life spirit , , ,

soul and even God This g reat force is the opposite of

, .

matter and does not conform to any of the laws or pos

,

sess any of the attributes of matter It cannot be con .

tai e d in a given space for it pervades all s pace

n I ts .

prod ucts are in d estructible v en after the death of the

e

person from whose brain they were dispatched .

We know that every Change pro d uced in matter is due

to the influence of some force acting upon it also that ,

force always controls matter As Thought is the great .

est known force it therefore must underlie all hu m an ac

,

tivity In the human body we find the most perfect type

.

of for ce acting up o n matter It possesses all the qualities

.

o f matter in motion with the addition of the highest form

,

of intelligence The life of man is governed by three

.

influences : personal thoughts the thoughts of others , ,

and circumstances The strength of the Will will always

.
,

determine to what extent Mentalism or circumstances

shall be permitted to govern the person .

Mentalism is the prime motive power back of all h u

man actions It is not only the architect and b uilder but
.
,

it is also the laborer that carries the material that pro

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’

d uces the growth and makes the necessary repairs fo r the

body This applies n o t only to o u o w body but to
. r n , any
o r all o n whom o u mental force is concentrated
r .

The power of Men talism over physical ailment s is well

illustrated by the following historical fact
At the s iege o f Buda in 162 5 the garrison was in the
, ,

dires t straits the scu rvy had become epi d emic an d there
, ,

seemed to be nothing left to do but to surrender an d n o ,

d oubt it woul d have d one so had the Prince o t conceived

, n

an idea an d saved the day by the use of M entalism .

He s en t the officers to announce to the men that he ha d

secured an infallible cure fo r the dread disease an d ,

that he woul d personally a d minister the remedy to each

man H e gave each man a few d rops of the precious
.

flui d and at the same time impressed upon his mind the
,

a s surance that it wou l d cure him The eff ect pro d uced
.

upon th e min d o f every man was so strong that the res ult
was instantaneous They were all cure d and the garri
.

son made whole in a few days and rea dy to fight fo r vic

tory The medicine that achieve d this marvelo us res u lt
.

wa s n o t a d rug but the power o f Thought gui d e d by a

,

s trong Will the fl u id a d ministered being nothing b ut

,

pure w ater .

This incident illustrate s the po w er o f Mentali s m to

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
arouse the stagnant pool o f th e physical vitality and ,

change it into a swift flowing current of healthy vigorous ,

life .

In the domain of the mind distance and den sity of

,

matter are not recognize d ; th e refore o n e portion o f ,

physical matte r can as easil y b e infl u enced an d controlle d

as another for all men are made of the same materials and
,

are governed by the same law The d i fference in the .

build and physical feat ures of every man is but a recor d

o f the influence ma d e by his personal thoughts and by

the thoughts o f the people with wh o m he has associate d .

'
As a man think s so is he The outer man is but
,
.
'

an expression of the inne r man That is why we are .

able to read character from the ph ysical form No man .

can live a pure life and think only pure and b ea u tiful
thoughts and in so doing enj oy perfect happiness an d not
, ,

show the result of those thoughts in hi s face an d in his

manner Neither can a m a who has le d an imp u re l ife
. n ,

where his thoughts have been low and material cover u p ,

these signs Every thought and its expression call s into

.

action certain parts of the face an d this exercise d evel o ps

,

that particular part The law that governs o e govern s

. n

all humanity an d the force that is used to influence one i s

,

used to influence a l l .
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review troops and experience with her husban d the life
,

of a soldier Every mother and often the father whose

?
, ,

off spring shows special physical or mental development ,

whether for good or evil can recognize the influence that

,

was the cause of it The numerous well authenticate d

.
,

instances of this kind d emonstrate conclusively that

Thought does form the physical and mental life of the
unborn That the same eff ect can be pro d uced upon those
.

immediately connected with us is a l so proven by the re

semblance to one another of husband and wife after a
few years of married life where the two have live d
,

happily together It is noticed that even their tastes an d

.

talents change until they think alike and enjoy the same
pursuits If it is possible to proj ect this power beyon d
.

the limits of the brain who can determ ine the limits to
,

which it may be sent under favorable conditions ?

Our environments and the conditions of our lives ,

both physically and financially are the result and expres

,

sion of the Thoughts of those around us an d those near ,

or distant with whom we have dealings As long as one

,
.

makes no e ffort to change the existing con d itions just s o ,

long will he rema n the servant or even th e slave of

i ,

others If a man would free himself from unfavorab le

.

environm ents or circumstances he must bring his own ,

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 M a n s S u p eri o r P o w e r
’

mental force to bear to counteract the influence of the

thoughts o f those wh o are controlling and shaping hi s
ca eer and then use his latent power to create the new
r ,

conditions under which he desires to live .

'
Thoughts are things . I f o u thoughts are good
'
r ,

they will to a more o less extent help humanity If

,
r ,
.

they are o t they will retard civilization Few people

n ,
.

fully realize the responsibility they assume when they

think thoughts that are not beneficial to others The per .

son who is in possession of a strong Will Power and ,

also has a k nowledge of the Law an d power o f Mental

ism is under a great responsibility to his fellow men
, .

S hould he have incorrect ideas in regard to moral s his ,

thoughts will corrupt the lives o f thousands o f the :

weaker willed people wh o are unfortunate enough to

come in contact w ith his thought waves V ery few peo .

ple think original thoughts ; that is thoughts that they

,

draw from the Great S ource of Intelligence As a rul e .

,

they make use o f an d think the thoughts received from

the thought waves o f others and in this way s imply
,

assist some other person s tho u ght to travel around the

’

earth .

It has been fully demonstrated that when a num ber o f

people each po s se ss ing a strong Will Power an d a kno w l
,

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edge of Mentalism combine their eff orts and concentrate
,

their thoughts upon one subj ect they produce results

,

equal to any o f the miracles recorded in history .

The universal custom of prayer is an excellent illustra

tion o f the value of combined thought D o not whole .

congregations unite in prayer for the purpose of bringing

ab out a d esire d result Has not this unity of thought in
?
,

prayer ofte n produce d marvelous results ? Many lives

,

have been prolonged by these e fforts The combine d

.

thought waves sent out in prayer reached the dying man

and gave him new hope an d courage ; sti mulated his
heart action and thus set the machinery of life into
,

action again at a time when it had almost stopped for

lack of additional power This power was not supplied
.

by himself but by the thoughts of others D oes not the

, .

Bible say that If ye will all pray with o e accor d your

‘
n ,

prayer shall be answered ? If all the people would only

”

think right they would live right and evil would cease
, ,

to exist .
 The langu age f ne i s h langu age f the sphere s ; i t i s
o to t e o th e

langu age f the u niver sal w rl d ; i t i s th e lang age f h angel s

o o u o t e .

Dr C. . W E m er s o n .
 C HA PT E R IV .

Ha r m on
y t /z e ' ey

Wh ile every per s on can sen d to an d receive ment al

me ss age s from almo s t every other per s on y et Nature h as
,

impo se d a wise restri ction so that every mes s age s ent o u t

canno t be tak en up by al l h u manity w itho u t the san ction
o f the sen der . A me s s age can be sent so as to reach o n l y
a c e rtain per s on o
, r it can b e s e nt so th at it m ay be t aken
up by a great n umbe r o f pe ople .

I will e xpl ain th e law that mak e s this po s s ible Th e .

m e n tal organi z ati o n o f eve ry pe r s o n i s tu n e d naturall y

to a ce rta i n tone o r p itch . T hi s tone m ay ho w eve r be

, ,

'

rm sed o r l o were d by cho i ce an d al so when brought un de r

,

th e s tro n g i n flu en c e o f M en tali s m . Wh i le the m en t al

1
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Th e L aw o f M e n tal i s m
organizations of di fferent people usually have di fferent
tones yet there are many people in the world of exactly
,

the same tone and they all vibrate in unison S o when

, .

one sends forth a message it is taken up by all who are

,

o f the same tone but it will have no e ffect upon others

, .

To more clearly demonstrate my meaning I shall use ,

an illustration that is quite appropriate for the purpose ,

for it is a mechanical d emonstration of a mental reality .

All tuners of musical instruments use what is called a

tuning fork which when made to vi b rate gives forth a
, ,

certain tone or pitch In tuning an instrument one

.
,

string is placed under a stretching tension until it vibrates

in unison with the tuning fork The other strings are .

then tune d to harmonize Now if a numb er of people will

.
,

each hold tuning forks that are tune d to the same tone
or pitch and one of these forks shall be ma d e to vibrate
, ,

all the others will resp o nd and vibrate without being

touched S hould any of these forks b e tuned to a d i ff er
.

ent pitch they will not respond and will not be in the
, ,

least a ff ected by the vibrati o ns of the others This test .

proves conclusively the law of tone vibration Another .

interesting and convincing experiment is pro d uced by

singing a note say middle C into a piano At once the
, , .

middle C string will respond and vibrate in sympathy

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,

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
and attracte d to its respective station Each telegraph .

instrument is tune d to an indivi d ual tone but this tone ,

can be change d as there i s nee d for it When a message .

is to be sen t from one station to another the Operator ,

a s certains the tone o f the instrument at the station to

which he wi s hes to send the message and then tunes hi s
,

dispatching instrument to the same tone T he message .

is then sent an d while it goe s to all part s o f the w orl d

, ,

it is only recognized and taken u p by the one receiver If .

all the receivers w ere o f the same tone each woul d get ,

the same message almost instantly for light electric , ,

an d thou ght w aves travel on the ether at the rate of

miles per second .

The mental organization of a person is tuned by the

character of his thoughts and the tension or strength o f
,

his Will It is always in tune with some people and in

.
,

harmony with many others But these pe o ple may not

.

always be those he should be in tune or harmony with for ,

his best good This mental relationship is more often

.

due to chance than to a command from the Will and its ,

continuance is usually the result of o t understanding n

the Law of Mentalism The information or thoughts he

.

gains from this relationship may do him more harm

than good for his destiny would thus be shaped b it and
,
y

not by himself .

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The s ecret o f s uccess lies in knowing h o w to obtain

from others the information desired the kn owledge that —

will be o f the mo s t be nefit an d at the same time o t per

, n

mitting oneself to be influenced by the thou ghts an d

d esign s o f those whose i n fl u en ce would be detrimental .

To place oneself in harmony with another o r with a

n u mb er o f pe o ple is o t at all difli cu lt b ut to rai s e or

n
‘
,

lower the me n tal tone unti l it is of exactly the same vibra

tion as that o f another person will require more time and
considerable s elf s tu dy It m us t fir s t be un d er s too d that
.

every subj ect o r line o f th o ught has it s o wn tone o f

vibration ; that is love ha s one tone and hate the opposite
, ,

tone I f o n e sen d s out th ought vibration s o f hate they

.
,

wi ll rea ch an d afi e c t tho s e wh o are capable o f a similar

pas s ion T hes e tho ug ht s w il l attra ct feelings o f h ate
.

fro m all tho s e pe ople and their multiplied thought s will

,

come back to the s en d er and inj ure him I f vi b rati on s o f .

l o ve are s ent o u t lo ve wi ll in th e same way come b a c k

, , ,

an d h e lp him . When o n e nee ds help to aid in bu sine ss

o r in the ca rry ing o u t o f s ome impo rtant p lan as in ,

pe rfec ting an invention etc he mu s t concentrate an d

, .
,

th ink o f th e pu rpo se o r o bj ect analy z e it and by the

, ,

p o w e r o f hi s Will pr o j ec t tho s e tho ughts to s ome o n e o r

to all wh o have knowl e dge along the line o f hi s de s ire .

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Unless these people are at the time controlled by a stronger
Mentalism from another source they will unconsciousl y
allow the knowledge they possess to be used We are in
.

sympathy and in harmony with all who are interested in

the same subject We cannot reach people who have no
.

knowledge along the line of thought we may have under

consideration though we can reach them b y taking up a
,

subject in which they are interested .

To be in harmony with others is very important but ,

to have our mental organization tuned to the same tone o r

vibrations as that o f some great mind is an accomplish
,

ment that one can a ffor d to work har d to attain We are

.

in constant communication with those of the same tone ,

and respond to each other as one tuning fork vi b rates in

unison with another We find the m o st perfect illustration
.

of this in the cases o f true friendship an d pure a ff ection .

Happiness an d harm ony will always exist where two

minds are tuned in unity It is through c oncentration an d
.

thinking that our lives ch ange to the tone of those w ho

are able to feel and u nderstand u s .

Wh i le writing this work I am in contin u ous c o n c e n

,

t atio n an d simply write d own the thought s as they come

r

to me From whom or from h o w m any persons they come

.
,

I cannot say It was while concentrating that the Law of

.

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 H arm o n y th e 'ey

Men talism was revealed to me It came with the sudden

.

ness of a flash o f lightning and the name o f the s c ience

,

appeare d in my brain as though formed in letters o f fire .

That I have been compelled to write proves to me that

,

there is grea t mental force back o f the knowle d ge I have

acquired I have been taught to comprehend the La w
.

th at through me it might be given to the world S ome .

pe ople claim that I am writing un d er inspiration I am ; .

it is the inspiration from the combine d thoughts o f several

minds that are of the same tone as mine Intelligen ce is
.

the property o f n o man It is ours to use but we cannot

.
,

monopolize it o keep it Every man may use a s muc o f

r . h

it as he desires and works fo r but he must pass it o n fo r

,

o thers to u se
.

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Th u ha st ma d e him a li t le l w er than Thy s el f an d ha t
o t o , s

cr wne d him wi th gl ry an d h n r Th u ma d e st him have d

o o o o . o to o

mini n ver h w rk s f Thy han ds Th u ha st p u t all hing s u n d er

o o t e o o ; o t

hi s f eet — P lm i
.
”
sa st .
Th e L a w o f M e n t a li s m
quali ty o f their Will Power to know if it is strong o r
weak They mistake stubbornness obstinacy and hea d
.
,

strong action an d often temper fo a strong Will S uch

, ,
r .

demon strations and characteristics are the result of an u m

controlled Will They are but spasmod ic outbursts that
.

leave th e Will weaker than before and at the same time

,

cause the person to become discourage d with his o wn

weakness and lack o f self control The true Will has
-
.

the force an d continuity to persistently stick to a purpose

whether it pertains to only one o r to all of the actions
and interests which go to mak e up the life s career A ’
.

strong Will never hesitate s o r falters after a d ecision has

been made It steadily perseveres until the purpose is
.

accomplished .

A powerful Will gives to the person the ability to thro w

g r eat en er g y into a given thought an d k eep it there until
the obj e ct is attaine d That thought may be fo r s ome per
.

sonal action o for the action of an o th e r person or even

,
r ,

fo r a bo d y of people A s trong W il l can contro l a number

.

o f people just as easily as it can control o n e person T he .

mental vibrations which reach o e can in time reach al l

n ,

fo the mental tone o f each can be ascertaine d and har

r

m o i e d where the Will perseveres

n z .

The Will may seem to be strong because o e is able to

, n

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thr ow enormous energy into some spe cial e ff ort but this ,

is n o criterion Its strength i s te s te d b y the ability to

.

carry o u t a continuous co u rse o f con du ct I f o n e is given

.

to hesitating as to which o f two thing s he will do his W ill ,

Power is w eak and he will do neither I f he mak es a res

,
.

o l tio
u n and then allows himself to change it b ecau s e o f
the suggestions o f another he is being influence d through
,

Mentalism and is in a d egree a slave fo r he ha s sacrificed

, , , ,

his individuality and right to d e ci d e o n his o wn a ffairs ;

he is carrying out another s thoughts an d n o t his o wn
’
.

H e will lose confi d e nce in himself and hi s Will wi l l

,

constantly grow weak er .

It is evi d ent to all who study men and watch the af

fairs o f life that the person wh o fluctuates from o n e o pin
io n to another and from one plan to another never ac
, ,

complishes any real o r u sef u l purpose in l ife H e canno t .

attain permanent success S ome peopl e rarely if ever

.
, ,

come to a d efinite decision o r d etermination T hey dri ft .

like a cork upon the w aves and are the p l aything fo r

,

every thought w ave that reaches them These are the .

people wh o compl ai n o f be ing bu ff ete d by the worl d .

Their Will s are so wea k that w he n the time come s th at

the y shou l d mak e a de c i s ion o f grea t im portance — o n e
that m ay perhap s afi ec t their entire fut u re they are help,

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less and unable to decide The opportunity comes and
.

goes never to return again When they see what has been
.

lost they blame it all to destiny What do yo u suppose

,
.

made their destiny Why the thoughts o f others b e

?
, ,

cause they would not make it for themselves .

The cultivation of the Will Power is without doubt the

first duty every person owes to himself and to his family .

Without a strong Will he can have neither firmness i ,

n

dependence nor individuality of character Without it .

he cannot give truth its full force or morals their proper

,

guid nce nor save himself from being the slave of other
a ,

people The Will can only be developed and strengthened

.

by absolute adherence to wise a d intelligent resolutions

n .

The person must first consider wisely then resolve firmly , ,

and then carry out the purpose with inflexible persever

ance and not allow the little di fficulties which may arise
to discourage him All who will adhere to these rules
.

can advance to the highest position in the career for

which they are best adapted .

Always concentrate your attention on the question

that comes up for consideration D ecide carefully and .

to the best of your ability under the existing circum

stances but always make the decision final Never leave
, .

any question half decided as this is more disastrous to

,

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the Will th an n o decis i on at all After deciding persevere
.
,

a s long as yo u have reason to believe you are right but ,

do o t be obstinate o unreasonable
n r It often require s a
.

stron ger W ill to acknowled ge a mistake than it does to

stand obstinately by an error When yo u see that yo u
.

have made a mistake exercise your Will and corre ct it

, .

Always decide fo yourself as you will only weaken yo u r

r ,

Will by calling upon other people to help yo u deci d e and

act Every e ff ort made to maintain a decisive state o f
.

mind acts d irectly upon the Will an d strengt hens it A

, .

determined resolution to deci d e intelligently and force

fully all question s o f life as they present themselves ,

rather than allow them to w ait fo something to t u rn up r ,

o r until the thoughts of some o e else influences the de

n

c i s io n will a dd great stren gt h to the weak e s t Will

, .

The ability to carry out the following rules will d eter

mine the strength o f your Will When it is ea s y to gu ide
.

your life by thes e rules you will then be in posses s ion o f a

,

perfectly controlled Will R ead the following ru les once

.

every d ay and reso lve to make them your gu ide at all

times
I will be master o f my o w action s n .

I will never perm it mysel f to be come con f use d o r ex

cited .

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I will never yield to temper nor entertain irritation .

I will never make a decision in haste .

I will never entertain regrets after I have ma d e a de

c i s io n .

I will make my decisions final an d never do anything

by halves .

I will never act contrary to my o wn ju d gment .

I will never d ecide to do that which will injure other

people .

I will always be honest with myself and in my d ealings

with others .

I will impress these decisions upon my mind an d live

up to them every d ay .

Adhere to these d ecisions as closely as you can and ,

always depend upon your own best ju d gment Other .

peo ple may be right and you in error but by following ,

their i d eas you will not strengthen your Will If you .

should make a mistake the experi e nce will help you by ,

making you wiser for the future D o not attempt to do .

to o much at first for therein is a great source of failure

,
.

Accomplish o e thing at a time an d each d ay ad d some

n ,

new duty You would not expect a child to run before

.

it has learned to walk Many pe o ple scatter their plans

.

over too large a field and while they are com petent to do
,

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great things if d one systematically and in or d er they
, ,

fail beca us e they never come to a d eci s ion as to j ust what

they are going to do fir s t .

Wh en the Will has gaine d sufficient strengt h to be

able to mak e it s o w n decisions the person may then c o n
,

cen trate fo r the p u rpose o f attracting to him thought s

and o pinions from the min d s o f other people Th e s e .

i d eas he may compare with his o wn an d then select fr o m

,

them the best fo r hi s purp ose It is n o t safe for him to do

.

this if he i s n o t assure d that he has perfect control o f his

Will 'o r i f there is a lack o f confidence he might be
.
,

le d into believing that the Opinions of others were su

pe rior to his o w n To take them an d act upon them u n
.

der the se circu m s tances might b e d isastrous n o t only to

the plan s in question but also to the future d evelopment
,

o f his Will an d indivi d uality o f character .

Each per s on shoul d by means o f Mentalism gain a s

, ,

m u ch information as po ssible that he may app l y it to the

a d v an cem en t o f hi s plans but he must n o t permit other s
,

to force th e ir thou ghts an d plans upon him . H e must

be ab le to m ak e h i s o w n se l e ction an d d eci s i o n other w i s e
,

h e m ight fee l con s tr ain e d to ca r ry o u t th e i dea s o f oth e rs ,

e v e n at a g r ea t lo ss to him se l f Many do ce r tain thin g s

.

an d a ft e rw ard s as k the m selves why the y d i d th e m an d ,

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are unable to find a reason fo it They were at th e r .

time under the influence of the thoughts o f another

person .

My obj ect in teaching this science to the world is to

make men and women individuals ; to make them Gods in
mental moral spiritual an d physical strength The soul o f
, ,
.

man was made in the image of God and it is man s duty ,

’

to keep himself as nearly a perfect image as possible All .

w h o are willing to try should be guided by this science

, ,

for it will help them .

While reading and studying these instructions yo u r ,

life is brought in contact with mine through Mentalism .

If there is any part of this science that you do not compre

hend you ca learn it from me by concentrating for the
,
n ,

thoughts I use are always at the command of those wh o

are in harmony with me The more faithfully these in
.

s t u c tio s are follo w ed

r n the more closely you will come
,

into communication with me After a little practice yo u

.

will find it as easy to call me to you by the virtue of o u r

Mentalism as it would be to ring me up on the tel e phone if
,

we were living in the same t o wn R emem ber that di s t an ce

.

is no barrier ; my thought vibration s travel around the

worl d You cannot get beyon d them If yo u send goo d
. .

thought vibrations to me the best I have will come back

,

to you .

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 C H A PT E R V I .

S o l i t u de a n d Con cen t r a t z o n

The value o f solitude cannot be over estimated All -

.

great d eeds are born in solit ud e an d al l great characters

,

are formed ther e Why do so many of our great men

.

com e from lo n ely country life ? Because the isolation

gave them a chance to d evelop thoughts and b uil d up
character The s e m en are n o t mere parrot s imi tating
.
,

other people ; they lead in d iv i d ual lives ; they control

thro u gh Mentali s m in place o f being co n troll e d by it .

All g oo d i m pu l se s are s t im ul ate d by j ud icio us s o lit ud e

an d co n ce ntrati o n o f th o ug h t .T he fin e w o rk o f an actor
i s st ud i e d o u t in th e qu i e t o f h is ro o m an d no t in the
,

n o i se at th e ac to r s cl ub It was in s o l it ud e that Boo th

’
.

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T h e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
and Forrest found expression for their great emotion .

Newton studied his problems in the sand away from

other people and there he gained great inspiration and
,

knowledge .

Bacon cried out My spirit hath been much alone, ,

and to his long hours of loneliness we are indebte d for his

wonderful philosophical work which is now the fo u da ,
n

tion o f all accurate mo d ern science .

In Mark I 3 5 we read And in the morning rising

.
, , ,
'

up a great while b efore day He went out and d eparted ,

into a solitary place and praye d .

”

Edison the great inventor often remain s in his offi ce

, ,

or workshop for days at a time without leaving to eat o r

sleep when he is concentrating for new thoughts for h i

,
s

inventions Perseverance an d the use of Mentalism have

.

made him a wonderful man in the eyes of the public but ,

many others might be equally as great as he if they ,

would do as he does All men inherit the same p rive le g e s

.
,

and are entitled to the use of this great power in te lli

—

gence .

When Burns the poet was poor and ha d no friends

, ,

to disturb his solitu d e he wrote marvelous poetry but , ,

when he was called a great poet and spent his time

lounging about the rooms of fashionable women he .

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 S o li t u d e an d Co nc e n t r ati o n

stopped writing good poetry an d wrote the trashiest kind .

Many a genius is ruined by his fir s t success N o t real .

izing that his great inspirations come from concentration

of thought in solitude he rushes into th e mad whirl o f
,

society there to be flatt ered and have his tho u ghts d i

,

verte d an d from that time the work he doe s is usually of

,

a very ordinary character A certain amount o f time

.

spent in s ociety is o f advantage bu t an exces s o f it o r

, ,

even o f s olitude is as injurious as any other exce s s M an

, .

should mingle with his fellow men get advice e n c o u , ,

r

ag e m e n t an d suggestions from them but he shoul d s pen d

, ,

not less than o e hour o f each d ay in thinking an d se l f

n

study C oncentration will improve the mem ory more

.

quickly than any other method .

Parents wh o are fortunate enough to have a thought

ful chil d o n e that sit s an d contemplates a to y o r d o ll in
,

soli tu de with its thought s seemingly far away shoul d n o t ,

advise it to run and play with the others They sho ul d b e .

glad fo r its sake that its min d is d eveloping thought an d

building character while other children are lo s ing their
,

i d e n tity in con s tant mingling w i th the th o ughtl ess .

There is no d o ubt but that a b rain su rro unded o n all

s id e s an d at all time s with chattering minds that ru n in

groove s h as no po s sible chance fo r develo pm en t C hi '

, .

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dren should be taught to think The value of good .

thoughts and the destructive e ff ect of evil thoughts should

be explained to them This part of their education should
.

n o t be neglected .

When a man forgets a word a name or the location ,

o f some article he desires he stops and concentrates his

,

mind and centers his thought on that which he has lost

until the knowledge comes to him S houl d any o e speak
. n

to him during that time he will say D on t bother me

,
.
' ’

now I am trying to think of something

,
If the mind .
”

needs temporary quietude and concentration on so sm all

a problem how much more it must need it if it is to do
, ,

serious and important work ' By concentrating in quiet

u d e the person can use the Mentalism under his control
,

and do wor k he believed himself incapable of d oing .

Those who would attain the best results from this or

any other study must not overlook the importance of
,

concentration and solitu d e They should take themselves

.

away from the noise and excitement of the busy bust ,

ling world and seek the quiet of their own room where
, ,

they can rest the body be alone and concentrate their

,

thoughts on the work they desire to accomplish .

In preparing to send and receive communications an ,

easy position in a comfortable chair shoul d be taken ; the

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head held quite straight so that the b loo d supply will n o t
be cu t o ff from the b rain The eyes sho ul d th e n be
.

closed fo r a few moments to rest them Fo llowing this .

the sight must be centere d upo n some smal l obj ec t th ree

or four fee t d istant an d the pe rson then co m m ence to
,

think o f the subjec t o n which he d esire s informatio n o ,

r

o f the pe r s on he wishes to i n fluence o mentalize Under

r .

the se favorable con d itions mental vibration s can be s ent

out that will reach the brains of great men wh o are in ,

h armony with those thoughts an d s timulate their

,

thoughts o n that subj e ct until they u nconsciou s ly give

back through Mentalism the informati o n desired
, , .

After the person has proj e cted hi s thoughts fo r from

fiftee n to thirty minutes he shoul d rel ax the W i l l an d al
,

lo w his brain to become pa s sive so that it may receive ,

the new tho u ghts as they come to him In th is way .

he will be able to obtain from the min d s o f great m en in

formation that will help to bui l d hi s su cce s s I t i s al .

way s we l l o n the s e oc casions to h ave a note bo o k an d

, ,

pe n cil hand y so that the n e w i de as as they co me m ay be

,

w ri tten d own One m ay in thi s way get a s ingle idea

.

t hat w ill l ater be th e me a n s o f ch an gi ng hi s who le caree r

Th e i d eas an d p l an s fo r g reat i n ve n ti o n s all co me in th i s

m an n e r .

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Le t all who rea d this remember that they shoul d spen d

o n e hour each day in concentration If n o other time i s
.

available it can b e d one at night before retiring

, .

When the Will has so disciplined the brain that it is

proof against all unwelcome d istractions ; when the per
son can keep his eyes and tho u ght s stea d ily fixe d upon his
ch osen go al he has thoroughly learne d how to co n c e n
,

trate He can then utilize Mentalism with an assurance

.

o f success .

A simple experiment in the transference of thought

may be carried out in the fo l lowing manner :

Let o e person hol d a pa ck o f car d s an d take a po s ition
n

with his face towar d a corner of the room an d have the ,

person wh o is to receive the mes s age sit in a comfortab le

chair with his face toward ano ther corner The person .

who is to receive the message m ay be blindfol d e d so ,

that his attention may not be distracte d by ob jects aroun d

him ; and shoul d have a pencil an d paper so that he ma y
make a note o f the information that comes to him T he .

first person will then d raw from the pack one card an d c o n
centrate his thoughts upon the d e s ign color an d de n o m in
,

ation He should o t hold more than one card at a time

. n .

The other person will take note of the information that

comes to him After a few experiments very accurate mes
.

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 The th u ght i s pri r the fact ; ll the facts f hi st y pre
o o to a o or

e x i s e d in the min d a s law s A man i s h w h le en cy c l pe d ia f

t . t e o o o

fa c s Of the w rks f h i s min d hi st r i s th e re c r d E m

t . o o t o y o .
”—
e rs o n .
 C H A PT E R VI I .

H o w C /z a r a fi er an d D es t iny are 'ar m ed

an d C on tr o lled é'' M en t a lism

Whether we accept the teachings o f evolution o r n o t th e ,

fact remain s that man is the highe s t product o f the ani

m al king dom . Phy s ically he is the be s t type o f li fe with
,

w hi ch the e arth i s people d In man Nature s organic

.
’

fu n ctions reach their mo s t complete development B t it . u

i s hi s me n tal and n o t hi s phy s ical quali tie s th at gi ve to

h im hi s pre e minence Without the g u i d anc e o f th e Go d
-
.

g i v e n po w e r o f min d ( so u l ' m a n w
, o u l d be litt l e be tt er
than th e beas t A s an .
p le n o te,
t h e piti ab le s pe c
tacl e o f th e i d i o t .

W hile m anki n d is easil y d i sti ngu i sh ed fro m th e b r u te

creati o n i n d i vi dual m an i s qu ite as eas i l y d i s ting u i s hed
,

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from his brother man Heredity has done much toward .

maintaining a similarity in the human family but the i ,

n

flu c e o f environment and Mentalism has done more to

en

change it As a result no two persons can be said to be

.
,

alike in the sense that they exactly resemble each other

, ,

either mentally or physically Even in the case of twins .

,

there is a marked di fference If all men should think .

alike they would look alike and work alike All di ffer
, .

e c e s would be eliminated and they woul d as closely re

n ,

semble each other as one p ea resembles another There

'
.
”

would be no such thing as opinion and no such quality as ,

comparison .

Mentalism molds man s every physical and ment l ’

a

quality and thus controls his whole being At no time

, .

can he completely divorce himself from the influence of

this dominating power which surrounds him It is the .

force within him which acts and reacts upon him without
consulting him ; it is the unseen power that shapes an d
co ntrols his life and makes his D estiny
, .

'
As is the mind so is the form and As a man, ,

thinks so is he Man thus becomes in a measure the

, .
, ,

servant of his thoughts and through them he works out ,

his fate Man s character and destiny are molded through

.
’

the influence of his own thoughts and the thoughts from

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those wh o constitute his enviro n ments Thus the fata l.

i s tic element is in a sense removed an d man is shown to

,

b e a free agent capable of developing such a character

and d estiny as he may desire He may chose and select
.

such mental influences and environments as will be be ne

fic i al to him o r he may allow himself to be dominated by
,

evil thoughts from impure environmen ts and thus build ,

up an evil character which will react and dominate his

,

being an d form his destiny .

The traits of character and the talents d isplayed by the

child are the products of the thoughts of the parents .

The child s nature was formed either by these thoughts o r

’

by the thoughts of tho s e who influence d the parents dur

ing the nine months preceding the birth o f the child The .

re sponsibility o f every father an d mother in shaping

the early destiny o f their children is very clearly defined
by the Law o f Mentalism I f the child i s given the advan
.

tage o f a good physical mental an d moral foun d ation o n

,

w hich to build its fu ture character an d de s tiny it w ill be ,

able to accomplish much greater results and be a cre d it ,

to the parent s an d a be nefit to a l l humanity

, Tho s e wh o .

u nder s tand M enta l i s m can readily see how the s ins o f the
par en t s are vi s ited upon the children even u nto the third
,

and fou rth ge ne r ati o n.

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An example o f how Mentalism or Thought shapes
o ur destiny through our character is shown by the follo w,

ing illustration :
Two sons were born in a certain family the second ,

two yea rs after the first The anticipated birth of the first
.

son produced great pleasure and much hope in the minds

o f both parents .They were supremely happy and d u ring ,

the period previous to its birth were constantly thinking

,

o f it . With the highest an d most noble thoughts they ,

planned for the child s future career In this unity of

’
.

thought and love the very highest an d noblest character

i s tic of their natures were ex e c i se d and transmitted to
s

the unborn child After its b irth it possess e d an u n u su

.

ally agreeable disposition As it grew into boyhoo d it

.
,

developed a kind noble ambitious sincere character The

, , , .

talents he displayed were those he had inherited from the

thoughts a d desires of his parents In following his ca
n .

reer it led him into the associations and society of refine d

and intellectual people His environments in consequence
.

were in harmony with his tastes and character and with ,

the assistance of this cl as s of people success was easily ,

attained .

D uring the time between the birth o f the first and sec
ond son conditions had changed and the mutual love and
, ,

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except as an object lesson to others and a punishment to ,

his parents .

The Mentalism of the parents formed the embryo c har

acter o f both their chil d ren an d attracte d s o uls in har
mony with their thoughts The chil d ren according to .
,

t eir respective characters selecte d their companions an d

h ,

enviro n ments Their career was worke d out un d er the

.

influ e nce of the Mentalism of these associations The in .

flu e n c e o f the people with whom the first son associated

was for good and it assiste d him to win success and hap
,

p i ne s s The.influence of the people with whom the second

son was brought into contact was not of an elevating
character so it retar d ed his development and help e d to
, ,

make his e fforts unsuccessful .

It is a well known fact that Like attracts like and

-
,

that Birds of a feather flock together The attraction

'
.
”

of like to like is the result of each being tune d in harmony .

C ould any one conscientiously attri b ute the s u ccess of

this one life and the failure of the other to any s et pur
, ,

pose o f d estiny ? No the credit for the one and the b lame
,

for the other belonged to the parents H ad the s econd .

son ,
even after birth received the right influence his
, ,

thoughts would have been directe d into a better course ;

the previously implanted characteristics would have been

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largely overcome and his mental organization tuned in

,

harmony with natures o f a more elevating character He .

wo uld then have selected his associates from among a

more cultured and intellectual class and his career would
.

have led him into di ff ere nt environments and his destiny ,

would have been o f a di fferent character Had he even .

been taught the power o f his o w Will to shape his car e er

n .

and then been given a little enco uragement he could have ,

changed the course of his destiny .

There is a cause for everything Nothing ever has .

been o ca be that is not first created by thought Where

r n .

there is n o thought there is n o plan or picture to work

,

from No o n e can work witho u t a mental pattern to

.

guide him All construction is the execution of the men

.

tal dictates of man Thought prece d es all action c o n se

.
,

quently our environments are the result o f the

thoughts of those around us I f a man has a love of
.

Nature and the beauti ful he will d isplay those thoughts

,

in the way he furnishes his house in the care o f his lawn

, ,

in the cultivation o f flowers in the character o f the build

,

ing he occupies in his dress an d in his speech I f the

, .

gro ss er elements pre d ominate in his mind yo u will fin d ,

his immed iate s urroun d ings to be in keeping Thi s ap .

plies to all phases o f human action Thought illuminates

.

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
an d transforms matter Architecture is but frozen music ;
.

it is the intelligence of man congealed in stone and wood .

The house the hall the cathe dral all correspond to the
, , ,

thoughts which conceived them Ou environments thus . r

become a living picture illustrating the kind of thoughts

,

we think Our neighbor s thoughts are illustrated in like

.
’

manner The environments i n which we live must i flu

. n

ence our thoughts in a more or less degree The thoughts .

of the people we associate with has much to do in

molding our character and talents which in turn shapes ,

our destiny It is al so evident that the things we do the

.
,

success we gain etc cannot be greater than the combined

,
.
,

influence of the thoughts under which we work Then .

as environment plays a large part in our thoughts it is ,

easy to see how our entire career and destiny can be

changed by placing ourselves under the influence of dif
fe e t thoughts and new environments
r n We would th e n .

necessarily think and act di ff erently .

When one is not making a success it is because the ,

mental influence of those with whom he is assoc iating is

not of benefit to him He should change his environ
.

ments and associates for those that are more congenial

and helpful and thus gain success an d become the ruler
,

of his own destiny If the right influence is not to be had

.

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 C h a r act er an d D esti n y

nea r at hand he shoul d reach out through the power o f

,

Mentalism an d enlist the assistance of people at a d i s tance

w h o are in harmony with him . Every man i s a free
agent and he can if he exerts his W ill shape hi s o w
, , ,
n

life and b e th e master of his fate If he refuses to tak e

.

adv antag e o f this prive le g e he will be come the s lave o f

,

the combined thoughts o f bth e rs and they will shape his

,

destiny fo good or evil

r .
 '
A ll g es
s h w that th s u l in man i s t an rgan li k e th
o to o e o no o e

p wer f mem ry f calcu lati n f c mpari s n bu t nl y us e s he s e

o o o , o o , o o o , o t
a s han ds an d f eet ; it i s t a fac u l ty bu t a light ; i i s the ma ster f
no t o

all th e s e E m
,
”
.
— er s o n .

I n th e in stru c i n f d ream s we s hall cat h man hints hat will

t o o , c y t
b r a d en an d ligh ten in kn wle d ge f the s ecret f N atu re
o to o o o .
”

E — m ers o n .
T he Law o f M e n t a li s m
should conclude that the part which lives after the de stru c
tion f the body must be the highest faculty possesse d by
o

man which is the mind Whatever it is that retains life it

,
.

would be of no further use unless guide d by intelligence .

As the mind is the organ of intelligence it would be im ,

possible for intelligence to be utilized or expressed except

through the mind If the mind were a physical organ it
.
,

would have died with the body This proves conclusively .

that the mind like intelligence never d ies As it is the

, ,
.

mind that lives then min d and soul must be one and the
,

same If this is remembered it will be easy to compre

.
,

hend that the soul only uses the body as a place of resi
dence in which to work out its gra nd purpose .

A new s oul is not created a s some people s u ppo s e by , ,

either man o God every time a child i s born b u t instead

r , ,

a fraction o f the great S oul ( G o d ' o so u rce of in ,

r

te llig e c e is attracte d to the new bo d y a s a place of resi

n ,

dence where it d wells until the ho u se b ecome s uninhab it

able and then it returns to the source from which it came
, ,

there to remain until another suitable habitation is pre

pared for it .

The soul is attracted to the bo d y through the La w of

Mentalism The paren ts by their thoughts create the
.

characteristics of their child and at the same time attract ,

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t it a soul that is in harmony with tho s e characteristi cs
'

and the physical house the parent s are building If the .

thoughts fo the prospective chil d are loving noble and

r ,

ambitious they will reach o u t to all parts o f creation if

, ,

necessary and attract to the new bo d y a soul in harmony

,

with it I f the thoughts for the child are cruel selfish

.
, ,

gross or indi fferent that Mentalism will attract a soul o r

, ,

mind that is in harmony for like attract s like ,

'
.

Man has been entrusted with the power to create the

body o house in which the soul ( o r mind 'shall reside
r ,

and is also through the power of M entalism permitte d

to select the nature of the soul which shall occupy the
house he builds but he cannot create o destroy the soul
,
r ,

fo it like intelligence ha s always existed an d always wil l

r , ,

exist Man is the architect and builder an d if he buil ds a

.
,

house with poor materials and neglects to supply the c o n

,

v e ie n c e s and improvements
n he will n o t attract a ver y
,

desirable tenant Those posse s sing an ambition fo r im

.

provement and a d vancement wil l n o t be attracted to it , .

On the other han d should he design carefully a s tru cture

,

o f artistic an d scientific proportions u se the best o f ma ,

te ials and bui l d it well having a purpo s e in view an d

r , ,

fini s h it with all th e late s t improvemen t s th at art an d

science can sugges t he woul d produce a structu re that
,

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would attract a soul having taste s in perfect harmony
with the building and surroun d ings The tenant would .

be one who would appreciate the advantages and make

use o f the opportunities that the habitation a fforded .

'rom the time the s oul takes possession of the body it , ,

assisted by the thoughts of others will keep the body in ,

repair add additional improvements or allow it to go to

, ,

destruction as the case may be This will depend u pon

.

the character of the soul that inhabits the bo d y and ,

the intelligence with which it is associated The Law of .

Mentalism teaches us to what extent we are responsible

for the li v es our children lead Every person should con
.

sider this subject well before becoming the cause of sin

and sorrow to future generations Think right and you .

will live right Think right and y o ur children will be

.
,

guided by noble generous souls and will thus reflect as

, ,

in a mirror your noble principles and thoughts Think

, .

wrong and you will live wrong Think wrong and you
.

will see in your chil d ren the evidence of your own sins .

They will be as judges standing before you to constantly

accuse you Your own thoughts will thus make for you
.

either Heaven or Hell .

 What are D ream s ?

W H AT A R E D R EAM S P

D reams are the common experience o f eve ry o e b ut n ,

wh o has ever b een able to satisfy himself as to their ca us e ,

why they come and from what source The picture s

,
?

that pass before o u inner vision during the hours o f

r

sleep have called forth much comment an d some scientific

investigation b ut as very few people have b een able to
,

agree upon the possible cause o f the phenomena the public ,

in general has received very little light on the subj ect .

Each person however ha s had some d reams in which he

, ,

believed and a great many in which he placed o c o fi

, n n

d ence Almo s t every o n e can relate some instance in

.

which he kn o w s that certain thing s which were first shown

to him in a d ream after w ar d actu ally occurred Any .

mother whose chil d ren are away from her kno w s that in
, ,

her d ream s she is always warned if they are sick o r in

tr o ub le I f she receives messages o f this character they
.
,

must come from the children At least that woul d be

.
,

the most likely place from whi ch they wo u l d come To .

pre s ume that they came fro m any o ther source wo u l d be

far le ss reaso nable .

'o r many yea rs I have given the subject much co n s id

c ration bu t co u l d n o t c ome to a s ati s facto ry c o n c lusion

,

until I mad e the discovery o f the Law o f Mentalism .

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No w all the mystery is removed and a logical explana

tion is easily m de D reams usually occur during the
a .

hours o f sleep but not always What we call sleep is

,
.

simply the five senses passing into a state of unconscious

ness The faculty for thinking is usually quite active up
.

to the time the five senses go to sleep and it is d oubtful if

,

this faculty more than passes into partial unconsciousness .

In this state the sleeping person is as sensitive to Mental

,

ism if not more so than when awake

.
,
D uring .

the sleep or unconsciousness o f the five senses the brain ,

is given the best opportunity to receive thought messages ,

for there are no external conditions to distract the atten

tion.

The impressions that we call dreams are in no wise

di fferent from the messages received d uring the waking
state We know that concentration is an assistance in
.

sending and receiving thought messages ; and concentra

tion is closely related to sleep for it places the sen ses u
,
n

der subjection The information we receive in dreams

.
,

while partially asleep is often very complete ; while at

,

other times we receive but a few thoughts on one subject ,

and then a stronger thought wave from another source

reaches and gives us information on some other subject .

This mixing of pictures wherei n things are left i c o m

, n

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 Wh a t a re D re a m s ?

p le t eis confusing and we are unab le to see what referen c e

, ,

they have to the a ff airs o f o u r life I f we consider these

.

dreams as thought messages we will find that they are in

,

n o wise di fferent from the tho u ghts which come and go

th rough the b rain d uring the waking hou rs When they .

come in the dayt ime little or n o attention is attached to

,

them but b ecause they come at night people have place d

.

them in a d istinct class .

Many o f the thoughts received d uring the night escape

us before we have been awa k e half an hour This is due
.

t the fact that they ma d e but a faint impression and were

o

o f slight importance or else they were dispatched by a

,

weak Will Thoughts that make a deep impres s ion an d

.
,

are d w ly stamped upon the memory aft e r waking shoul d ,

be gi ven the sa me consideration as wou ld be given to a

me ssage that ca me in the d ay time .

Tho ught waves travel during the night as well a s the

day therefore they w ill impress the brain that i s in har
,

mony with them be the time night o r da y There is

, .

nothing strange a bout dream s when vie w e d from th e

s tan d point o f Mentalism The law that governs the day
.

me ss age s also gove rn s the night me ss age s fo r they are

,

o n e and the s ame .

In my o wn expe rien c e I have found that the most im

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portant information come s at night after retiring The .

greater p art usually comes before I g o to sleep and some

,

times all of it But often the message is continued after

.

I have fallen asleep and next morning I have the knowl

,

edge neede d to complete my plans I could not w ell call

.

part o f this a thought message and the remainder a dream ,

fo they were but one and the same an d the information

r ,

being continuous it could have come only by the one

,

means .

One can rea d ily s ee how the Law o f Mentalism re

moves the mystery with which dreams have been sur
rounded and makes their import easily un d erstood
, .

Every o n e should take note of the messages received

while asleep but should be careful to what extent they al
,

lo w these thoughts to influence their a ctions No in fo

. r

mation can b e secured from d reams that could not be

gai ne d through concentrating du ring the waking ho u r s .

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 C H A PT ER I X .

Wb a t is G e n iu s 9

Ge nius the power that d azzle s m o rtal eyes has al

, ,

ways been a s ubj ect for serio u s consideration by those

,

who consider themselves less fortunate When a man .

achieves a great success in his art o profession the w orl d

r ,

calls him a Gen ius 'e w people understand the meanin g

.

o f the word an d a still les s numbe r understand from

,

when ce the po w er talent o r ability comes that me rit s

,

su ch a fl attering d i s tin ction S cienti st s cl aim th at a

.

Ge n i us i s a per s o n w ith an abnormal a bility fo r s om e o n e

li n e o f wo rk o r art He m ay be a great m us i cian po e t ar
.
, ,

tis t s inger w rite r e l e ct ri ci an o r a l e ad e r in an y s ph ere

, , , , .

It is ce rtai n that in hi s m ake u p the re i s so me abno rmal

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development o f intellect ; the ability to grasp the facts
which others fail to perceive A Genius is a specialist for
.
,

he is devoted to o e line of thought In that particular

n .

line he is a giant but in other branches his knowledge is

,

often very limited and sometimes it resembles the i e x

,
n

p e
r i e
n c e of a child.The question to be answered is from ,

where does he get this particular knowledge and how ?

S cientists have been searching for the answer to this
question fo thousands of years and previous to the time
r ,

o f the discovery o f the Law of Mentalism they ha d ar ,

rived at o satisfactory solution of the mystery

n .

Experience has proven to us that there is a cause for

every eff ect ; therefore we know that there must be a
,

cause for these great mental d emonstrations The Law .

o f Mentalism has simplified the matter until the truth be

comes as clear as daylight and can be readily understo o d

,

by people o f even ordinary intelligence It like all great.

,

discoveries and inventions is very simple and easy to

,

comprehend when once it has been explaine d In life it .

,

is the simple things that we overlook because we fail to

,

recogni z e or understand the Law that controls them ,

and when we behold the phenomena without realizing the

cause we cry out Wonderful wonderful '
, , ,
”

The Law of Mentalism being the law which governs

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The reason that a Genius has such a limited knowledge
o f aff airs outside of his special talent is because the con
,

trolling influence of so much thought on the one subj ect

allows him little or no time in which to develop those to ,

him less important thoughts and consequently his mind

, ,

gets o u t o f harmony with them an d they either come to

,

him o more or come only as a discord All intelligence

n ,
.

and knowledge awaits to be used The knowledge that .

comes to a Genius will come to any one who will use the
same law Every man is a Genius undevelope d and has
.
,

unlimited possibilites No one knows just how much or

.

how great th e things he can do until he is put to the

,

test Each man must decide for himself just how great or
.

h o w unimportant he will continue to be The Ge niu s .

would not be a Genius if he di d not give to the worl d

knowl e d ge greater than that gi ven to it by other people .

It is well to remember that As ye give so shall ye

'
'

receive Then every man should give unto the worl d

the best he has and the best will come to him .

The person who has an ambition to become a Genius

should be guided by the following instructions :
First it will be necessary for him to decide a s to the
,

sphere in life in which he wishes to make his mark He .

should select the career for which he is naturally best

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 Wh a t i s G e n i u s ?
adapted that is the one in which he can secu re the
, ,

greatest mental assistance from others This is n o t so .

di fficult a problem to solve as o n e might suppose If the .

pe rson will go to the room he has been in the habit of

occupying and close himself in so as not to be disturbe d
, ,

and then make himsel f comfortable and direct his ,

thoughts back through his past life an d recall the desires ,

thoughts impressions promptings longi ngs et c he ha s

, , , , .
,

experienced at various times in regar d to some partic ular

work business or profession he will have no d i fficulty
, ,

whatever in deciding upon the one with which he has been

the most impressed Wh en this point has been d ecided
.
,

he will have learne d in what calling he is able to secure

the greatest amount of intelligence an d assistance from
others through Mentalism He will then know o f the
.

career n which he can attain his greatest s uccess These

i .

thoughts and promptings that came were the mental

a s s istance o ff ered by others All have received these

.

off ers but as they did n o t un d erstand the law they cou l d
, ,

no t know why they ca me You d ear reader n o w

.
, ,

u nderstand the Law therefore it becomes your duty to

,

take advantage o f the s e prompting s fo r the futu re .

Tho s e wh o are not following in their true career shoul d

comme nce at once arrang ing their plan s so that they can

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make a start in the right direction It is wel l for them to .

obtain all the printed an d verbal instructions they can

relative to their new work b ut when they come to a point
,

that is difli c u lt to decide they must concentrate according

,

to the instru ctions I have given fo that purpose and they r ,

will receive the information necessary and be able to ,

make the correct d ecision As they persevere with the .

new work their mental organizations will gra d ually b e

,

come tuned in harmony with people who are o r have been , ,

successful in the s ame career As long as o n e makes no .

e ff ort to gain success he will attract only the thoughts of

,

unsuccessful people It is well known that nothing

.

succe eds like success an d that one failure brings another

,
.

We have all seen it demonstrate d many time s that when a

man is successful every thing he undertakes turns out
,

successfully and when another man has made a failure

, ,

ruin so n surr o unds him It is all due to the kin d of

o .

thoughts he thinks I f he sen ds out thoughts of s uccess

.
,

he attracts to him the s uccessful thoughts an d i d ea s o f

others If through a mistake or an error he becomes
.

discouraged and thus permits himself to sen d o u t u n su c

c e s s i n l thoughts he is sure to attract the same k in d back
,

to him . One should never allow himself to b ecome di s

co u
ra g e d for
,
it only ret ar ds his progress an d may cause ,

him to make a failure of his plans .

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It net le s
t o ne t h a t r u th s h u l d b e
t o so s im p l e .
” -
G o e th e .
The L aw o f M e n t ali s m
must have provided a means whereby he might know it .

That in many instances he has not known was because he

did not understand the law The knowledge can now be
.

gained by all who are willing to read and learn .

The a ff airs of this worl d would run much more

smoothly if each person was doing his duty by filling
the right position in life There would also be much less
.

unrest and dissatisfaction Under the present conditions

. .

almost every man is wearing out the greater part of his

streng th and wasting half of his days in trying to find h i s

true place in life Many become discourage d give up the

.
,

battle and end in a suicide s grave Everywhere we see

,
’
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splendid natural ability wrecked by misfit occupations .

There is a crushing blighting influence in work which

,

the soul loathes and against which every faculty protests .

There is nothing that kills aspiration and ambition more

quickly than trying to do something for which one is not
adapted We see the young man who has mistaken ambi
.

tion for ability failing as a lawyer when he might have

,

made a success as a mechanic ; the girl W hom Nature in

tended for a model housekeeper trying to earn a living on
the stage or by writing and vice versa the born orator
, ,

making sh o es ; the natural singer selling d ry go o d s etc ,

.

Parents as a result of ignorance misplace d amb ition or

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 Ho w to S e l e ct th e Ri gh t V o c a t i o n
excessive pride are to o o f ten responsible fo the failure
,
r

of the life work o f their children They select fo them a

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. r

business o profession without any consideration as to

r

their natural abili ty When parents attempt to Oppose the

.

laws o f Nature they make a mistake that n o t only

,

dwarfs the facu lties of those they seek to benefit b ut in ,

man y instances also ruins the chil d s pros pects fo life

’
r .

There is n o longer any need of this for the Law o f Men

,

talis m ex plains the secret by which each person can select

his true ca reer and at once begin to travel the road at the
, ,

end o f which is to be found success an d fame The men .

and wom e n who desire to know what they are best a d apted
to do sho u l d analyze themselves and answer the following
,

questions :
Have yo u ever had a preference as to the vocation yo u
would follow if given your choice ? Have you ever felt a
d e sire or an inclination toward a special line o f work ?
H ave yo u ev er experien ced a longi ng o d esire to exce l in
r

a certain profe s sion o r business ? Have yo u ever felt that

it wo u ld be a pleasure to do a certain class o f work ?
I f yo u have had any o f these ex periences yo u already ,

kno w the voca tion fo r which yo u have nat u ral ability .

The s e tho ught s which constantly re occur to yo u ca u s ing

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,

y o
u to wi s h to do a ce rtain class o f w o rk are the true
,

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promptings and guides for you to follow If they were .

n o t intended to guide you they would not constantly

,

r e occur to yo u
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These preferences an d promptings do o t
. n

come without a cause There is a law that gover n s

.

them C ould you hope to succeed in a business that w as

.

unpleasant to you N o because your entire tho u ght and

?
,

energy would not be put into the work and yo u woul d ,

make but half hearted eff orts to win success If thi s hol d s
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.

good with your dislikes it must hold good with you r likes
, .

Then sum up the desires and mental promptings that have

come to you in the past an d you will b e able to decide at
,

once in what career yo u would make the best success .

S ome people may ask What are these promptings

, ,

and why should we depend upon them ? They are the ”

mental messages sent or attracted from those who are in

harmony with your mental organization They are from .

the people who can and will assist you to success D o n o t .

neglect to cultivate them L o ok around and see the many

.

lives that have be en ruined because the parents forced the

child to follow a career for which he w as not adapte d .

Thousands of men have made absolute failures of the

work or business they spent the best years of their lives in
trying perfect Why Because they were not adapte d
to .
?

to it and they knew it After making the failure many of

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purpose of his life This and this only insures success
. .

To accomplish this one must needs cultivate a strong Will

and learn to persistently concentrate his thoughts upon his

work If any reader of this work has a weak Will I
.

ad ise him to make use of the exercises given in a previous

v

chapter If followed they will insure a strong Will If

.
, .

the powers o f concentration are weak he should practice

,

the concentration exercises Every hour spent in self im

.
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provement will repay a hundred fold .

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 '
When th e o re flec i n ak e s place in the min d when we
f t o t ,

l k at u r s elve s in h light f th u gh t we d i s c ver that

oo o t e o o , o li f e
o ur

i s em b s me d in b ea u ty E m
o o —
. e rs o n .
The L aw o f M e n t a li s m
The e vents in which we evince little or no interest are soo n
forgotten because they do not become a part of us The
,
.

retention of a thought in the memory depends upon the

force o f the thought Every thought that remains in the
.

memory becomes a part of our lives because it stays with

us and guides and governs us If the thought makes a
.

deep impression and is therefore retained in the memory ,

it becomes an active factor in shaping our future If only .

a faint impression is made it soon fa d es away and loses its

,

influence over us .

One cannot tell the value of remembering a thought u m

til the opportunity comes to use it Many people have had
.

thoughts at some time d uring their lives that if remem

bered an d acted upon at the right time would have made
them rich or famous Almost everyone can recall a time
.

when he had a thought that was valuable ; one that filled

him with enthusiasm and great expectations fo r the time ,

but he entrusted it to an imperfect memory and when ,

eventually discovered it was too late to make use of it .

Every though t registered in the brain makes a propor

tio
na te change in the matter of which the body is com

posed The deeper and more lasting the thought the

.
,

greater is the change made by it Therefore the thoughts

.
,

that help o harm us

r those which we r e member S ome
ar e .

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 Ho w to S t re n gt h e n th e M e m o ry
people have a mem ory fo cert ain subj ects while they r ,

seem to be incapable of remembering others The .

tho ughts events scenes etc that are o t remembered

, , ,
.
,
n

are those with which the pe rson was not in harmony They .

did not call forth from him a strong e s po s ve thought r n .

The memory is weak e ne d o r strengthened according

to the attitude displayed towards the events o f life and ,

also by the co nditions and environm ents that surroun d

the person If he is indi ff erent and pays little o o
. r n

serious attention to the things that occur around him ,

these things will make but a faint impression upon hi s

memory and will have little o n o influence upon his li fe
,
r .

Wh o ever h e ard o f a gay frivolous creature havi ng a e

, r

te t ve memory
n i ? On the other hand do we not find that ,

pe ple serious thoughts tho s e wh o stu d y an d analyze

o o f —

s cience, art etc — have good memories ? Those people

,
.
,

take note o f every little occurrence every detail and , ,

nothing is to o insignifi cant to command their atten tion .

They think over all they see and hear and thereby impr e s s
it in d e libly upon th e ir memory People having poor .

me mori e s have on l y a parti al gra s p u pon life ; the y b u t

d rift thro u gh an d ne ve r re ali z e th e ba u tie s w ith whi ch
the y are su rro u n d e d .

Fo rtu nately m e mo ry c an be cu lt i vate d To d e ve lo p

, .

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any faculty we must use it Exercise gives strength
,
. .

D et ermination and concentration combined with exercise

will produce marvelous results One thought or fact
.

carefully recorded upon the memory is more potent than

a dozen faint impressions To strengthen the memory
.
,

o e must direct his attention to one subj ect and con

n

centrate his whole thought upon it to the exclusion of all

,

other sounds or attractions He must shut out all but the

.

picture he desires to recor d in memory To d o thi s .

means that he must listen intently when people are talking ,

and must look carefully at the scene he wishes to re

member Then he should close his eyes l o ok within an d
.
, ,

carefully review every detail analyze the meaning re

, ,

call the points that seem in d istinct an d live them over

,

again in the brain until they b ecome perfectly clear By .

the time this has been d one a change will have taken
,

place within that has made those thoughts a part of him

,

self He will then be unable to separate himself from

.

them fo r they will be record e d in his memory

, .

Where do grea t thinkers go to improve their memories

and re cord thoughts and events ? Where d o they do
their studying and memorizing ? They go where they
can be alone ; where they can live with their thoughts an d
make companions of them ; they seek solitu de and quiet .

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s e cu tiv eorder will be a test of the m e mory After having
,
.

followed this exercise for a few d ays he will find himself

taking a keen e r interest in the events of the day and in ,

his own actions He will unconsciously do this so that he

.

ca n recall them more easily in his m e nta l review In .

fact he will soon be gin to observe little details that pre

,

v io u s ly he would have passe d unnoticed As he perse

.

veres he will learn to enj oy this closer observation for

, ,

his experiences of yester d ay will be remem bered and th ey ,

will guide him in his actions to d ay and thus the sense of

,

reasoning will also improve The increase in knowledge

.

and the facts he will store up will make the exercise

fa scinating .

It is not what a man earns but what he saves that m akes

him rich It is not what a man observes but what he
.

retains that makes him wise .

Another exercise tha t will invigorate the memory

along another line of thought is to be carried out as
follows z
The person sho uld take a book of his own sele ction an d ,

decide that he will memorize all the facts and truth s it

contains so that he can repeat in detail the contents w ith
out referring to it He will then begin with the first
.

sentence and read it carefully and thoughtfully analyzing ,

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 Ho w to S t re n gt h e n th e M e m o ry
each word until he understands its full meaning A .

d ictionary should be k e pt at hand so that he can look u p

the definition o f any word about which he may have the
slightest d oubt We cannot remember words unless they
.

convey to us some thought that we can understan d fo ,

r

words are but a means of expressing thought We e . r

member all things by the im age o picture they make in r

the brain I f we do o t understand the meaning o f a

. n

word we can have no mental picture of its import there

, ,

fore it can leave no impressi o n on the memory

, .

One new sentence each day if thoroughly analyzed ,

will be a s u fli c i t exercise Each day before the lesson

en .

is taken up the pe rson should go over a number of the

,

previous sentences again to see if he still retains them .

The third exercise to be taken is by means of solitary

concentration in which Mentalism is to be used The .

person will first concentrate his thoughts o some pa tic u n r

lar person or subject for at lease ten minute s then relax ,

the Will and wait fo the mental m e ssages As th e

r .

thoughts come to him he should make a brief no te o f

,

them on paper but m u st o t attempt to write them o u t in

, n

detail fo in the concentration necessary to d o this other

,
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thoughts will be kept o u t that he shoul d rece ive After .

rece i ving thes e me ss ages fo r from fifte en to thirty minutes

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he should then cease and begin to write them all out in
detail just as he saw and felt them His ability to do
.

th is will be a test of his memory He must read them

.

over after having finishe d writing them o u t and keep ,

them until the next day at the same hour and then make ,

a mental review and s ee how well he has remembered

them When assured that they are all recorded in his
.

memory he may again concentrate for the purpose of

,

receiving new messages Either or all of these exercises

.

may be repeated once a day o at least every second day

r .

If elevating subjects are selected as lessons they will ,

elevate and beautify the life for a man is owned by

,

the thoughts he think s The thoughts which are e

. r

cor d ed duri ng these exercises will play an important part

in shaping the person s future life It is always much
’
.

easier to learn to remember than it is to forget Then be .

advised and do not record thoughts that you might after

wards wish to fo rget .
 C H A PT E R X I I .

Hare Pa r en t s ca n C o n t r o l t bei r C fii ldr efl .

Ho w to 'r ien d: an d Afi f t t ofl r
’
.

Paren ts desi rin g to m si ly an d e ffec tn ally o o n tro l a

ch il d s ho ul d e x er ci se tha t c ontr ol before th e child is born .

I f th e y will de c i de u p o n th e kin d o f a natu re char act er , ,

an d di sp o si ti on they des i re th e ch i l d to pos s es s and the n ,

pro w e d t o m en ta lly co n s tru c t th e c h ild tmo n th o s e plan s ,

the y will have litt l e o r no tro ubl e in con tro lli ng it a fte r
war ds .

Ba r i n m in d , th at a c hi ld is no t re sp o ns ib le fo r th e

na m re an d c h arac ter it inh er its ,

fo r it did no t cre ate its e l f .

I f th e child h as a disag re m ble tem p e r or bad habits th e

blam e bc lo n g s to th e pare n ts . Th e c hild in su c h cass is

an i nno c e n t vi c tim o f th e fo ll ies an d wa kne s s e s o f its

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
parents ; it is a living picture of their combined thoughts .

I f parents will recognize their responsibility and make ,

the correct use of the M e ntalism under their control they ,

can give to their children pleasant d ispositions and attract

agr ee able souls that are in perfect harmony with th e ir
thoughts and desires Those having children that are
.

di fficult to control will need to observe the following

advice and instructions .

They must first realize that they and not the chil d ren
are responsible The conviction o f this fact will make them
.

more sympathetic and generous and they will then not be ,

inclined to blame the chil d for the faults they compelle d

it to inherit It is always hard to un d o that which has
.

been done therefore one must exercise patience if he

, ,

would gain the best results In dealing with a child .

,

parents should consider that they are dealing with them

selves and be firm but liberal minded They must control
,
.

themselves before they attempt to control the child They .

should never permit themselves to give way to anger or

temper when trying to d ire ct or control the chil d If .

they do their e ff orts will be fruitless If they would d e

, .

v e lo p strength courage and calmness in the child they

, , ,

must feel it and express it themselves for when they be ,

come angry and lose control o f their temper the same ,

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the child is due to hereditary traits and unless they are ,

curbed and controlled there is no telling to what extent

,

they may cause others yet unborn to suffer One evil life
, ,
.

impregnates future generations as yeast impregnate s

batter.

S ome remarkable statistics have been collected upon the

e ff ect o f hereditary traits I will quote a case that has
.

assumed national importance A woman of criminal

tendencies who died in 18 27 had given birth to several ,

children all of whom inherited her criminal traits By

,
.

following the records of the o ff sp ring from generation

to generation it has been found that up to May 19 0 2
, , ,

n o less than seven hundred of them had been convicte d

of criminal o ff ences at least once and that thirty seven ,

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had been executed for committing murder The o ff spring .

o f this one woman had up to that d ate cost the nation

, ,

about three million dollars for trials an d executions All .

this crime resulted from one woman s thoughts Her ’

.

thoughts being evil she attracted to the bodies of her

,

children souls that were in harmony with her thought s ,

thus they were born with evil traits The only chance they .

had fo r improv e ment after being removed from the

,

mother s influence was through the thoughts of their

’

associates The inborn tendencies being so pronounced

.
,

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 Ho w to Co n tro l C hil d r e n
they naturally att racted to themselves nature s s imilar to
thei r o w n thus th e majority o f their associates enter
,

tai n ed thoughts o f a similar character As a result the .

,

d evelopment to better thinking woul d necessarily be slow ,

therefore the sins o f the mother continued to be visited

,

upon the children even unto the third an d fourth gen e ra

'

tion Through the transmission o f thought the la w o f

.
7,

hered i ty is d emonstrate d ; character is perp e tuated an d ,

o u r acts b e they goo d or bad are sen t d o w n to be in h e

, ,
r

ite d by posterity I can safely say that if yo u show me the

.

chil d I can tell you the nature o f its parent s .

While inbo rn evil cannot be entirely exterminat e d in

o n e generation yet it can b e kept in check an d its devel
,

o p m e n t prevent e d b y right thi n k ing an d the assis tance o f

pure environment so that each s ucce ed ing generation will

,

be les s influenced b y it .

It is the d uty o f every parent to instill in the min d s

o f growing chil d ren the tho u ghts o f love kindnes s an d , ,

generosity towar d others ; to teach the b oys to think

that se l f control cou rte sy an d k in d ness are a greater
-
, ,

indication o f n o ble manhood than proficiency as an ath

lete o r high stan d ing in Greek o r Latin ; to tea ch th e
gi rl s to res pect their home an d paren ts an d that kin d ,

wor d s gently spoken are more valuable than gol d or

j ewels .

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
HOW TO WIN F R IEN DS AN D AFFE C TION S .

Every person may if he so desires select for himself

, ,

the number o f friends he will have and the character of

the friendship they shall give to him To do this he must .
,

keep in mind the fact that Like attracts like His e '
.
”
r

m e m b ra c e of this will be of much assistance to him in

n

accomplishing desirable results fr o m his e ff orts The .

Law of Mentalism proves that if he thinks unjust

thoughts of others these thoughts will eff ect those peo ple
, ,

and their estimation of him will unconsciously be lowered .

In this way the evil thinker inj ures himself an d loses

f rien d s If however he thinks kin d an d generous
.
, ,

thoughts of others they will be influenced by those

,

thoughts and while unaware of the cause will give in

, ,

return their approval and assistance .

If one would gain the friendship or a ff e ction of anoth e r ,

he must be willing to make an e ff ort That which is o t . n

worth working for is not worth having There is much .

goo d an d some b a d in every pers o n and they show to ,

us that part of their nature which we d raw out and u n

cover I f we place a man on his honor he will be true
.
,

to it . If we give him the thought that we believe him

bad he w ill as a rule not disappoint us H ow can we
, , , .

expe ct him to live above the standard we have s et for

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It is always more pleasant to give than to receive He .

wh o will give o u t the truest aff ection of w hich he is capa

ble will in return be rewarded by the gift of an a ff ection

equally as strong For love brings love as hate bring s
,
'
,

hate If one should desire to win the aff ection of some

.
”

particular person I would advise him to proc ee d system

,

atica lly to gain that desire He must first ascertain the

.

subj ects upon which the person and he are mut u ally in
te e s te d ; the things they can think an d talk a bout an d
r

agree upon By paying special attention to these s ubj ect s

.

his mental organization will soon harmonize with that of

the other This will assist him to win respe ct etc and
.
, .
,

give him a fair foundation to work upon .

He must then take the concentration exercises for half

an hour every day and while concentrating send out the
, ,

thoughts and feelings he wishes the o ther person to ac

cept In time the M e ntalism he is using will have it s
.

e ff ect and if his thoughts are backed by sincerity they

, ,

will be accepte d The per son will then be m en tali e d and

. z

will think as the d ictator wishes j ust as long as he doe s

,

not destroy the influence o f these thoughts by thinking ,

in connection w ith this person thoughts of a d iff erent

,

charact er The a ff ection he has created within the other

.

person will continue as long as the cause exists but n o ,

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’
ns

longer If he is insincere he cannot hold the affection If

.
, .

o n e desires to make enemies fo r himself and de s tr oy his

success an d happiness he can d o so by the use o f M enta l

,

is m He has but to send o u t to o thers the thought s o f h ate

.
,

revenge etc and they will retu rn to him and destroy hi m

, .
, .

W e all have the liberty of choosing w hich we will mak e

fo r ourselv e s friends or en e mie s
, .

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 C HA PT E R XI I I .

D isea s e: 't r C a u se an d Cu r e

H e alth is the normal and natural condition o f the physi

cal body All th e force s o f Natu re ten d towar d it s p o
. r

d uc tion and maint e nance D isease is an unnatura l c o n

.

diti o n and results from o n e o f two causes : It i s ei ther

,

produ ced by the mental attit u de o f the per so n o r by the ,

ad ver se tho u ght s he attract s to himse l f In the cas e o f

.

ch il d ren di s eas e is almost en ti rely d ue to th e unhe alth ful

,

th o u ght s o f the parent s o tho s e havi ng the a re o f th e

r

ch i l d
.

T ho ug ht be ing the cre ative an d co ntro l ling fo rce o f th e

uni vers e it i s capab le o f pr o d u c i n g d i sea s e as w e ll as
,

heal th D isw e m ean s an u n nat u ral d e cay o r d eath o f

.

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the tissues o f which the body is composed Eve ry minute .

o f the day there is going on within the human structure

a constant and natural d e cay of its tissues This waste .

matter is eliminated from the system by such natural

outlets as the pores of the skin the breath etc 'o o d an d
, , .

air are taken into the system to supply the elements for
replenishing and rebuilding with new material the part s
that have served their purpose and decayed .

All the physical organs and the various functions of the

bo d y are under the d irect government and supervision o f
the min d ( soul ' Under ordinary circumstances the mind
.
,

can perform all its duties and see to it that the structure
,

in which it lives is kept in harmony with all it s needs and

desires When the mind is free to act perfect health will
.
,

be maintained ; but when th e Mentalism from other s ih

flu e c e or partially control it it can then no longer per
n ,

form its regular d uties and as a result something must

, ,

su ff er This is especially true when the thoughts that are

.

influencing the person are of an unpleasant character and ,

therefore cause worry dissatisfaction an d u nre s t T he

, .

neglect occa sione d by this distracting influence permit s

the decaye d or dead matter to accumulate in the sy s tem ,

and the elements necessary to replenish the wasted ti s sues

are n o t supplied with regularity This accumulated wa s te.

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A contented mind is essenti l to the production and e a n

j y
o m en t of perfect health ; it is a j ewel of greater value
than diamonds or rubies Every physician knows that .

he cannot cure the ailments of the b o dy as long as the

mi n d is distressed Two o f the questions they always ask
.

o f a patient where any a ff ection of the nerves is shown

, ,

are Have you had any cause for great worry or anxi
,

ety ? Are you now under any mental strain

'
? When ”

a medical practitioner fails to cure his patient he suggests ,

a change of scene an ocean voyage a soj ourn in C lifo

. ,
a r

nia etc Why does he do this ? Because he knows that

,
.

a change of e vironment will necessarily bring n e w

n

thoughts and new interests to occupy the mind and ,

thereby shut out the thoughts that are influencing the

patient to the extent of controlling his mind and destroy
ing his bo d y .

He who worries attracts to him the thoughts of others

who worry and thus the cause of disease is intensifie d and
,

multiplied To have perfect health one must have a

.
,

contented mind for we attract to us from othe s the ex

,
r

act feelings we en courage within ourselves None o f us .

are in the true sense individuals We are but a part of

, .

each other and a part of the whole scheme of creation

, .

In R omans ' I V , 7 we read For none of us liveth to

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 D i s e as e : I ts C a u s e an d C u re

himself and no man dieth to himsel f Our health and .

o u r success both lie in the thoughts and feeling we have

fo our neighbors for the thoughts we think o f them will

r ,

attract similar thoughts to us but in a greater quantity ,

.

The Law of Mentalism and the whole trend and swing

of the universe off ers a rewar d to man to be honest just , ,

g entle ,
an d generous f o we are so bound
,
together
r that
n obility in o e kindles nobility in all and one man s hurt
n ,
’

is an injury to all .

To shut o u t all d iscouraging worry ing d evitalizing , ,

thought and to cease speaking of o u r ailments real o , r

ima g inary is not possible until we t ake up a new line o f

,

thought If we fill the brain with healthful thoughts

. .

th e re will be no room for others Therefore we mu s t .

,

believe in health not for others only but fo oursel es

, ,
r v

as well I f we live in this belief and think health and talk

.
,

health it will be ours

, .

Parents should use great care in the thoughts they think

with referen ce to the health o f their chi l d ren Be cause .

children have in the past suff ere d from certain varieties o f

disea s e it has be come a common belief with near l y every
,

mother father and guar d ian that al l children mu s t u n

, ,

de g o at s ometime o n e o r more o f the s e perio d s o f il l

r ,

h ealth By kee pin g thi s u nive r s al and erroneo u s thought

.

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The Law o f M e n t ali s m
in their minds they are ready the momen t they hear of
,

some other child su ff ering to think that their child is in

,

danger These thoughts of disease are conveyed from the

.

brain o f th person to that of the child The thoughts of

e .

fear are ever presen t in their minds and should the child
, ,

as a result o f the thoughts they are thinking show the ,

slightest symptom o f an indisposition they at once con

,

c lu de th at it has taken the disease an d is going to be sick .

S uch thoughts o t only a ffect the h e alth of the child but

n ,

th ey also attract the thoughts of other parents who are

fearful o f that particular class of disease This avalanche .

o f thought rushes in upon the frail child its mind is con ,

trolled and the disease created for the child s Will and
,
’

mind are not strong enough to throw o ff the e ff ect pro

d u c e d by the thoughts of so many others People should .

n o t be permitted to talk of disease and ill health in the —

presence o f children In fact they should not be allowed

.
,

to talk of such things at all as every word and thought

,

injures someone .

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The first thing to be done is to c e ase worrying fo ,
r

worry of itself produces that which one fears To con .

ti
nu e to worry is equivalent to self destruction
— The more .

people worry the more they lessen their chances of e

,
r

c o v e y for they are continually attracting the thoughts of

r .

others who worry The force of this Mentalism constantly

.

i creases until the mind is so burdened that it cannot even

n ,

keep up the daily r epair of the syst e m that is necessary to ,

say nothing of its inability to gain headway on the greater

destruction which is the cause o f the illness .

After the person has decided firmly an d positively that

he will throw o ff the influence which has be n causing him e

to worry he must next direct his thoughts toward re

,

c o v e y and think healthful

r ,
hopeful generou s thoughts
, , ,

letting them fill every moment of his time It is impossible .

to pluck out the unhealthful thoughts and leave a vacuum ,

fo Nature will not permit this ; but he can fill his brain
r

and occupy his mind with goo d healthful thoughts an d , ,

then there will be no place left for the unwelcome

thoughts and therefore they can no longer trouble him
. , .

As every man is owned by the thoughts he attracts and

cultivates he should then cultivate those of health and
,

contentment In addition to this he should during each

.
,

hour of the day mentally command the blood in his sys

,

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 D i s e as e : I ts C a u s e an d C u re

tem to circulate more freely and carry away th e waste

tissues that are poisoning the healthy cells and also or d er
,

all the organs of the body to perform their natural func

tions and supply new material f the construction o f
o r

healthy tissue If he has perfect confi dence in his author

.

ity to comm an d his orders will be obeyed

,
.

Every faculty of the body is a servant of the mind It .

is therefore our duty t o teach eac h faculty to in st antly

obey o u wishes Woul d we stand by and see a servant
r .

destroy o u house and furniture without asser ting our

r

authority to check the destruction It is not at all prob

?

able Then why should we permit the servants o f our

.

physical bo d y to destroy the structure in which we live ?

I f a man is careless and does not respect his own house he ,

should n o t expect his servants to take interest in

an

it fo r servants only work under the or d er of their

,

superiors .

To assist Nature in throwing o ff disease one must .

j udiciously use food and take a su ffi cient amount o f sleep

at night H e should take some exercise every day but
.
,

he must n o t exhau s t hi s strength and reserve force s o that

it is impo s sible fo r the s ervants to replenish it in the few
hours he i s slee ping If he keeps h is min d co nstantly
.

oc c u pi e d w ith intere s ting hopeful thoughts it will

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The L aw o f M e n t a li s m
quickly get o u t o f harmony with the thoughts of those
wh o worry d ha e diseased bodies
an v When he has suc .

c e e d d in overcoming this influence he will then attract

e ,

and come into harmony with p e ople possessing hopeful ,

cheerful minds Their mentalistic influence will help

.

create happiness and contentment and as if by a miracle , ,

the person will regai health and strength n .

S ometimes the mind loses interest in the body it ih

habits o account of uncongenial environments the 10
u ,

c ality o
. rits mental associates It realizes that under the
.

existing conditions it can have o o ppo tu itv to follow

. n r n

the career for which it is adapt e d or to fill a position ,

that will be in harmony with its talents and seeing that ,

its hopes desires and e ff orts are being wasted upon u m

,

fruitful soil it becomes discouraged If it is not in har

, .

mony with the thoughts of those in the locality in which

it is living it will earnestly desire to free itself that it may
,

g o to more congenial fields In its e ff orts

. to accomplish
this purpose it will neglect the bo dy and allow it to b e
,

come diseased much as a man allows his house to go to

ruin because he dislikes the locality and his neighbors .

S o long as such thoughts exist in the min d health and ,

strength cannot be restored A change of locality to one

.

where the environments and mental associates will be

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
By conscientiously persevering he will in a short time ex
,

p e
r ine ce great happiness and contentm e nt from his mental

correspondence with others It will fill up the vacant

.

spots and satisfy the longings and the uncongenial ,

thoughts will then find no place to lo d ge He will in the .

future not live so much for the material worl d but will ,

get his g eatest pleasures from the mental worl d

r .

In the course of time the beauty and influence of his

new thoughts will have their e ffect upon his surroundings
an d associat e s and he will behol d them gradually trans
,

forming until they rise u p to his stan d ard He will then .

have created a new world around him and by the use o f ,

Mentalism his ol d environments and associates will have

been transformed into new ones H e will by this method.
, ,

have created his own destiny and will enjoy contentment

, ,

happiness and goo d physical and mental health .

When o e first commences the work of ordering the

n

body to throw o ff disease an d to reconstruct new an d

healthy tissues he may find that as a result of non use his
,
-
,

Will is o t strong and that the mental energy is not very

n ,

forceful ; that its action is spasmodic and lacking in con

ti u ity of purpose
n When such is the case he will find
.
,

that a little assistance from a person with a strong Will

and a perfectly controlled mind whose thoughts are in ,

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 D i s e as e : I t s C au s e an d C u re

harmony with his will stimulate and encourage hi s men

,

tal efforts and aid him greatly It is o t advisable fo

. n r

him to depen d entirely upon others for then he woul d o t

, n

develop and strengthen his Will and when again left to

,

depend upon himself would be as weak as b efore The .

person he selects to assist him must be one who th o roughly

u nderstands th e Law of Mentalism : one who can under

stand the circumstances and feel the interest and sym

pathy his case needs The thoughts and habits of the
.

assistant must be goo d and honorable or his influence

might injure instea d of being a help Wisdom must be
.

used in making the selection .

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T h e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
get to keep the thought in mind that his selected assistant
physician is helping him by giving him additional co urage ,

strength and increased strength of Will ; that with these

he may overcome the existing unhealthy con d itions The
,
.

assistant must also concentrate and center his thoughts

upon the patient to the exclusion of all external environ
ments and conditions He must als o make the same
.

commands as the patient and mentally send to him the

,

thoughts of hope courage confidence energy and i

, , ,
n

creased strengt h o f Will The patient s mental activity

.
’

will be stimulated and strengthened by these Men tal V i

b atio n s and he will experience a feeling of exhilaration
r ,

and buoyancy as the eviden ce of new life an d new health .

If this treatment is repeate d d aily the mind will respond

,

an d quickly gain control over the physical organs and

assist them to perform their natural functions an d thus ,

eradicate disease.

Mentalism is the power used by the Mentalist in

curing disease in others He through the min d o f the
.
,

patient controls and o perates the physical organs D ur

, .

ing the time occupi e d in treatment he beco mes an active ,

part o f the patient for he assists him to do his thinking ;

,

he places the thoughts in his brain and the functions of ,

the body respond to the dictates of the thoughts which are

ente rtained by the brain .

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 D i s ea s e : I t s C au s e an d C u re

S hould the patient fail obtain complete satisfaction

to

from his first o r second trial at self trea tment he need ,

n o t become discourage d but should carefully

,
e read the
— r

instru ctions and try again A little practice will soon

.

make him master o f the situation The fault may n o t .

be his but that o f the other person that is i f he has had

, ,

someone assisting him It w o uld be better fo r him to

.

depend upon himself than upon the assistance o f a person

in whom he has not perfect co nfi d ence .

N o person should permit another to tell him he is n o t

looking well He should absolutely refuse to listen to

.

s uch rem arks and should r e quest the person never to

,

speak to him on that subject again and to cease try ing to

,

plant in his brain the cause of disease One shoul d n o t .

permit such idle statements to infl u ence him Instea d he .

,

should remember that these rem arks are the result o f

hab it with most pe ople an d that they ma k e them fo the
,
r

purpose o f leading him to b elieve they sympathize with

him He does n o t need that kind o f sympathy fo r it wi ll
.
,

injure him There should be a law maki n g it a criminal

.
'

o ff ense to place such u nhealthful tho u ghts in the b rain s

o f o th e r pe ople H a l f o f th e great num be r o f pe ople wh o
.

d ie be fore they are seve nty a e s imply m u r d ered by the s e

r

u nhealthfu l tho ught s o f o ther s .

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The L aw o f M e n t a li s m
It has been demonstrated scientifically and conclusively
that a perfectly well man can be made sick even unto ,

death by being repeatedly told that he is sick I will

, .

relate an experiment of this kind that has been fully

authenticated All the arrangements fo r the experiment
.

w ere made without the victim having any knowle d ge of

them Mr J the person on whom the experiment was

. . .
,

made was a business man On a particular morning he

,
.
,

left his home for the o ffice feeling that he was in excel
lent health A few blocks from his house he met an old
.
,

friend wh o commented on how ill he w s looking and a ,

asked him if he were not sick Mr J only laughed at the . . .

suggestion The idea of him being sick amused him B e

. .

fore he had gone more than a block farther he met , an

other friend who seemed surprised at his appearance and

seriously asked afte his he lth stating that he h d the
r a ,
a

appe aranc of one who w s going to be quite sick These

e a .

and similar statements were repeated to him by a number

of other people before he reached his o ffice Each suc .

c ee di g one
n h o wever expressed more anxiety than the
.
,

previous one By the time Mr J reached his o ffice he

. . .
,

was not feeling quite so well as when he left his house for ,

the thought had already taken root D uring the mo ning . r

a number of people dropped into his o ffice and commented

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The treatme t to be used in case of accidents such
n ,

as a sprain dislocation of a joint a broken bone a cut

, , ,

burn etc S slightly di fferent from that used fo disease

,
I r .

Immediate attention is necessary and local applications ,

essential but the pain can be lessened if not entirely e

, , r

moved and the recovery hastened by the use of Mental

,

ism To the mind o f the patient must be given the

.

thoughts that the conditions are not serious ; that he will

'

n o t feel the pain because there will be o pain ; that the

, n

affected part will quickly recover its normal action an d ,

that the congestion and inflammation will be quickly e r

moved .He must either by his own mental e ff orts or

”

through th t of others stimulate the circulation of the

a ,

blood through the a ffected parts and command the sys

tem to supply new material to take the place of th at
which has been destroyed and also to eliminate all the ,

dead tissue Encouraging thoughts and remarks from

.

his associates will hasten the complete recovery D is .

c o u ag i g
r and doubtful thoughts an d comments wi l l
n

retard recovery .

Never permit anyone to remain in the roo m with a

patient if that person s thoughts are o t favo able to his
’
n r

recovery If the patient has a str o ng Will and self con

.
-

fi de c e he will not be as much a ffected by adverse com

n ,

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 D i s ea s e : I t s C au s e an d C u re

ments and thoughts as a person having a weak Will I f .

the patient possesses a strong Will he will hasten his o w

, n

recovery In fact anyone with a strong Will will live

.
, ,

through accidents or disease that would kill a person

having a weak Will .

In treating cases of pain such as cramps neuralgia

, , ,

rheumatis m headache toothache earache etc Mentalism

, , , .
,

will prove very e ff e ctive All these pains result from a

.

congestion that has caused inflammation of the tissues

and nerves The circulation of the blood must be stim u
.

lated in and through the congest e d parts that the o b s t u c r

tion may be more quickly remove d The min d of the .

patient must be directed to the affected part that it may

gain control over it To do this the more e ff ectually
.
,

place your han d over the seat of pain think and instruct ,

the patient to do likewise that the circulation will in

,

crease and dissolve the congestion and destroy the pain .

' eep your mind centered upon the a ff ected part b u t in a ,

few moments d ivert the thoughts of the patient into an

other channel and in a short time say to him The pain
, ,
'

is all gone and yo u will soon be quite well S ay it with .

”

confidence so as to implant the thought firmly in hi s mind

,
.

When yo u have done this he will agree with yo u that

there is n o pain and at once he will be well .

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Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
The object in diverting his thoughts from the a ff ected
'

part is to give yo u a better opportunity to place the

thought o f N o pain so strongly in his mind that his
' ”

previous thought of Pain will have no further eff ect

”

upon him The strongest thought is always the thought

.

that controls .

In treating cases of nervousness hyster ia etc much , , .

,

the same process is necessary You must have the patient

.

relax all his muscles and close his eyes The best results .

are obtained by having the patient lie flat on his back .

Place your hands upon his forehead and stroke it gently .

S peak in a modulated tone making all your movements

,

slowly and gently ; think and at the same time instruct

,

the patient that he is feeling more restful and quiet If

'
.
”

yo u can get him to sleep the treatment will be more eff ect
ive Implant in his brain the thoughts o f relaxation
.
'
,

rest and qui zt D o not permit him to see or talk to m a

.
’
nv

people for their thoughts will interfere with those you

,

have given him and keep him in a state of excitement .

There is no sphere in life in which one can d o so much

good as by healing the sick and relieving the su ff erings o f
his fellowmen But I would not advise any one to fol
.

low healing as a profession unless he feels within himself

a desire to cure others If the work has an attraction for
.

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Th u ght i s p wer
o o . V i c to r H u g o .
Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
At ti m e many people supposed that the controll
o ne ,

ing power was emitted from the finger tips an d in order ,

to produce a hypnotic e ff ect it was nec essary to mak e

,

'
passes over the body of the subject Later it was
”
.
,

discovere d that mechanical means could be employed to

produce the desired eff ect when the passes had failed ' ”
.

This discovery destroyed the theory an d belief that the

power came from o through the finger tips S till late r
r .

it was learned that the same or greater results coul d be

obtaine d by simply giving the subject suggestions by word
or action ; the suggestion being but an expression of the
thought in the mind o f the operator It is a fact that the
.

power did not exist in any of the methods use d b ut ex ,

i te d in the Thought Force back of every action or

s

suggestion .

It is strange that the real cause o f th e phenomena was

n o t discover e d sooner The fraternity lab o re d under
.

many delusions in regard to the science they were trying

to demonstrate The phenomena was there to speak for
.

itself but the operators could give no positive proof o f its

,

cause h e nce the mystery with which it has always been

,

surrounded When viewed from a logical stan dpoint

.
,

there is nothing mysterious about it Hypnotism has .

simply dem onstrated the power of mind over matter This .

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 W h a t is H yp n o t i s m ?
power which causes the physica l and mental forces o f the
subj ect to act in response to the command o f the oper
ator is Mentalism Thought precedes all action The
. .

thought given by the operator is conveyed to the brain

o f the subject where it assumes control and hi s Will fo

, ,
r

the time being is placed under subject ion The physical

,
.

forces respond to the thought that is placed in the brain

by the O perator the phenomena is produced and those
, ,

wh o behold it are mystified It is not necessary that the

.

person be put to sleep in or d er to in fluence him to act or

think as we desire H ypnotism is b ut a crude means o f
.

accomplishing a result The same eff ect can be pro d uced

.

by a more subtle method and the person need o t be

, n

ma d e aware of the operator s desire Mentalism is the

’
.

law that governs the phenomena o f hypnotism Through .

it o n e can produce the same results at a d istance and with ,

just as much ease as they can pro d uce through hypnotism

when both parties are in the s ame room The secret o f .

the success obtained in either case lies in placing one s ’

thoughts in the brain o f the subj ect Thus hypnotism but

.

uses Mentalism to produce the phenomena H ypnotism .

does n o t and could not exist independentl y o f Mentalism .

By carefully following these d irections one can qui ckly

,

and easily mentalize a person at any time he d esire s I t .

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The L aw o f M e n t al i s m
is best to first meet the person and if possible enter into , ,

conversation with him and in a general way touch upon

,

th e subj ect yo u have in mind and at the same time use ,

Mentalism to give out the thoughts you wish him to

absorb This contact and conversation will tune your
.

mental organization with his and give you the entree to ,

his min d After leaving his presence keep in mind the

.
,

thoughts yo u desire to impart to him S end the thought .

that he will be possessed by an irresistible desire to do the

particu lar thing yo u wish him to d o I f he is one whom .

y o u have never m e t li e d before it

n a may be necessary
z for ,

y o u to repeat the mental messages at several diff erent

times until they become implanted in his brain so strongly
,

that he cannot resist doing as you bi d him After yo u .

have successfully m e tali e d him once it will be much

n z ,

easier to d o so next time In fact after a few successful

.
,

attempts you will meet with little or no resistance The

, .

person m e tali ed will execute your d esires providing

n z ,

they are not against his moral principle s In carrying out .

your dictates he will not have the slightest suspicion that

,

he is doing so through any other agency than his own

wishes .

I wish to state emphatically that no one can influence

another to do evil unless that person s tendencies were ’

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Th e L aw o f M e n t ali s m
person w h o receives them and the suggestions are acted
,

upon he is for the time m e tali e d by the other and

,
n z ,

therefore not entirely responsible for his actions When

. .

o e feels an impulse or a desire to do something o u t of

n

the ordinary he may be sure that he is being influenced

,

by o thers through Mentalism If by carrying out these

. .

thoughts he would in any way harm others he must s e t ,

his Will against them and throw ff the influence I t is o .

n o t well to permit oneself to be m t li d i n di s c im i en a z e r

n at ly for every time one submits to it his Will is weak

e , ,

ened and if it were continued he would eventually b e

, ,

come a slave to others and be unable to use his own

,

power to gain information from others If he keeps his .

Will strong he nee d have no fear of being M e tali d

,
n z e .

All should bear in mind that the survival of the fittest ' ”

is a law o f the universe and that the strong will always

,

rule the weak and that the goo d will survive when all
,

that is evil has been destroyed A man s power to rule is.

’

in proportion to the stren g th of his W ill Each person .

should exercise an d d evelop his Will and use Mentalism ,

for the benefit and advancem ent of himself an d others ,

and then he will be come a master of men .

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 The m d int which a f rien d can b ri g us i s hi s d mini
'
oo o n , o on

over us T the h u gh s f that state f min d he h a s a right All

. o t o t o o , .

th s ecre s f tha t s e f min d he c m p el — Em ”

e t o ta t o ca n o . er s o n .
Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m

more light th sub ject The p o pular belief in the action

on e .

o f this force is that it attracts people to each other as

,

lodestone attracts pieces o f iron This belief does o t ex

. n

plain the cause nor give the public a scientific basis to

work upon It is known that every person possesses
.

in a greater or less degree some subtle power or force

, .

It is also claimed that those who exhibit it in a minor de

gree may develop it into greater e ff ectiveness Just how .

to proc eed in developing this late nt force has never been

satisfactorily explained The consi d eration that has been
.

given to it has only succeeded in creating a diversity

o f O pinion .

Personal magnetism means personal influence an d as ,

the name implies the influence must result from personal

,

contact through o e or m o re of the senses This being

n .

so ,
the influence exerted by any o ne must necessarily be
limited in its eff ectiveness to the number of people with
whom he comes into personal contact It is claime d that .

the success made by all great men and women is due to

thei r personal magnetism but this is an erron e ous i d ea I
,
.

know that all success is due to a subtle power inherent in

man but it is not personal magnetism for personal m ag
, ,

n e ti m is not broad enough in its scope o f action

s If it .

is necessary that personal influence be used upon each and

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 Wh a t is P er s o n a l M agn e t i s m ?
every person wh o assists in making another s uccessf ul ,

h o w are we to account fo the desire that is stimulated in

r

the minds o f people to see and hear an actor artist o r,

musician or to read the books o a certain author They

,
f ?

had never bee n within reach o f his personal magn etism ,

yet they felt compelle d to see him or to read his writings

, ,

and thus to assist in creating his success .

I f Personal Magnetism was the only force used to

win succes s it would o f a necessity come very s lowly
,
.

Personal M agnetism may influence and hol d people after

th ey come within its magic circle but there must be some
,

unlimited power that travels around the earth that at ,

tracts people an d d raws them within the ra d ius o f a man s ’

personal influence There is such a power an d it is Men

.
,

tali s m
. The th oughts an d desires that are sent out from
the mind ( soul ' of man travel on the waves of ether
and reach all w ho are in sympathy ( tune d in harmony '
with his thoughts and work His thoughts and energie s
.

having been given in all their intensity toward prod u cing

success they create d strong vibration s that went o u t to the
,

world and influence d the min ds o f others until they u n

,

consciously responded and p u t forth e ff orts to help him .

The multiplying o f these eff orts by thousands o f people .

produced the d esired re s ult s .

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T he L aw o f M e n t a li s m
We all know that it is only those things whi c h receive
the patronage and applause of the public that are con
s ide e d to be successful an d also that people w ill n o t ap
r ,

plaud that which is not in harmony with their thoughts

o n the subject ; it must appeal to them an d arouse their

feelings and emotions No one can win the approva l of

'

people by force or compulsion for human nature always ,

rebels against force or dictation of any kind People are .

influenced only when we place in thei r brains thoughts ,

and sentiments in favor of ourselves or our work Men .

talis m is the power used in conveying these thought s from

o ur brains to those o f others T hese thoughts they accept

.

as their o w and gratify themselves by acting upon them

n ,

fo they like to believe they are pleasing themselves

r U . n

less the person is a student and understan d s the Law of

Mentalism he will have no reason to supp o se that the
,

thoughts he is acting upon were sent to him by another .

The greater part of the credit given to Personal Mag

n e ti s m belongs to Mentalism for almost all the influence
, ,

is exerted through the mind It is by this means that

.

the thoughts an d actions of others are controlled .

A simple experiment that proves the power of Men

talis m to convey our wishes to another and compel that ,

person to act upon them may be exemplified in the fol

,

lowing manner
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co incidences but they are not they are men tal com
, ,

m icatio s ungu ided by the Will

un n .

Thes e simple experimen ts prove that one can mentalize

another at a distance without speaking a wor d If this .

much can be done by those who d o not understand the

Law wh o can set a limit on th e achievement s of those who
,

rightly use the power they possess All that has been .

accomplished under the name of Per sonal Magnetism is ,

but th e work o f Mentalism All that has previously e

. r

mained unexplain e d about Personal Magnet ism is

no w fully and clearly explained by the Law o f Mentalism

Personal Magnetism is in reality only a small part o f

Mentalism and is not an independent science Those wh o
, .

understand the Law of Mentalism will fin d in Personal

Magnetism very little of value .

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 I t i s the min d tha t ma ke s h b dy rich S h k p
t e o .
— a es e ar e .

N b le h u gh t ma k e th e f u n d at i n f n b le manh d
'
o t o s o o or o oo .

—S egno .
Th e L aw o f M e n t al i s m
A man wh o reveals the evil side o f his nature when
under the influence o f the thoughts o f his associates is ,

weak and needs assistance and increased strength as mu c h

as th e man wh o is sick from disease If that same man
.

were placed under the influence o f the thoughts o f pe o

ple wh o live pure lives he woul d quickly respon d to the
,

new influence and soon come into harmony with hi s sur

,

roun d ings fo the goo d always crow ds out the b a d when

,
r ,

a test o f strength between the two is made There is .

more good than bad in every man for is he o t fashioned

,
n

after the C reator The goo d in some is latent and but

?
,

awaits the right influence to encourage an d d evelop it .

When the good in man is developed to the d egree where

it crowds o u t all evil an d not u ntil then will the s oul re
, ,

turn t o the Great S ource from which it came there to re .

main .

If o e wishes to cure bad habits in others it is ab so

n ,

lu te ly essential that his min d and tho u ghts be pure for he ,

cannot convey to others that which he doe s not possess .

Every mind is constantly o ccupied with thoughts of some

character an d these thoughts control the man Hence th e
, .
,

secret o f cu ring ba d habits lies in keeping the corr e ct

,

thoughts in the mind of the su ff erer Pure thoughts can

.

be encouraged by means Of pure environment s an d pure

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 Ho w to C u re E vil H a b i t s

men tal associates Change the thoughts an d the evil will

.
,

disappear an d good habits take its pl ace The Mentalist

,
.

must treat his patients daily by means o f the M entalism

un d er his control H e must o t criticise the patient s ac
. n
’

tions when talking to him o thinking o f him but m u st

r ,

indirect ly show him the a d vantage of living a better ,

purer life H e must en courage the thoughts of the u n fo

. r

tuna te into new and pure channels and thus d ivert hi s ,

m in d from the o ld as s ociates an d his morbi d lin e o f

thought He must never antagonize him or attempt to

.
,

use force o co mmands but must be patien t an d teach him

r ,

the benefits o f purer associations All conversations car .

ried o within his hearing shoul d be elevating an d n o t d e

n

pressing The person w h o is treating the patient fo r the

.

purpose o f curing the evil habit s must create o attract ,

r

pure thoughts to fill his brain an d then the O l d evil ,

thoughts will find n o place to lodge N o o n e need at .

tempt to take away the evil without first supplying an

equal amou nt o f good fo r Nature will n o t permit him to
,

do s o . The greatest good fo r the patien t can be O btain e d

by surrounding him with all the better thing s o f life u n ,

til his thoughts are o u t o f harmony with his o ld associ

ates Then he will n o longer find pleas u re in the o ld c o n
.

ditio s and will o f his o wn accord tu rn from them in

n ,

disgust .

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The L aw o f Me n t ali s m
The existen ce o f bad habits in anyon e is an evi d ence O f
evil thoughts .

As the character o f the thoughts change they w ill be

expressed in the actions an d life of the person .

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T h e L aw o f M e n t ali s m

to the normal action and thus assists it in directing the

,

organs o f the body to perform their n atural an d normal

functions N O ailment is ever cured by an external agent
.

or force nor by any foreign materials ( d rugs 'or matter

,
.

To cure by such meth o ds it would be necessary to sus

,

pend the laws of Nature and where is there a man who

,

has the power to do this S uch a man did he exist would

?
,

be greater than his C reator The laws of Nature cannot

.

and never have been controlled o r suspende d for as m u ch

as the thousandth part of a second To cre d it any man .

with the power to curtail check or suspen d any o f the

,

laws of Nature is to credit him with possessing powers

,

greater than the maker of the Law I f man could con .

trol o e of Nature s laws it would cease to be automatic

n
’
,

and infallible and would therefore be no law

, .

Health and success are the result of keeping in har

mony with the laws o f Nature S i c k ness an d f ai lure .

come only when we get out of harmony with people and

the Law Mentalism is the force used to cure even
.
,

though the credit is given to Magnetism All action must .

take place through the mind for the bo d y has no in d e ,

pendent p o wer o f action or locomotion To attempt to .

cure disease by treating only the bod y would be equal ,

to t ying to destroy a tree by cutting o ff the leaves More

r .

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 M ag n e t i c H e a li n g o r M e n t ali s m
leaves will gro w o n the tree unless o n e goe s down to the
very roots an d e xterminates the cause D is ea se will ap
.

pear again and again unless we go to the root o f the

cause and treat the mind .

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 C H A PT E R XIX .

Toe 'o u n da t io n f
o Sp ir it u a lism , C la i r
vo
y a n ce, M ea i n nz s s o
’
,
Te lep a t n
y
’
a na I n t u it io n

The phenomena o f S piritualism and the belief o f the

,

devote e s o f that religion are both expressions of the Law

of Men talism It is the spiritu alistic belief that at the
.

death o destruction of the physical body the S oul ( min d '

r ,

enters into space and from that in d efinite position c o m

, ,

m u n icate s with and influences S ouls that are still at

tac h e d to earthly bodies It has been clearly d emonstrated

.

that message s have been received by the living that ha d ,

every evi d ence o f havi ng come from one wh o had d eparted

from the b o d y These messages demonstrate the ex is ten ce
.

an d life o f the mind an d intelligence aft e r th e des tru ct ion

o f the bo d y . These S oul s being invisible to th e ph ys ica l

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Th e L aw o f M e n t al is m
eye make themselves known to others through the Law
,

o f Mentalism That a S oul may communicate with the

.

living and in return receive messages from them it must

, .

use the same means and the same process it used while on
ea th otherwise its commu ications could not be recog
r , n

n iz e d .

Mentalism is the Universal Law that governs all intel

lig e c e and the transmission of the same from mind to
n ,

mind o from brain to brain The power of Mentalism

r .

is o t limited by the narrow confines of this small earth

n ,

but is capable of tra eling through illimitable space and

v ,

o f influ e ncing the inhabitants of other worlds also The .

spiritualists use the same power in sending and receiving

messages that every man uses in communicating with
,

his fellow men They however select certain persons

.
, ,

whom they call Mediums to send an d receive mes

'

sages from the S ouls that have dep arte d These persons .

act in the capacity of operators in sending and receiving

messages for others This ability o f the Medium is due to
.

his great power of concentration ; b v it he is able to quickly

tu ne himself in harmony with the Mentalism of S ouls that
are in and also those that are out of the body This .

ability is not due to the spirituality of his nature for as , ,

a rule professional Mediums are not noted for their

,

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communicate with man either in th e bod y or o u t o f it ,

other m en can do likewise Each and eve ry man can and

.

should be his own Me d ium '

.

If the mind O f man is capable of r e ceiving a message

from a departed spirit o soul it is also capable of taking
,
r ,

a like message from the minds of other men Then if we .

are capable o f receiving a message we can just a s well re ,

c e iv e it from a S oul imprisone d in a bo d y as from o n e ,

that has passed over the border This being so who can .
,

determine which message came from beyon d the border ,

and which from a mind still o earth ? n

Thoughts an d messages never die We know that the .

influence and thoughts of great men are equally as potent

to d ay if o t more so than when they were on earth I
,
n ,
.

believe that most of the mistakes an d errors made by spir

it alists are d ue to attributing to the departed all the
u

messages they receive instea d of giving cre d it to those of

,

their friends who are in the flesh and interested in their ,

welfare .

Mentalism is the natural mea ns of communicati ng o n e

with another It is the law by which thought ( i te lli
. n

gence ' is interchanged from mind to mind ( soul to ,

soul ' Mentalism proves conclusively the immortality

.

o f the mind Mentalism is the law upo n which spiritual

.

9
1 8
 C l ai rvo yan c e an d M e di u m s hi p
ism is based Mentalism removes the mystery in whi ch
.

spiritualism has been shroude d It d raws as i d e the cloak .

that has been used by unscrupulous persons to deceive and

defraud the public an d bring the name of the hones t
,

spiritualist into disrepute If spiritualists would explain

.

to th e public that the phenomena in which they believe is

caused b y Men talism an d that the communications they
,

receive are from minds o f people o this earth as well as n

those beyon d the border and also explain how every

,

man is his own Medium because the law that governs one
,

governs all they woul d exterminate every imposter wh o

,

is using the name o f S piritualism with which to impo s e

upon the credulous public .

C LAI RV OYAN C E AN D ME D IUM S HIP .

Clairvoyance means clear seeing A clairvoyant is a .

p rson capable f d eep concentration f thought Throu gh

e o o .

concentrating he tunes his mental organi z ation in har

,

mony with that o f other people an d th u s receive s thoughts,

and messages from them C lairvoyance was suppose d to

.

be a d isti nct power or gift This i s n o t so fo each an d

.
,
r

every person possesses the same ability though in a great

er o less d e gree o f devel opment C lairvoyance i s M ental
r .

i s m in operation A clairvoyant is the servant o f others

,
.
,

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99
The L aw o f M e n t a li s m
and O ften becom s a slave to the influence of the combined
e

Mentalism o f the public When this is the case he soon

.

loses all his individuality and Will Power The moment .

o e acts in the ca pacity of

n receiver of messages for
a

others he resigns his own Will to theirs and thus loses

, ,

his individuality Every person should be his own clair

.

voyant but he should not sell himself and sacrifice his

.

Will and independence to others for the paltry financial

remuneration he would receive in return for it .

A Medium is another n me for a C lairvoyant but it is

a ,

most generally applied to a S piritualist who acts as a dis

patcher and receiver of messages for those who d o not
,

understand the law that governs the phenomena The .

person acting in that capacity should rightly be called a

Mentalist and not a Medium or C lairvoyant
. .

TELEPATHY AN D INTUI T ION .

Telepathy is a name given to the transference of

thought fro m the brain of one person to that of others It .

is simply Mentalism and has no characteristics or phe

, ,

no m ena that is not governed by this law Intuition is.

also another name for Mentalism An impres ion or an

. s

idea comes to one to act ; he makes his decision without

any apparent reason and follows it and finds that his in
,

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The L aw o f M e n t al i s m
accompanied it that he had borrowed it and that it had
,

been mislaid and only found tha t day These were not
,
.

coinci dences they were Mental Messages

, .

D id yo u ever stop to consider what it is within you that

prompts you to which you give the name Intuition ?
,
' ”

If yo u have these impressions they are the evidence which

,

proves that you are a natural Mentalist and that you can
,

and do receive messages from other min d s If you have .

been able to d o this much without a knowledge o f the law

th at gu ides them you can in a short time if you apply the
, ,

Law o f Mentalism scientifically become a proficient Men

,

tali s t .

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 Thy fai th ha h ma d e thee wh le — C h i
t o .
”
r st
.

B elie f an d l v — b elieving l ve will relieve u s

o e a o o f a va st lo ad
o f care E m
.
— ”
e rs o n .
Th e L aw o f M e n t a li s m
It is to faith that Christian S cientists attribute their
success in curing disease and evil habits By denying the .

existence o f disease or by refusing to recognize its exist

,

tence they remove all thoughts of it from their minds If

,
.

the thought o f the disease does not exi s t in the min d there ,

can be o disease in the body fo as is the min d s o is the

n ,
r ,

bod y . A thought precede s every action o r change in

”

matter therefore health o disease must first exist in the

, ,
r

form o f thoughts before they can take shape in matter .

Christian S cientists say that disease and evil do not exist ,

except in the person s imagination Imagination is an ’

.

other name for thought To imagine a thing is to think it .

,

and fo the time create the conditi on i the brain I f b e

r ,
n .

li ve d in it becomes a fact to the person and is recor d ed

e , ,

in his memory irrespective o f the foun d ation or reason

back o f it Many people have lived for years in the full
.

belief o f the existence o f a condition that was eventually

proven to have been based entirely upon a misunderstand
ing It nevertheless was real to them for the time being
.
, , .

To believe that we are sick we must fir s t think that we ,

are sick To think that we are sick is to create the

.
,

symptoms o f the disease and eventually the disease To , .

believe that we are well is to create the conditions which ,

make us well To have faith is to believe in o u r thoughts

.
,

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 T h e Bas i s o f C h ri s t ia n S c ie n c e
or the thoughts o f others as being infallible It is imma
,
.

te i l what means are employe d to e ncourage the thought

r a .

All that is necessary is that the thought be o f suffi cient

stren g th to make itself felt by the brain and it will pro
,

duce the condition If we have confidence ( faith 'in the

.

con d ition and continue to live in it an d permit o other

, ,
n

thought to change it it will rule o u r lives If o u

,
. r

thoughts create a condition that is wholly good we will ,

neither see nor know evil If the condition created by o u

. r

thoughts is of health we will suff er no d isease R ight

,
.

thinking is the foun d ation of right living an d it is a s easy

,

to give o u t thoughts of health and goo d ness as to give o u t

thoughts O f evil and d isease .

Christian S cientists do not attain their success thro u gh

faith as they suppose but through the conditions created
, ,

by the thoughts in which they have faith o r confi d ence .

Mentalism is the force that every C hristian S cientist uses

in healing and in influencing people to accept their belief .

It is evident that it would require some very strong force

to change the thoughts in the min d o f a man before he

could believe in the o existence of the matter with

n n -

which his five senses tell h im he is surrounded That a .

man s thoughts ca be so changed is proven by the fact

’
n

that C hri s tian S cience has nearly a million adherents .

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Th e L aw o f M e n t ali s m
M ntalism is the force that brings ab out the change o f
e

th ought By it we can remove all evil from our lives an d

.
,

from the li v es o f others if we have their assistance an d

,

c o operation
- .

The Law of Mentalism separates the truths from the

errors in C hristian S cience and gives man a logical reason
,

in which to believe We do not deny the existence of evil

.

and disease but we recognize the ability of every man to

,

eliminate and destroy them through Mentalism When .

once destroyed they will no longer exist for him unles s ,

he allows his thoughts to again become diseased The .

Law o f Mentalism teaches man that he is largely re spo n

sible for his o w n evil and wholly e so s ible for the evil
,
r n

he influences in others It encourages goodness and hon

.

esty by proving that truth and virtue automatically bring

their own rewar d .

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l IC U Il l U C I I \, C U a

t here f re i i s b etter thin k an d w rk in u ni n an d harm ny wi th

o t to o o o

h usan ds f her s than a empt live in pp s i i n them

t o o ot to tt to o o t o to .

The la ter c u r s e ha s but en d an d that i s r u in

t o o ne ,
.

T he S egno S uccess C l u b— I ts V a l ue t H uman i ty o

Su cce ss i s h aim an d b ject f all h mem b er s f h i s cl ub

t e o o t e o t ,

no nl f s el f but f all heir b r ther an d s i ster memb er s I t i s

t o y or or t o .

h c m b inat i n f h u gh t an d e ff r cen ere d u p n sub jec

,

b y t e o o o t o o t t o o ne t

t hat we pr du ce su ch w n d er fu l re su l ts The mem b er s hip f the

o o . o

cl ub ha s gr wn ver rapi d ly Thi s ha s b een principall y du e

o y to o n e
c us h su cce ss f i memb er s Their su cce ss ha s d em n s rate d
.

a e —t e o ts . o t

to their f rien ds an d ac'u ain ance s tha hey p ss e ss s me vi al kn wl t t t o o t o

e dge f rce hat i s u n d er s d by h p ub lic in general That

or o t no t to o t e .

t hey migh p ss e ss h same wi sd m an d win a li k e a grea er

t o t e o , or t
su cce ss he s e frien ds have enr lle d a s memb er s Th w rk ha s h us
,

t o . e o t
b ec me an en d le ss chain f su cce ss each memb er f rming lin k
,

o o ,
o one .

The memb er ship ha s e xten d e d every c u nt ry in h w rl d th us to o t e o ,

f rming a circle ar u n d the ear h

o o t .

Are Y Am b i t i ous ? ou

Perhap s are amb i i us an d eager ma k e an e ff rt win

yo u t o to o to
su cce ss but lack c nfi d ence in y u r ab ili ty d
, k n w j ust h w
o o , or o no t o o

to c mmence Y perhap s feel ha

o .p ss e ss na u ral alent an d
ou t t yo u o t t
ab il i y an d i f
t nly ha d s me enc u rage an d d irect
yo u o o o ne to o yo u
in the right channel f h u gh c u l d a k e u p u r w rk with
,

o t o t, y o u o t yo o

renewe d energy an d increa s e d h pe an d make a su cce ss f i t Thi s o o

i s where a memb er s hip in h C l ub w u l d help ; f i w u l d

.

t e o yo u or t o

su ppl y h mi ss ing link b e ween y an d su cce ss hr u gh h a ss i s

t e t ou t o t e t
ing in flu ence f every memb er Y w u l d nce b ec me a link
,

o . ou o at o o

with the her memb er s in h chain that m ve s the machinery f

ot , t e o o

su cce ss Their c m b ine d men al s reng h w u l d b e u ni e d w ith y u r s

. o t t t o t o

an d b e f re su ch a m igh f rce all bs acle s give way

o ty o o t .

S uccess fu l M en

G u l d R c k e f eller M rgan V an d er b il
o , o R h s chil ds Wana ,
o t, o t
maker S ewar D epew E d i s n Pu llman A rm u r M ars hall 'iel d
, ,

, t t, , o o

an d ther s w su cce ss in heir re spec ive s phere s b eca us e hey

, , ,

o , on t t t
applie d heir th u ghts an d e ff r s in h righ d irec i n an d b aine d
t o o t t e t t o O t
the a ss i stance an d men al in flu ence f h us an ds f pe ple
,

t o t o o o

Th u ghts are hing s an d M en ali sm i s h sub le f rce by

.

' ”
o t , t t e t o

which h u ght s are in elligen l c nvey e d f r m

t o an her t t y o o o ne to ot

The c ncentra ing an d cen ralizing f hi s grea f rce by h us an ds

.

o t t o t t o t o

o f min ds u p n a pecial sub ject , a cer a in h u r alwa s crea e s

o S at t o y t
c n d i i n d e s ire d The B i b le says hat I f y e will all pray
,

h
t e o t o .
t
'
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I t i s by u ni n hat streng h i s increa s e d o t hi s mental f rce b e t . T o ca n

e x er e d a s c u re d i s ea s e pr l ng li fe an d crea te ha ppine ss a s
t so to o o

well a s c u re su cce ss
, , ,

to no n- .

I nst u cti ons r

Each mem b er f the cl ub i in stru cte d in the us e Of the Law f

o s o

M entali sm hat he ma y hr u gh it create f him s e l f an d f

, so t t o or or

o thers the element s f su cce ss While every man an d w man p

, o . o os

s e ss ing a kn wle d ge f hi s law can a ss i st him s el f her s el f

o o t or to
su cce ss still they can have hat a ss i stance increa s e d a th us an d
, t o

f l d i f hey are al s in harm n y wi h an d receive the mental help

o , t o o t ,

an d in flu ence f r m a th u san d pe ple w h are alrea dy attaining s u c

o o o o

ce s s Then i f hat n u mb er i s increa s e d ten h usan d the s u cce ss

. t to t o ,

will b e increa s e d in a c rre s p n d ing rati The mental vi b rati n s o o o . o

o f memb er are streng hene d by h s e f all the memb er s f h

o ne t t o o o t e

cl ub E very mem b er will us e hi s M ental f rce help

. an d o to yo u , yo u
in retu rn will s en d y u r men al vib rati n s t u ni te wi th heir s o ut o t o o t
an d help them A s hey b ec me m re s u cce ssfu l y u r su c ce ss will t o o , o

increa s e f w il l all b ec me a s grea min d an d hink wi th

.

,
or yo u o o ne t t
o ne acc r d o .

Pro fe s sor S e gno s A ss i stance

’

A s h P re s i d en f h C l u b P r fe ss r S egn ( p r n u nce d
t e t o t e , o o o o o

S g e ' ta k e s a p er s nal in ere st in every mem b er an d

-
no perate s
o t , c o -o

with hem twice a d ay an d us e s h fu ll s rength f hi s men al

t , t e t o t
f rce in their b ehal f H e th us keep s every mem b er in harm n y wi h
o . o t
h i m s el f an d wi th each ther Th m re per fect the harm ny e i st o . e o o x

ing b etw een h M en ali sm f all the mem b er s the greater i s the
t e t o ,

f rce an d efficac f the vi b ra i n s The vi b ra ti n s th at P r fe ss r

o y o t o . o o o

S egn i s ab le pr du ce in pe ple thr u gh b eing in harm n y wi th

o to o o o o

t hem i s ften fel t by hem th u gh th usan ds f mile s d i stant a s a

o t . o o o ,

s en s a i n s imilar a s ligh t elec ric sh ck I t i s by thi s p wer al ne

t o to t o o o .

that he ha s ma d e su ch marvel u s c u re s f p aral ys i s an d ther

.

o o o

d i s ea s e s f l ng stan d ing o o .

W h en t Jo i n t h e C l u b o

There i s b etter time han h p re s ent f pp rtu n i ty i s

no t t e , o r o o

kn ck ing a t y u r d r an d d elays are d anger us e spe c iall y a s

o o oo , o ,
vo u

have m u ch l s e by wai tin g an d m u ch g in by actin g w

so to o so to a no .

I f su cc e s s an d c n entment f min d are w r h havin g at all hey are

o t o o t . t
w r h h aving N OW Th larger h mem b er s hip the str nger wi ll
o t . e t e o

b e the p wer f s ucc e s s an d the m re w n d er fu l will h the re su l t s

o or . o o e

acc mpli she d There f re y s h u l d

o . nl y j in the c l ub y u r s e l f
o , ou o no t o o o ,

bu t s h u l d per su a d e y u r f r i en d s an d a c'u aintance s j in al s

o o to o o .

Y ou nee d their in fl u ence an d a ss i stan c e j us a s m u ch i f m re t , no t o .

than y d th s e f stranger s L et us harm nize wi th the C l u b

ou o o o . o .
 hi n g S uccee d s li k e S uccessN ot
B ear in min d hat L i k e a tt ra ct s li k e There f re w hen y t . o ou

are su cce ssfu l y will att ract y su cce ssfu l p ple b u t a s l ng ou to ou eo , o

a s y are u n su cce ssfu l y will attract p e ple f a li k e natu re

,

ou , ou o o .

A ll w y u r s el f
o b e place d in harm ny with the memb er s f the
o to o o

S eg Su cce ss C l ub an d y will s n b ec me su cce ssfu l an d t

no ou oo o a

t ract t y the cla ss f pe ple wh can an d w ill a ss i st y t

o ou o o o , , ou o

gre ter su cce ss

a

wi s h make a su cce ss ? Y s h u l d d eci d e thi s 'u e s

.

D y o ou to ou o

ti n t d ay I f y d eci d e in fav r f su cce ss then ta k e a dvan tage

o o ou o o ,

f thi s pp rt u ni ty t a ss ciat e y u r s el f wi t h the M en tal in flu ence

.

o o o o o o

o f all th mem b er s f t hi s C l u b an d y
e w ill b le ss the d ay y o ,
ou ou

ma d e the d eci s i n Up n receipt f y u r applicati n f memb er o o o o o or

ship sta ting y u r age s e x whe her marrie d s ingle an d th b u s i

.

o t or , e

ne ss y f ll w h S ecretary will s en d y fu ll in str u cti n s f

, , ,

ou o o t e ou o or

a king the trea ments f the cu re f su cce ss an d will n ti fy

,

t t or o n o n- , o

y ou o f h d at e an d h u r tha t
t e will b e harm nize d with th ther o yo u o e o

mem b er s f the C l ub o .

M em b ers h ip 'e e
Th f ee f mem b er ship in the S egn S u cce ss C l u b i s O D l
e or o ne o

lar per m nth Ten D llar s per y ear payab le in a d vance A new
o or o

harm nizing key an d a dd iti nal in str u cti n s are s ent each m nth t
.
,

o o o o o

every mem b er in g d s an d ing Th k ey i s s ent previ us t the fir s op t . e o o t

o f each m n th that there will b e lap s e f the su cce ss treat

o , so no o

ment I n st ru cti n s e xplaining the Law f M entali s m an d h w t

. o o o o

us e i t in ta k ing an d giving h S u cce ss Treatmen ts are al s s ent

,

t e o

each memb er
,

to .

I s S uccess wort h O D o ll ar ? ne

If y have any d ubt a s t th val u e f thi s m u tu al mental

ou o o e o co

o pe ati n y w i t y u r s el f t te s t i tru th b e f re pa ss ing an

r o , ou o e to o o ts o

Opini n u p n i t o Then j in h cl ub fo m nth ; th e x periment

. o t e o r o ne o e

will c st y b t very little an d it will sati sfy y a s t th meri s

o ou u , ou o e t
o f claim s Y w u l d t b e u nj ust a s t cri tici s e s mething
o ur . ou o no so o o

y ou have t inve stigate d an d c n s e'u entl y kn w n thing f Y

no o o o o ou

can pr ve t y u r s el f an d ther s that y are amb i ti us an d h

.

o o o o ou o on

e stly d e s ire t su ccee d b y giv i ng th me th ds f t he C l u b a f air t rial

o , e o o

W are certain hat i f y b ec me a memb er y will re c eive

.

e t ou o ou so

m u ch b enefit du ring th fir st m n h hat y will s ee that i t w u l d b e

,

e o t t ou o

a pr fitab le bus ine ss inve stment t remain a permanent memb er D

o o o

d elay S en d in y u r applicati n t d ay
.

no t o o o

A dd re s s
.
.

S E G N O S U C C E SS C L U B ,

L OS A N G ELE S C A L U s A , .
, . . .