It was reserved for the closing of the 19th and the opening of the 20th century to have revealed to it the newer interpretations of the God-Nature of man. The relation of man's mind to the God-mind has been established. The faculties of his individual mind have been demonstrated and understood.

Mind is Master. What you train your mind to think, your body— which is its servant—will show forth into visibility, for mind and body is one and the same substance.

The Dual Mind.—The human mind consists of two distinct parts, viz., the conscious and the sub-conscious mind.. Sometimes they are distinguished as the objective and the subjective mind. It is by means of the conscious and subconscious faculties of your individual mind, and the proper training of the same, that you are to recreate your body and its environments that it will the more nearly conform to your desired condition and state.

The conscious and sub-conscious mind stand in exactly the same relation to each other as the mind and body. The consciousness directs the sub-consciousness what it shall believe and do. The sub-consciousness immediately proceeds to show forth in action, the directions or suggestion given to, never stopping to question as to the truth or falsity of these suggestions or whether they are for the best or not. This discrimination it leaves entirely to the conscious faculty.

The conscious or objective mind is the logical, "wideawake" side of psychic life. Everything that is presented to the objective mind is argued with, reasoned out and the final result is carefully packed off into the pigeon-holes of the subjective mind. With the objective mind we are more or less familiar. It is what we ordinarily use in our every-day life. It is with the objective mind that you read these lines.

But the phase of consciousness denominated subconscious or subjective will be more obscure to the ordinary reader. It is with this that we have to deal more hereafter. It is that side of our consciousness which is amenable to "suggestion" and which lies in the background when we are "all there," but which is active during "reverie" when the imagination is awakened, and whenever the feats of somnambulism, hypnotism, mediumship, etc., are experienced.

The subjective mind can be influenced to almost any extent by "suggestion" and since it controls the functions, sensations and conditions of the body, we can easily understand how it is that curative treatment by means of will power is proved to be so effective.

It will be quite necessary for me to dwell further upon the "subjective" mind or to explain at greater length its rationale and function. Suffice it to say that all the experiments which we are able to make in the way of hypnotism, clairvoyance, trance, automatic writing, thought transference, etc., take place through its intervention, and that by means of it, most—if not all—of the hitherto "unexplained" phenomena of consciousness are rendered possible. Indeed, to perform the above experiments, all that the hypnotist does is to subdue the objective mind and give complete rest to it, while he wakes up the subjective mind, gives it the ascendancy and directs it by his positive suggestions.

At this point of the problem it will be well to discontinue further discussion, as the aim of this work is to be practical, rather than theoretical merely.

THE HINDU HYPNOGRAPH.

We have already learnt somewhat of the constitution of the mind; that it comprises two distinct phases of consciousness, and the functions of these respectively.

Now, all the phenomena presented under the "New Thought Science," it will be seen, is a function of the subjective mind, and it now remains for us to consider the means whereby such results as we are enabled to derive from the exercise of this mental factor are accomplished.

Those who have studied "Man" from the subjective standpoint and whose praiseworthy researches have entitled their opinions to respectful consideration, if not absolute credence, maintain that the realm of nature which we have denominated subjective is in reality a world quite as truly as the one of which we are ordinarily cognizant, and that we as, if not more, truly "live" in this department of the universe as we do in the physical.

Hypnograph. Its Principle.—It is a well-known physiological fact that, when the eye is fixed on any particular spot as on the hypnograph, the objective mind tends to stop its many and varied activities and the subjective mind can be influenced to any great extent by suggestion. Therefore, it is evident that, at this moment, the objective mind, acting as an hypnotist for the time being, can develop the subjective mind, your real self, in any one particular direction, and mould it to any shape. So most of the qualities that go to constitute a successful hypnotist can be cultivated in this manner. Amongst these may be mentioned strength of will-power, concentration, health, self-confidence, fearlessness, courage, intelligence, benevolence, perseverance, etc., etc.

Directions.—Once you will be agreed, and determined to treat the matter seriously, select a calm and quiet place in your private apartment. See that you are absolutely alone and unobserved. The best time for the experiment is in the morning, when the brain is rested, the mind clear and refreshed and all the energies alive and wide-awake. Seat yourself in a comfortable position as on an easy chair or prop yourself up with pillows on your bed. Sit quietly and relax all muscles until they are free from nervous tension. Take the "hypnograph" and hold it at a convenient and easy distance (say from 8" to 15") from your eyes; resign yourself; think of nothing; make your mind as far as possible a complete blank. Do not distract your mind to examine any of the effects you will experience. Breathe slowly, deliberately and calmly.

Keep your eyes steadily fixed on the central white spot of the hypnograph. Never stir your eyes from the spot throughout the experiment.

Now take up any one of the qualities you may choose, say, "Health." Commence your suggestions thus: "I am perfectly healthy and will always continue to be so. I can never get sickness of any sort. No. No headache, no fever, nothing of that sort can approach me. I am very healthy. I am proof against every kind of sickness. I am every moment getting stronger and healthy by natural forces. I am enjoying absolute health. I have a super-abundance of healthy, vital fluid in me that will ward off all sickness. I will always be healthy." Of course, I need hardly say that it is not necessary to confine yourself to keep to these words only. You may frame for yourself similar suggestions; but always let them be directed towards the same single quality chosen.

Take only one subject for each sitting and make the suggestions always positive and decided. Throughout the process keep your eyes steadily fixed on the white spot and avoid winking as far as possible; continue the sitting for about 15 or 20 minutes and keep up your suggestions throughout. If convenient, take 2 sittings a day. It is a good plan to commence your sittings at the same hour of the day always. The same subject will be taken for 4 or 5 sittings or more, till you are thoroughly satisfied that you have made enough progress with it. Any other subject, such as courage, may be treated similarly with suitable suggestions of your own.

On gazing at the spot for a few minutes or so, you may notice a sort of electric light or glory all round the black circle and along the rays which will be much attractive and will assist you in gazing steadily without winking. Sometimes the experiment may end in sleep or self-hypnotism. So much the better for you and your mind will be better developed. To meet such contingencies it is advisable for you to make very strong suggestions at the outset as to the duration of your sleep.

The foregoing method of self-culture has numerous advantages, it should be carried out in secret, never spoken about; but the fulness of life, thought and power attained should be diligently put into practical Use in home-life and in contact with one's fellows. These processes rightly understood and practiced, demonstrate what the spirit of " I can" and "I will" can do for one in daily life. They lie at the foundation of successful hypnotic practice also.

SECRETS REVEALED.

The following instruments are indispensable to the successful hypnotist, and unless the student thoroughly masters them, he cannot make any progress in "New Thought Research." These are:

(1) Health. (2) A Steady Will Power, Self-confidence and Concentration. (3) The Gaze. (4) The Pass. (5) Breathing. (6) Suggestion.

Health.—Whatever contributes to the health, vitality, goodness of heart and soundness of head of the hypnotist contributes to his hypnotic power. Health and vitality being the leading requisites, the health habits of the hypnotist should be good, his will strong, while patience, endurance, perseverance and sympathies should be marked features in his character. He should have a good, full, clear eye—colour not so much a matter of importance although persons of dark and hazel eyes make most successful experimenters and entertainers, and those of dark-blue, blue and violet eyes, successful healers.

Health is largely a question of constitution—it is in-bred—"Comes by Nature." Its maintenance is re-quisiste, but the how of its preservation and maintenance need not be entered upon here. Every hypnotist's life should be governed by "temperance in all things;" he should abstain from gross foods, impure drinks and associations, cultivate the good and true within himself. I might say that early and regular habits—morning bath, simple diet, adequate physical exercise, calmness and evenness of mind, will largely contribute to successful results. As for the rest, the New Thought adept is referred back to the hypnograph and works on simple hygienic rules.

The Will.—Next to health comes self-government, the development of will and the power to concentrate your energies. Will can be cultivated to a certain extent, as by the hypnograph, but the initial power of will will depend upon the phrenological development. A person deficient in Firmness, Self-esteem, Conscientiousness and Continuity is not likely to have a strong will. But if, in addition to the foregoing, they have those faculties which tend to timidity, lack of concentration, want of courage, as far as will is concerned, they would not make hypnotists at all. They are recommended again to thehypnograph as their last resource, and those that possess naturally a good will will fortify it by means of this wonderful instrument.

The Gaze.—The other requisites, viz., the gaze, the pass, breathing and suggestion, can be easily cultivated. It must be remembered that these are not only the phantomimic language of the will, but that they are vehicles to convey something (human electricity or animal magnetism) from the operator to the subject. At least let the hypnotist act as if such were the case.

A steady gaze is essential. No one can hope to be master of "New Thought" if he cannot look another man or woman straight in the face. The hypnograph is the best means to cultivate the gaze. Its method of use has already been dealt with.

Again, in conversation, looking at a person (spoken to) quietly and steadily is a good plan also; don't stare, but look straight into his eyes. Think your thoughts as well as speak them. Never look at anything or anybody stupidly without having some dominant thought or idea working in your brain. There is not anything which will disconcert a courteous or discourteous liar than a steady look. In hypnotism you look with a purpose— your looks are to convey your intention and will. The wandering eye,—the blinking, winking or irresolute eye —never accomplished much good in this world hypnotically or any other way. When looking with a steady and quiet gaze, think, picture to your mind a scene, incident, phrase or a sentence. Should the person looked at give expression to the idea or words induced by you, repeat the process again and again as opportunity is afforded, until you have eliminated the elements of accident and coincident.

While there is some elements of thought transference connected with this, you must first gain the power of looking naturally and steadily at a person or an object for a considerable length of time without weariness. Make good use of the Hypnograph. Again, in taking exercise, or if out for a long walk, take in some object at a distance; while walking towards it, gaze steadily at it, as long as you can, without impairing vision, causing weariness to the eyes, winking, or tears to flow as in weeping.

The habit of steady gazing can be cultivated in many ways. The most trying is to look at a bright light—a jet of gas or lime light—for a certain period and in such a way as to cultivate the physical assurance of unweariness or inferiority when looking at a human being. Any sign of weakness, such as inability to look at a person about to be hypnotised steadily and for a length of time, would be prejudicial to successful results. The eyes should indicate strength of purpose and show no sign of weakness. For this the optic nerve and the muscles of the eyes and eyelids must be educated for their work.

Having gone so far in the cultivation of the gaze, commence to use it for some purpose. If at a place of amusement or at a lecture, sitting behind someone, look steadily at the nape of the neck with the intention of giving it a desire to turn round. This can be done by persevering practice—a small percentage of success will soon show you what can be done. You will begin to realise that the conscious direction of will by the eye becomes a most subtle and powerful mode or vehicle of thought.

The hypnotist must be powerful and his subjects very sensitive, receptive and well educated before the operations of the will wholly and solely are to be depended upon. It is not only right to cultivate the will, but the means whereby it may be best expressed or conveyed.

The Pass.-The student of New Thought should be able to make all necessary movements with ease and grace—"natural like." I have seen some good souls possessing a fair aptitude for the science so awkward in their movements as to arouse the risible in their subjects. Nothing so keenly arrouses the mind to resistance as the sense of the ludicrous on the one hand, or anger or empty scepticism on the other. All passes should be made quietly, easily and gracefully, and in some respects, with all the naturalness and kindliness with which a mother would pet a babe or a good nurse soothe the pains of a sick person. At the same time, all passes should be made with purpose not with great physical, but always with great mental action.

Various Kinds of passes. Passes are made long or general and short or local. The long passes are from head to feet; and the short ones are directed to some particular region of the body. They are also made "at distance" or "in contact," whether local or general in Character. The manipulation with contacts is of two kinds; it is accompanied either with considerable pressure or with light touching -manipulation with strong or with light contact.

How to Cultivate the "Pass". -The passes should be practiced so that they can be performed from half an hour to an hour and even longer, without apparently any physical weakness. A good plan for exercise might be adopted as follows:

Place a chair in the centre of a room (lock the door and proceed unobserved to work). Imagine a person seated on the chair, and take your stand opposite it for the purpose of putting him to sleep. Commence by making long passes at distance. The hands, with fingers extended and directed towards the eyes of the supposed subject should then be lowered red gradually and naturally down to his feet-that is making the downward or magnetic pass. The hands have now to be raised so as to resume their original position. They should not be raised up in front of the subject's body, but on each side of him. The downward pass is to soothe or produce sleep; the upward pass, as above described, is to enable you to repeat frequently the downward pass without undoing its work. In actual practice, mind-energy or its concentration and desired expression is put into your downward pass. No intention or concentration of mind is put into the upward pass; at the same time it is desirable to keep it clear of the body to prevent that disturbance which accidental reverse passes sometimes make.

Downward passes soothe or contribute to sleep; upward passes to wakefulness. Upward passes with or without intention never produce sleep.

Local passes and "in contact" belong more particularly to the curative branch of the subject, and are used more frequently when there is no intention to produce sleep, but to cure disease. Of course short passes can be and are made locally without contact for the same purpose. Sleep is often produced by local passes confined to the head, chest, arms and sometimes terminating at the hypochondrium or pit of the stomach.

Breathing.—Certain wise physicians cured diseases by "blowing" or breathing. Now, there is an art in breathing. It can be cultivated. The method I suggest, like all my methods, is natural and healthy—of great benefit to the individual even though he never influenced anyone electrically.

Each morning on rising, and at the earliest period of the day when fresh air can be obtained, the New Thought adept should stand erect, with chest well thrown out, mouth shut and inhale slowly through the nostrils and fully expand his lungs. It may be several weeks before he can take good long breaths and retain them, say, one or two minutes in the lungs before exhaling. He should not exhale rapidly—on the contrary, he should exercise as much control over the last act as on the former two, namely, the inspiration of the air and the power of retaining it in the lungs. To start with, each of the three operations may be exercised to the length of 10 seconds, gradually extending the period until each can be kept up for one minute.

Having so far acquired power in this direction, the next step is to know how to use it. Breathing can be used in several ways. Hot breathing or air expired from the chest is soothing, healing, curative. Cold breathing or air blown slowly and deliberately from the compressed lips has most salutary effects and is arousing and wakeful in character. Some remarkable effects are obtained by breathing through flannel or clothing.

There is yet another kind of breathing, to which the name "Kill-Fear Secret" has been very aptly applied.

The Kill-Fear Secret.—Stand erect in military position. "Attention." Head up, chin in, chest elevated, shoulders thrown back and down. Exhaust the dead air as completely as possible from the lungs. Close one of the nostrils by pressure of your hand, and through the other nostril inhale air suddenly into your lungs, filling the abdominal cavity so that only the lower portion of the lungs are distended to the fullest possible extent. A distinct pressure must be felt at the diaphragm or the lower part of your abdomen during the process. The upper chest need not be extended.

Then exhale rapidly through the nostril that was kept closed until now.

Time taken as follows: Inhaling=1/2a second, reten-tion=2 seconds, exhaling=1/2 a second. In all 3 secs. Repeat this operation 5 or 6 times in quick succession.

USES.—Success in varying degrees is immediate. Results are sure, and the effect is an astonishing mental or rather emotional calmness. This means you have discovered the secret of emotional control. You can force all acute mental distress of an emotional nature to leave you instantly. You are absolute master of yourself henceforth. The nerve currents and the blood circulation in the solar plexus or emotional brain have been stimulated into a normal condition. Don't overdo this exercise through your elation over the discovery. Use it only when you feel you need it and can stand it.

Among the emotions which can be controlled by this method are: Acute worry, fear, anxiety, anger, grief, passion, stage-fright and nervous excitement.

The cultivation of the steady eye, the graceful pass, and the long and powerful breath develop the health the physical and mental powers. They help to strengthen and concentrate the will. The mesomeric or hypnotic influence is only valuable as it proceeds from a sound body and is directed by a sound mind. The foregoing simple processes are directed mainly to achieve that end.