MUCH that has thus far been presented may be taken as helps to the establishing of a permanent regime whereby the power of magnetism may be rapidly acquired. It must be remembered that methods of living, of doing, of talking, of meet­ing others, of executing the duties of the day may go far toward creating this power. Thus the art of collecting the vital forces of the body, of concentrating their strength upon a single purpose, and of subjecting everything to this end, does not need exercises for its development, but is rather a fixed habit acquired by attention to the details of the day. It comes from a study of self, rather than by abstract practice. It is possible to train yourself so as to make every act of life a loss to your magnetic powers, or a gain. Take for in­stance the development of the magnetic eye, which is the gathering of the vital-force when operated by the nerves of sight. The brain looks out through the pupil of the eye; it is a terrible engine of human electro-magnetism, often super-charged with energy. It is related that an ancient Greek at one time by a single glance paralyzed a strong man. The same thing might be done again. Many a person quails and flinches before the eye of another.

James E. Murdoch testified that when acting with the elder Booth he was brought to a complete standstill on the stage by a glance of the eye of that great tragedian, and was completely powerless. Mr. Murdoch states the occurrence in a book which he has published. Other actors and actresses have accomplished the same thing.

A teacher who possesses magnetism can easily subdue andcontrol pupils, however unruly, without the use of rod or scolding or punishment of any kind.

It make no difference how hardened a person may be. Andrew Jackson, unarmed, took into custody an armed des­perado, whom the armed officers were afraid to approach. The man said he did not know why he yielded to Jackson.

A lawyer may, without brow-beating, obtain the truth from any witness, and sometimes, we regret to say, he may win his cases when he ought not to. Rufus Choate once said, "Give me a just case and no power on earth can cause me to lose it." This great lawyer was exceedingly magnetic, and his record shows that he won almost every jury case he tried, both good and bad. The criminals of Boston knew this, and one of their number said, "Bejabers, there's a man that can git me cleared of sthealing even wid de stholen property in me boot-legs." Choate was so feared by his fellow-lawyers that they attempted a scheme to disbar him, but it failed.

A clergyman not only may do effective pulpit and parish work, but he may readily avoid the dangers attending his social life and the many unpleasantnesses which are apt to arise in his church life.

Many a parent has controlled a child by the mere glance of the eye.

It may be asked how the eye can convey vibratory ac­tion to another person's eye. The answer is this: Light is admitted by all scientists to be vibratory. If its vibra­tions cease, we have total darkness. When we see any­thing we see some form of light. It is this form of light we see and not in reality the thing itself. The thing itself consists of surface and interior; no one pretends that we ever see the interior of a thing (unless we cut it open, in which case a new surface is created, and the interior is still beyond us) ; and as only the surface is visible, and all sur­faces lack thickness, the visible part is only a super-surface made by the light covering the object, which varies in color and shade by the nature of the object and its position, All shadows have some degree of reflected light.

Light, therefore, is all we see, and as light is vibratory, the influence from eye to eye is easily transferred.

But a deeper and a stronger power is behind the eye-energy. It is now well known that there is a universal, all-pervading ether, that is within all the air, all water and all solids. This ether is to our atmosphere, what air is to water, or gas to a sponge. It has waves of its own, as the sea has.

Fig. 1. A Strong Magnetic Wave.

In Figure 1 is seen a wave of ethereal ocean. It has been pictured in one of the great NewYork magazines; and special proofs of its mechanical force have been given. It is sufficient for this work that such a wave exists. There are three kinds of wave-seas:

1. Water.

2. Gases.

3. Ether.

By ether is meant that fine inner atmosphere that per­meates a solid metal as easily as gases permeate the air. By gases we refer to every kind, including the air itself as one of them.

The water may sweep in waves from continent to con­tinent.

The air can convey no sound that does not throw its body into waves; and we have only to imagine the air to be like the ruffled sea, in order to understand what its waves are. So the ether is a more restless and more effectual mass of vibrations when charged with nervous influences.

When you possess voluntary control and mastery of the nervous influences, you wield the power and art of Personal Magnetism.

In Figure 2 is seen a calmer transmission of waves across the ethereal ocean.

These vibrations deal with the ether in combination with some force of the body. Thus, if we grasp a person by the hand with some magnetism in the touch, we employ muscles for the flesh, nerves for the muscles, and the energy behind the nerves for the ether. If we look, the eye employs

Fig. 2. A Calmer Magnetic Wave.

the atomic vibrations of light, and the energy behind the eye employs the ether. The double vibratory actions are best realized in the use of the magnetic voice; for the sound is conveyed by air-waves, while the magnetism is conveyed by ether-waves, both acting in harmony.

In Figure 3 is seen the ether conveying a tempestuous wave of passionate magnetism, such as we experience when we witness one of the few really great actors of today, such as Sothern in Othello.

Fig. 3. A Stormy Magnetic Wave.

The law of influence is by far the most important of all.

To understand it thoroughly is to grasp at once the central thought of the whole work. What is meant by "exciting a similar or responsive state or condition of mind in the person receiving it?"

To any person understanding the principle on which the telephone or radio conveys sound, the meaning is quite clear.

Sound is vibratory; its vibrations by their variations of character produce vowels, consonants, words, qualities of voice and inflexions.If these variations of vibratory action are preserved as they are being transmitted over the wire, or as broadcast by the radio, the exact words will be reproduced. The person speaking causes the sound variations (so fine as to be undistinguished by the ear as vibrations) to strike a movable disc, which by its motion is constantly interrupting the flow of the electrical current. These interruptions vibrate the disc at the other end of the wire or in the radio receiving instrument. The ear placed at that end will receive the same kind of vibrations as were made to vibrate the first disc. This is an illustration of "exciting a similar condition," etc., in the person receiving. Now, the recipient has no control whatever over the matter, especially if he is a passive recipient. He cannot by his own will-power, his thought, or his emotions make the words any different; of course he can stay away from the telephone or radio, but in the case of magnetism there is no staying away if the eye is seen, the tone felt, or the sound heard.

To make the comparison clearer, we may say but one thing more. The vibratory action is found to be received by all within its reach, and it spends itself by transplanting in the mind of the recipient the will-energy of the giver, from which there can be no recourse.

All this, of course,presumes that the giver possesses magnetism.