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Practical Mental InfluenceJust as the difference between the lowest tone that can bedistinguished by the ear of man, and the highest note that can bedistinguished by the same organ of sense, is merely a differenceof the rate of Vibration—just as is the difference between thedull red color at one end of the spectrum, and the violet at theother end, with the intervening colors known as indigo, blue,green, yellow and orange, with all the combinations of shadesarising from them—just as the difference between the greatestdegree of cold known to science, and the greatest degree ofheat that can be conceived of—just as these great differencesdue solely and wholly to varying rates of Vibration—so is thedifference between any and all forms of matter or force simplya matter of the rate of Vibration. In short, all material andphysical “Things” are simply manifestations of different rates ofVibration—and notwithstanding their apparent differences areall merely manifestations of some “infinite and eternal energyfrom which all things proceed,” their differences resultingmerely from the different degree of Vibration being manifestedin them. Remember, that this is not “vague philosophy,” or “airymetaphysics,” or “spiritualistic vagaries” (to quote from thematerialistic writers), but facts claimed and admitted by thegreatest physical scientists of the age, as a reference to theirlectures and text books will prove to anyone.And, more than this, any intelligent physical scientist will tellyou that Science has every reason to believe that there are greatfields of energy and force, the Vibrations of which are far toohigh for even the delicate instruments of science to record, butwhich nevertheless exist and manifest effects. It was only theother day that Science was able to “catch” the “X-Rays” and otherforms of high Radio-Activity, and yet these rays and forces hadalways existed. And tomorrow Science will perfect instrumentscapable of registering still higher forms of energy. And bye-andbye, some scientist will perfect an instrument that will registerand record the subtle vibrations of Thought, and perhaps intime some one will perfect that instrument so that it will not6

The Law of Vibrationonly record such Thought vibrations and waves, but, like thephonograph, it will be able to reproduce and send forth similarvibrations so that others may feel the thoughts, just as theynow hear the sounds from the phonograph. Such a predictionis no more wonderful than would have been the predictionof the telephone, the phonograph, the wireless telegraph andsundry other discoveries and inventions a hundred years ago.Did you ever think that there are colors that the eye cannotsee, but which delicate instruments clearly register? In fact,the rays of light which sunburn the face, and which registeron the photographic plate are not visible to the eye. The eyesees the lower rays, but the higher ones are detected only byinstruments adapted for the purpose. Your eye cannot see theX-Ray as it passes through the room, but the plate will catch it,and by its light a photograph may be made. The rays of lightvisible to the eye are only the lower ones—the higher ones arefar beyond the power of the eye to record, and beyond eventhe range of the most delicate instrument there exist rays andwaves of light of such high vibratory rate as to defy even itspower to record.Did you ever know that there are sounds unheard by humanears that the microphone will catch and magnify? The scientificimagination dreams of instruments that will catch the songsof the mite-like insects and magnify them until they can bedistinguished. There are waves of electricity that may passthrough your body, unperceived by you, and yet powerfulenough to run machinery or light electric lights. Listen to thewords of certain eminent scientists:Prof. Elisha Gray, a celebrated scientist and teacher, has said:“There is much food for speculation in the thought that thereexist sound waves that no human ear can hear, and color wavesof light that no eye can see. The long, dark, soundless spacebetween 40,000 and 400,000,000,000,000 vibrations persecond, and the infinity of range beyond 700,000,000,000,0007

Practical Mental Influencevibrations per second, where light ceases, in the universe ofmotion, makes it possible to indulge in speculation.”Prof. Williams, the well-known scientific writer, has said:“There is no gradation between the most rapid undulationsor tremblings that produce our sensations of sound, and theslowest of those which give rise to our sensations of gentlestwarmth. There is a huge gap between them, wide enough toinclude another world of motion, all lying between our worldof sound and our world of heat and light; and there is no goodreason whatever for supposing that matter is incapable of suchintermediate activity, or that such activity may not give rise tointermediate sensations, provided there are organs for takingup and sensifying their movements.”And, so you see, that in the scientific theory of Vibrations,there may be found plenty of room for a scientific explanationof all that is claimed by the adherents of the truth of MentalInfluence, without getting out of the region of physical science,and without invading the plane of metaphysics. And there aremany more proofs from the same source, which we may touchupon as we proceed.There is but one Truth, and it manifests on all planes—theSpiritual; the Mental; and the Physical—and its manifestationsagee and coincide. So no Mentalist need fear the test of PhysicalScience, for each plane will bear out the facts and phenomenaof the ones below or above it—the Three are but varying phasesof the One. In this little work we shall hug close to the plane ofPhysical Science, because by so doing we will be able to makethe subject much clearer to many than if we had attemptedto express the “teaching in Metaphysical terms. There is nocontradiction in the end. Each bit of Truth must dovetail intoevery other bit, for all are parts of the Whole.8

Chapter IIThought WavesIn our last chapter we have seen that Vibration was to befound underlying all manifestations of energy, and all formsof matter. We also quoted two distinguished scientists whosewords showed that there were fields of vibratory energy notfilled by any known forms of energy, the inference being thatinasmuch as there are no gaps in nature’s processes theseunknown fields must be occupied by certain forms of energynot known as yet to physical science. The teachings of theoccultists of all lands and ages, as also those of modern MentalScience, are to the effect that the Mind, in its manifestation ofThought in the brain, generates a form of energy of intenselyhigh Vibration, which energy may be, and is, projected invibratory waves from the brain of the thinker, and which thenaffects the brains of other persons within its field of influence.All students of Mental Influence have noticed the closeresemblance that is manifested between the phenomenaof electrical and magnetic energy on the one hand and thephenomena of mental energy on the other. So close is theanalogy that one may take the proven facts of science relatingto electrical and magnetic phenomena and confidently proceedwith the certainty of finding a strikingly close correspondence9

Practical Mental Influencein the field of mental phenomena. And the recognition of thisfact is helping the workers in the mental field to group togetherthe varied phenomena that come under their notice, and towork out the theory and practice of Mental Influence.In the first place it is now a fact well known and acceptedby investigators that the generation of Thought and themanifestation of Mental States occasions a “burning up” ofbrain matter, and the consequent production of a form ofenergy of high vibratory power. Physiologists recognize thisfact, and the text books make reference to it. Experimentshave shown that the temperature of the brain is increased inaccordance with the intensity of Feeling and Thought, and thatthere is undoubtedly a generation of energy and a consumptionof brain matter which bears a very close resemblance to theprocess of the generation of electrical energy. And this beingconceded, it follows that this energy once released must beemanated or sent forth from the brain in a manner akin to theemanation of other known forms of energy. i. e., in the formof “waves” of vibratory force. Light and Heat travel in thisway—so do electricity and magnetism—so do the forces ofRadio-Activity. And the investigators of Mental Influence havedemonstrated by their experiments that there are such things asThought-Waves, Thought-Radiation, Thought-Induction, andmany other phases of manifestation similar to that exhibitedby electricity and magnetism.Flammarion, the well-known and eminent French scientist,has said on this subject: “We sum up, therefore, our precedingobservations by the conclusion that one mind can act at adistance upon another, without the habitual medium of words,or any other visible means of communication. It appears to usaltogether unreasonable to reject this conclusion if we acceptthe facts. This conclusion will be abundantly demonstrated.There is nothing unscientific, nothing romantic in admittingthat an idea can influence a brain from a distance. The action ofone human being upon another, from a distance, is a scientific10

Thought Wavesfact; it is as certain as the existence of Paris, of Napoleon, ofOxygen, or of Sirius.” The same authority also states: “Therecan be no doubt that our physical force creates a movementin the ether which transmits itself afar like all movements ofether, and becomes perceptible to brains in harmony with ourown. The transformation of a psychic action into an etherealmovement, and the reverse, may be anal

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