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THE LAW OF VIBRATION11ly register? ln fact, the rays of light which sunburnthe face, and which register on the photographicplate are not visible to the eye. The eye sees thelower rays, but the higher ones are detected onlyadapted for the purpose. Your eyethe X-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 light visible toinstrumentsbycannotseethe eye are only the lower ones-the higher onesfar beyond the power of the eye to record, andbeyond even the range of the most delicate instru-arementthere existhigh vibratoryraysrateasandtowavesdefyof light of suchevenits power torecord.Didyouby humanknow that therearesounds unheardthat the microphone will catch andThe scientific imagination dreams of in-magnify?strumentseverearsthat will catch the songs of the mite-likemagnify them until they can be distin-insects andguished. There are waves of electricity that maypass through your body, unperceived by you, andyet powerful enough to run machinery or light electric lights.Listen to the words of certain eminentscientists:Prof.Elisha Gray, a celebrated scientist andsaid: "There is much food for speculahasteacher,tion in the thought that there exist sound wavesthat no human ear can hear, and color waves oflight that no eye can see. The long, dark, soundless

12spaceMENTAL INFLUENCEbetween 40,000 and 400,000,000,000,000 vi-brationssecond, and the infinity ofperrangebeyond7 00,000,000,000,000 vibrations per second, wherelight ceases, in the universe of motion, makes itpossible to indulge in speculation."Prof. Williams, the well-known scientific writer.has said: "There is no gradation between the mostrapid undulations or tremblings that produce oursensations ofgive riseThere istosound, and the slowest of those whichsensationsourofgentlest warmth.between them, wide enoughto include another world of motion, all lying between our world of sound and our world of heatahugegapand light; and there is no good reason whatever forsupposing that matter is incapable of such intermediate activity, or that such activity may not giverise to intermediate sensations,organsfor takingupprovided there areand sensifying their move-ments."And, so you see, that in the scientific theory ofVibrations, there may be found plenty of room for ascientific explanation of all that is claimed by theadherents of the truth of Mental Influence, withoutgetting out of the region of physical science, andwithout invading the plane of metaphysics.Andthere are many more proofs from the same source,which we may touch upon as we proceed.

18THE LAW OF VIBRATIONThere is but one Truth, and it manifests on allplanes-the Spiritual; the Mental; and the Physical-and its manifestations agree and coincide. So noMentalist need fear the test of Physical Science,for each plane will bear out the facts and phenomenaof the ones below or above it-the Three are butvarying phases of the One.ln this little workwehug close to the plane of Physical Science,because by so doing we will be able to make theshallsubject much clearertemptedterms.toexpressThere isnoto manythan ifwehadat-the teaching in Metaphysicalcontradiction in the end.Eachbit of Truth must dovetail into every other bit, forall are parts of the Whole.

MENTAL INFLUENCE14CHAPTER II.THOUGHT llofWe also quoted two distinguished scientistswhose words showed that there were fields ofmatter.vibratoryenergy notfilled by any known forms ofthe inference being that inasmuch as thereare no gaps in nature's processes these unknownfields must be occupied by certain forms of energyenergy,known as yet to physical science. The teachingsof the occultists of all lands and ages, as also thosenotof modern Mental Science, are to the effect that theMind, in its manifestation of Thought in the brain,generatesation, whichvibratoryform of energy ofintensely high Vibra-be, and is, projected infrom the brain of the thinker, andenergy maywaveswhich then affects the brains of other persons withinits field of influence.All students of Mental Influence have noticed theclose resemblance that is manifested between thephenomena of electrical and magnetic energy on theone hand and the phenomena of mental energy onthe other. So close is the analogy that one may takethe proven facts of science relating to electrical and

15THOUGHT WAVESmagnetic phenomena and confidently proceed withthe certainty of finding a strikingly close corre-spondencethe recognition of this fact isin the mental field to groupunder their notice, and tothe theory and practice of Mentalphenomena thatworkoutphenomena. Andhelping the workerstogether the variedin the field of mentalcomeInfluence.ln the first place it isnow afact well known andaccepted by investigators that the generation ofThought and the manifestation of Mental Statesoccasions a "burning up" of brain matter, and theconsequent production of a form of energy of highvibratory power. Physiologists recognize this fact,and thetext books make reference to it.Lvperihave shown that the temperature of the braiis increased in accordance with the fzitwnsity ofments Feeling and Thought, and that thereageneration ofenergyandaisadoubtedlyconsumption of braina very close resemblance to theof the generation of electrical energy. Andthis being conceded, it follows that this energy oncereleased must be emanated or sent forth from thematterwhich bearsprocessbrain ina manner akin to the emanation of otherknown forms of energy, i. e., in the form of "waves"of vibratory force. Light and Heat travel in thisway-so do electricity and magnetism-so do theforces of Radio-Activity. And the investigators of

MENTAL INFLUENCE16.Mental Influence have demonstrated by their experiments that there are such things as ThoughtWaves, Thought-Radiation, Thought-Induction, andmany other phases of manifestation similar to thatexhibited by electricity and magnetism.Flammarion, the well-known and eminent French"We sum up,scientist, has said on this subject:ourobservationstherefore,by the concluprecedingsion thatonemindcanactatadistanceuponanother, without the habitual medium of words,anyotherappears tovisibleusmeansofcommunication.altogether unreasonabletoorltreject thisconclusion if we accept the facts. This conclusionwill be abundantly demonstrated. There is nothingunscientific, nothing romantic in admitting that anidea can influence a brain from a distance.Theaction of one human being upon another, from adistance, is a scientific fact; it is as certain as theexistence of Paris, of Napoleon, of Oxygen, or ofSirius."The same authority also states:"Therecan be no doubt that our physical force creates amovement in the ether which transmits itself afarlike all movements of ether, and becomes perceptibleto brains in harmony with our own.The transformation of a psychic action into an ethereal movement, and the reverse, may be analogous to whattakes place on a telephone, where the receptiveplate. which is identical with the plate at the other

17THOUGHT WAVESend,ted,thereconstructssonorousmovement transmit-by means of sound, but electricity. Butthese are only comparisons."When a Thought or Feeling is generated in themind or brain of a person the energy generatednotflows forth from the brain of the person in the formsof waves of mental energy, spreading from the im-neighborhood of the thinker to a distanceproportioned to the strength of the thought or feeling. These Thought-Waves have the property ofawakening Simik-1; vibrations ,,ir1.t.he n§11d§ 9 h§fP1ield of f ;;5gLa rdingmediateui'''the laws of Mental induction, which law shall beexplained in the next chapter.toAsweproceed withourconsideration of the sub-ject of Mental lnfluence, in the succeeding chapters,we shall see the many and varied forms of manifestation of Thought-Waves. At this point we shallmerely view the phenomena in a general way.Thought-V/aves are manifested in a variety offorms and phases. Some are the waves emanatedfrom the minds of all thinkers, unconsciously andwithout purpose, and usually without much force.Others are sent forth with great force, and travelfar, manifesting a degree of influence commensuratewith the force with which they are projected. Othersare directed purposely toward certain individuals orplaces, and travel along rapidlyinastraight lineto

18MENTAL INFLUENCEthe point towards which they have been directed oraimed.Others are sent forth with great strengthand power, but instead of being directed toward anyparticularpersonorplace,aredesignedto sweeparound in great whirlpools of energy aEecting allwho happen to fall within their field of force.You will readily understand that there is a greatThought-Waves sent forth idlydifference betweenand unconsciously, and without knowledge of theunderlying laws of Mental Influence, and those projected with a full knowledge of the laws governingthe phenomena and urged on and directed by apowerful Will of the sender. The force is the same,but the degree of its power, and the measure of itseffect, is determined by the conditions of its sendingforth.The vibratory force of these Thought-Wavesdoes not cease with the sending forth of the wave,but persists' foralon timflterwards justina roompersistsEr the fire in theasheatstovehasbeenextinguished-just as the perfume of theflower exists in a room long after the flower has beenremoved-just as a ray of light travels throughspacethefor millions of miles, and for centuries afteritself has been blotted out of existence-starand all forms of vibratory energy persistimpulse has beenwithdrawn-so do the vibrations of Thought con-iustasanyin manifestation after the initial

THOUGHT WAVEStinue19long afterthe thought, yet, long after thethem forth has passed into dust.There are many places today filled with thethought-vibrations of minds long since passed outof the body. There are places filled with the strongvibrations of tragedies long since enacted there.Every place has an atmosphere of its own, arisingfrom the thought vibrations set in motion by thevarious persons who have inhabited or occupiedthem.Every city has its own mental atmospherewhich has its effect upon persons moving into them.Some are lively, some dull, some progressive, somebrain whichsentold-fogyish,some moral, some immoral-the resultof the character of the early settlers and leadingspirits of the places. Persons moving into theseaffected by the atmosphere, and eithergeneral level, or else, if strong enough,help to change the mental tone of the place. Sometimes a change in conditions bring a large influxof new people to the town, and the mental waves ofthe newcomers tend to bring about a marked changein the local mental atmosphere.These facts havebeen noticed by many observing people who were,perhaps, not familiar with the laws and principlesunderlying the phenomena.Many have of course noticed the differing atmostowns aresinktothestores, oH'ices and other places of business.Some of such places give one an air of confidencepheres of

MENTAL INFLUENCEI0and trust; otherscreateafeeling of suspicion anddistrust;impression of active, wideconveyawake management, while others impress one asbeing behind the times and suEering from alert,Did you ever stop to thinkactive management.someanthat these different atmospheres were caused by theprevailing mental attitudes of those in charge of theThe managers of business places sendplaces?Thought-Waves of their own, and their employees naturally falling into the pace set for them,send forth similar vibrations, and before long thewhole place is vibrating on a certain scale. Let achange in the management occur and see what achange soon manifests itself.Did you ever notice the mental atmospheres ofthe houses you happened to visit? You may experiforthence and recognize all of the varying notes in themental scale of their occupants. From some thresholds Harmony manifests itself, while others breatheyou step over the threshold.Some radiate mental warmth, while others seem ascold as an iceberg. Think for a moment and recallthe various houses or places you visit, and see howthe mental vibrations of the inmates manifestthemselves to a visitor.The low quarters of our cities, the dens of viceand haunts of dissipation vibrate with the characterof thought and feeling of those inhabiting them.lnharmonyassoonas

21THOUGHT WAVESAnd the weak-will visitor is d,filled withhelpful, elevating vibrations which tendtoand elevate those coming within their circle ofinfluence. Thought and Feeling are contagious, byliftupof the Law of Vibration and Mental InducWhen this law is understood the individualis enabled to protect and improve himself.Suchreasontion.Knowledge brings Strength.

M-ENFTAL INFLUENCE22CHAPTER III.MENTAL INDUCTION.Swestated in thenomenapreceding chapter, the phea strikingof Mental Influence bearsanalogy to that of electrical or magneticNot only is this so in the phase of waveenergy.motion and transmission, but also in the phase ofSsinduction,lnlQtas wephysicalshallseepresently.science the term Induction is used toindicate thatquality in a manifestation of energyreproduce in a second object thevibrations manifesting in the first object, withoutwhich tendstodirectcontact between the two bodies.A magnetwill induce magnetism in another object removedfrom it in space. An electrified object will tend toproduce similar vibrations in another object byinduction, over great spaces. Heat waves travelalong the ether, and tend to produce heat vibrations in objects far removed, notably in the case ofthesunand the earth.Even soundwaveswill af-fect other objects in this way, as in the well knowninstance of the glass or vase "singing" in responsethe musical note sounded afar of. ln fact, weand hear by processes similar to those described.And in this same manner do the Thought-Wavescarry the vibrations of the mind sending them forthtosee

MENTAL INDUCTION23great distances, or lesser ones. tending to set upsimilar vibrations in the minds of other personstowithin their field of force. Thus a person feeling astrong degree of anger will pour forth waves of thatdegree of mental vibration, which, coming in contact with the brains of other persons, tend to setup a similar feeling or emotion and thus cause theperson to "feel cross" or "peevish" or even to manifest a similar angry state of mind.We all knowhowsoneasilyiniight is started by a very angry persending forth violent vibrations. Oneaa roomhas but to remember the instances of mob violenceeasily the "contagion of hate and anger"people who allow themselves to beinfluenced. And not only is this true of undesirableemotions and feelings, but also of desirable ones.The influence of a good man who happens to bestrong mentally spreads among those around him,influencing them for good.Orators, actors, preachers and teachers send forthstrong mental currents which tend to producetoseehowspreadamongmental conditionsthe part of their hearers correspondingfeeling held by the mind of thespeaker. When you remember how this speakertoontheor how that actor made youshiverwith fear. or laugh with joy.pity,you will see how Mental Induction acts.But not only is this true when we are in the actualswayedyourweep withfeelings,

24MENTAL INFLUENCEpresence of the person sending out the ThoughtWaves, but it is equally true that we are influencedby persons far removed from us in space, oftenwithout their knowledge or intent, although sometimes (in the case of one who understands the principle) with full knowledge and intent.The ether with whichspace isfilled carries thesethought-waves in all directions, and the surface ofthe earth, particularly in the densely occupied portons,isfilledwiththesewaves.Thesewavescarrying the mental vibrations, coming in contactwith each other, tend to set up combinations on onehand, or else neutralize each other on the otherThat is to say, if two sets of waves of a similar nature meet there is likely to be a combinationformed between them just as between two chemicalshaving an affinity for each other. In this way the"mental atmospheres" of places, towns, houses, etc.,are formed.On the other hand if two currents ofopposing vibrations come in contact with eachother, there will be manifested a conflict betweenthe two, in which each will lose power in proportion to its weakness, and the result will be eithera neutralization of both or else a combination having vibrations of an average rate. For instance, ifhand.of mental energy meet, one being aand the other of Hate, they willofLovethoughtneutralize each other if they are equal, or if one betwocurrents

25MENTAL INDUCTION-istronger than the other, it will persist but robbedof much of its strength. lf it were not for this neu-tralizing effectwestray currents ofwould be largely at the mercy ofthought. Nature protects us inthis way, and alsoconsiderable extent.by renderingusimmune toaBut nevertheless we are affected by these wavesa considerable extent, unless we have leamed tothrow them oE by a knowledge of the laws and anenforcement of them by practice.We all knowhow great waves of feeling spread over a town, cityorcountry, sweeping people 0E their balance. Great waves of political enthusiasm, or war-spirit,or prejudice for or against certain people, or groupsof people, sweep over places and cause men to actin a manner that they will afterward regret whentotheycometothemselves and consider theiractsincold blood.They will be swayed by demagoguesor magnetic leaders who wish to gain their votes orpatronage; and they will be led into acts of mobor similar atrocities, by yielding to theseof "contagious" thought. On the other handwe all know how great waves of religious feelingsweep over a community upon the occasion of somegreat "revival" excitement or fervor.The effect of these Thought-Waves, so far as thepower of induction is concerned, of course dependsvery materially upon the strength of the thought orviolence,waves,

20MENTAL INFLUENCEin the mind sending themThe majority of persons put but little forceinto the mental manifestations, but here and thereis to be found a thinker whose Thought-Waves arepractically "a stream of living will," and which offeeling being manifestedforth.have a very strong inductive effect upon theminds of others with whom the waves come in contact.But it likewise follows that

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