THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PERSONAL MAGNETISM /PART 15
CHAPTER 15.
EXERCISES IN THE DIRECT FLASH
And, now, having mastered the preliminary
mirror-exercises, you re ready to begin your experiments on real persons. But,
here, too, you must crawl before you can walk and run. You must begin with the
simpler forms of magnetic influence, before you can accomplish the more
complicated or difficult tasks. But, you have now emerged from the kindergarten
stage, and are ready to practice in earnest. If you have faithfully followed
the instructions in the mirror-practice, you have mastered the mechanism of
magnetic influence, and are ready to “run the machine” in pubic view. But do
not for a moment lose what you have gained in the mirror-exercise. Hold tight
and fast to the “technique” you have acquired, and do not for a moment fall
into the error that you must now begin all over again. The thing for you to
remember, always, is that you are really but carrying the mirror-exercises
forward on a higher scale, in a broader field. And you will find some
interesting work ahead of you. Take my word for it.
First Exercise. I shall now
give you an exercise that is almost always given to beginners by the best
teachers of magnetism. It consists of the process of causing a person ahead of
you, on the street, to turn around as if he had heard some one call out to him
by name. The process is very simple. You have but to walk some little distance
behind the other person, on the street, park or other public place. Concentrate
your fixed attention on the person, gazing at the lower back part of his head.
And sending him first a strong flash of magnetic force, this being followed by
the “direct flash” command; “Here you! Turn around,” just as if you were
actually calling out aloud to him. You may even whisper the words so softly
that no one else can hear them - this may help you to put force into the
command at first, but you will soon outgrow the need of the same. At the time
you send the flash command you must actually WILL that the person will turn
around in your direction. Put all the magnetic force within you, in this
effort.
You will find that in
some cases the other person will turn his head almost at once, and look
inquiringly behind him in your direction. In the majority of cases, however, he will
take a longer time about it. He will be apt to first grow uneasy and restless,
and begin by glancing from side to side, as if looking for some one; then he
will almost (but not quite) turn his head around; then, finally he will glance
backward somewhat furtively and suspiciously. No two persons act precisely
alike in this respect; and, then, again, the same person will act differently
under different conditions. There are certain times at which the conditions
seem to be more favorable than at others, for various reasons, as you will
discover for yourself.
You will find, in this as well as the following other
exercises that the best results will be obtained while the other person is
proceeding idly along, without his attention being directed particularly in any
direction.
When the attention is free, the mind is more
open to outside influences. When the other person’s attention is firmly fixed
on anything else, it will be found difficult to influence him to any marked
degree. This is the result of an established rule of psychology, and will be
found to be operative in all cases, as for instance, if you call a person when
he is preoccupied either with deep thought, or else with his surroundings --he
will probably not hear you call him, though under other conditions he would
turn readily. The same rule is, of course, operative in the case of magnetic
influence.
Second Exercise. When in church, theatre or other public
place, or even in a room full of company, fix your gaze at the lower back of
the head of some person in the place, and send him the “direct flash” command:
“Here, you! Turn around and look at me!” Using all the magnetic force within
you, and putting the force of your will back of the command.
You will notice the same peculiar result as
in the preceding exercise, i.e., the fidgeting in the seat, the uneasiness and
restlessness, the final quick turn of the head in your direction, followed by
the confused expression of countenance. In both of these cases, you should
maintain a calm, uninterested gaze ahead, apparently not noticing the person.
It is not well to have persons get the idea that you are experimenting upon them,
at any time. There is no power so potent as the silent, reserved power. So keep
your own counsel, and do not scatter and weaken your force by talking about it
to others - far less by boasting about it. There are certain good psychological and occult reasons for my admonition
regarding keeping your own counsel, and not dissipating your energy by talking
about it, or revealing it to others. I shall not say more on the subject at
this time - but I want you to remember what I have said, and to heed it.
Third Exercise. This is a
variation of the first exercise, and consists of making the person ahead of you
turn to the right or to the left while walking ahead of you. This may follow
your exercise of making him turn around. When you approaches another person, send
him a flash to move to the right, or to the left, as you will. You may also
command a person in like manner when he is approaching you. You will be
surprised at your success in this direction, after a little practice. In the
case of a very sensitive subject, you can cause him, or her, to zigzag in a
comical manner. Do not overdo this, however, or you may defeat your own object,
besides being unkind to the sensitive person.
Fourth Exercise. This is a
variation of the second exercise, and consists in making the seated person, in
front of you, turn and glance to the right, and then to the left, as you will.
During the exercise, which may extend over some time, you may obtain some very
marked results from the experiment in some cases. As before, I caution you
against going too far with the experiment, lest you be noticed by others, and
also, because it is not fair to the subject.
Fifth Exercise. In this
experiment, you command the other person to drop his cane, or umbrella, etc.,
or her fan, handkerchief, etc. In short, you cause the other person to perform
some little muscular action under the control of your will.
Sixth Exercise. The above exercise may be varied by sending passing
persons various commands while you are seated at your window, or on your porch,
etc. You may put in an interesting hour in sending flashes to the passing
crowd, one at a time, of course, and then noting the percentage of successes.
You will find that the percentage will vary; but the general degree of success
should slowly but steadily increase on the average. Do not make the tests too
complicated, but send the flash to perform some very simple motion. You will be
surprised to discover what a large percent of the persons will glance in your
direction, even though you have not particularly commanded
them to do so. This latter result occurs because of the general attraction that
they will feel toward you, by reason of the influence of your magnetic wave.
Seventh Exercise. While I have
advised you to look directly at the other persons, in sending the flash, this
is not absolutely necessary after you have fully acquired the “mechanism” of
the flash. In fact, after a short time, you will be able to obtain the result
even though your eyes are turned in another direction. It is not your eye that
influences them, but merely that by gazing intently you manage to firmly
concentrate your attention and will in their direction. You may try the
experiment of gazing straight ahead of you in a public place, or on the street,
and then flashing the command to the other person to look at you, and you will
find that you will meet with quite a large percentage of success, particularly
after you have succeeded with the gazing plan of procedure.
Eighth Exercise. After having
mastered the above exercise, you may proceed to a still higher form of magnetic
influence, namely, that of influencing the speech of another person. You
proceed in this case in the same general manner as in the exercises just given.
When a person is speaking to you, you may “put words into his mouth” by a
strong mental command, or magnetic flash. Do not try to make him say a whole
sentence - at least at first. Rather begin by waiting until he pauses in his
speech, and then strongly will a certain word to him - a word that will
naturally fit into his sentence - and he will be very apt to repeat it. After a
little practice you can make him repeat an absurd word, or to stammer, halt and
stutter in his speech, if you so will it. After still more practice, you may
succeed in causing him to repeat a whole sentence, or even more, to express the
thought you have put into his mind; or to ask some question which you have
willed that he should ask.
You will readily see by
this time, that a constant practice along these lines, will result in your
acquiring the power to will and magnetically influence another person to do
many things, in response to your will, and silent command. In fact, a constant
development along these lines will make of one a very giant in magnetic power,
whose results are proportioned only by the degree of magnetic
force of other persons, or the degree of persistent practice and development on
his own part.
But I wish to caution you, at this point, against using
this power for any unworthy purpose. This caution does not arise from merely a
moral motive on my part, but from knowledge of certain psychic laws which cause
a “reaction equaling the action,” and which will bring sorry results to you if
you violate the rule. So long as you use your newfound power for purely
scientific experiments, or legitimate purposes of human association, all very
well and good. But never prostitute your power to accomplish unworthy or
criminal ends, lest you become involved in a storm of your own raising - or
enmeshed in a web of our own weaving. There are certain psychical laws, as well
as physical laws, which must not be broken - and this is one of them. This is
particularly true of the case of a person using the power for the purpose of influencing
the other sex in an immoral direction. All the old occult writers caution
particularly against this practice. So heed the advice, and do the right thing
only with your power.
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