Helena Blavatsky Occultism

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effect of heat, cold, etc., so do the cerebral molecules change their rate, in the same way: i.e.,
their rate is raised or lowered. And this is what really takes place in the phenomenon of
hypnotism. In the case of gazing, it is the eye -- the chief agent of the Will of the active operator,
but a slave and traitor when this Will is dormant -- that, unconsciously to the patient or subject,
attunes the oscillations of his cerebral nervous centers to the rate of the vibrations of the object
gazed at by catching the rhythm of the latter and passing it on to the brain. But in the case of
direct passes, it is the Will of the operator radiating through his eye that produces the required
unison between his will and the will of the person operated upon. For, out of two objects attuned
in unison -- as two chords, for instance -- one will always be weaker than the other, and thus
have mastery over the other and even the potentiality of destroying its weaker "co-respondent."
So true is this, that we can call upon physical Science to corroborate this fact. Take the "sensitive
flame" as a case in hand. Science tells us that if a note be struck in unison with the ratio of the
vibrations of the heat molecules, the flames will respond immediately to the sound (or note
struck), that it will dance and sing in rhythm with the sounds. But Occult Science adds, that the
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flame may also be extinguished if the sound is intensified (vide Isis Unveiled, Vol. II, 606 and
607). Another proof. Take a wine-glass or tumbler of very fine and clear glass; produce, by
striking it gently with a silver spoon, a well-determined note; after which reproduce the same
note by rubbing its rim with a damp finger, and, if you are successful, the glass will immediately
crack and be shattered. Indifferent to every other sound, the glass will not resist the great
intensity of its own fundamental note, for that particular vibration will cause such a commotion
in its particles, that the whole fabric will fall in pieces.
Q. What becomes of diseases cured by hypnotism; are they really cured or are they postponed,
or do they appear in another form? Are diseases Karma; and, if so, is it right to attempt to cure
them?
ANS. Hypnotic suggestion may cure for ever, and it may not. All depends on the degree of
magnetic relations between the operator and the patient. If Karmic, they will be only postponed,
and return in some other form, not necessarily of disease, but as a punitive evil of another sort. It
is always "right" to try and alleviate suffering whenever we can, and to do our best for it.
Because a man suffers justly imprisonment, and catches cold in his damp cell, is it a reason why
the prison-doctor should not try to cure him of it?
Q. Is it necessary that the hypnotic "suggestions" of the operator should be spoken? Is it not
enough for him to think them, and may not even HE be ignorant or unconscious of the bent he is
impressing on his subject?
ANS. Certainly not, if the rapport between the two is once for all firmly established. Thought is
more powerful than speech in cases of a real subjugation of the will of the patient to that of his
operator. But, on the other hand, unless the "suggestion" made is for the good only of the subject,
and entirely free from any selfish motive, a suggestion by thought is an act of black magic still
more pregnant with evil consequences than a spoken suggestion. It is always wrong and unlawful
to deprive a man of his free-will, unless for his own or Society's good; and even the former has to
be done with great discrimination. Occultism regards all such promiscuous attempts as black
magic and sorcery, whether conscious or otherwise.
Q. Do the motive and character of the operator affect the result, immediate or remote?
ANS. In so far as the hypnotizing process becomes under his operation either white or black
magic, as the last answer shows.
Q. Is it wise to hypnotize a patient not only out of disease, but out of a habit, such as drinking or
lying?
ANS. It is an act of charity and kindness, and this is next to wisdom. For, although the dropping
of his vicious habits will add nothing to his good Karma (which it would, had his efforts to
reform been personal, of his own free will, and necessitating a great mental and physical
struggle), still a successful "suggestion" prevents him from generating more bad Karma, and
adding constantly to the previous record of his transgressions.
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Q. What is it that a faith-healer, when successful, practises upon himself; what tricks is he
playing with his principles and with his Karma?
ANS. Imagination is a potent help in every event of our lives. Imagination acts on Faith, and
both are the draughtsmen who prepare the sketches for Will to engrave, more or less deeply, on
the rocks of obstacles and opposition with which the path of life is strewn. Says Paracelsus: [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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