{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3212", "width": "2216", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "A*.\\n-\u00c2\u00abw-- v-w.- x -m?\\nL**\\nAo*\\nt J\u00c2\u00b0+\\nc\\nL^L\\nV*\u00c2\u00bb^!\\n\u00c2\u00bblsif.\\nv -W 3 /Villi *-SP\\nv /ife\\\\ v \u00c2\u00abiVA 5 /iSS\\\\ i", "height": "3200", "width": "2265", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "J%\\ns^*. A .W^. /fife V.**\\n4? *iii\\nK- -\u00c2\u00abW-\\\\y\\n/iSfc\\\\ %V .^Sifc. V/", "height": "3200", "width": "2033", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "3200", "width": "2280", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "HypmiotDSinni\\no o o\\nClairvoyance\\n....BY.\\nProf. J. W. WELTNER,\\nPresident of The National University\\nof Magnetic Healing, St. Louis, Mo- t\\nand Author of Mail Course in Mag-\\nnetic Healing, Etc. \u00c2\u00a3^jtjt \u00c2\u00a3j*\u00c2\u00a3jl\\nST. LOUIS, MO.,\\nPerrin Smith Printing Co.\\n1899.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0011.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "TWO COPIES RECElVKDfc\\nLibrary of Congrt\u00c2\u00ab%\\nOffica of the\\nRegister of Copyright*\\n48689\\nEntered according- to Act of Congress in the year 1899, by\\nJ. W. WEI/TNER,\\nIn the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.\\nJ Second copy.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0012.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "BOOK I\\nL,\\n\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae(3\\nD\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0013.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "PREFACE TO BOOK I\\nThe object of this book is to explain in\\na clear and simple manner how to hypnot-\\nize yourself and others and to improve\\nthe mind by systematic development.\\nMany books have been written on this\\nsubject fully discussing its history during\\nall ages, but the aim in this work is to\\nsimplify it and enable the reader to do all\\nthat any other hypnotist can do. Not\\nonly this but to develop one s clairvoyant\\npowers, and this is made so simple and\\nplain that no one need to fail.\\nRespectfully,\\nJ. W. Wei/tnER.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0014.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "HYPNOTISM.\\nHYPNOTISM as a theory, is handed\\ndown to ns from ancient times,\\nbnt, as a science it is of modern\\ntimes. It is now creating a world wide\\ninterest, and is being investigated,\\nstndied, tested, accepted and practiced\\nby people in every walk of life. Having\\nrun the gauntlets of prejudiced criticism,\\nit stands to-day successfully demon-\\nstrated to be one of the most wonderful\\nsciences of the century.\\nHypnotism in its broadest sense, may\\nbe considered mere suggestion which\\ninfluences or controls the sub-conscious\\nmind. In its limited sense it is simply\\nsleep produced artificially or by sugges-\\ntion.\\nMesmer claimed that hypnotism is", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0015.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "magnetism or electricity. From him it\\nreceived the name of Mesmerism, bnt the\\nsame power is in Mermerism and in Hyp-\\nnotism, the power of the sub-conscions\\nmind. Some say it is only weak minded\\npeople that can be hypnotized, bnt a\\ngreater mistake conld not be made. The\\nsubject simply becomes passive and\\naccepts the suggestions of the operator,\\nnot because of weak will power but\\nbecause he is willing to become passive to\\nthe suggestions of the operator. No one\\ncan force him to do so. His will is\\nalways free. The power of hypnotizing\\nresides in the subject.\\nIn the last few years the Medical Pro-\\nfession, in the most enlightened nations\\nof the world have used hypnotism to a\\ngreat extent. It is used in many Hos-\\npitals, and Physicians, Dentists and\\nNurses learn the principles of Hypnotism", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0016.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "in the schools located in nearly every city\\nof importance in the world. Many works\\nhave been written on the subject, such as\\nWood s Ideal Suggestions Hudson s\\nLaws of Psychic Phenomena; Bernheim s\\nSuggestive Therapeutics; Delenze s Ani-\\nmal Magnetism, etc.\\nIt is no longer an experiment but an\\nestablished Science. Systems of Medi-\\ncine have been tried and discarded, but\\nHypnotism as a System of Healing is\\nwith us to stay. Every great discovery\\nhad its enemies, and no wonder that\\nthis, one of the greatest of all discov-\\neries, has met violent opposition. People\\ncondemn it without investigation, but\\nif the reader will carefully observe\\nthe directions given in this course\\nof study, and test them thoroughly, you\\nwill be convinced of the wonderful power\\nof Hypuotism in the cure of diseases, and", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0017.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "in the control of yonr business affairs.\\nThis is not a subject that should be\\nlightly trifled with. The charlatan stage\\nperformances are largely responsible for\\nthe adverse criticisms against Hypnotism\\nin many localities. Persons should not\\npractice it until they become complete\\nmasters of the science, not only in pro-\\nducing the hypnotic sleep, but also in\\nwaking the subject, or in bringing the\\nsubject out from the influence into com-\\nplete consciousness.\\nThe first stage of Hypnotism may be\\ntermed a light sleep or the somnambu-\\nlistic stage. The second stage is the\\ncataleptic stage, and the third is the\\ntrance stage or clairvoyant stage. In a\\nlight clairvoyant stage, mind reading\\nmay be developed, but in the deeper\\ntrance, or clairvoyant stage, most won-\\nderful powers of the sub-conscious mind", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0018.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "is developed or discovered, such, as\\nleaving the body to visit distant places\\nand persons, and make accurate reports.\\nIn the deepest trance the mind is able to\\nknow and to see most wonderful things.\\n2 Cor. 12: 2-5 illustrates this condition.\\nThe words heard were unspeakable and\\nnot lawful to be uttered, because the\\nworld was not then able to comprehend\\nsuch wonders.\\nPASSING THROUGH THE STAGES.\\nWhen you place a subject in the first\\nstage or light sleep, and desire him to go\\ninto the cataleptic stage, you simply give\\nthe command fearlessly and confidently\\nl Go deeper n Go into the cataleptic\\nstage where your body becomes perfectly\\nrigid. The subject immediately be-\\ncomes rigid or stiff. This may be ascer-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0019.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009410\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ntained by lifting the hand slightly and\\nit will be observed that the arm is per-\\nfectly rigid.\\nTo pass the subject into the trance\\nstage, you simply give the command\\nGo deeper Go into a light clair-\\nvoyant stage, or Go into the mind\\nreading stage. When you give these\\ncommands or make these suggestions,\\nyou must expect them to be obeyed, and\\nthe result will be exactly according to\\nyour expectations. In this condition the\\nsubject may develop the power of mind\\nreading.\\nWhen desired to go into a deeper\\ntrance, the order is given as above, Go\\ninto a deeper trance where your mind\\nmay be able to visit distant persons or\\nplaces. If the mind of the subject is\\ndirected to make visits and bring back\\nreports, it will do so more and more accu-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0020.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a211-\\nrately as the clairvoyant develops. Be-\\nfore giving the suggestion of going into\\nthe deepest trance, you should suggest\\nthat the mind return to the body and pre-\\npare to go into the deepest trance, then\\nyour suggestion Go deeper into the\\ndeepest trance and remain (a given\\nlength of time) not longer than twenty\\nminutes, and at the end of that time,\\nafter directing the mind to return to the\\nbody, the suggestion should be given\\nWake up, or You may now come\\nback through the stages and prepare to\\nawake. You can wake the subject direct\\nfrom any stage, by the simple command,\\nu Wake up, or when properly devel-\\noped, the subject can be placed in any\\nstage direct, without being required to\\npass through the preceding ones.\\nIf the subject does not wake up when\\nthe command is given, say when I count", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0021.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009412\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\n(a certain number as) twenty, you will\\nwake when I say twenty. It is just as\\neasy to wake a patient as it is to put him\\nto sleep. The main business of the oper-\\nator is to keep cool, not get excited, and\\nissue all suggestions or commands with\\nthe full expectation of being obeyed. If\\nyou make any Time suggestions such as\\nGo into the cataleptic stage and remain\\ntwo hours, you cannot wake the subject\\nbefore the time expires, therefore be ex-\\ntremely careful what suggestions you\\nmake in any of the stages. If you fail to\\nwake the subject, do not be alarmed, be-\\ncause he will wake of his own accord,\\nafter sleeping the usual length of time of\\nhis natural sleep.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0022.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "-13\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nMETHODS OF HYPNOTIZING.\\nFIRST METHOD.\\nThe patient should be directed to lie\\ndown or sit in a comfortable position and\\nbe at perfect ease. The hypnotist either\\nstanding by the side or sitting in front of\\nthe subject, places his hands, with fingers\\nextended, over the subject s head and\\nmakes passes slowly down to the extrem-\\nities, near but not touching the body,\\nstopping a few moments in front of the\\neyes and also at the pit of the stomach,\\nclosing the hands at the end of each pass,\\nuntil he is read)/ to make the next pass,\\nor until the hand reaches the head as the\\nstarting point.\\nIt is also suggested to ask the subject\\nto direct his eyes to a certain point and\\nhold them there steadily but without\\nmaking any effort to think.\\nAfter making these passes a few min-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0023.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009414\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nutes, you should let the voice drop into a\\nmonotone and say, You are now resting\\nquietly, and will soon be asleep. Do not\\ntry to think, but just rest and not even\\ntry to go to sleep. You are looking very\\nsleepy and your eyes are getting moist\\nand you are breathing more slowly and\\nyour limbs are getting heavy and you\\nare going to sleep, down, down into a\\npeaceful sleep, etc., etc. You can pre-\\npare a long speech similar to these ex-\\npressions to be delivered in a monotonous\\nmanner and use as much of it as neces-\\nsary, and after your subject is asleep, it\\nis best to say, You are asleep and you\\ncannot wake up till I call you.\\nWhen you are sure your subject is\\nasleep, you can say You are asleep but\\nyou can hear me, and do everything I tell\\nyou. You may remain asleep but you\\ncan open your eyes.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0024.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009415\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe subject will now take any sugges-\\ntion and do anything or attempt to do any-\\nthing you suggest, except to commit a\\ncrime. He cannot be induced to commit\\na crime in the hypnotic condition, any\\nmore than in the waking condition.\\nThere are hundreds of ways to hypnot-\\nize, and the operator should try various\\nmethods, until he finds the method best\\nadapted to himself, which he could select\\nas his leading method, but the methods\\nshould also be varied to suit the subject.\\nSECOND METHOD.\\nYour patient will lie down comfortably\\nand you sit by his side and touch his fore-\\nhead with the tips of the fingers of the left\\nhand, pressing gently, and with the right\\nhand grasp the patient s right hand and\\ngive the monotonous suggestive speech\\nsimilar to that suggested in Method No. 1.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0025.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "16-\\nTHIRD METHOD.\\nThe subject is comfortably seated and\\nyou stand in front, Holding a bright\\nobject, not more than one inch in diameter,\\nin front and a little above the eyes, direct-\\ning the patient to look steadily at the\\nobject and think of nothing but sleep.\\nThis position tires the e}^es and the\\nmonotonous suggestive speech similar to\\nthat used in the preceding methods, will\\nsoon induce sleep, if the subject is sus-\\nceptible.\\nSELF-HYPNOTISM.\\nTake a comfortable position, call in\\nyour faculties of mind, and rest. Count\\nthe pulsations of your heart, by counting\\nmentally, one, two, as you inhale the\\nbreath, and three, four, as t ou exhale,\\nrepeating this count mentally, thinking\\nof nothing else, and you cease to think of", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0026.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009417\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe counting, but you doit automatically,\\nyou will soon be asleep.\\nOther methods of self-hypnotism, such\\nas repeating the letters of the alphabet\\nmentally, or a stanza of poetry over and\\nover again, abstracting the mind from\\neverything else, have been successfully\\nused.\\nAnother method is to direct your eyes to\\na point between the eyebrows on what the\\nPhrenologists call the organ of individual-\\nity, keeping them in this position, while\\nmentally doing what is suggested in either\\nof the methods suggested above. The\\neyes should be closed in these efforts at\\nself-hypnotism. Before inducing the\\nhypnotic sleep upon yourself, it is wise to\\nmake auto-suggestions similar to any of\\nthe post-hypnotic suggestions explained\\nin the twelfth lecture. This will enable\\nyou to accomplish anything you, as an", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0027.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009418\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\noperator, can lead your subjects to do,\\nsuch as Self-Healing, or learning Tela-\\npathy, Psychometry, Magnetic Healing,\\nor how to apply your mind to the healing\\nof others.\\nThere are good works published on\\nPsycho-Therapeutics and much valuable\\ninformation may be gleaned from them,\\nbut my endeavors have been to present in\\nthis course of study, the simplest and\\nmost practical methods of healing, and to\\npresent them in a way that may be under-\\nstood by the average reader and yet\\nsufficiently comprehensive to interest the\\nmost philosophic minds.\\nPOST HYPNOTIC SUGGESTION AND\\nHYPNOTIC CURES.\\nWhen a subject is hypnotized, you may\\nmake such suggestions as will influence\\nhim in his conscious state. You may", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0028.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009419\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nsuggest that at any time you desire, you\\ncan hypnotize him instantaneously by\\nany movement on your part you please to\\nsuggest, or by the reading of any letter\\nyou may write him, or even by telephone\\nmessage, and if you make the suggestion\\nsufficiently impressive, you can at any\\ntime afterward accomplish with him just\\nwhat you had suggested, except to cause\\nhim to do anything morally wrong.\\nYou may suggest to your hypnotized\\nsubject that he can learn how to be suc-\\ncessful in his business transactions, and\\nhe will soon discover a marked improve-\\nment in all his business operations.\\nRemember all Post hypnotic sugges-\\ntions are made while the subject is in the\\nhypnotic state or condition, and Our ob-\\nject should be to make only such sugges-\\ntions as will be of advantage to your sub-\\nject, and induce him to lead a better and", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0029.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009420\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nmore useful life, or to rid himself of any\\nbad habits that he may be addicted to.\\nYou may suggest that he may now learn\\nto make his life more agreeable to his\\nassociates or companions.\\nTELEPATHY.\\nYou may suggest to your subject that he\\ncan learn how to communicate his thoughts\\nto absent persons or to receive communi-\\ncations from them. This is termed by\\nsome writers Mind Transference. The\\ncommunications may be so distinct as to\\nseem audible, and it is then called Clair-\\naudience. This is learned when the sub-\\nject is in the deep clairvoyant stage.\\nPSYCHOMETRY, OR SOUL SEEING.\\nSuggest to your subject while he is in\\nthe deep trance or clairvoyant stage, that\\nhe can learn how to see absent persons", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0030.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009421\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nand know just what they are doing at any\\ntime, and if the suggestion is made suf-\\nficiently impressive when the subject is\\nin his conscious state, he will soon dis-\\ncover that he possesses what is called by\\nsome writers Spiritual Sight, or know-\\ning by intuition.\\nThe only way that you can really\\nknow that these Post Hypnotic sugges-\\ntions accomplish these, wonders of the\\nmind is to test them for yourself. Some\\nof these things seem incredible until you\\nsee them actually done by properly de-\\nveloped subjects. If at first you don t\\nsucceed, try again.\\nMany diseases may be cured perma-\\nnently, by making impressive sugges-\\ntions to your subject. The proper sug-\\ngestions for the cure of diseases are:\\nYou are getting better and your trouble\\nwill soon leave you. YOU are im-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0031.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "-22-\\nproving very rapidly and in a few min-\\nutes you will be entirely cured. Your\\nrestoration to Health will be complete and\\npermanent. You are now perfectly\\ncured, and your troubles will not return\\nany more, etc.\\nIn this manner you can cure nervous\\ntroubles, Headaches, laziness, the tobacco\\nhabit, the whiskey habit, the morphine\\nhabit, epilepsy, colds, la grippe, loss of\\npower, etc., and give tone and health to\\nyour afflicted patients.\\nMany cases may be successfully and\\npermanently cured by one hypnotic treat-\\nment, but if you have failed to make your\\nsuggestions sufficiently strong to effect a\\ncure, try again and again, fully EXPECT-\\nING your efforts to succeed, and your suc-\\ncess will be exactly according to your\\nEXPECTATIONS.\\nTo make a successful hypnotist, it is", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0032.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "-23\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nnecessary to cultivate and possess full\\nconfidence in your power to control your\\nsubjects. Without this confidence you\\nwill fail. The way to acquire this power\\nis thoroughly to master the subject, that\\nis, to understand how to proceed, how to\\nthink and what to say. Make any sug-\\ngestions you can that will give your sub-\\nject confidence in your power as a hypnot-\\nist, and the stronger you can make these\\nsuggestions the easier it will be to get\\nhim under control. A good reputation\\nas a hypnotist adds much to the power of\\nan operator.\\nCultivate perfect confidence in your\\nown powers, and learn to depend on your\\nsub-conscious powers to attract unto you\\nwhatsoever you desire. Do not recognize\\nin yourself any possibility of failure. As\\none traveling man suggested, When you\\nwant anything, go after it and GET it.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0033.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "-24-\\nMany persons undertake a task, think-\\ning, I don t know whether I can suc-\\nceed, but I will try. This is not the\\ncorrect position to assume.\\nOne Commander said to a Lieutenant\\nCan you and your company take that\\nbattery? The Lieutenant answered,\\nWe can try. The Commander said,\\nu You are not the man I want. Calling\\nanother Lieutenant he asked, u Can you\\nwith your command, take that battery?\\nThe answer came, u I can. The order\\nwas given, Go and take it; and he\\nTOOK it.\\nIndustry and economy, together with\\na settled purpose, will bring you into any\\ndegree of prosperity you desire.\\nIf you desire to become a hypnotist or\\nclairvoyant, assume you can do so, and\\ntry it when you have an opportunity, and\\nif you make your suggestions as your", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0034.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009425\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nown common sense may dictate to yon,\\nyon will succeed in a majority of cases.\\nWhatever yon do, let it be with a purpose\\nsimilar to that conveyed in the Historic\\nexpression, I shall fight it out on this\\nline, if it takes all summer, and Gen.\\nTaylor never surrenders.\\nYou may learn of the power of the sub-\\nconscious mind, but you must TRUST\\nit, and EXPECT it to do your bidding,\\nand you will succeed.\\nThis is true as a hypnotist, clairvoyant\\nor healer.\\nThere is no limit to the power of the\\nsub-conscious mind, except the doubts,\\nfears and biased judgment of the conscious\\nmind, and when the conscious mind or\\nobjective mind is asleep, either in the\\nnatural or hypnotic sleep, the sub-con-\\nscious or subjective mind is free to accom-\\nplish whatever is demanded of it.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0035.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009426\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe sub-conscious or subjective mind is\\na distinct entity, and its business is to\\ncare for the body, regulate all the organs\\nand secretions and excretions. It is the\\nintuition, the human soul, and can see\\nwithout the .use of the natural eyes and\\nhas the power to communicate with other\\nminds, regardless of distance. It is able\\nto project thought and receive thought\\nany distance, and read the minds of\\nothers. It never sleeps, it never forgets,\\nand is considered the storehouse of all\\nhuman experiences. It never dies.\\nThe sub-conscious mind is that which\\nproduces all the phenomena of clairvoy-\\nance, and these powers are more or less\\ncommon to all human minds. That is,\\nthe power of bringing up into conscious-\\nness all that is stored in the experiences\\nof the conscious mind, or to read the con-\\nscious and sub-conscious minds of others.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0036.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009427\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nEnough has been given to enable any\\none to develop his hypnotic powers, and\\nthe discussion under the head of Clair-\\nvoyance will give all that is necessary to\\nknow to develop yourself or others.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0037.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009428-\\nCLAIRVOYANCE.\\nWHAT has been said about hypnot-\\nism may be considered the prelim-\\ninaries to a complete development\\nof clairvoyant powers. Clairvoyance\\nmeans clear seeing. It is simply seeing\\nor discerning with the sonl or sub-con-\\nscions mind with sufficient distinctness\\nfor the knowledge, or facts to produce an\\nintelligible impression on the conscious\\nmind, or to cause the organs of speech to\\ncommunicate them to others. To see the\\nabsent as if they were present. To see\\nthe past as if it were present. Much that\\nis presented to the public under the name\\nof clairvoyance is merely trickery and\\ncleverness on the part of the so-called\\nclairvoyant, whose generalization will", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0038.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "-29-\\napply to all alike, or who may be able to\\nread the mind to reveal the past, and\\nsince their object is to make money, their\\nfuture predictions are usually of a pleas-\\ning or flattering nature.\\nThe power of clairvoyance is through\\nthe sub-conscious mind, or as some term\\nit, the subjective mind. Being an indi-\\nvidualized expression of universal mind,\\nit may search out and know the peculiar\\ncharacteristics of any other individual.\\nHere lies the secret; herein exists the\\npower.\\nThis power of the mind has been ob-\\nserved in all ages. Socrates and Appo-\\nlonius exercised this self-same power.\\nCicero and Pliny speak of it and recom-\\nmend that someone should record what\\nthese sleepers say because they do not\\nretain any recollection of them.\\nTertulian, St. Justin and Plato recog-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0039.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009430\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nnized that certain people in their days\\nhad these pecnliar powers.\\nThese powers were supposed to be\\ngifts, and that only a few were en-\\ndowed with these peculiar gifts; but\\nmodern science has revealed the fact that\\nmost persons are, to a greater or less ex-\\ntent, clairvoyant subjects.\\nClairvoyance may be natural or in-\\nduced by hypnotism. In its perfect form,\\nthe concious mind is asleep and the body\\nin deep sleep, so that the strongest sub-\\nstances have no effect on the sense of\\nsmell; needles thrust into the body would\\nproduce no pain; surgical operations per-\\nformed without being felt. When in this\\nstate the sub-conscious mind is most active\\nand it is able to read the minds of others\\neven to the power to give names of persons\\nand places that any other mind is ac-\\nquainted with. To see the absent as if it", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0040.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009431\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwere present; to visit people in strange\\nplaces and give accurate descriptions, to\\neven leave this earth and visit other\\nspheres, as illustrated in book II of this\\nvolume, these are powers of the sub-\\nconscious mind.\\nThe all important question is not to\\ngive in detail the history of what has been\\naccomplished in all ages; but how can a\\nperson develop these powers?\\nThere are many ways of inducing\\nthe hypnotic condition and being carried\\ninto the clairvoyant state. This may be\\ndone by engaging a successful operator\\nand placing yourself in his hands to be\\ndeveloped, or it may be accomplished by\\nauto-suggestion\\nThe discussion on hypnotism will en-\\nable you to hypnotize others or teach them\\nto hypnotize, and we shall now explain\\nthe process of", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0041.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009432-\\nSELF-DEVELOPMENT,\\nof Clairvoyant powers.\\nOnce or twice each day enter the\\nsilence for a space of fifteen or thirty\\nminntes. This is simply entering a pri-\\nvate, quiet room, and sitting; sit facing a\\ndull black cloth spread out about a yard\\nsquare, holding the eyes upon a particular\\npoint of the cloth without moving them\\nin any manner whatever. Relax all your\\norgans of body and mind, cease thinking\\nand rest. Before u entering the silence\\ndirect your sub-conscious mind to give you\\na hypnotic sleep and carry you into a deep\\ntrance. This may develop you in a very\\nfew sittings. Some seem to develop very\\nquickly, while others require a long time.\\nBefore these hypnotic auto-suggestions,\\nmake the suggestion as to the time you\\nwish to remain asleep, and if you make\\nthis in a positive manner you will wake", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0042.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009433\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nup at the time designated. It would be\\nsafer at first to authorize a friend to wake\\nyou after a certain length of time. Simple\\nas this seems, it will do the work for you.\\nThis is a development no one can do\\nfor you no one can give you these\\npowers. Even if you go to a noted hyp-\\nnotist or clairvoyant, the most he can do\\nis to employ such means as will make\\nsuggestions sufficiently strong to your\\nsub-conscious mind to cause it to accom-\\nplish the desired result. He presses the\\nbutton, but your sub-conscious mind\\nmust do the work.\\nAny phase of clairvoyance, mind read-\\ning, telepathy, clairaudience, psychome-\\ntry, may be developed in like manner.\\nWhen entering the silence, make the\\nproper auto-suggestion, but do not try\\nany particular phase until you succeed in\\nhypnotizing yourself. Continue this", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0043.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "-34\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nuntil you become clairvoyant, and repeat\\nthe process from day to day, or time and\\nagain, until you can enter this condition\\nat will.\\nYou may make the auto-suggestion\\nthat when in the clairvoyant state you\\nwill be another person, and thus assume\\nany character you desire. Our good\\nspiritualist friends term this being un-\\nder control. Whether true or not, much\\nof their teachings is most beautiful.\\nI do not offer it as an argument against\\nspirit manifestations when I say when\\nyou become clairvoyant you may assume\\nthe character and identity of a living per-\\nson (mind or spirit,) or you may assume\\nthe character of one who has passed from\\nthis earthly existence and represent either\\ncharacter, one as easily as the other.\\nThis volume is not intended as an ar-\\ngument for or against any of what are", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0044.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "-35-\\ntermed the nineteen phases of medinm-\\nship, but it is simply an explanation of\\nwhat hypnotism is and how to induce it\\nand what clairvoyance is and how it may\\nbe developed.\\nMany things have occurred in the lives\\nof most people coincidences they are\\nnsnally termed, but many thoughtful\\npeople recognize them as mind transfer-\\nence.\\nYon happen to think of a friend\\nfrom whom yon have not heard for a long\\ntime, and while holding him in mind 3^011\\nwrite him a letter. Before he has time to\\nreceive yonr letter he has happened\\nto think of yon and written to yon. The\\nletters pass each other on the way. Co-\\nincidence? Not always! Mind transfer-\\nence? Why not? Telepathy? Pure and\\nsimple.\\nThis occurs with persons who are", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0045.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009436\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nnaturally clairvoyant. They seem to\\nknow or sense things by what is some-\\ntimes termed the sixth sense.\\nMr. of Nevada, Mo., left home\\nfor a two weeks trip. The third day\\nafter leaving home he felt an impulse or\\nimpression that he was needed at home.\\nHe went home and arrived at night, and\\nhis little boy was at the depot with his\\nbuggy to meet him. The father said,\\nSon, why did you meet me with the\\nbuggy? The son replied, We thought\\nyou would come home on this train.\\nThe father said, Son, what is wrong?\\nThe answer came, Uncle is dead!\\nCoincidence? Certainly not. Mind\\ntransference or telepathy is the only ex-\\nplanation, and it was natural with these\\npeople, but these same powers can be\\ndeveloped in a large percentage of the\\nhuman race.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0046.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "-37-\\nVolumes could be written to illustrate\\nthis great subject, but it is our purpose\\nonly to make the way plain to seekers\\nafter these seeming mysteries. If you\\ndesire to develop your clairvoyant powers\\nyou have many points in your favor for\\nsuccess. If at first you don t succeed,\\nif you are willing to try again and\\nTRUST your sub-conscious mind to ac-\\ncomplish what you desire, all you\\nneed to do is to take your sittings\\nfor development according to the plan\\nalready suggested, and you can develop\\nmore surely when sitting alone than in\\ncompany\\nTo illustrate the psychometric powers\\nof the mind, the writer developed his\\nsister-in-law, Mrs. S. J. Weltner, as a\\nclairvoyant, or led her to develop herself,\\nand tested her power of visiting places or\\npersons with such accurate or definite", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0047.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "-38\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nresults that he directed her to visit the\\nplanet Mars and report what she could\\nsee and learn. The result is given in\\nBook II of this volume.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0048.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0049.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "MRS. S. J. WEI/TNER.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0050.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "T^/ \\\\r^T^ TT\\nruHiK\\nt)\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\u00c2\u00ae\\ni", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0053.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0054.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "THE BOOK Or MARS\\n.BY..\\nPROP. J. W. WELTNER.\\nST. LOUIS, no.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0055.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "PREFACE,\\nThe things seen by the wonderfnl\\nclairvoyant, Mrs. S. J. Weltner, are re-\\ncorded just as she reported them while\\nmaking many visits to the planet, with-\\nout trying to observe the rules of rhetoric.\\nIf the subjects are slightly disconnected,\\nor if some facts are repeated, our friends\\nwill understand the cause.\\nMrs. Weltner never studied astronomy,\\nand the points given by her that coincide\\nexactly with astronomical science seem to\\nbe proof that she actually saw with her\\nmental vision what is recorded in this\\nvolume. It is this sincere belief that her\\nreports are correct that causes me to offer\\nthis Book of Mars to the reading\\npublic. Respectfully,\\nJ. W. Weltner,\\nSt. Louis, Mo.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0056.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "MARS,\\nThe planet Mars, so conspicuous in\\nthe heavens, and so much studied by\\nastronomers, is an oblate spheroid, simi-\\nlar to the earth in form, having a diam-\\neter of 4200 miles. In its perihelion it is\\n128,500,000 miles from the sun, and\\nwhen in aphelio it is 154,500,000 miles\\nfrom the sun. It revolves around the\\nsun in 687 days, and rotates on its axis\\nin 24 hours, 37 minutes, 22.67 seconds.\\nAbout every 15 years Mars, when in\\nopposition, comes within 60,000,000 miles\\nof the earth. It is then a brilliant orb,\\nrivaling Jupiter and Venus in splendor.\\nThe telescope brings into view what is\\nsupposed to be land and water; also snow\\nabout the poles. The polar caps dimin-\\nish in size during the summer and in-\\ncrease during the winter.\\nThe dark portions seen through the\\ntelescope are supposed to be water, and", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0057.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "the reddish portion of the planet s disc\\nis supposed to be dry land.\\nAstronomers report the existence of\\nclouds, bnt they report the air only one-\\nfonrth the density of the earth s atmos-\\nphere.\\nThe bnlk of the planet being only abont\\none-eighth as large as the earth, the force\\nof gravity is not so great, and if the at-\\nmosphere were of the same composition\\nas that of the earth it wonld not be dense\\nenongh to support life, but an all-wise\\ncreator has supplied, even to this ex-\\ntremely rare atmosphere, the elements\\nnecessary to the existence of animal and\\nvegetable life.\\nMars is attended by two moons. Their\\nnames are Deimos and Phobos, which\\nnames are given by Homer in the fif-\\nteenth book of the Iliad, to the steeds\\nwhich drew the chariot of the god of war,\\nwho personifies them as the attendants of\\nMars. There are five smaller moons\\nbelonging to Mars.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0058.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "-45-\\nThe surface is composed of land and\\nwater, the permanent water surface being\\nabout 500,000 square miles.\\nThe land surface consists of what we\\ncall low plains, plateaus and mountains,\\nwith rivers and many artificial waterways\\nfor drainage, irrigation and navigation,\\nthus making the vertical configuration of\\nthe surface of the planet similar to that of\\nthe earth.\\nThe foregoing facts have been learned\\nby astronomers, and they are about all\\nthat they will ever be able to learn with\\nany degree of accuracy.\\nWe shall now proceed to describe Mars\\nas seen by an expert in Psychometry,\\nwhose sub-conscious mind or soul has\\nmade frequent visits to our sister world,\\nand has learned many beautiful lessons\\nabout the planet and his productions\\nWhat the astronomer has learned has\\nbeen verified by the greater science of\\nPsychometry, and it is needless to repeat\\nwhat has already been written. We shall", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0059.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "-46-\\nproceed in a simple manner to describe\\nthe productions, animal, vegetable and\\nmineral, as far as we have been able to\\nsee them; also the military and civil life.\\nThe Vegetable productions are simi-\\nlar to those of the earth, though not so\\nprofuse. The forests being extensive,\\nbut the trees not so large as they grow on\\nthe earth. The animal creation is also\\nsimilar to that on the earth, though the\\nvarious species are smaller but hardier,\\nand all are covered with wool or fur in-\\nstead of hair, to protect them from the\\nintense cold.\\nThe planet is inhabited by two races of\\npeople similar to the Caucasian and In-\\ndian races of this world, each forming a\\nseparate nation.\\nThe country inhabited by the white\\nrace has a republican form of government,\\nand the nation of the red people is a\\nlimited elective monarchy, though the\\ncustoms and habits of the people and their\\nlaws are similar.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0060.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "The name of the white country, in their\\nlanguage, is Latu, and the people are\\ncalled Latunes. The name of the red\\nnation is Gobay, and the people are\\ncalled Gobay s.\\nEach nation has its own language, most\\nwords being dissyllables. The name of\\nthe king of the Gobays is Geegee, and\\nis styled Faba Geegee, or Great King.\\nThe name of the queen is Pumlum\\nand is called Veve Pumlum, or Lovely\\nOueen.\\nThe name of the president of the La-\\ntunes is Roman.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0061.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009448\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nLATUNE ELECTIONS.\\nElections in the Latune nation are held\\neach year, and the men and women who\\nhave performed their year s work satis-\\nfactorily and properly are the voters.\\nTheir work is regularly inspected, and\\nat the close of the year the officers of the\\ngovernment issue to those who have com-\\npleted their work properly a clearance\\ncard. This clearance card entitles the\\nholder to a vote\\nAfter the age of fifty years all men\\nand women are retired and receive the\\nsame yearly support as when they la-\\nbored, and all these are entitled to vote.\\nThese elections are held once a year at\\nthe beginning of a week of rest, and the\\ndelegates are selected on account of their\\nspecial qualifications.\\nThere is no scramble for office, such as\\nwe have in every election in the United\\nStates.\\nEach voting precinct elects a delegate", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0062.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009449\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nto what we would call a county conven-\\ntion, and they also elect three trustees to\\nmanage the affairs of the precinct. The\\ntrustees divide their precincts into dis-\\ntricts and appoint a superintendent for\\neach district, who appoints his clerks,\\nschool teachers, etc., and all these are of-\\nficers of the government.\\nThese superintendents and all other\\ngovernment officers are paid by the\\ncoupon system, the same amount as any\\nother laborers. The idea prevailing in\\nthis Mars republic is to provide for every\\none s support, comfort and happiness,\\nrather than to accumulate wealth.\\nThe government offices, from the pres-\\nident down to the clerks of the districts,\\nare considered places of honor, and are\\nnot sought after, but the places are all\\nfilled from the list of those who had passed\\nthe civil service examination. Each of-\\nficer or clerk is selected on account of his\\nor her special fitness for the place.\\nClerks and teachers continue in their", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0063.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009450\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nrespective positions permanently or dur-\\ning good behavior, and any complaints\\nagainst them must be brought before the\\ndistrict court, which will be described\\nlater.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0064.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009451\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTHE COUNTY CONVENTION.\\nThe delegates elected by the voting\\nprecincts compose what we would call the\\nCounty Central Committee.\\nThey hold a convention regularly once\\neach year for the purpose of electing state\\ndelegates and county officers, and meet\\nfrom time to time to fill vacancies, etc.\\nThey elect three delegates from each\\ncounty or forum to represent the\\ncounty in their state legislature, and this\\nlegislature elects the state officers, the\\ngovernor and his staff, whose term of\\nservice is three years, and they are not\\neligible for more than two terms. All\\nother state officers, such as clerks, ac-\\ncountants, etc., they elect to serve during\\nlife or good behavior.\\nThis state legislature makes the laws\\nfor the state, subject to the constitution\\nof the general government, and fills va-\\ncancies in the offices.\\nThe state legislatures also elect repre-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0065.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009452\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nsentatives to congress, and these are\\nchosen on account of their character and\\nqualifications. This congress makes the\\nlaws for the general government, and\\nappoints all committees for the manage-\\nment of the civil and military service.\\nThe state .legislatures also elect one\\ndelegate from each state to the national\\nconvention, whose duty it is to elect the\\npresident and his cabinet. The term of\\nservice for the president and his cabinet\\nis six years, and they are not eligible for\\nmore than one term\\nAll vacancies in the national conven-\\ntions are filled by the state conventions,\\nin which such vacancies occur, and vacan-\\ncies in the government offices are filled by\\nvote of the national delegate convention.\\nThe president and his cabinet have\\npowers similar to those exercised by the\\npresident of our U. S.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0066.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009453\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTHE COURTS.\\nThe supreme court is composed of one\\nnational judge for each state, but no judge\\nis selected from his own state.\\nThe president appoints one chief justice\\nand the twenty-three associate judges to\\nrepresent the thirty-three states, and the\\ncongress accepts or rejects the appoint-\\nments by a two-thirds vote.\\nEach state is divided into judicial dis-\\ntricts, and the national judge for each\\nstate appoints a judge and other officers\\nfor each district, and they hold court four\\ntimes a year and continue in session until\\nthe entire business is disposed of, and\\nthus no cases are postponed except for\\nobtaining further necessary information.\\nThere are no lawyers, and everything\\nis settled by arbitration. Each side\\nselects one man and the judge selects the\\nthird man, and the judge then requires\\neach principal and all the witnesses to\\nwrite all they know as eye witnesses about\\nthe case.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0067.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "-54\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nA clerk then collects all these written\\ntestimonies and reads them in the pres-\\nence of the judge and the arbitrating\\ncommittee, or as we wonld say, the jnry.\\nThe judge is well versed in the law\\nand he explains to the jnry all the legal\\npoints of the case and expresses his opin-\\nion, or as we wonld say, gives his charge\\nto the jnry, and the vote of the jnry is a\\nfinal settlement of the case.\\nThey do not have many cases in conrt,\\nbecause there is no money or property to\\nfnss abont, as all belongs to the govern-\\nment. Their conrt cases are abont their\\npersonal difficulties.\\nI witnessed one trial which was a suit\\nfor divorce, and I learn that divorces are\\nnot granted for a complete separation, but\\nthe party at fault is sent to prison for a\\ntime commensurate with the nature or\\nextent of his or her offense.\\nAdultery calls for a life imprisonment.\\nIf both parties in the divorce suit are at\\nfault, they are both imprisoned; but if", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0068.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "-55-\\nthey liave families to care for they serve\\nin prison alternately.\\nIf husband and wife are quarrelsome,\\nthe neighbors are expected to sue for a\\ntrial and bring the case into court, and\\nthe case then proceeds as in the other\\ndivorce cases.\\nThe result, I am told, is that almost all\\nhomes are lovely and peaceful.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0069.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009456\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTHE ARMY.\\nAll able bodied men between the ages\\nof eighteen and forty are considered as\\nbelonging to the state militia, which, in\\nMars language, is called rom torn.\\nThe militia is required to meet two days\\nin each month for drill, and each state is\\nexpected to furnish a certain number of\\nmen for a national guard and in time of\\nwar against the Gobays, a call is made\\nby the president, and each state furnishes\\nits quota of troops.\\nThe state militia has been thoroughly\\ndrilled by officers of the national guard,\\nand they are armed ready for battle at a\\nmoment s call.\\nThe militia are all eager to volunteer,\\nand the required number is selected by\\ncasting lots or standing in line and every\\nthird, fourth or fifth man is taken, ac-\\ncording to the number required.\\nThey have never had a civil war, and\\nas they are about evenly matched against", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0070.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009457\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe Gobay nation, in case of a general\\nwar, each nation calls ont their complete\\nforce of militia.\\nOne general battle settles the matter\\nfor the time being, as each side loses\\nabont the same, and they rest and prepare\\nfor the next atta ck.\\nI saw one battle which may interest\\nour readers.\\nAn invasion from the Gobays was ex-\\npected, as their preparation for battle\\nwas discovered by airship scouts, and all\\nthe border towus of the La tunes were made\\nready to resist the attack. The towns\\nare fortified by a double wall with the\\nspace between filled with earth. On the\\nwall are placed watch towers and shooting\\nengines which hurl immense fire balls\\ninto the ranks of the enemy.\\nWe are stationed in mid air in an air\\nship above the contending parties and can\\nwitness ever} T maneuver. On comes the\\nfoe and they are repulsed by the terrible\\nfire balls hurled by the shooting engines.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0071.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "-58-\\nThese balls fall in the ranks of the enemy\\nand explode and hurl death and destruc-\\ntion in every direction.\\nThe attacking army retreat a short dis-\\ntance and go into camp for a few days,\\nwhile they prepare to place and explode a\\nmine under the walls of the besieged town.\\nAll is ready to renew the attack and\\nthey approach and the mine is touched off\\nand a great breach is made in the wall.\\nThrough this breach the attacking army\\nbegins to pour; but the shooting engines\\nhidden in the walls of the building begin\\na galling fire and mow down the enemy\\nas fast as they approach, and the attack-\\ning party retires in great disorder.\\nIn other parts of the country the\\nattacking party was successful and cap-\\ntured some cities and slew many of the\\nLatunes.\\nWith all the ferocity of the warriors of\\neither country, they never molest the\\nwomen, children or the aged, and before\\nany town is attacked a surrender is de-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0072.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009459\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nmanded, and instead of a surrender it is\\nunderstood that the people in the town\\nnot expecting to engage in the battle, will\\nleave the town and remain in the country\\nuntil after the battle.\\nIf the town is captured these people and\\nthe remaining part of the army retreat to\\nanother town, and are provided for by the\\ngovernment\\nIf the town is not captured, the people\\nreturn to the town to enjoy their homes\\nagain.\\nNo prisoners are ever captured, but as\\nsoon as either side considers itself beaten,\\nall the able bodied men retreat and carry\\ntheir dead and wounded with them.\\nThe battles are fierce, but of very short\\nduration, and in case of a general war all\\nthe border cities are attacked simultan-\\neously.\\nThe people of either nation are not\\nallowed to travel in the other country and\\nthey have no commercial relations and no\\nrepresentative or ministerial, consular or", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0073.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "-60-\\nany other relation, except that of enmity\\nand hatred, exists. Each nation feels\\nprond of its own strength and permits the\\nair ship sconts to come and go unmolested\\nexcept in time of hostilities.\\nAlthough the people of each nation are\\nloyal and friendly at home and personal\\nquarrels seldom occur and neighborhood\\nfeuds or quarrels are unknown or never\\noccur, yet when opportunity offers to\\nfight against the other nation they are\\nalways eager for the fray. The idea of\\ncowardice does not exist, and they have no\\nwords which convey the meaning of\\ntreason or cowardice. They are indeed a\\nwar-like people and the planet was cor-\\nrectly named.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0074.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009461\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCUSTOMS, HABITS AND DOMESTIC LIFE.\\nAll property belongs to the government\\nand all labor is performed for tile govern-\\nment. The farmer, the mechanic, the\\nmerchant, the teacher and all other lab-\\norers are in the employ of the government\\nand all prodnce belongs to the government,\\nfor distribution, and no man liveth for\\nhimself alone.\\nTheir medium of exchange is a kind of\\ncoupon system.\\nEach man and woman receives from the\\nproper government clerk a coupon book\\nat the beginning of each month, the same\\namount of coupons for each man and each\\nwoman\\nThe heads of families are allowed a\\ncertain amount of coupons for each child,\\nbut when the children reach the age of\\nthirteen years the parents or guardians\\nreceive the same for each as for an adult\\nand the children are expected to have\\nregular employment the same as adults.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0075.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009462-\\nTo secure an earnest effort on the part\\nof all laborers a certain premium is allowed\\nto those who complete their work perfectly,\\nand so reasonable are the demands that\\nalmost every man, woman and child\\nearn the offered premium.\\nThe housewife is considered in the em-\\nployment of the government and receives\\nthe same wages as the hospital nurse, the\\nactress or any other female laborer.\\nPreachers, physicians, surgeons, receive\\nthe same wages as the farmer or the clerk.\\nThere are no trusts, no great corporations,\\nno millionaires and no poor people or\\ntramps, but all have an abundance. All\\nlaborers are retired at the age of fifty and\\nreceive the same wages as when they\\nlabored, and the housewife is furnished a\\nservant so that she may rest from her\\nlabors.\\nThis seems very simple, but the peo-\\nple seem extremely happy in their sim-\\nplicity. They simply have nothing to\\nj simp\\nIf tfle\\\\\\nworry about. If tney are sick, the gov-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0076.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009463-\\nernment furnishes the necessary medical\\nattendance and nurses, and all funeral\\nexpenses are paid by the government.\\nTheir hours of labor are limited to six\\nhours, and they have all the remaining\\ntime for rest and improvement. The\\nmeals are prepared by expert government\\ncooks, and all food is furnished by the\\ngovernment, giving the individual the\\nprivilege of selecting from the bill of\\nfare. The people dwell in small villages\\nand every home is made comfortable.\\nThe capital city is quite a large city and\\nthe border towns are large and well forti-\\nfied. The streets and highways and by-\\nways are kept in proper condition by the\\ngovernment, and the sidewalks and\\nawnings are also kept in good repair, and\\neverybody is treated alike and have the\\nsame care and protection from the govern-\\nment.\\nThe homes or houses are built for com-\\nfort rather than for display, and the rooms\\nof the houses have partitions that may be", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0077.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "removed or raised out of sight so that all\\nrooms may be thrown together when de-\\nsired.\\nThe rooms seem to be withont furni-\\nture except a few stools, but by the press-\\ning of a button in the wall you discover\\nor bring in sight your bed or table or easy\\nchair.\\nAll dressers, cupboards, etc., are built\\nin the wall, and places for books, papers,\\nclothing, etc., are built in the wall.\\nThere are no carpets, but the floors are\\nof a peculiar kind of wood that seems soft or\\nsimilar to our India rubber. The houses\\nare not large, as every room may be used\\nas a bed room, and they need no kitchen\\nor dining room, as all meals are taken in\\nthe public eating house where a family\\nand their friends may have their meals\\nserved in a private room. They simply\\nenter the room and press a button which is\\nanswered by a waiter who fills their or-\\nders without delay. They eat and are\\npermitted to enter a reception room where", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0078.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "-65:\\nthey meet their friends and neighbors\\nfor social intercourse. This room is sup-\\nplied with reading matter, magazines,\\ndaily papers, literary works, etc.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0079.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "-66\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nDOMESTIC RELATIONS.\\nThe home circle seems to be a model\\nof simplicity.\\nThe wife is considered queen of her\\nhousehold and is the head of the family\\nin all matters of domestic economy, and\\nthe husband is the head of the family in\\nmatters of business.\\nThe women are considered equal to the\\nmen and are treated as equals.\\nIn their courtship the ladies act about\\nthe same part as the gentlemen of the\\nearth. That is, they are expected to\\nmake all the advances and proposals.\\nThe men of marriageable age try to make\\nthemselves attractive to the ladies, but it\\nis for the lady to take the first steps and\\ndo the wooing, and when she proposes, if\\nher suit is favored by the gentleman of\\nher choice he simply says, You may ar-\\nrange for a family council.\\nThe parents are duly notified by the\\nanxious seeker after wedded bliss and", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0080.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "-67-\\nthey meet in solemn council, and at their\\nfirst meeting they simply talk the matter\\nover and take a week for deliberation.\\nThey then meet and vote on the petition\\nthat has been formally made by the\\nwoman who has made the proposal.\\nThree votes are necessary to elect.\\nIf either parent is not living, a guard-\\nian is appointed by the government or by\\nthe courts, and the guardian takes the place\\nof the parent. If it is decided in favor of a\\nunion the happy couple are notified, and\\nthe lady then goes to the home of her\\nintended husband to live for a month and\\nthen he visits her at her home the same\\nlength of time.\\nThe parents are then called together to\\nhear the report of the visits, and if the\\ncouple still desire to marry, the ceremony\\nis performed as soon as possible, and as\\nthey have no elaborate trouseaus, and all\\nthat is needed is to call the friends together,\\nthe wedding usually takes place within\\ntwo or three days after the final council", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0081.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009468-\\nof parents. During the two months that\\nthe couple have visited each other they\\nhave been allowed every opportunity to\\nget acquainted and study each other,\\nbeing together constantly, but of course\\nthey are prohibited from acting as hus-\\nband and wife.\\nThe marriage ceremony is then per-\\nformed in the presence of invited friends,\\nand is performed in the center of the room\\nat the home of the groom s parents on\\na revolving platform similar to that in\\nthe theater or forum. This gives every\\none an equal chance to witness the cere-\\nmony, as the revolving platform brings\\nthe party face to face with every one\\npresent.\\nThe happy couple then go to their home\\nthat has already been provided and\\ntastily furnished by the government.\\nThey live together for a month and then\\nare permitted to travel for one month, all\\nexpenses being paid by the government.\\nThe wedding trip is not attended by any", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0082.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009469\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nexciting scenes, bnt the Happy conple\\nseek only to enjoy each other s society.\\nAfter the trip they are met at their home\\nby their friends for congratulations. They\\nare now considered married and begin to\\nlive as husband and wife. During their\\nassociations together for four months they\\nhave rigidly adhered to the strictest prin-\\nciples of virtue, and now that they have\\nhad four months of intimate acquaintance\\nthey are ready to enjoy their conjugal\\nrelations. There is no great marriage\\nfeast, and no charivari excitement. Dur-\\ning this period of four months they have\\nrested from their labors, but now the\\nhusband is ready to begin his usual\\navocation and the wife is expected to\\nassume her household duties.\\nBefore any man or woman can be mar-\\nried they must pass a physical examina-\\ntion to determine whether they have\\nsufficient health and strength to bear\\nchildren, and once each year the husband\\nand wife are expected or compelled to pass", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0083.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "-70\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe physical examination to determine\\nwhether they may continue to bear chil-\\ndren, and if any parents bear children\\nwhen they are not pronounced healthy\\nthe children are taken from them and\\nreared in the government nursery and\\ntraining school until they become strong\\nand healthy.\\nThis precaution on the part of the\\ngovernment to bring forth children by\\nstrong aud healthy parents causes the\\npeople to be almost free from sickness or\\ndisease, and a stronger and healthier\\npeople cannot be found on earth. The\\npeople are free from worry, care or anx-\\niety, and the highest ambition seems to\\nbe to be strong and well, and you seldom\\nhear any one complain of aches and pains\\nor suffering. If any parents bear chil-\\ndren when the physical examining board\\npronounces them unfit for such duties,\\nthey are sent to prison for a time, but if\\nthey have other children at home they\\nserve in prison alternately an equal part", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0084.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "71-\\nof each day, so that one of them may be\\nat home to care for the children. This\\nseldom occurs, because the wife being\\nthe head of the family seldom disobeys\\nthe laws in this respect.\\nIf the parents are pronounced unhealthy\\nthey are expected to take especial care of\\nthemselves until the next annual physi-\\ncal examination, and if they both pass\\nthe required examination they are per-\\nmitted by the laws to bear children, and\\nthis causes them the greatest happiness.\\nThe Spartan mothers were proud to raise\\nmale children, but the Latune mothers\\nare just as proud to raise children of\\neither sex.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0085.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009472\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTHE SCHOOLS.\\nThe schools are all government insti-\\ntutions. The teachers are employed by\\nthe government and all books and supplies\\nare furnished by the government.\\nAll children from seven to thirteen\\nyears of age are expected to go to school\\nand the chief studies are Politeness,\\nReading, Numbers, and Astronomy be-\\nsides an industrial occupation. The in-\\ndustrial school is the chief feature of the\\nMars schools, and every child serves an\\napprenticeship in the schools in the trade\\nor profession that the child the parents\\nand the teacher selects. The natural in-\\nclination or bent of the child is a great\\nfactor in the selection of an avocation.\\nPoliteness or etiquette is so thoroughly\\ntaught that the people become highly\\npolished or cultured, and rudeness is sel-\\ndom seen in children or adults.\\nThe idea of selfishness does not seem\\nto prevail anywhere. The children have\\nequal advantages in the schools.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0086.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u00a23-\\nThey have no tardiness or truancy- and\\nchildren are never absent except on ac-\\ncount of sickness, and this occurs so seldom\\nthat the teachers do not keep any record\\nof attendance but merely record an occa-\\nsional absence, and in every case on\\nrecord in the schools I examined, the\\ncause of the absence is sickness. There\\nis no word conveying the meaning of cor-\\nporal punishment, and such a thing as\\nwhipping children never occurs in school\\nor home.\\nThe time devoted to study and recita-\\ntion is four hours, and four hours are de-\\nvoted to the industrial work each day, and\\nthe seven years of school life make the\\npupils proficient in the four branches of\\nstudy and in the chosen trade or pro-\\nfession.\\nAll writing is done in short-hand and\\nall print is in the same characters, and the\\npupils do not have to learn to spell by\\nletter and learn print, and script and\\nshort-hand, but the one style of writing", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0087.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "answers all purposes. I wonder at the\\nsimple things composing the work requir-\\ned of Mars pupils, and when I think of\\nthe great book satchels and the arm loads\\nof books and slates I have seen carried by\\nthe children of earth, I wish we had suffi-\\ncient common sense among the educators\\nof earth to eliminate from the school\\ncurricula all the un necessary rubbish and\\nteach only practical things. The arith-\\nmetic used in Mars schools consists of\\n(eighty-four) pages and they have no\\nhigher mathematics except astronomy,\\nand for the astronomer there is a course\\nin trigonometry and geometry, but the\\npublic schools are not burdened with any-\\nthing but practical studies.\\nLadies teach the branches and all the\\nindustrial work pertaining to house-keep-\\ning, and the gentlemen teach all other\\nindustries.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0088.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009475\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nPUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.\\nEach town or city has a grand fornm\\nlarge enough to hold the entire population.\\nThe larger cities have a number of these\\nforums so as to be convenient to all the\\npeople. These forums are places for public\\namusements or entertainments and in the\\nlarge towns the districts in which the\\nforum is located is also called a forum to\\ndistinguish it from other parts of the city.\\nThe seats are so arranged and the\\nacoustic properties are so perfect that every\\none has an equal chance to hear and see\\nthe performances. The forum is in a large\\nbuilding which is so perfectly heated and\\nlighted that one seat is considered as good\\nas another. The stage is in the center\\nand the seats are arranged like an amphi-\\ntheatre.\\nThe stage is made to revolve and several\\nperformances are given at the same time,\\nbut the stage is made to revolve noise-\\nlessly, and as it revolves it brings each\\nperformance in full view of every beholder.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0089.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009476-\\nEntertainments are given on one even-\\ning of each week and the actors and\\ntheatre managers being in the employ of\\nthe government, the admission is always\\nfree. Everybody goes and as the theat-\\nrical troupes are only permitted to exhibit\\nin the same forum two weeks in success-\\nion, the people are favored with new\\nplays since no two troupes in the theat-\\nrical circuits are permitted to use the same\\nplay. There are a number of these\\ntheatrical circuits with a sufficient number\\nof towns or forums in each circuit so that\\neach town w T ill have a different troupe\\nevery two weeks throughout the year.\\nEvery town or forum has a theatrical\\ntroupe and great competition is seen, as\\nevery town tries to have the very best\\ntroupe.\\nEach troupe plays two different leading\\nplays with a great variety of acts, per-\\nformances and feats.\\nNo daring or dangerous feats are allow-\\ned, but each act is judged on account of", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0090.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "its artistic display, and each year they are\\nexpected to have a complete change of\\nprogram.\\nThe traveling expenses, entertain-\\nments and costnmes and all expenses are\\npaid by the government, or I should say\\nprovided by the government, and every\\ntronpe is expected to give high class ex-\\nhibitions, and nothing vnlgar or com-\\nmon or low is ever attempted.\\nAround the stage there is a space for\\nthe exhibition of animals. This display\\nof animals is always near the close of the\\nperformance, so that the people will not\\nhave to endnre the smell of the animals\\na great length of time. The horses all\\nappear in colors similar to onr zebras and\\nthe riding is extremely artistic and\\nbeautiful.\\nThe movements of the actors seem so\\nlight, free and graceful. One reason is,\\nthe attraction of gravitation is only about\\none-eighth as great as it is on earth,\\nwhich may be more readily understood", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0091.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009478\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nwhen I say the writer weighs on earth,\\ntwo hundred pounds, but his weight on\\nMars is about twenty eight pounds. The\\npeople seem to be of greater strength than\\nthe people of earth, but not quite so large.\\nThe average weight of men is twenty\\npounds, or about one hundred and fifty-\\nfour pounds by earth weight. The same\\namount of exertion seems to accomplish\\nso much more.\\nHigh jumping is one feature of the per-\\nformance, and they leap from twenty to\\nthirty feet in the air and perform many\\nastonishing tricks while in the air. Dur-\\ning the performance very fine music is\\nrendered by a string band, but so soft and\\nsweet that it does not prevent the assembly\\nfrom hearing every word spoken by the\\nperformers, and all actors are expected to\\nmake themselves understood when speak-\\ning or singing.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0092.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009479\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCOMMERCE.\\nAll prices are regulated by tile govern-\\nment, and everyone pays the same prices\\nfor like articles, meals, etc. The work-\\ning suit for each individual is a uniform\\npeculiar to his avocation. The dress suits\\nof all people are various, according to the\\ntastes of each individual, but all prices\\nare regulated by the government, and in\\npublic you cannot know a person s avoca-\\ntion by his dress.\\nAll clothing worn by all the people is\\ntailor made, and as the tailors, milliners,\\nshoemakers, etc., are all paid by the gov-\\nernment, the purchaser only pays for the\\nmaterial, and such a thing as shoddy work\\nor shoddy goods is never known. There\\nis no attempt to cheat, wrong or defraud\\nanyone in any manner whatever, because\\nall work is inspected by experts and it\\nwould be impossible to deceive them.\\nThere is no adulteration of food, but every-\\nthing is made as pure as possible. The", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0093.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009480-\\nmotto of all laborers is Not how much,\\nbut how well, but at the same time they\\neach aim to accomplish a fair day s work.\\nThe object of the government is to keep\\nall people supplied with every production\\nso that one place can not claim any ad-\\nvantage over another, and there is no\\nchance of becoming dissatisfied and there\\nis practically no moving from place to\\nplace.\\nIn the manufacture of every article,\\nutility, comfort and taste govern, and\\nthere is no attempt at display at the ex-\\npense of health and happiness. It is\\nneedless to say that the notion of using\\ncorsets, tight shoes, etc., has never been\\nconceived by the women or men of Mars.\\nOf course there are no dress reform asso-\\nciations and in fact there are no other\\nreform associations, because no abnormal\\nconditions are permitted to exist in modes\\nof living or in any commerce.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0094.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "-81\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nCITY PARKS.\\nEvery city is provided with a city park\\nwhich is artistically planned, and all\\nanimal and vegetable life is on display.\\nThese parks are free to the people at all\\ntimes becanse they are government insti-\\ntutions.\\nAt regular stated times general celebra-\\ntions are arranged and all people gladly\\nassemble in the park for a grand holiday,\\nand when they leave their homes to go to\\nthese celebrations or anywhere else they\\nnever lock their doors They seem to have\\nno notions whatever of thieving, pilfering\\nor burglarizing, which happy condition\\nseems to be the natural result of their\\nabsence of money. There is no struggle\\nfor wealth, either through highway rob-\\nbery n or high-handed robbery through\\ngreat monopolies such as exist on the\\nearth. The telephones and lines belong\\nto the government. The government\\nowns all railways, waterways, ships, air", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0095.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "-82\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nships, all the land, everything. Homes\\nare provided for all. Every married\\ncouple is furnished a home by the govern-\\nment, bnt the architects plan the honses\\nsomewhat different and the hnsband and\\nwife are permitted to select the home that\\nthey desire.\\nBnt we are digressing.\\nOne thing is very noticeable in all cele-\\nbrations in the parks or in any other\\nassemblages. The children all wear a\\nbadge on which is placed the street and\\nnnmber of their respective homes, and as\\nall adnlt people are expected to protect\\nany children, they are allowed perfect\\nliberty to rnn abont and enjoy themselves.\\nIf a child is lost it is expected of the adults\\nto take it to a central station, where a\\npoliceman or patrolman is detailed to take\\nthe child to the place designated on its\\nbadge as its home. The notion of kid-\\nnapping seems never to have entered the\\nminds of these contented Latimes.\\nIn these parks are places for displays of", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0096.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "-83\\nart, pictures, vases, sculpture, paintings,\\nhand work, needle work, anything and\\neverything made by hand. Nothing is\\nallowed on display except the most per-\\nfect work, except in the display of the in-\\ndustrial schools. The best specimens are\\ntaken from each grade in each year.\\nIn all these associations of the people,\\neveryone seems to be acquainted with\\neverybody, and the people of any city are\\nnot strangers to each other.\\nIf any strangers from other cities arrive\\nat any time they wear a badge bearing\\nthe name of the city, and these are always\\ntreated with great respect, and the\\nstranger within the gates is indeed well\\ncared for.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0097.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009484\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nRELIGION.\\nOnly one form of religion seems to exist\\namong the Latnnes. Their bible is so\\nplain and simple, without any ambiguity\\nor even without a chance of quibbling or\\ncontroversy. They never hear anything\\nof sects or creeds. There are no agnostics,\\ninfidels, cynics or stoics and they do not\\nhave any word in their language that con-\\nveys the idea of eccentricities, idiosyncra-\\nsies or cranks.\\nThey worship a supreme being as their\\ncreator and preserver. They had no\\noriginal sinner and of course have never\\nbeen in a lost condition. They have no\\nconception of a hell or devil, but all ex-\\npect to exist forever in a beautiful here-\\nafter. Their notions of eternal bliss\\nseem to be that they will continue to\\nimprove in knowledge and power and that\\ntheir labors will be all of a useful nature.\\nThey worship God or the Supreme\\nIntelligence, and one day in each week", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0098.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "-85\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthey assemble in the Forum for divine\\nservices which consists of most beautiful\\nmusic, a lecture or sermon and a form of\\nentertainment that is elevating as well as\\nfascinating and entertaining. I asked\\none intelligent individual if there were\\ndifferent religious denominations, but he\\ncould not be made to comprehend my\\nmeaning.\\nTheir simple form of religion and the\\nperfectly plain language of their bible,\\nleaves no room for doubting, and they\\nhave no word in their language that con-\\nveys the notion of doubting. They have\\nno idea of attempting to deceive, as decep-\\ntion is usually practiced on the earth for\\nmercenary motives, but here they have no\\nword conveying the notion of deception.\\nThey carry their religion into their every-\\nday lives. In fact they seem to have a\\nheaven on Mars. Their sermons seem to\\nbe for encouragement and to extol the\\ngoodness of God. They have no ordinanc-\\nes or ceremonies, but they simply wor-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0099.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "-S(v\\nship God for his goodness, and not to\\nescape punishment here or hereafter; and\\nsince the minister is employed by the\\ngovernment and the chnrch worship\\nis nnder the care of the govern-\\nment, everything in this line is free.\\nThey can not say salvation is free,\\nbecause they have never been in a lost\\ncondition and do not need saving. They\\nare safe or saved. They have no use for\\nsuch expressions as the survival of the\\nfittest, which usually means on earth\\nthe survival of the fightest.\\nTo the enterprising, pushing, scramb-\\nling, jostling, grasping, selfish people in\\nmany localities on earth the simple ways\\nof the Mars people will seem too tame. To\\nthis I can only say we cannot help it.\\nWe are only writing what has been made\\nplain to the writer through the Clairvoy-\\nant powers of one who proved herself to be\\nexact and accurate in visiting places on\\nearth, even places that neither she nor\\nthe writer had ever seen.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0100.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009487-\\nFACILITIES FOR TRAVELING.\\nThe numerous waterways and air ships\\nrender but few railroads necessary, and\\nmost of the business done on the few rail-\\nroads is mainly freight business between\\ntowns not connected by waterways. We\\ndo not learn what the motive power is on\\nwater, land or in the air ships. If it is\\nsteam no smoke or steam is visible. All\\nof these roads as well as waterways and\\nships, and air ships belong to the govern-\\nment. Every person is carried free on a\\npass issued by the proper officer, and no\\ncarrying vessel or car is ever over crowded.\\nThe railroads have double tracks and\\naccidents seldom occur and no dangerous\\nspeed is ever attempted. For short dis-\\ntances or private conveyance, the govern-\\nment furnishes to every town or forum\\na certain number of vehicles, a kind of\\nhorseless carriage, which is rented out to\\nthe people at a very low rate. Besides\\nthese every family is provided with a", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0101.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "-S8-\\nunicycle. This is a wheel made very\\nlarge and the rider is within the wheel,\\nand it is so constructed that the center of\\ngravity falls below the center of the wheel,\\nand it is almost impossible for an accident\\nto occur. This seems to be a wheel with-\\nin a wheel, so geared together that the\\nmovement of the pedals will cause the\\nouter wheel to revolve. They could not\\ngrasp the meaning of such an expression\\nas taking a header.\\nEvery child born into this Latune\\nnation is presented a beautiful child s\\ncarriage or cab. The government has\\nthese made in various styles and the\\nparents are permitted to select the style\\ndesired. This present is made by the\\ngovernment and this is only one of the\\nmany ways the government manifests\\ngreat interest in the little ones.\\nThe respect for the aged is shown in\\nmany ways also, and one that is appre-\\nciated perhaps more than any other is the\\nfact that after they have reached the age", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0102.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009489\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nof retirement they receive from the gov-\\nernment an elegant easy carriage. These\\nare made so as to be readily distinguished\\nfrom any other vehicle, and great respect\\nis shown to these aged people when out\\nriding as well as at home.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0103.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "90\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nTILLING THE SOIL.\\nAll farming is done by machinery and\\nthe motive power is the same as that used\\nin propelling the carriages. Farming is\\nconducted on scientific principles and from\\nthe numerous streams and artificial water-\\nways thev obtain water for irrigation.\\nIf at any time there is a scarcity of rain\\nthey irrigate and such a thing as a famine\\nor failure of crops has not occurred in\\nseveral past centuries. The garbage and\\nrefuse of the towns is all conveyed to the\\nfarms, if it is fit for fertilizing, but if not,\\nit is consumed by fire.\\nThe sanitary condition of all the towns\\nis so perfect that they have no epidemics\\nand the health of the people is almost\\nperfect.\\nGreat care is taken to rotate the crops\\nin such a manner as not to impoverish\\nthe soil.\\nA great variety of vegetables similar to\\nour potatoes, carrots, etc., are raised.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0104.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "-91-\\nTheir variety of choice fruits is simply\\nwonderful to behold, but they can not\\ncompete with the earth in this line, but\\nwhat they raise they save, because the\\ngovernment has a sufficient number of\\nstorage buildings to properly care for\\neverything in this line.\\nWhat they have in immense quantities\\nis a vast variety of nuts, large and small,\\nand of almost every conceivable shape and\\nkind.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0105.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009492\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nART DISPLAYS PAINTINGS.\\nEntering the art halls I find in art what\\nfar surpasses any of earth s displays I\\nhave ever seen or heard of, and I speak\\nthus advisedly as I have seen the finest\\ndisplays of art in Europe and America.\\nFascinating surroundings, mysterious and\\nsublime in every department. It is like\\nentering through a great stone wall with\\nthree great arch doors opening up on the\\nmost picturesque parks of magnificent\\nfoliage, statuary, rockeries, mounds, land-\\nscapes and flowers of rarest kinds and\\ncolorings. Among these in glorious\\nprofusion are urns and vines and flowing\\nspraying fountains that make the scenery\\nand place a paradise.\\nThe spraying fountains and waterfalls\\nthat dash the spray of mist and dew on\\nevery plant, tree, statue and urn, make\\nall seem crystallized when the brilliant\\nilluminations, known to the great artists,\\nbring out every shadow in a deeper shade,", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0106.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009493-\\nand every light reflected as from radiant\\nstars through a mist of dazzling dew-\\ndrops.\\nWe see massive statuary of the noble\\nmen and women and beautiful children,\\nas well as of animals. These we behold\\nin this most beautiful park, which leads\\nto the main hall where we find displayed\\neverything in art on a grander, more per-\\nfect and magnificent scale, a complete\\ndescription of which would require volumes\\nof poetry.\\nOld masters had painted under inspir-\\nation, and every face and form is life-like\\nin appearance, which seem to be living\\nbeings, rather than paintings, with purity\\nof mind and body portrayed. The fur of\\nanimals, the heavy clothing, everything,\\nperfectly represented in this display of\\nhigh art.\\nThe child s picture painted by a great\\nmaster is perfect. The child is in almost\\na nude state, with hands outstretched\\nfeeding two large white birds almost like", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0107.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009494\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nthe swans of earth, but heavier and more\\nmassive feathers. The child seems to\\nhave chased the birds from their nest and\\nis master of the nest, but is feeding and\\nkindly petting the birds. The nest is\\nmade of weeds, small twigs and leaves.\\nAnother picture of immense size is of\\nbeautiful women showing the different\\ntypes of the beautiful Latune daughters,\\nall in perfect harmony and admiration for\\neach other; all intelligent and angelic in\\nappearance.\\nA picture of perfectly formed men,\\nheavily robed in furs. Each man bears a\\nmedal or badge giving evidence of honors\\nhe has won in battle or in civil life, where\\ngreat skill and high artistic talent had\\nbeen developed.\\nThe marine pictures in perspective,\\nwith a blending of colors impossible to\\ndescribe in a few words, seem to be beyond\\nhuman hands to paint nature so divinely.\\nThe painting of an air ship sailing in\\nair is so inspiring, as it seems to sail", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0108.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "-95-\\nmajestically along, beautifully lighted\\nwith colored lights, and with many joy-\\nous people aboard and many more on the\\nground below to cheer the voyagers and\\nwish them a glorious journey and heavenly\\ndreams. The ship s band with musical\\ninstruments playing in mid air is echoed\\nback to them by a band playing at the\\nstarting station. The people seem en-\\ntranced by the distant strains of music and\\nseem to give more attention to the depart-\\ning band than to the one playing to all\\nthose left behind We see in this picture\\nthe landscape below, the herds of animals\\nin the fields, the streams of water, and all\\nseems harmonious.\\nThe next picture shows an air ship de-\\nscending and landing at night. The\\nlight of moons makes the vessel look\\nweird and the people ghost-like. They\\nseem to be descending toward the earth\\nlike a group of chirping birds. This\\nmoonlight picture is great, too great for\\nme to attempt a description of it.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0109.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009496\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nThe paintings of animals in groups\\nrepresent the animals as friendly to them-\\nselves and to human kind. The Mars\\npeople love the animals and care for them\\nand there are many pets. The painter\\ngives to the animals such a familiar and\\nlovelike appearance that you seem to want\\nto talk to and pet the pictured animals.\\nThey never need any Bands of Mercy\\namong these people because there is no\\ncruelty to animals here.\\nGroups of pictures of fishes and reptiles,\\npeculiar in shape and coloring, and some\\nlike the fishes and animals of the earth s\\nseas.\\nThe old masters of Mars have painted\\nthe mother love and child. This is in-\\ndeed a master piece. Such exquisitely\\ntender looks does the mother love give her\\nbabe. Even Raphael has never produced\\nanything to equal it. There is such in-\\nspiration in this picture that the behold-\\ners bow in reverence and uncover their\\nheads to the mother love and child.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0110.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u009497\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nOne painting represents God blessing\\nthe children. His radiant countenance\\nis as the sun shining and He smiles words\\nof love and each child is so attracted by\\nthe power of love that all their faces are\\ngazing upward and their lips seem to say\\nlove, love, to thee, so great and so good.\\nTheir beautiful hands are lifting to him the\\nmost gorgeous flowers, wreaths, palms,\\ncrescents, and crowns, and they appear to\\ndesire to give still greater honor to the\\nRuler of all and the Giver of all good to\\nman.\\nAnother great painting by a great\\nmaster is a group of twelve Mars women,\\nbowing and holding in their hands tall\\nancient bronze candle sticks. These are\\nstanding in a circle, with God in the\\ncenter, and the brightness of His crown of\\nglory causes the light of the candles to\\nappear dim, and His light overshadows\\nall. Around them seems misty atmos-\\nphere in which are seen their favorite\\npalms as if standing guard.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0111.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "-98-\\nAnotlier painting represents God s love\\nof animals. He shows how He values\\ntheir lives as He stands in their midst\\nplacing food, grain, grasses and branches,\\nand waters them with clear, sparkling\\nwater. They show their gratitude by\\nfeeding together in perfect harmony, rest-\\ning their grateful eyes upon Him as if\\nreturning thanks for His great goodness\\nto them. Words can not describe these\\npaintings and only the inspired can paint\\nthem and the beholder becomes inspired\\nas he gazes upon them.\\nAncient and modern paintings of their\\npresidents and governors, both men and\\nwomen, show greatness of character and\\nnobility of mind in each face. They\\nseem to be living, breathing, speaking\\npictures. There are many rooms and\\ngalleries full of these great pictures and\\nit would require volumes to describe them.\\nThe larger and more elaborate painting\\nin this large hall exhibits the manner of\\nhonoring those who had reached the high-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0112.jp2"}, "109": {"fulltext": "-99-\\nest degree of excellence or perfection in\\ntheir life s work. Men and women hav-\\ning received the beantifnl medals to which\\nthey are entitled, and having received\\ngreat honors, their animated faces are so\\nlife-like I seem to enter into their lives\\nand feel that I am one of them.\\nThen we see the painting where these\\nsame happy people are honored by the\\ngovernment with a great banquet, where\\nall are so merry. The menn and service\\nall life-like, the dishes in their various\\nstyles and colorings, gold, silver and\\nbronze pitchers, cnps, bowls, vases, art\\ndecorations, etc., to represent much be-\\nyond my comprehension.\\nThis all is so fascinating that I attempt\\nto handle one of the bronze pieces.\\nThe fruits and flowers in this immense\\npicture I could almost take hold of and\\nhandle, so perfect are the shades and lights\\nand colorings.\\nOne feature in these great paintings is\\nthe representation of the pictures and", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0113.jp2"}, "110": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094100\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\npieces of art hung on the interior walls of\\nthese government reception rooms; por-\\ntraits, pictures of scenery, arts and deco-\\nrations, trie richness of heavy draperies,\\nall combine to please and enlighten the\\nlovers of art. It shows years of study\\nand labor as well as rare talent to produce\\nsuch great masterpieces. The harmony\\namong the people, the harmony in\\nmusic, the harmony in nature, all ming-\\nling together, I feel as if I am one in\\ntheir midst and can realize the beauteous\\nlives of all who have been and now are on\\ngood old Mars. O how I admire these\\nmost beautiful pictures, seen in perspec-\\ntive, apparently at such distance.\\nThe displaying of elegant furniture\\nlet down from the walls of these great\\nreception rooms; the servants in order,\\nchairs in order and all luxuries supplied\\nand the guests so cared for. What can\\nit be but really live pictures and not\\npainted on canvas? It is simply wonder-\\nful to see all human life so accurately", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0114.jp2"}, "111": {"fulltext": "101\\nreproduced So many of these pictures\\nare large in size and show the customs\\nand costumes of ancient and modern\\ntimes.\\nThe pictures of battles show skill and\\nbravery in every figure, all men being so\\nperfect in body and very nearly the same\\nsize. The power that moves the wagons\\nthat carry the great shooting engines is\\nunseen, similar to our auto-mobiles, and\\nthis same power is used to produce the\\neffect in the moving pictures. These are\\non revolving platforms, and the compli-\\ncated machinery causes the various fig-\\nures to appear and act as living beings,\\nshowing the maneuvers, the actual move-\\nments of the soldiers in battle. The\\ndischarge of the great shooting engines,\\nthe awful carnage, the wounded, the\\ndying and the dead; the victors crowned\\nwith glory, with the enemy retreating.\\nThen is shown the work of rebuilding\\nthe city, and all calm and peaceful.\\nBabyland is a very interesting and at-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0115.jp2"}, "112": {"fulltext": "-l ex-\\ntractive picture, large in size, rich in\\ncoloring. The scenery is in a woodland,\\nand these babes in the woods are exercis-\\ning, climbing and romping. Their light,\\neasy movements are easily imagined as\\nyou see them among the branches in\\nalmost every imaginable position. Per-\\nfect happiness seems to be represented in\\nevery feature. Those on the dark mossy\\nground are playing among the rocks\\nand natural mounds, hiding and\\nseeking and almost every conceivable\\nchildren s pass-time is beautifully repre-\\nsented. The nurses and matrons are seen\\nin a group near the outskirts of this baby-\\nland ready to care for them. Patrolmen\\nseem to be walking to and fro to show that\\nthe children are under the special care of\\nthe government.\\nThe picture of a baby in the cradle with\\nits mother carefully rocking it to sleep,\\nwhile she seems to sing in sweet, low\\ntones, as the fond papa is taking a last\\nlook at the sweet little darling before", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0116.jp2"}, "113": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094103\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\ngoing to his day s work. His look is\\nthat of tender love and pride.\\nThe nursery is furnished by the gov-\\nernment with everything the children\\nneed for their comfort and proper amuse-\\nment, and there is not a favored few, but\\nall are favored and favorites. A beauti-\\nful picture of Home shows the happy\\nfamily, some reclining on a sofa, others\\nsitting at tables playing games and play-\\ning on musical instruments similar to the\\npianos on earth, though smaller. Such\\nloA^e and harmony, such congeniality,\\nleads the beholder to exclaim, u O God,\\nThou hast blest the homes of Mars\\nNo gossip, no fault finding, no scold-\\nings. Such things as backbiting, gossip-\\ning, etc., are not known to these simple\\npeople.\\nThe clock that runs by an unseen\\npower, that seems like a perpetual mo-\\ntion, shows the hour, minute and sec-\\nond, and the times of all the moons, as\\nwell as the day of the month. On the", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0117.jp2"}, "114": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094104\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nface of this clock the child is taught its\\nfirst lessons in astronomy.\\nThere are pyramids of flowers in pic-\\nture and beautiful forms of children look-\\ning out and romping through and among\\nthe flowers and tossing the flowers here\\nand there. To represent life and beauty\\nseems to be the aim of the artists.\\nMany more of these paintings might\\nbe described, but enough has been given\\nto give the reader an idea of what is con-\\ntained in these magnificent art buildings.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0118.jp2"}, "115": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094105\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nART DISPLAYS\u00e2\u0080\u0094 SCULPTURE.\\nA most beautiful figure representing\\nLove Immortal, is in the form of a\\nwoman cut in pure white marble, stand-\\ning erect and holding in the palm of right\\nhand a brilliant gem representing a star\\nand the manner in which the precious gem\\nis cut causes it to shine as the brightness\\nof a star by day and by night, and light the\\nface of the figure causing it to beam with\\na heavenfy radiance impossible to de-\\nscribe. The left hand is placed on the\\nleft side of the forehead as if listening to\\nhear the whisperings of love from all na-\\nture, and the face seems entranced b} 7\\nthese old yet ever new revelations of love\\ncoming from the hearts of all living, in\\nexpressions of most exquisite tenderness.\\nThrown over this figure, there is a deli-\\ncate veil carved so delicately as to repre-\\nsent the finest texture. This almost\\ntransparent veil does not conceal the per-\\nfect figure, but seems to intensify the", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0119.jp2"}, "116": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094106\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\neffect. The draping is the most artistic\\nI have ever beheld, and where canght np\\nit is fastened with small star stones simi-\\nlar to that in the right hand, thongh\\nsmaller. The veil is hnng and draped\\nfull trailing in the back, but the sides and\\nfront not so long. The feet and limbs\\nseem so perfect and lifelike that you al-\\nmost imagine the spirit of life animates\\nthem. This love statue rests upon a\\nbase of highly polished dark gray stone,\\nbowl-shaped on its upper surface, so high-\\nly polished as to reflect with the power of\\nwhat we would call a French plate mirror,\\nand this adds greatly to the wonderful\\neffect and causes an appearance of a num-\\nber of similar statues in a group. On\\nthe sides of this stone base are carved\\nwreaths of palms, flowers, grain and what\\nseems like massed ferns and grasses\\neverything seems by the artistic carving\\nto be represented in natural living colors.\\nMany are the pieces of statuary of\\nwomen, the mothers, sisters and daugh-", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0120.jp2"}, "117": {"fulltext": "-107-\\nters of Mars, so perfect in form, exhibit-\\ning the perfect purity in their lives.\\nThese figures represent womankind as\\nmothers, as government officers, rulers,\\nand in every phase of woman s sphere\\nexisting on this most favored planet.\\nMan, his power, bravery, dignity and\\nnobility is shown in one grand statue.\\nHe stands forth fearlessly with every fibre\\nof his body ready to do duty as a citizen,\\nas an officer or as a soldier. He is indeed\\nwhat might be called a well developed\\nman, prepared to occupy any position in\\npublic or private, in peace or in war.\\nSculptured animals are seen in various\\ncolors of stone, not exactly like our ani-\\nmals, but smaller, hardier and covered\\nwith thick massy wool or fur, some- with\\nshort, straight horns, others without\\nhorns. All varieties of animals cut in\\nevery conceivable variety of stone. These\\nare to represent the various schools of\\nsculpture.\\nFowls and birds of every variety are", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0121.jp2"}, "118": {"fulltext": "108\\ncarved in stone and not moulded. The\\nplumage is not as rich in colorings as onr\\nbirds, but is heavier with more blue\\nand gra}^. Birds with large bills and\\nrusty large claws. Singing birds, one\\nspecies of eagle so strong and large that\\nit can carry off animals as large as a\\nyoung calf. The work of the art schools\\nfurnishes a vast number and variety of\\nthese birds in stone as well as painted on\\ncanvas.\\nA large figure of a lion similar to our\\nlion except that the heavy long fur covers\\nthe whole body instead of the neck and\\nshoulders as worn by our king of beasts.\\nTigers, dogs, horses and cattle all\\nsmall and covered, some with heavy fur,\\nothers with a heavy coat of wool, these\\nare all faithfully represented but in such\\nabundance and apparent confusion that\\nwe can only glance at them. Many of\\nthese animals seem so tame and docile\\nthat the beholder is moved with an im-\\npulse to pet them, forgetting that they are", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0122.jp2"}, "119": {"fulltext": "\u00e2\u0080\u0094109\u00e2\u0080\u0094\\nnot endowed with life. The figures in\\nthe ornithological department are so per-\\nfect that it is almost impossible to dis-\\ntinguish them from the stuffed birds, and\\neven the live birds that are kept in the\\nroom for comparison, and all these are on\\nrevolving tables or pedestals, and the re-\\nvolving of the tables sets in motion musi-\\ncal instruments that produce bird notes\\nso perfect that they sound like the singing\\nof birds in the forest. Indeed, the music\\nof these instruments is similar to the bird\\nnotes in the Wagnerian music in the\\nSiegfried and Tannhauser. Some of these\\nfigures of birds and animals are massed\\ntogether to form arches, pyramids, lofty\\nsteps and exterior and interior house\\ndecorations.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0123.jp2"}, "120": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0124.jp2"}, "121": {"fulltext": "Mail Course in Magnetic Healing\\nPROF. J. W. WELTNER,\\nPresident of the National University of Magnetic Healing,\\nof St. Louis, Mo., is complete and perfect, giving to\\neveryone of ordinar}- intelligence, the power to cure all\\nwell known diseases without medicine. Hundreds of\\nstudents have taken this course and all reports that\\nhave come in express perfect satisfaction.\\nTESTIMONIALS\\nClinton Forge, Va\u00e2\u0080\u009e Sept. 13, 1899.\\nDear Professor: I received your Mail Course 10 days ago,\\nand I am pleased that I took it. It is full of just the informa-\\ntion one needs. With your forceful instruction it does seem that\\nanyone could be a healer of himself and others.\\nYours Respectfully, Rev. J. C. Dickson.\\nSt. Louis, Mo., Oct. 2, 1S99.\\nProf. J. W. Weltner, 3512 Bell Ave., St. Louis.\\nDear Friend: Words cannot express my appreciation of\\nyour wonderful mail course in magnetic healing.\\nI never have read anything that has done me so much good.\\nI would not be without the knowledge I have gained from your\\ncourse for thousands of dollars. I know I can cure myself and\\nothers, and my life shall be on a grander and nobler scale than I\\nhad ever conceived it possible for me. I had heard so much of\\nyour wonderful healing powers, and now lean readily see how you\\nhave done such great things, because your course is so plain that\\nany one can learn how to heal. Sincere^, E- T. Burghardt.\\nDID NOT HAVE TO MORTGAGE HIS HOME,\\nCitronelle, Ala., Sept. 30, 1S99.\\nProf. J. W. Weltner, St. Louis, Mo.\\nMy Dear Prof: Your letter with enclosure to hand and by\\ntheir receipt I have been very greatly benefited and strengthened\\nOne reason I presume why I made such poor progress is because I\\nwas told that your Mail Course was no good, and that my only\\nhope of success lay in a visit to Nevada and take the course there.\\nI became strongly impressed that that was my only course.\\nThat would cost me $200.00 which I do not possess I even went so\\nfar as to try and place a mortgage on my home, for the purpose of\\nraising the amount, but could find no one willing to lend me the\\nmoney. I am verv glad now that I could not. I know now\\nthat you are MORE FOR DOING GOOD than to accumulate the\\nALMIGHTY and you are a TRULY CHRISTIAN GENTLE-\\nMAN. You can rest assured that I deeply and truly appreciate\\nyour kindness. Very truly your friend, W. H. H. Clark.", "height": "2909", "width": "1964", "jp2-path": "hypnotismclairvo00welt_0125.jp2"}, "122": {"fulltext": "ANYBODY CAN LEARN.\\n1729 Olive St., St. Eouis, Mo., June 14, 1899.\\nProf. J. W. Weltner, St. I,ouis, Mo.\\nDear Sir I have carefully studied and assimilated your\\ncourse of instructions, and have also studied Prof. S. A. Weltner s\\ncourse of Nevada, Mo. I must say that your course excels in\\nyour masterly discussion of the source and application of the heal-\\ning power in your strong analysis of the mind and its control of\\nthe body.\\nIt seems to me that anybody can be a healer after studying\\nyour course. I am perfectly well pleased with your instructions\\nand 1 consider what I have learned from you worth considerable\\nmoney to me. I know I can cure disease without medicine and I\\nexpect to make Magnetic healing my business for the rest of my\\nlife.\\nAccept my thanks for the great good your teachings have\\ndone me. Sincerely yours,\\nC. Hills.\\nA WELL SATISFIED STUDENT.\\n4037 Easton Ave., St. Louis, Mo., June 1, 1899.\\nProf. J. W. Weltner,\\nPresident of the National University, St. Eouis, Mo.\\nDear Sir I wish to thank you for the benefits I have obtain-\\ned through your course of study of Magnetic Healing.\\nI was induced to take your course of study after hearing of\\nyour remarkable success in curing diseases without medicine. I\\nhad been a sufferer for many years from disordered stomach, dys-\\npepsia, constipation and catarrh of the head. From your course\\nof study I learned how to cure myself and as charity begins at\\nhome I decided to try to rid myself of my ailment and I am\\nhappy to say I have cured myself entirely. I feel like a new man.\\nI can t find words to express my appreciation of your wonderful\\ncourse of study that has wrought such complete cures in my own\\nbody.\\nI have taken other well known and well advertised courses of\\nstudy and I feel bound by justice to state that yours is the best\\ncourse I have studied, as every point is so wonderfully strong and\\nplain that the most ignorant can not fail to comprehend it. I do\\nnot mean it for flattery when I say I consider your course the best\\npublished and yourself the most powerful healer I have ever met.\\nVery truly your friend,\\nG. R. Hill,\\n4037 Easton Ave.\\nP. S. I must also state that I do not have to spend my money\\nfor medicine for my family but when my wife or children have any\\nailment I cure them myself. G. R. Hill.\\nThis course with diploma will be sent on receipt of\\n$10.00 in Postal or Express Money Order, Registered\\nLetter or Bank Draft.\\nAddress Prop. J. W. 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