MENTAL ALCHEMY o. THE WONDERS OF THOUGHT-FORCE " o HASHNU HARA A-.JMr :J..CtnOfnI!nJJ,#to -.:l114Arpi",mt<J tifPtnnId"'~." ..T," RMIII I' SmUll," ..hMtutJ! H)'}NHli",," ..P,.tM!ulJ! Y"JlI," "Nu",lMr, Nanu, aNi e"fcur," tit., tft. :In 'ltwo parts LONDON 1.. N. FOWLER & CO. 7 IWPUIAL A1U:.o.DK, LUDGATE CIRCUS, E.C. NtW YORK FOWLER & WELLS CO., IS EAST UNO STStlUtT '909 - CoJyr;I:Af, 1909. L. N. FOWLER &: CO. ENTJUlED AT STATIONERS' HALL ALL RIGHTS RltSKRVED ItnllllSHED 196. " HUoLTH IESV,ItCH 70 lA....vmE STUn, MOKELUMNE HIll, CAllfO.NIA U245 CONTENTS ••• PART I PIoC;. I. A New OUTLOOJ:: ON M.ENT/.L ScIENCE... • Transmutation-The Greater Power-Obstades Mental Science and Health-Youth, etc. II. TH": PHILOSOPHY OF MENTAL ScIENCE ... 13 The I AM Theory-There isno Maller-Stumbling Blocks-A God ofLove-Man'sClaim to Divinity -There is no Evil. . III. FAITH AND OTHER THINGS ~3 WI,at is God- Why we came inlo the World Faith-Prayer-The SilverSireak-The PhysiCAl and Material Body- The Sp::itual Soul-The Divine Fire- Aspiration- Sel6ihness- Where: Mental Science has Failed-How to Remedy the Failure-The Power of God. IV. How THOUGHT AND BODY ARK R:;:LATltD 41 The Vitalizing SubstaDce-The Cause of Sic.koess -Mental SUles-The Ethere.a.l Body - The laftuence of Spirit over the Body-Conditions ruling Physical, Mental and Spiritual Amalgama tion-The Magnetic and Ethereal Atom-The Quality of Faith. . - - PA<:R V. MENTAL HEALING ... 53 Meth0d5 of Treatment-Ab~t Healing, etc. VI. SPIRITUAL HEALING 63 The Vital Centres of the Eody-Metbod of Treatment--MagneticPa.-.ses-Diseasesthatyield to Treatment. VII. HYPNOTISM AND SUGGESTIVE HEALING ... 75 PART II PERSONAL MlIGN8TISM 83 The Alchemy of Magnetism as used in the Art of Fascination-Will Power-To Project a Mental Image-Thought materialiud by Will-Acquired Magnetism-The Universal Ether-The Ancient Pri~ts of Egypt and Chaldea-Vibration-Ele mentals-The ?rimai Substance-Forcesborn of theDesires and Passions of Man-Living Powers -Pra.eticefor Development-Laws governing the Etheric Fluid-E'luilibrium--Howto create Love or Hatred-To Alter the Poluity-The Law of Attraction-To (';o.in Power over Man-Consis tency not the Keynote to Success-E:lplosions in theBiber-To In6uen~People-The Polarity to use for the yariQUI 'rypes of People-Magnetic Contact-MBf:Iletic IIIt1Sionsto Projectth.: Astral -La.. to be followed-The Laws of Levitation -How Accomplished.. PART I I A NEW OUTLOOK ON MENTAL SCIENCE IT has long heeD my desire to write a book upon the further developmeot of Mental Science, aDd its relationship to the World of Suggestion and Magnetism. Since last I put pen to paper upon this subject, I have made Doe or two discoveries which I firmly believe to be: the ..missiog links which will serve II to make this grand philosophy really practical, and at the same time make it prove acceptable to the majority of people who uow pass it over as unfeasible. This statement would cause it to appear that [ have myself tried the philosophy and found it wanting, and tbis is, in fact, true, but in a sense only. Many people have come to me aDd pointed out . that Mental. Science failed aft" a #ml, and [ - - B = - myself found it (all In the !ame way, although, owing to temperament and character, It !Iuccc;:ded with me lODger than with many others. It ls a fact that most of the well.known Scientists eithe.. fail, or come very ncar it, sooner or later, leading one to suppose that the science is Dot based upon po"ibilities. Now I have always been convinced that·Mental Science i.s founded upon the bed.rock of truth, bat 1 also felt certain that there was a flaw in the philosophy and law-.. as laid down by the various - authorities, who, in some way or another, had evidently got the wroog pig by the tail now and again. After finding out that there was a weak link in the chain, my ~at aim has been to discover where it Wil!f, and I believe r have done so, and to prove it is the mUtm d'1h-e of this work. [ am seeking to show first what the weak link consists of; secondly, to build up a complete and !tOund theory {or working the science; and thirdly, to give some praetical indications of how it may best be utilised i~ our every.day life. The subject of Mental Alchemy, or the trans· mutation of conditions through the power of thought, It: a very broad one, applying t,J both mind and body. - 3 - . The limitations of the science are bounded only by those of its exponent Just as social equality can never be realized, so is it impossible to realize equality of thought, else we should all be born with the brains of a Carlyle, or the silver tongue of a Shakespeare. Therefore at the outset it is impossible for ODC man to realize the same effects through this philosophy as another. Beyond these limitations Thought as a (orce, or the power of one mind over another, stands supreme. The uses to which thought force may be put are many. In the 6rst section of this wor!c I am out lining the amended philosophy, and dealing entirely with the various methods of mental and spiritual healing which are, possibly, the greatest use to which the science can be put. In the second section I am dealing with the more occult and magici:l.i side of the subject, including the wonders of Personal Magnetism. Thought is certainly creative, it creates conditions exactly as it creates things, and this is amply demonstrated even in the most simple matters. For instance, the optimist contillues young in spite of car~ and troubles, simply because he C:Ln always hope for brighter days, always see the silver lining to his clouds. For the same reason the pessimist - 4 - grows old and wrinkled before his time. his outlook is always dark, aDd he lacks the youth-giving rays of mental sunshine without which real life is oon· existent - Thought creates exactly along the lines in which it rUDS, and all applicatioo of Mental Science whether to IIuJIII or (.()1fdi/ims, is expressed in one of two fonns-seU-heating, and ~e cures brought about by the action of onc mind upon another. - W~en t speak of .. healing" J. am not thinking of health only, but of the various conditions brought about thlough wrong thinking, from which so many of us· !luffer. Depression, unhappiness, and so "forth nerd healing quite a... badly as a cancerous growth in the body, aod they are quite as deadly io effect But apparently l.o,ese rNO conditioDs are very rar apart, yet in reality they are near akin. I do not believe that the most powerful mental healer could awe a sick person against his will. He must have raith, and it is raith which makes the cure io both cases. At pool' Helen Wilrnans wrote. ..Faith is the power behind the Throne." Christ healed by raith, and without it DO real eyre, -mental or physical, can be expected, whether the means employed be mcdiciac or any oDe -or the Mental Science processes.