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1、PracticalMentalInfluenceWilliamWAtkinsonTheLawofVibrationStudentsofhistoryfindacontinuouschainofreferencetothemysteriousinfluenceofonehumanmindoverthatofothers.Intheearliestrecords,traditionsandlegendsmaybefoundreferencetothegeneralbeliefthatitwaspossibleforanindiv
2、idualtoexertsomeweirduncannypoweroverthemindsofotherpersons,whichwouldinfluencethelatterforgoodorevil.Andmorethanthis,thestudentwillfindanaccompanyingbeliefthatcertainindividualsarepossessedofsomementalpowerwhichbendseven"things"andcircumstancestoitsmight.Waybackin
3、thedimpastofman’shistoryonthisplanet,thisbeliefexisted,andithassteadilypersistedinspiteofthestrenuousoppositionofmaterialscience,evenuntothepresentday.Theyearshavenotaffectedthebelief,andinthesedawningdaysoftheTwentiethCenturyithastakenonanewstrengthandvitality,for
4、itsadherentshaveboldlysteppedtothefront,andconfrontingthedoubtingmaterialisticthinkers,haveclaimedthenameof"Science"forthistruthandhaveinsistedthatitbetaken,onceandforall,fromthecategoryofsuperstition,credulityandignorantphantasm.Wereitnotpitiable,itwouldbeamusingt
5、oglanceatthepresumptuous,complacent,smug,self-satisfiedpositionofthematerialisticschoolofthinkers,whowouldbrushasideasafoolishdelusionthatwhichmanofthewisestmenofapastageshaveacceptedandtaughtasthetruth.Themodern"know-it-alls"wouldsneercontemptuouslyatfactsthatarek
6、nowntobeofactualoccurrenceinthedailylivesofthousandsofintelligentpeople,andwhichtheexperienceofhumankindhasdemonstratedformanycenturies,inalllandsandallraces.Thetroubleliesinthedogmaticassumptionofthematerialisticschoolthatwhatisknownas"mind"ismerelysomepeculiaract
7、ionofthematerialbrain,somewritersevenholdingthatthebrainsecretesthought,justastheliversecretesbile.TheyrefusetoseethattheoperationofMindisamanifestationofenergyknownaselectricity,magnetism,light,heat,gravitation,cohesion,etc.Becausementalenergydoesnotregisterthevib
8、rationsoftheselowerformsofenergy,theyconcludethatthehighermentalenergydoesnotexist.Havingformulatedatheorytosuittheirmaterialisticconceptions,the
