Electrical-psychology, or, The electrical philosophy of mental impressions, including a new philosophy of sleep and of consciousness / from the works of J.B. Dods and J.S. Grimes ; revised and edited by H.G. Darling.

  • Grimes J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903.
Date:
1851
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Credit: Electrical-psychology, or, The electrical philosophy of mental impressions, including a new philosophy of sleep and of consciousness / from the works of J.B. Dods and J.S. Grimes ; revised and edited by H.G. Darling. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    / desire is a notion excited in Consciousness by any active phreno-organ, when stimulated by some object. / am determined is a notion produced in Conscious- ness, principally by Combativeness, Firmness, Imper- ativeness and Hopefulness, under circumstances of opposition and difficulty. The idea of I can is generally produced by Hope and reflection; the idea of / myself am superior, from Imperativeness and reflection; the idea of I love, from Adhesiveness, Comparison, and Causality; the idea of / hate, from Destructiveness and reflection. In short, it is reflection that says /, and impulse says will. In operating, when we vyill that the subject shall be in a certain state, that which wills is Imperativeness, Firm- ness, and Hopefulness, and any other impulses may add their influence, if they are interested in the result. When one impulse desires one thing, and another the contrary, the loill is the predominant impulse. 3. Credencive Induction. It has been ascertained, that when a subject is but slightly afi'ected, and when any of the operators in Mesmerism, or Neurology, or Pathetism, would send him away as unprofitable,— merely by the application of a very simple stimulus, which every one has always at hand, the subject may be brought perfectly under your control. This may be done by a simple assertion. Assert to the subject, in a decided tone, for instance, You cannot open your eyes,'' and if his eyes were shut when you made the assertion, he cannot open them afterwards until you again say, Now you can