A course of practical psychic instruction.

  • Psychic Research Co.
Date:
1901,
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A course of practical psychic instruction. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    — 22— ficult than the preceding, and requires on the part of the student careful and serious attention. It consists in the alternate use of the nostrils as in the preced- ing zveek, but each inhalation should occupy fifteen seconds, the breath should then be held only ten seconds; and the exhalation should be again fifteen seconds. Notice particularly the difficulty you experience in exhaling for fifteen seconds. But it should be learned. It is necessary to your development, and the rewards are great. Fourth Week. The Exercises for the Fourth Week are devoid of any. re- strictions in the matter of using first one nostril and then the other in the Breathing; but the time of inhaling is increased, if possible. Every inhalation should take twenty seconds; then hold the breath for ten seconds, and exhale it twenty seconds, thus concluding the breath. The time of the exercise may be extended from fif- teen minutes to thirty minutes, including the necessary five min- utes for preparation. Possible Attainments.—Strange as it may seem to you who know nothing of the development through breathing, some stu- dents have been known to develop a capacity for inhaling and exhaling covering a period of five minutes for each complete breath. The earnest student, at the end of the fourth week, begins to feel in truth that exaltation of the spirit and bodily vigor which comes with the presence of large quantities of Nervous Energy in the system, revivifying and transfiguring him. In place of weakness he shows strength; the rich color that has superseded the pallor of his countenance shows how well his physical body appreciates' the nourishment which it has re- ceived. The wasted form has filled out, and the clear light of the Spirit shines from the eye. There is no mistaking the eye of the Magnetic Healer; it is clear, penetrating, steadfast, yet not aggressive. Its expression is mild but constant. Attaining Full Breathing.—After the fourth week the student should make the practice of deep breathing his constant aim. The muscles are now so strengthened that they are indif- ferent to any ordinary strain put upon them. He should begin to breathe deeply in the morning when he first wakes from slumber, and without tying himself down to any fixed hours for Exercise, he should make a point at least once a day of giving up thirty minutes to his Exercise while he reclines upon
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