the power of, gives freedom from habit, 303, et seq.; the
basis of "Christian Science," 363.

AUTO-SUGGESTIONS of health in keeping with one's needs, 177;
effect of morbid, 195; should be made daily, 258.

BACON, Lord Francis, on the effect of actions of the mind on
the body, 132; on the effect of apprehensions, 186.
BAIN, Prof., on the physical effect of mental shock, 132; on
instinct, 287.

BALDWIN, James Mark, on mental development, 27; on repe-
tition and habit, 300.

BATHING and breathing, invigorating effect of, 207.
BATTINELLI's definition of poetry, 40.

BIBLE, the, criticism of, 328.

BIOLOGISTS, value of the labor of, 126.

BLAVATSKY, Madame, 3.

BLIND Tom, musical abilities of, 51.

BLOOD, the, the healing and vitalizing medium, 223, et seq.
BLYTH, Benjamin Hall, mathematical precocity of, 50.
BODILY passivity, the real purpose of, 277.

BODY, care and treatment of the, 223-235.

BONAPARTE, Napoleon, obeyed an all-powerful instinct, 39.
BONNET, Joseph, apparition of, appears to his sister, 61.

BRAID, Bernheim, Charcot, Liebault, and Janet experiment in
hypnotism, 9.

BRAMWELL, Dr. J. Milne, experience of, with hypnotism, 248,
250, 252, 256.

BULWER-LYTTON on desire, 324.

BYRON'S picture of a mother, 321.

CAMPANELLA on imitating the ways of others, 320.

CARLYLE, Thomas, on strength of mind, 314; on the activity
of thought, 322; on the strength of cheerfulness, 380.
CARPENTER, Prof., on "unconscious cerebration," 9, 31, 33,
36, 275; relates anecdotes of birds measuring time, 54;
on "the physiological mechanism," 121; on the nervous
system, 167.

CAUSE and effect, laws of, inexorable, 211.

CELLS, phenomena of life exhibited in, 150; nutrition of, 154;
Foster on, 155; connected with the central nervous system,
156, 157; able to cope with disease germs, 195; offices of,
regarding bacteria and their toxins, 195, 321; active and
alive like soldiers, 201; protoplasmic, the builders and
workers of the body, 224.

CEREBRAL anatomy, 127.

CHARACTER, traits of, inheritable, 287.

CHARCOT'S theory of the association of hypnotism with hy-
steria, 246.

CHEMICALIZATION, mental, 366.

CHILDREN should be trained in self-reliance, 191.

CHRIST, teachings of, 329.

CHRISTIAN Science healer, power of, 106; an active telepa-
thist, 366.

CHRISTIAN Science healing, weakest part of, 370.

CHRISTIAN Science, 327-371; suggestion the sum total of, 122;
teachings of, not in harmony with reason, 172; phenom-
enal growth of, 329; fundamental propositions of, 334;
illogical, 336, et seq. ; not faith healing, 364.
CHRISTIAN Scientists and

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absent treatment," 90; lesson de-
rived from children of, 194; marvellous growth of, 360;
methods employed by, 370.

CHRISTIANS, orthodox, have little faith in prayer for cure of
disease, 374.

CIRCULATION an important agency in the cure of bodily ills,

145.

CLAIRVOYANCE allied to telepathy, 273, 274.

CLAIRVOYANT, methods of, 278.

CLARK, Dr., performs dental operation under telepathic influ-
ence by author, 74.

CLAUDIUS on self-mastery, 325.

COBBE, Frances Power, on mental processes, 32.

COLERIDGE, S. T., composed “Kubla Khan" during a pro-
found sleep, 284.

CONCENTRATION and physical passivity, development of, 279,

et seq.

CONCENTRATION of mind, 277.

"CONSCIOUSNESS," enlargement of the term, 12.

CONSTIPATION, prevalence of, 226.

CONTRACTILE tissue, the analysis of, 157.

COUNTENANCE, personal power in the, 210; mind reveals it-
self unconsciously in, 212; expression of, disturbed by
anger, 217.

DARWIN, Prof., on the physiological effects of grief, 133, 179.
DEATH, approaching, phenomena of, 9.

DE QUINCEY, on the "opening of the book" at the day of
judgment, 26.

DEDUCTIVE reasoning a faculty of the subjective mind, 248.
DEER, the instinct of caution in, 301.

DENIAL gives fruit sweeter than indulgence, 311.

DESIRE and necessity produce physical changes in animals,

139.

DESIRE, physiological effect of, 180; a faculty alive and active

in man, 309; progressiveness of, 310.

DESIRES, change of, in the mind, 293.
DIGESTION, importance of, 225, et seq.
DISEASE, morbid influence of, 118.

DOCTOR and patient, 188–197.

DOGS, telepathic experiments upon, 83.

DREAMS, verification of, 68; may be harmful, 214.

DRUGS, reliance of physicians upon, 134; and mechanical ap-
pliances act as crutches, 160; should be used with discre-
tion, 188; belief in, effects the cure, 362.

DUAL theory not established as a scientific certainty, 8.

EDDY, Mrs. Mary Baker, 3; text-book of, 330; claim of, to
inspiration, 330, et seq.; on belief, 340; on sin, 341; on
Jesus Christ, 343, et seq.; conditions under which she
wrote her book, 347; her ideas of gender, 347, et seq.; on
the "mortal mind," 349, 350; matter her great antagonist,
353; her writings indicate subjective rather than objective
control, 354; her own opinion of her work, 355; business
side of her work, 357, et seq.

EGOTISM a hindrance to scientific advancement, 125.

ELIMINATION should be perfect, 227, et seq.

EMOTION, every, has its corresponding physical action, 132;
effects of, an evidence of the mind's power, 162; an, a
frame of mind, 212.

ENVIRONMENT, influence of, 101; effect of, on wild and do-
mesticated animals, 137; no creature can escape the
influence of, 297.

ERROR always dangerous, 327.

ESPERON, Osman, certifies to account of apparition of Joseph
Bonnet, 62.

ETHER, theory of movement of, in telepathic transmission, 81.
EVIL, danger of, from normal suggestions, 249.
EXERCISE not beneficial to the young alone, 205.

FACIAL culture, mechanical side of, 218.
FAITH in God, 372; efficacy of, 373.

FAITH healing, clergy not favorable to doctrine of, 373.
FEAR only a mental process, 147.

FIBRES, muscular, connected with nerve centres, 201.
FILIAL affection destroyed by vicious thoughts, 318.

FLAMMARION, Camille, on "The Unknown," 61; on the action
of one mind upon another, 72; extract from, on power of
imagination, 136.

FLETCHER, Phineas, quotation from, 326.

FLOURNOY, Prof., investigates a trance medium, 10, 28.

FOREL, Prof. August, on the power of mind over bodily condi-
tions, 159; on hypnotism, 250; on treatment of disease by
suggestion, 254, 257.

FOSTER on the localization of the mind, 129; on nutrition of
cells, 155.

FRIENDS, attitude of, towards one struggling against bad
habit, 307.

GENERAL laws governing the body, 223.

GENIUS, productions of, subjective in character, 38; coupled
with insanity, 39; the creative power of, inherent, 45;
Dr. Channing on, 46.

GOETHE on the secret to effort, 387.

GREED, instinct of self-preservation the basis of, 297; at the
base of all harmful and degrading environment, 298.
GURNEY, Edmund, experiments with hypnotized subjects, 15,
27, 88.

HABIT, 286-326; of the mind, training of, 184; the result of
individual acquisition, 286; instinct and habit closely as-
sociated, 286; found in the woof and warp of every char-
acter, 290.

HAGEN on genius, 39.

HAMMOND, Dr. William A., on hypnotism, 94; on "The Brain
not the Sole Organ of the Mind," 128.

HARE on thought, 323.

HAYDN, Joseph, on the inspiration of his " Creation," 41.
HEALERS, close mental rapport of, with their patients, 107.
HEART, the, affected by emotion, 162.

HEIDENHAIN on the salivary gland, 154.
HELPING others a promoter of health, 241.

HEREDITY transmits mental character, 136.

HERSCHEL, Sir John, personal experiences of, in relation to
inner consciousness, 7, 8.

HODGSON, Mr., 5.

HOFFDING on mental hygiene, 314, 316.

HOMER, knowledge of, 47; consistency of, 331; the "Iliad”
of, 346.

HOMESICKNESS, physiological effect of, 179.

HUDSON, Thomson Jay, influence of, upon investigators of
psychic phenomena, 10; his dual hypothesis, 10, et seq.;
on the subjective mind, 18; on objective education, 51;
error of, in his "Law of Psychic Phenomena," 88, et seq.;
on the controlling force of the subjective mind over the
bodily functions, 112, 161.

HYPNOTIC sleep, the, 29; a favorable condition for suggestion,
254, 256.

HYPNOTIC subjects, trained, 182.

HYPNOTISM, 245-265; experiments in, 9; applied to a fainting

woman, 30; and mesmerism, difference between, 95;
theories in regard to, 245; its nature not to be explained