Practical Mental Influence

...magnetic phenomena and confidently move forward with the certainty of finding a strikingly close match in the field of mental phenomena. Recognizing this fact helps researchers in the mental field categorize the various phenomena they observe and develop the theory and practice of Mental Influence Mental Influence: a term used in the "New Thought" movement to describe the power of one person's mind to affect another's.

First, it is now a fact well known and accepted by investigators that the generation of thought and the expression of mental states causes a "burning up" of brain matter. This results in the production of a form of energy with high vibratory power. Physiologists physiologist: a scientist who studies the physical and chemical functions of living organisms and their parts recognize this fact, and textbooks refer to it.

Experiments have shown that the temperature of the brain increases according to the intensity of feeling and thought. There is undoubtedly a generation of energy and a consumption of brain matter that closely resembles the process of generating electrical energy. Once this is admitted, it follows that this energy—once released—must be emitted or sent forth from the brain in a manner similar to other known forms of energy: that is, in the form of "waves" of vibratory force. Light and heat travel in this way, as do electricity, magnetism, and the forces of radioactivity. And the investigators of