By the old methods you are taught to put a person to sleep before making his arms stiff or controlling him in any manner. This is entirely unnecessary; besides, it robs the student of valuable practice.

A Kew Way

If you wish to develop a strong personality and acquire the power of personal magnetism there are no better exercises than the tests for controlling people in their waking state. With a small amount of practice you will get so you can control a large number of persons almost instantly. For the following test select some person whom you have drawn backward and forward and whose hands you have fastened together.

How To Stiffen The Leg

Ask the subject to place his weight on the leg you wish to make stiff, while you take hold of one of his hands. Tell him to look you straight in the eyes and think he cannot bend his leg, and when you rise, to let his eyes follow yours. The operator during this time is in a kneeling posture, as shown in picture. Now make a few passes down the subject's leg with one hand, commencing about six or eight inches above the knee and continuing downward until about six inches below the knee. While making the passes say in a very positive tone, "Now you will find your leg is getting stiff-stiff-stiffer-stiffer-stiff and you can't bend it. You will walk stiff-legged." As you speak the last words rise, keeping your gaze centered at the root of the subject's nose between the eyes, and pull him toward you actually causing him to walk stiff-legged. When he has walked fifteen or twenty feet remove the influence by striking your hands together and saying, "All right, wake up," etc., according to the method explained for removing the influence when the hands are fastened together.

How To Stiffen The Arm

This process is similar to that used for the leg. Have the subject close his hand, and make his arm very stiff. Now take hold of his fist and make a few passes down inside of the arm, saying, "Your arm is getting stiff-stiff-stiffer-stiffer-stiff and you can't bend it. Try hard, the more you try the stiffer it will get." Remove the influence according to preceding instructions.

Prevent Speaking The Name

Stand in front of the subject and gently press down upon the "Adam's apple" of his throat a few times, saying, "Now when I count three you can't say your name. One-two-three. Now you can't say your name. You can't say it, try hard."

SHOWING PERSON TRYING TO THROW STICK DOWN.

How To Keep A Person From Throwing A Stick Down

Have the subject take hold of a broom handle or a cane and ask him to look into your eyes and grasp the stick tightly; tell him to think that he cannot let go of the stick and that he will find when you count three that his hands are stuck tightly to it and he cannot throw it down, and the more he tries the tighter it will stick. "Ready-one-two-three, - now-you-cannot-throw-the-stick-down, - try-hard, - the-more-you-try-the-more-you-can-not"

How To Keep A Person From Sitting Down

Have the subject stand up; place a chair directly behind him. Tell him to look directly into your eyes. You should look directly at the root of his nose between his eyes. Tell him to make his legs perfectly stiff and to think that he cannot sit down, and that when you count three, he will find that his legs are stiff and rigid, and that he cannot sit down, that the more he tries the stiffer his legs will get. "Ready-one-two-three, - now-you-cannot-sit-down." After the subject tries for a few seconds remove the influence by slapping your hands together quickly and saying, "All-right - wake-up," etc.

SHOWING PERSON WHO CANNOT GET UP.

How To Keep A Person From Getting Up

Have the subject look directly in your eyes while you look at the root of his nose. Tell him to think that he cannot get up, and that when you count three he will find that he is fastened tightly to the chair and that he cannot get up; that the more he tries the tighter he will stick. "Ready-one-two-three, - now-you-cannot-get-up, - you-cannot-get-up."

In all these tests the subject must look directly into the eyes of the operator, while the operator should look between the eyes of the subject, keeping at all times a firm and steady gaze, never removing it for one instant until ready to remove the influence from the subject. All other tests of this nature are easily performed if the preceding are thoroughly mastered. The operator should never get discouraged. Be courteous and never show any disappointment at failure; merely remark, "We cannot expect to hypnotize everybody upon first trial," or. something of this kind, and proceed with your work. There is a knack in hypnotizing which comes only from practice and experience. Patience and perseverance will bring this. Keep trying and you are sure to hypnotize a number of those you try.

Full and complete instructions in the art of hypnotizing will be found In other chapters of this work. - Editor.