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212 RAJA YOGAMesmer was a philosopher, physician and astrologer. Hewas born in 1784. He died in 1815. He brought in the theory ofanimal magnetism. He believed that man had a wonderfulmagnetic power by which he could heal and influence otherpeople. He made use of this power in the treatment of variousdiseases. The system of mesmerism is known after his name.All orators possess the power of hypnotism. Consciouslyor unconsciously they subdue the minds of hearers. The hearersare swayed by the powerful speech of orators. They arecharmed, as itwere, forthetime being. Allthe religious preachersand prophets of the world possessed this power to a remarkabledegree.Suggestion is the master-key to hypnotism. The hypnotistsuggests and the operator acts implicitly. The lesser mind implicitlyobeys the higher mind. Suggestion is an idea communicatedby the operator to the subject. Suggestion is a science.One should be very clever in putting the suggestion in a skilfulmanner. We live in theworld of suggestion and underthe magicspell and influence of hypnotism. Hypnotism is a mighty powerin the world. We are all hypnotised by the spell of Maya. We willhave to dehypnotise ourselves to obtain a knowledge of theSelf. Vedanta gives powerful suggestions to dehypnotise ourselves.Hypnotism is a state of mind in which suggestions, verbaland visual, are received as true whether they are true ornot. There is an irresistible desire to carry out the suggestions.The power of will and the power of suggestion are very closelylinked together.The operator develops his power of hypnosis through thepractice of crysial-gazing and other methods of concentration.Pranayama also helps a lot in the development of this power.Brahmacharya also is very essential. A man of loose charactercannot become a powerful hypnotist.A man can be hypnotised by gazing or suggestion orpasses. The operator makes some'passes'in front of the subjectand the subject passes into a hypnotic state. The passes inthe reverse direction will bring back the subject to normal consciousness.Sometimes, if the hypnotist is a powerful man, hecan hypnotise several persons in a group or bunch. That manwho resists the suggestions of the hypnotist cannot be hypno-