Table Of Contents
1913
Preliminary Greeting
1
Chapter I
Personal Magnetism
2
Chapter II
Mental and Physical Poles
5
Chapter III
The Mental Phase
8
Chapter VI
The Physical Phase
11
Chapter V
Physical Magnetism
14
Chapter VI
Generating Nerve-Force
17
Chapter VII
Distributing Nerve-Force
21
Chapter VIII
Nerve-Force Exercises
25
Chapter IX
Projecting Nerve-Force
28
Chapter X
Mental Radiation
31
Chapter XI
Mental Attitudes
36
Chapter XII
The Mental Atmosphere
38
Chapter XIII
Magnetic Currents
42
Chapter XIV
The Direct Flash
45
Chapter XV
Exercises in the Direct Flash
48
Chapter XVI
The Positive Aura
52
Chapter XVII
The Direct Command
55
Chapter XVIII
The Magnetic Duel
58
Chapter XIX
Corporeal Magnetism
61
Chapter XX
Magnetic Self-Defense
65
Preliminary Greeting
I take pleasure in presenting to many American students who will acquire possession of copies copies of this book, these these practical lessons on the art and science science of Personal Magnetism. These chapters contain the gist of the lessons taught be me, in classes, and to individuals, in my courses of personal instruction conducted by me, here in Paris, for the past eighteen years. years. In my personal class work, of course, I adapt the instruction to the special requirements of my individual students, which I cannot do in the case of general lessons in printed form. But, notwithstanding this, I feel that I have condensed into these pages the essence of my methods, and principles of practice, so that any any student of average average intelligence may readily grasp, assimilate, and apply the same with success, at least, I feel that if the student does not accomplish this, it will be his or her own own fault, not that of myself. In introducing this book, I with to express my obligations to Mr. L. N. D.,
an American student of mine, here in Paris, who has kindly transformed my rather stilted "guidebook English" into the plain, simple form desirable for a book designed for for the general public. public. I feel particularly indebted to him for supplying the idiomatic, American "man on the street" terms, thus reproducing the conversational style which I use in all my lessons in French, but which my "book English" rendered impossible in this case without the kindly assistance of this worthy gentleman. With hand on heart, I send to my new American audience the sincere regards, and most earnest wishes for success, of Their solicitous teacher, Theron Q. Dumont -- Paris, France, August 26, 1913
manifest your magnetism in earnest. You must fully acquaint yourself with your magnetic machine before you begin to run it in earnest.
"You feel like doing as I wish you to do!"
The preceding practice exercises may be followed by a similar practice of sending forth "flashes" of anything that you may wish to actually send to other persons later on. You may supply these commands for yourself, or you may practice on the following excellent commands, all of which are likely to be used by you in your actual manifestation of personal magnetism.
" You will agree to my proposition!"
These commands may be varied, of course, to suit your tastes. They must all be delivered before the mirror, in exactly the same manner as I have already stated:
"You are receptive to my wishes!"
"Look at me!" "Give me your full attention!" "Come this way!" "Go away from me – let me alone!" "You like me." "You love me"
"You want to please me!"
"Get out of my way!" "You are attracted toward me!" "I fascinate you!" "I am your MASTER!" "Come! Be quick, and do as I tell you!"
"You are responsive to my will!"
Chapter XV Exercises in the Direct Flash And, now, having mastered the preliminary mirror-exercises, you re ready to begin your experiments on real persons. But, here, too, you must crawl before you can walk and run. You must begin with the simpler forms of magnetic influence, before you can accomplish the more complicated or difficult tasks. But, you have now emerged from the kindergarten stage, and are ready to practice in earnest. If you have faithfully followed the instructions in the mirror-practice, you have mastered the mechanism of magnetic influence, and are ready to "run the machine" in pubic view. But do not for a moment lose what you have gained in the mirror-exercise. Hold tight and fast to the "technique" you have acquired, and do not for a moment fall into the error that you must now begin all over again. The thing for you to remember, always, is
