Meteor Shower October 21, 2012

This morning we stole out into the cool fresh dark of night to view the meteor shower!

Meteor showers are not like laser light shows.  They are not like fireworks. They are much more subltle. It was more like, what was that? a flash of light. And what is that? a small star traveling across the sky! No special effects, just Mother Nature showering us with her awesome gifts, which are so easy to miss if we are not looking for them.

I feel blessed to have witnessed it myself. And I am grateful for the meteoric blessings I have received in my life.

How is your Heart?

You're invited if you have a big heart and want to make a donation to the American Heart Association!

Fall Fitness Fundraiser
for the American Heart Association
5:30 PM, Friday, October 19, 2012


Connie Russo, fitness expert, and Gloria Constantas, mental fitness expert, are teaming up again to bring you vital information about your health and vitality and make a big donation to the American Heart Association. The biggest factor in coronary heart disease is smoking and you can eliminate the smoking habit with hypnosis. See if you are a good candidate for hypnosis at the hypno-demo on Friday.

American Heart Association
Fall Fitness Fundraiser

Friday, October 19, 2012, 5:30 am

PMR Elite Fitness

1029 Pinellas Ave (Alt 19) (new address!)
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

$10.00 donation at door.

 

Come early if you would like to get your blood pressure taken.

 

There will be a raffle for a Blue Jays team shirt.

 

Are you ready to quit smoking and become a Fresh Air Breather?

I have a Hypnotic Quit Group planned for November 15, the Great American Smokeout Day!

Call 727-946-1531 if interested.

The Mesmerizing Truth

I would like to tell you a True tale about a Great Man and a Grievous miscarriage of Justice!

A story based in Fact, in Science.

Franz Anton Mesmer was born in Germany in 1734. He studied Music, History, Law, Astronomy and Medical Science. He became a healer, learning all the Modern Techniques of the day, like purging, bleeding, and how to administer the correct amount of opium and other potions.

Yes! He was a Healer. And an observer, a scientist, considered a Genius by the many fortunate souls who were healed by his methods.

Mesmer was inspired by a priest named Father Hell. Yes! Father Hell was a popular healer in the 18th Century. Father Hell had performed miracles of healing in the public square and all were invited to come, to watch, and to be healed by all manner of Disease.  Father Hell used his faith to heal hundreds of followers. His faith and a metal cross of grand height. Reports say that a line would form in the square and the unfortunate Sick would come to him one at a time, stand before Fr. Hell, Fr. Hell would touch him (or her) with the monstrous cross, he (or she) would fall down as if Dead, then rise up when Fr. Hell commanded, completely Healed!

Mesmer, who was a man of science and letters, deduced that the healings were not generated by the Power of Faith, but were instead induced by the Metal Cross. He suspected that there was an invisible magnetic fluid contained in every living thing, which provided perfect health if flowing properly, but would severly compromise the body with some affliction if there was a blockage. Mesmer then devised many methods using magnets or iron rods, even magnetizing other objects so that he could influence the Animal Magnetism of every individual who came to him with any affliction of the flesh. He healed hundreds of people with his methods!

Then, one fateful day, a committee arrived, Ben Franklin among them. Dr. Guillotine was also a member of this committe appointed by the French Academy of Science to investigate Mesmer's methods. Having observed the wonderous methods without any insight, they asserted that the healings were the result of Mere Imagination!

This committee dismissed Franz Anton Mesmer as Charlatan!

They did not recognize his Genius. But his followers did. They continued to use and refine his methods and now correctly recognize Mesmer as the Father of Hypnosis.

A Mesmerizing Personality

Who was Franz Anton Mesmer?

Franz Anton Mesmer was born in 1734 in Germany. He was educated in the University of Vienna. He studied astronomy, law, philosophy, and medicine. In those days the study of medicine included purging, bleeding, and the administration of opium. These were the most modern techniques they had. Mesmer considered himself a scientist and observed the world around him. He was very interested in healing. He went to the public square to see a healing ceremony done by Father Hell.

Father Hell was a priest who used a huge metal cross to heal the multitude of people who flocked to the square for healing. Mesmer concluded that the healings were not predicated by faith, but rather, were somehow related to the huge metal cross.

Mesmer originated the theory of "Animal Magnetism," based on his observations and his own experiences. He theorized that there was a magnetic fluid inside all living animals which could be influenced by iron rods and restore health to those afflicted with various conditions.

He believed that some kind of blockage of this magnetic fluid would inevitably lead to sickness. He desired to release this blockage, and devised many methods to do so, affecting many cures. Mesmer was very successful for a long period of time, but his ideas and some of his methods were so unusual, that the ruling establishment appointed a committee to investigate his claims. In 1784 Ben Franklin, Dr. Guillotine and others concluded that his cures were based on imagination, not “animal magnetism." Mesmer left France in 1791 and eventually settled in Switzerland.

Mesmer died in obscurity in 1815, but many of his followers continued to perform healings based on his methods. The discovery of the hypnotic state was stumbled upon by accident by one of Mesmer's students, the Marquis de Puysgur, one day when trying to magnetize a young shepherd boy. Rubbing the boy's head had put the boy into a hypnotic sleep. Trying to awaken the boy, the Marquis gave several commands, such as stand up, walk, and sit down, and was astounded to observe the boy obey, yet still remain in his sleeping state. When the shepherd boy finally woke up, he had no memory of these events.

The method used by the Marquis de Puysgur sounds a lot more like hypnotism as it is practiced today than Mesmer's methods. Nevertheless, Mesmer is called the "father of hypnosis." And his followers called his method, "mesmerism," giving us the words mesmerize and mesmerizing.