Dangers of Hypnotism

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 7, 1903

Dangers of Hypnotism

The following news item which comes from Monmouth, Ill., should furnish an object lesson on the danger of dabbling in such modern occult “sciences” as hypnotism, now fast becoming popular in this country: “Driven insane by lessons in hypnotism, Mrs. Marshall Mink raves to-night about the fiery furnace and the imps she imagines are thrusting her into the red-hot coals. Her husband has been saved from a threatened condition of like nature only by the most arduous labors of local hypnotists and physicians. The wife was declared insane this afternoon, and will be taken to the asylum at Watertown in the morning. Mr. and Mrs. Mink are residents of Warren County. Both have been taking lessons in hypnotism through letters from a hypnotist in Jackson, Mich. The last lesson came Wednesday, and was entitled ‘You Are Going to Sleep.’ The husband and wife studied the lesson for a considerable time, and both were strangely affected by what they read.”