"Gentleman scientist" Dr. James Braid (1795-1860) supposedly disproved phrenology, phrenomagnetism, and Mesmerism. Modern mainstream sources who credit Dr. Braid as the "father of modern hypnotism" and the "first genuine hypnotherapist" fail to mention that he inadvertently validated extrasensory... Read More

Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) said ... "Allopathy is a policeman catching a thief. Homeopathy is a thief catching a thief. Allopathy is an opposite balanced by an opposite. Homeopathy is a like balanced by a like." Homeopathy doesn't necessarily involve the "lowest possible dose." Samuel H... Read More

A candle burns out faster in pure oxygen than it does in ordinary air. Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) got it right in 1775 when he wrote ... "... [oxygen] might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body, for a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated air [oxygen] tha... Read More

Three schools of Mesmerism exist. 1) The Suggestionists use suggestion and imagination. 2) The Fluidists rely on magnetism and the "universal fluid from magnetizer to subject." 3) The Voluntists apply will power without recourse to either suggestion or "magnetic passes." Almost all conte... Read More

Adano Ley (Swami Nitty-Gritty) said ... "There is no Superman, only intuitive man evolving from five-sense operative man." He also said ... "The term miracle is used to blanket our ignorance. People want fiction, not truth. Adults think therapeutically." Julian Ochorowicz (Mental Suggest... Read More