irit
of Law, had its stars or planets which shone more brilliantly than
now, at least in Faith. Thus, there are two sources of Creation or
Action, both based on Evolution, one being unconscious and guided by
Natural Law, and the other which is conscious and grows out of the
first. Hence _cognito ergo sum_, which well-nigh all men really
understand as _cogito, ergo sum Deus_. Or we may say that they assume

"Because _I_ think, then God must _think_ like me!"

Now to come to Hypnotic thought, or suggested mental action. I would
infer that, according to what I have said, there may be two kinds of
mentality, or working of the mind--the one under certain conditions as
effective or resultant as the other; the first being--as it was in the
order of time--Unconscious or Instinctive; the other, conscious and
self-observant.

For the man who built a Romanesque Cathedral worked by the
suggestiveness of minds which went before him, or Tradition. He was
truly, as it were, in a kind of slumber; indeed, all life was more or
less of a waking dream in those dim, strange days. "Millions marched
forth to death scarce knowing why," all because they were _told_ to do
so--they felt that they must do it, and they did it. "Like turkeys led
by a red rag," says CARLYLE. And the red rag and the turkey is an
illustration of Hypnotism in one of the books thereon. Instinct _is_
Hypnotism.

Now I have found that by suggesting to oneself before sleep, or
inducing self by Will or Forethought to work gladly and unweariedly
the next day, we do not _think_ about self or the quality of what we
do to any degree like what we would in working under ordinary
conditions. Truly it is not thoroughgoing or infallible in all cases,
but _then_ it must be helped by a little wide-awake self-conscious
will. But this is certainly true, that we can turn out _better_ work
when we urge our creative power to awake in the morn and act or aid,
than if we do not.

"For there are many angels at our call,
And many blessed spirits who are bound
To lend their aid in every strait and turn;
And elves to fly the errands of the soul,
And fairies all too glad to give us help,
If we but know how to pronounce the spell
Which calls them unto us in every need."

That spell I have shown or explained clearly enough.

And, finally, to recapitulate, Instinct in its earlier or simpler form
is the following laws of Nature which are themselves formed by