I have read many things about personal magnetism and how some people have the power to inspire and convince other people to bend to their will. I could never understand how one person could have so much power and influence yet we’ve seen it numerous times in many of our charismatic leaders. The power that some leaders have exhibited has been extremely evil like Hitler, Jim Jones, and Manson just to name a few, but was that magnetism or hypnotism? People actually followed them blindly until it was too late.

This has always scared me and fascinated at the same time because I have always wondered if they were born with this ability or developed this power by reading and developing their mind. When you can use this power for good and not evil then I can see how everyone would benefit. I have known many people in my life that have had small influences, but I could never give up my total will or even bend it except in one extreme case where I was married to an abuser and that was out of fear.

Mastery of Self by Frank Channing Haddock, M. S., Ph. D you can read  part one and two free online encase you’ve never seen this and would like some excellent insight. The site where I found this is Full Books and they have thousands of full text free books. So if you’ve been looking for a particular book and haven’t been able to find it I would suggest looking there. I’m sure many of these are older books maybe some out of print even, but the above book was what I was looking for. Below is a passage about dealing with others.

“Let us finally understand. In applied magnetism, you simply harmonize the etheric states of others with those of yourself, and convey to them through the ethereal medium the purpose of your will. The FIRST condition of success here is agreeableness, the SECOND consists in tact and perseverance, the THIRD is will-power –not brutal will-force, but magnetic power of will.”  I think I will take the time to print this out so I can read the whole thing off line because I need all the magnetism I can get.

Also from the book “The “SPIRIT”–not to refine on philosophy–is the real self which
builds body and may unfold mind. The highest state of the individual, therefore, is religious at the top. This is spirituality. But the only conceivable essential to spirituality is a belief in, and an intelligent (truth-using) surrender to, the White Life–conceived in one’s own way–for harmony and oneness therewith.”