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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



Art and Music. 



Indifferent 

 Mentation 

 Ineffectual. 



The Perceptive 

 Faculties. 



Cultivating Per- 

 ceptive Power. 



not the inventive power of the one who received 

 the special prenatal training. 



The artistic and musical powers are the dec- 

 orators, finishers, refiners and beautifiers of the 

 soul. Art and music are no longer luxuries, 

 but form an integral part of eery well rounded 

 character. Habitual exercise with a spirit to ex- 

 cel is all that is necessary in the prenatal train- 

 ing of these powers. An occasional recital, the 

 singing of a few songs, a half hour at the piano 

 or the easel will not make the child an elocu- 

 tionist, a prima donna, or an artist. What is 

 done simply in a purposeless, mechanical way by 

 the mother during gestation has very little, if 

 any, effect upon her child; but whatever she en- 

 ters into with all her soul, so that it becomes a 

 part of her subjective mind and subconscious 

 life, will have its effects upon the child. 



The perceptive faculties form the basis of the 

 objective mind. The five senses are the medi- 

 ums through which they take cognizance of the 

 outer world. The strength of these faculties is 

 the measure of one's ability to learn objectively; 

 the importance of cultivating them, therefore, 

 needs no comment. The mind is the standard of 

 the man. 



The following suggestions, if put into prac- 

 tice, will enable any one to greatly improve his 

 perceptive power. ( i ) Concentrate the mind 

 upon one thing at a time. Give it the undivided 

 attention and take definite and detailed account 

 of all its properties. For instance, if the per- 

 ception is by observation in the study, say, of 

 a picture, the student should note carefully the 



