PRENATAL CULTURE. 



The Material- 

 ist's Dilemma. 



Psychic Power 

 Undeniable. 



Maternal 



Impressions 



Explained. 



The phenomena of maternal impressions, both 

 normal and abnormal, are inexplicable on a purely 

 physical basis. Were there no other relations be- 

 tween mother an'd child than the anatomical, no 

 such results as those just recited could possibly be 

 produced. Scientific men know this, and there- 

 fore those who are bound to the materialistic 

 creed ridicule the whole subject. Their theory 

 will not admit of birth-marks ; mental abnormali- 

 ties they attribute to other causes than maternal 

 impressions, and so in order to be consistent with 

 their creed, they explain away mental deformities 

 and deny the fact of birth-marks. 



It can safely be said that but very few up-to-date 

 students hold to the physical theory of heredity. 

 Man is now known to be more than "a physical 

 machine." Psychical power is an undeniable fact. 

 It has been demonstrated beyond the possibility 

 of successful contradiction that one life may, 

 under proper conditions, influence another inde- 

 pendent of physical communication. Telepathy 

 and clairvoyance are established phenomena, 

 while hypnotic suggestion and the control of a 

 patient, either through the senses or by silent 

 willing, form a part of the daily practice of many 

 physicians. These practical manifestations of the 

 power of the psychic nature over the physical 

 seemingly solve the problem of maternal impres- 

 sions and birth-marks. 



The phenomena of normal and abnormal im- . 

 pressions are no mystery to the up-to-date psy- 

 chologist. They are fully explained by the fol- 

 lowing facts : ( i ) Man is a soul of which the 

 body is the physical expression; (2) the soul is 



