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PRENATAL CULTURE. 



Opposing Evil 

 Influences* 



Prenatal 

 Suggestions* 



abnormalities. (4) Where the mother has sus- 

 tained any severe shock, fright, or grief, so that 

 there is a possibility of bad results, she should 

 ignore the fact as much as possible and proceed 

 to counteract it by affirmations and suggestions 

 of a directly opposite character. She should treat 

 her forming child just as she would if the babe 

 were in her arms. 



For instance, if a mother is holding her child 

 and something occurs, suddenly frightening both 

 mother and child, the mother quickly regains her 

 self-control and at once begins to pacify the little 

 one by assuring it that nothing can harm it, that 

 there ' is no danger and that she will protect it. 

 Now, while the child is not old enough to under- 

 stand a single word, her mental suggestions 

 quickly allay its fears. If a child can be thus 

 controlled by suggestions before it is old enough 

 to know one word from another, why will not the 

 same treatment produce the same effect during 

 its prenatal period? Experiments indicate that 

 it will. The self-possessed mother can counteract 

 a bad impression and with rare exceptions pre- 

 vent it from affecting the child. 



The power of a suggestion, or an opposing sug- 

 gestion to counteract any undesirable influence, 

 or impression, is almost unlimited. By proper 

 soul building a mother can gain such perfect self- 

 control and so prefix her character as to enable 

 her to resist all undesirable influences and largely 

 determine the impressions made upon her form- 

 ing child. 



The fact that sudden impressions do occasion- 

 ally produce most wonderful results, and that it 



