What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "What do you think about hypnosis?"
Answer
Based on the provided writings, Ellen White and other Adventist writers designate hypnosis (often called "Mesmerism" in their time) as a dangerous form of mental control that abolishes the will and individuality of the individual.
Ellen White explicitly describes Mesmerism as coming from satanic powers, but also insisted that it could be resisted through trust in God. In "Counsels on Health," it is warned that through such methods a person can be brought under the control of another, which, in her view, contradicts the Spirit of Christ. Further documents place Mesmerism in the same family as Spiritualism and witchcraft.
Mesmerism as a satanic deception
»The Lord had shown me in a vision that Mesmerism comes from the devil, from the never-failing pit, and that it will soon go there with those who persist in it. I gave him the freedom to mesmerize me if he could. [...] By faith in God I was able to resist his influence, so that he affected me in no way.«
Mental control contradicts the Spirit of Christ
»Through this so-called science, a spirit is brought under the control of another, so that the individuality of the weaker is absorbed into the stronger spirit. [...] It is foreign to the nature and Spirit of Christ. It does not lead to Him, who is the life and the salvation. He who draws people to himself leads them to separate from the true source of their strength.«
Mesmerism in the same family
»Mesmerism, Spiritualism, Witchcraft, Wonders, all belong to one family, have a common root, and are developed according to the same laws.«
The Spirit in Perfect Bondage
»All Spiritualists claim that the mental control of mediums is spiritual psychology and that for the moment the spirit is held in perfect bondage to the controlling spirit.«
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