[ThisstatementreceivesitsexplanationinouranswertoQuestion6，whenshowingthatthevibratoryexperimentshattersatumblertopieces。]
Q。Isthereanydifferencebetweenhypnosisproducedbymechanicalmeans，suchasrevolvingmirrors，andthatproducedbythedirectgazeoftheoperator（fascination）？
ANS。Thisdifferenceis，webelieve，alreadypointedoutintheanswertoQuestion1。Thegazeoftheoperatorismorepotent，hencemoredangerous，thanthesimplemechanicalpassesoftheHypnotizer，who，inninecasesoutoften，doesnotknowhow，andthereforecannotwill。ThestudentsofEsotericSciencemustbeawarebytheverylawsoftheoccultcorrespondencesthattheformeractionisperformedonthefirstplaneofmatter（thelowest），whilethelatter，whichnecessitatesawell—concentratedwill，hastobeenacted，iftheoperatorisaprofanenovice，onthefourth，andifheisanythingofanoccultistonthefifthplane。
Q。Whyshouldabitofcrystalorabrightbutton，throwonepersonintothehypnoticstateandaffectinnowayanotherperson？Ananswertothiswould，wethink，solvemorethanoneperplexity。
ANS。Sciencehasofferedseveralvariedhypothesesuponthesubject，buthasnot，sofar，acceptedanyoneoftheseasdefinite。Thisisbecauseallsuchspeculationsrevolveintheviciouscircleofmaterio—physicalphenomenawiththeirblindforcesandmechanicaltheories。The\"auricfluid\"