It is now in your power to see and judge for yourself.įorgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. For there I was, as wide awake, apparently, as ever I had been, with no Sign of any thing unusual in my surroundings.Įvidently reading my feelings in my countenance, he said, pointing toward the door, Beyond that slight partition you will find that future society upon which you have so often curiously Speen lated. Full of disappointment, I supposed the experiment to have failed. The apart ment presented its usual appearance, as I could well see, the lamp being now turned up. My friend was standing in the same position as before, and was regarding me intently, not without some appearance of anxiety.
I was wrapped in a profound and dreamless sleep. Gradually the objects before me grew indistinct: the multitudinous noises of the busy street below died away to a gentle murmur, like the sound of distant waves.
Then, standing on the rug before me, he began to make the peculiar passes employed by mesmerists, - to whose influence, I may remark in passing, I have always been highly susceptible. Rising without a word from his seat on the opposite side of the fireplace, he turned down the lamp, so as to leave only a subdued light. Excerpt from The Diothas: Or a Far Look Ahead
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