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PRACTICAL
M ND READING
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By & I L L I A M & A L& E R AT &IN S O N
T HOUG HT T RA N SFE R E N CE , /
T E L E P A T H Y, M E N TA L C U R r z
RE N T S , M EN TA L R A PPOR T , & c .
P rac t i ca l I n struc t i on E x e rc i s e s , D i re c t io n s ,
, etc .
, cap a b le
oi b e i n g un d e rst ood , m a s t ere d a nd d e m o n s t ra t e d
by a ny p erson oi a v e ra ge i n t e l l i ge n c e
ADVA N C E D T H O U G H T P U BL I S H I N G C O .
3 6 8 N . M IC HIG A N C H I C A G O, I L L .
L . N . FO& LE R CO
7 I MP E R I A L A R C A D E , L U D G A T E C I R C U S , E . C .
I l a
TA BLE O F C ON T E N TS
L E SS ON I — TH E N AT UR E OF M I N D R E AD I N G 5
A pl a i n , p ra c i c a l , sci en t i fic
t e x pl a n a t i on of th i s Va st M ys
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t eri ou s S u b j ec , e pl a i n i n t h e
t x g a ct i on o f M i n d up on M i n d a n d
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t h e M e n t a l & i rel es s T el e ra p g h y a ccordi n g t o t h e l a t est a n d

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b es a u ori i es
t th t .
LE S S ON I I — TH E P R OO F S OF M I N D R E AD I N G
Th e re s ul t of t h e l a t est sci en t i fic ex p eri men t s a n d i nv es t i g a

t i on s re g a rdi n g t h i s s u b e ct
j ; p ra cti ca l p roof a n d i n di spu t a b l e
f a ct s
L E SS ON I I I — C ONTA C T M I N D R E AD I N G
F ull i n s t ru c i on re a rdi n
t t he N e rv e C u rren t s
g g ”
p a ssi n g
f rom t h e u ma n Tra n smi t t er t o t h e u ma n R eceiv er ;
h h s t a t e d so
pl a i n l y t a a ny on e ma y i n s a n t l y ra sp t h e
h t t g th eory a n d
p ra ct i c e .
LE SS ON I V— D E VE L O P M E NT E X E R C I S E S
H ow t o d ev el op y ou rs el f ; h ow t o g row p rofici ent i n p ra ct i ce ;

h ow t o fin d L oca ti on s ; h ow t o fin d O b j ects ; h ow t o p erf orm
t h e n e ces sa ry e l emen t a ry f ea t s, a n d t h u s p rep a re f or P u b li c
& ork .
L E SS ON V— S I MP L E D E M ON S T R AT I ON S
P u b li c or P a rl or D emon st ra t i on s F ou rt e en P ra c i ca l D em
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on st ra t i on s a re e pl a i n e d ; f ull di rec i on s f or p e rf ormi n
x t
em g th
a re giv en s o t a t t h e s t ud e n
, h m ay rep rodu ce t he e p eri men s
t x t
a n d d emons ra i on s t t .
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E x p l a na ti ons a n d i n stru cti ons g iv en f or t h ei r p erf orma n ce .
Th e B a n kn ote T est ; t h e B l a ckb oa rd F ea t s ; D ra wi n g P i ctu re s ;

T el ep a th i c C h ess a n d C h e cke rs, et c d e scri b ed , ex pl a i n e d , a n d
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f ull i n stru cti on s g iv en f or th ei r rep rod ucti on .
LE S S ON V I I — S E N S AT I ONAL F E AT S 79
Th e D r ivi n g F eat ; t h e Comb i n ati on L ock F ea t ; t h e Offi c e

D et ec t iv e F ea t ; t h e P os t ofii ce B ox F e a t a n d m a ny ot h er s e n
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sa t i on a l d e m on st ra t i on s e x pl a i n e d
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t og eth er wit h a n ex p osu re
“
F a ke D emon st ra ti on s ”
of .
LE S S ON V I I I — H I G H E R P H E NO M E NA
D e mon st ra ti on s & i t ou t c onta ct

h D ev el op men t
. D i recti on s .
L on g D i sta n c e E p e ri ments
x A utoma t i c & ri ti n
. g . Va lu a b l e
Su gge st i on s a n d A d vi ce .
THE N AT U R E O F MIND R EAD I N G 5
LES S O N I .
TH E N A T UR E O F M IN D RE A D I N G .
N L Y a f ew y ear s ag o t he general publ i c wa s

i n almost t o t al i gnorance of the gre at tru t h
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O f Though t Transferen c e Though t P ro ,
j e c t i on
, Telepathy ,o r M i nd Reading I t is true .
t hat here and there were t o be f o und a fe w s e i en

t i s t s earnestly investigating and eagerly uncovering
t he h i dden truths c oncerning the s ubj ects Bu t the .
mass o f the people w ere e i ther entirely ignoran t of

t h e s ubj ect o r el s e w ere i ntensely s keptical o f any
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th i ng c o ncerning t h e ma tt er laugh i ng t o s corn the

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dar i ng th i n k er wh o v entured to expre s s h i s intere st

o r b el i ef i n this grea t s cientific phenomena .
Bu t ho w di ff erent t o day On all hands we hea r

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o f the wo nder s o f T h o ugh t T ransference o r Tele ,
pa t hy as i t is called S c ientific men write and teach

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of its f a s c i na t ing man i festations and even the gen ,
eral public ha s heard much o f the new s c ience and

b elieves m o re o r less i n i t a c cording to the degree
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of i n t elligence and k n o wledge concerning the s ubj ect
po ss es s ed by th e individual L isten to these words

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f r o m t he lip s O f so me of the greate st s c i ent ists of the

da y.
Prof Wi ll i am J ame s th e em i nen t i ns t ruct o r a t

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,
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H arva r d U n i ve rsity s ay s : W hen f r o m ou r p r e s en t
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advanced standpoint we look b ack upon the pa st

s tage s of human thought whether i t b e s cientific
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th o ught o r theological thought we are amazed tha t ,
a un i ver s e which appears to u s o f s o vas t and my s

t e ri ou s a complication s hould ever ha v e s eemed to
anyone s o l it tle and plain a t h i ng Whether it b e .
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D e s carte s world o r N ewton s ; whether it b e tha t
O f the M aterialists O f the last century or that O f the ,
B ridgewater t reatise s o f o u r own it is always the ,
s ame to u s —i ncredibly per s pectiveless and s h o r t .
’ ’ ’ ’
E v en L yell s Faraday s M ill s and D arwin s con
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s c i ou s n e ss of their re spective s ubj ects are already b e

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ginn i ng t o pu t on an i nfantile and i n nocen t look .
These remarks are d o ubly significant b y reason of

their hav i ng b een made by P ro f J ame s a s the pre s .
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i dent o f t he S oc i ety fo r P sychical Research .
The eminent English s cientist S ir William ,
C r oo ke s in his a ddress a s p residen t o f the Royal

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S oc i ety a t Bristol England a few y ear s ag o s aid

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Were I n o w i ntrodu c ing for the first ti me these
i nqu i r i e s to the world of s cience I s hould cho o se a ,
s tarting p oi nt d i fferen t fr o m tha t O f o ld where we ,
f ormerl y began It would b e well to b egin w i th

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t elepathy ; with t he f undamental law a s I believe ,
i t to be tha t thoughts and i mages may be trans

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f erred from one mind to another without the

agen c y o f the re c og n ized organs O f sens e—tha t
kn o wledge may en t er the human min d & i th o u t b e i ng
THE NA T U R E OF M I N D R EAD I N G 7
commun i cated i n any hi ther to k n o wn or r ec o gn i zed

ways A lthough th e inquiry ha s el i c i ted i mp o rtan t
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f acts with reference to the mind it ha s n ot yet ,
reached the s cientific stage of certa i nty which would

enable it to b e use f ully b rought bef o re o n e of ou r
sec t ion s I wi ll t herefore confine mysel f t o p oi nt
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i ng out the d i rect i on in wh i ch s c i entific i nves ti gati o n

can leg i t i mately advance I f t elepathy t a k e place
.
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we hav e t w o phy sic al fact s—t he phy si cal c agge i n

& l
the bra i n of A t he
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phy s ical change i n the brain o f B the rec i p i ent of .
t e suggestion B etween the s e t w o phy si ca l events

h .
there mu s t exis t a t rain o f phys i cal cau s es When . .
ever the connecting s equence of i nte r med i a t e cau s e s

be gin s to be revealed the inqu i ry will t hen c o me
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within th e range of on e o f the sect i ons O f the Br it ish

A s s o c i ation Such a s equence can o nly o ccur
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t hrough an inte rv ening med i um A ll the phenom .

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ena of t he U n iv er s e are presumab ly i n so me way
c o nt i nu o us and i t i s unscien t ific to call i n the aid
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of myster io us agencies when with e v ery f resh a d

va nce i n knowledge i t is sho wn that e t her v i brations
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ha v e p o wers and attribute s abundan tl y equal t o

any dema n d—even the transmission of t hought .
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P r o f C roo k e s then wen t on t o s ay : I t i s sup
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posed by s o me phy sio logis ts tha t the es s ent i al c ells

o f nerves do no t actually touch b ut are separated
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by a narr o w gap wh i ch w i den s i n slee p wh i le it na r

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row s alm ost to ex ti nc tio n during mental ac ti vi ty .
Th is c o nd i t io n i s so si ngularly l i ke that of a B ra nly

o r Lo dge coh erer
&a de vi ce wh i ch ha s led M arcon i
'
to the disc o very of w i rele ss t elegraphy &a s to sug

ges t a f urther analogy The s truc t ure o f b ra i n and
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nerve being s i milar it is c o nce i vable that there ma y

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be pre s ent ma ss e s of su ch nerv e c o herer s i n t he

b ra i n wh o se s pec i al fun c tio n it ma y b e t o rece iv e
impul s es brough t f r o m wi th out through the c o nnec t
ing s equence o f ether w ave s O f appr o pri a t e o rde r of
magn i tude R o en t gen has f amili a ri ze d u s wit h an
.
o rder of vib rati on s of e x t reme m i nutene ss c ompare d

with th e s malle s t w av e s of wh i ch w e ha v e h it he rto
been acquainted and of d i men sio n s c o mparable
,
wi t h the d ist ance s be t ween t he cen t er s of t he atom s

o f which th e mater i al uni v erse is buil t u p ; and there
i s no rea so n fo r b el i e vi ng tha t we ha v e here r eached

the l i m it of f requency It is kn own that th e ac ti o n
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o f t h o ugh t i s a cc ompan i ed by ce rt ai n m o lecular

mo v emen ts in th e bra i n and he r e we hav e ph ys ic a l
,
vibrat io n s capable f r o m their ex t reme m i nutenes s

o f act i ng direct up o n i nd i vidual molecule s wh i le
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their rap i di t y appr o ache s t hat of the in t e rnal an d e x

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ternal movemen ts of the at o m s them s elve s .
A fo rm i dable range o f phenomen a mu st b e s c i

e n t i fica lly sifted b efore we e f f ectually grasp a f acul t y
s o strange so bewildering and fo r ages so i ns c ru
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t able a s t he d i rec t ac tio n O f m i nd o n m i nd It ha s

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THE N AT U R E O F M I N D R E A D I N G 9
been s aid t ha t n oth i ng w o r t h t he pr o v i ng can b e

proved n o r ye t disproved True this may have been
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i n the past it is t rue no l o nge r The Sc ience of o ur

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c entury ha s fo rge d weap o n s o f ob s ervati o n and

analysi s by which the veriest t wo may profi t Sci .
ence has trained and fa s hioned the average mind

into habi ts o f exact i tude and dis c iplined percept i on ,
and i n s o d o ing ha s fortified itself for tasks higher ,
wi der and i ncomparably more wonderful than even

the w is es t among our ancest o r s imag i ned Li ke .
the so ul s i n P lato s myth tha t f oll ow the chariot O f

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&eus it has a s cended to a point o f vi s io n far above

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the ear th I t is hencefo r th o pen t o science to tran

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s c end all w e n o w thin k we know of matter and to ,
ga i n new gl i mp s e s of a pr o founder scheme of C os

mic L a w I n O ld Egy pt i an days a well k n o wn i n
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s cr i pt io n wa s carve d over t he portal o f the T emple

o f I si s : I am whatever has been is o r ever will be ;
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and my v e i l n o man hath ye t l i fted N ot thus do .
m o dern s ee k ers after t ruth confront N ature t h e —

w o rd tha t st and s fo r the b a ffling mysteries of the
U n iv er s e .S tead i ly un fl i n ch in gly we str iv e to
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p i erce t he i nm os t heart o f N ature from what she i s

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t o recon st ruc t what she has been and to prophesy ,
what she yet shall b e Veil after veil we have lifted

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and her f ace grows more beautiful august a n d won ,
d e rful with every ba rrier that is withdrawn .
C amille F la m a rri o n the eminent F rench astron

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omer is a believer in Though t Transference and

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M i nd Reading a n d has written the following ex

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pres s ion of his c onvictio n s o n this subj ect : We sum
up therefore our pre c edi n g Ob servatio n s by the c on
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e lusion that o n e mi n d ca n act at a distan c e upo n
a n oth e r without the habitual medium o f words o r

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pears to us altogether u n reas o n able to rej ect this

con c lusion i f we ac c ept the fa c ts There is nothing .
unsc i e n tifi c nothing roma n tic in admitting that an

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i dea c an influen c e the b rain from a distan c e T h e .
ac ti on o f o n e human b e i n g up on another from a ,
d i stanc e is a scie n tific fa c t ; it i s as certa i n as the ex

i s t e n c e O f P aris o f N apole o n O f Oxygen or of
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S irius The same authority has also said There
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can be no doubt that our psy c hi c al force creates a

movement O f the ether whi c h transmits itself af a r ,
like all m ovem e nts o f e ther and become s per c eptible

to brai n s i n harmo n y with o u r o w n The t ra n s fo r .
matio n o f a psychi c a c tio n i n to a n ethereal move

ment and the reverse may b e a n al o gou s t o what
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takes plac e o n a telephone where th e receptiv e ,
plate whi c h is identical with the plate at the other

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end reconstructs the sonorous movement tra n smit

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ted n ot by means O f s o und but by electricity
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We have quoted at le n gth from this eminent

authority t o show on c e and fo r all that this grea t
s c ience of M I N D RE A D I N G is recog n ized and a p
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proved o f by the highest authorities on M odern

S c ience and als o to give our students the b enefit
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o f the current scientific theories upon the s ubj ect .
I n this wor k we have but very little to s ay about

theory but s hall confine ourselve s to facts an d
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a c tual instr uct i on .
S cien c e kn o ws and ha s proven that thought s may

be a n d have b een transmitted f rom o n e m i nd to
another in s ome cases over thousands of miles of
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s pa c e bu t i t has n o t as yet solved the my s tery o f

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the Why o f the subj ect and c ontents itself with ,
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explaining the H O & The nearest approa c h t o
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a c orre ct theory seem s to b e the o n e whi c h c om

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pares the mind with the wireless telegraph a n d ,
which supposes that the vib ratio n s of thought travel

through the ether just a s do the waves of this high
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order o f ele c tri ci ty The mind o f on e person acts

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like a transmitter of the wireless telegraph while ,
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the mind O f the other a c ts as a rece i ver of the same
set of instrumen t s“
There are undoubtedly vib rati o n s s et up i n the
brain when o n e thi n ks a n d there are u n doubtedly
,
waves o f thought just as there are wave s O f elec

t ri c i t y
. S cien c e i n forms us that there is a n i n c rease
o f temperature in the human brai n duri n g periods O f
thought activity a n d also that there are c o n sta n t

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chemi c al cha n ges in the stru c ture goi n g o n when

the b rain cells are active This is akin t o the gene r
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at i on of elec t r i c it y i n a b a tt ery and und o ub t edly

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acts i n the s ame way i n producing v ibrations and ,
transmi t ting them to the b rain o f another Sir .
William C ro o kes i n the address just quoted poi n ts

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ou t the direct io n o f the sc i entific theor i es con c ern

ing the matter But this is all that we shall have
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to say ab ou t the theory of M ind Reading We s hall .
n o w pass o n to the actual prac ti cal instruc tio n The .
student i s asked however to always carry in his

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mind the fa c t that M i nd travels in wave s f r o m o n e

b rain to another just as electri c ity travels from the
Transmitter t o the Receiver By holding this pi c
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ture in your mind you will have the wh o l e p ra c t i

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c al theory i n c ondensed form ri ght bef o re y ou s o

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tha t y ou may b e able to ac t acc o rd ingly .

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I HE P R O OFS M I N D R E AD I N G
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OF 13
LES S O N I I .
T H E P R O O FS O F M I N D RE A D I N G .
A
S we have s aid i n the previous chap t er the ,
general public i s gradually awakening to

th e k nowledge o f the reality of M ental
Tran sf erence and i t is s carcely ne c essary t o devote
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the ti me and s pace t o a proof of the reality o f the

phenomena i n the s e day s although a few years ago ,
a wor k o n the subject would have had t o be com

posed principally of evidences and proofs But .
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neverthele s s it may be well for us t o ta k e a ha s ty

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loo k a t the na t ure of the proof i n t hi s w o r k .
N early everyone has had evidences o f M ind Read

i ng or Though t T ransference in his o r her own life .
N early every on e has had experiences of being i n a

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per s on s c o mpany when o n e of the t w o would ma k e
a remar k and the o ther s omewha t s tartled would , ,
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excla i m Why that s ju st what I was go i ng to
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say or word s to t hat e ffec t N early every on e ha s
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had experience s of k nowing what a s e c ond person

was going t o s ay b efore the pers o n s poke A nd . ,
likew i se c ommon is the experience of thi n king of a

per s on a f ew moment s before the person came i nto
sight M any of us have suddenly found our s elve s
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thinking of a person who had b een ou t of our mind s

for m o n t h s o r y ear s when all of a su dden t he p e r
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s on him s el f w o uld appear The s e i n s tances are so .
comm o n a s to b e generally rec o gnized without ques ,
tion The s e o ccurrence s have given rise to the two

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common s ay i ng s vi z S pea k o f the devil and his
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i mps appear or S pea k o f angel s an d yo u hear the
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rustle o f t he ir
M ar k Twa i n i n an a rti cle p r i n t ed s everal year s
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a go spo k e O f a plan t hat he had frequen t ly pra e

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ti ced i e tha t O f writing a leter to a per so n upon

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s ome s ubj ect then addre ssi ng the envelope and i n

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sert i ng t he le tt er and then t earing the wh o le thing

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int o p i ece s i n st ead of s end i ng i t H e st a t ed that in .
a large percentage O f such ca s e s he would receive

within a s hort ti me a le t ter f r o m the per so n to
wh o m t he destr o yed letter had b een addre ss ed a n ,
s we ri n g t he que s t io n s a sk ed o r else s peak i ng along ,
t he s ame line s a s tho s e of the destr o ye d letter We .
have k n o wn o f t h is exper i men t be i ng tr i ed o n peo

ple th o usand s of m i le s away f r o m the wri t er and ,
als o i n case s i n which the other pe rso n had not been

h eard O f fo r many year s There i s a field o pen for .
exper i men t al o ng these l i nes which s o me of ou r

st uden ts m i gh t i n v e s t i ga t e wit h pr o fi t and sat i s fa c
ti o n .
P erhap s the b e st a v a i lab le e vi dence of M ind Read

i ng a t t he dispo s al of the public to day is that found -
i n t he record s O f the English S ociety for P sychical

Re s earch The experiment s of the memb er s o f th is
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T HE P RO O F S O F M I ND
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R EA D IN G 15
S o c iety and other i nvestigators have resulted in the ’
piling up of a mass of fact s more than su ffi cient to

fully establish the correctne s s of t h e theory of M i n d
Reading S eries of carefully managed experime n ts
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have been conducted the results o f which have con

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e lusively proven that the thought wave s s et into -
mot i on by the mind of on e person may b e con

s c i ou s ly received by the mind of another We shall .
quote here f rom t he reports o f those inve sti gator s ,
i n order to s how y ou the imp ortant result s that have

been obtained and to set at rest forever any lurking
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doubts a s t o the reality of the phenomena which

may s ti ll find lodgment i n your mind Remember .
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please, that these committee s were c o mposed o f

som e of the lead i ng s c i entific authorities o f Eng
land—men whos e standing and reliability a s well ,
as whose judgment wa s beyond question These

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c ases form a par t of the s c i entific record s o f the

English S o c i e ty .
TH E CR E E R Y EX P ER I M E N T S .
One of t he i nteresting series o f experiment s con

du c ted by member s O f the English S ociety wa s that
o f the family O f the Rev A M C ree ry of Derby
. . .
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shire E n gland This i nvestigat i on was made upon

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hear i ng the rep o rt O f the Rev M r C re e ry regard

. . .
i n g a number of experiments he had conducted with

h is f our ch i ldren H e r eported t ha t he had begun
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16 P R ACT I CA L MI ND R E AD ING
by p r ac ti c i ng a var i at i on of wha t is generally k n o wn

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as t he willing game in whi c h on e of the party
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leaves t he room and the company s elects s o me oh

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j c et t o be hidden after which the person i s recalled

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to the r o om when t h e co mpany co ncentrates i t s mind

upon the hidden obj ec t and the s eeker even t ually
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finds i t by mean s o f M ind Read i n g Th e reverend .
gentleman said i n his repo rt to the S o c i ety :

“
We began by s electing the simples t O bj ec ts i n
the room ; then chose name s o f town s peopl e da t es , , ,
cards out of a pack lines fr o m di fferen t poems e t c

, , .
,
any thing o r ser i e s of i deas that those presen t could

k eep be f ore the mind s teadily The children s el .
dom made a mistake I have s een s e v enteen cards

.
c h os en by myself named right i n s ucce ssio n w ith

,
o u t any m i stake . We s oo n f ou nd that a grea t d eal

depended upon the s t eadiness wi th wh i ch the i deas
were k ept before the minds of the thinkers and ,
upon th e energy with whi c h they w i lled the idea s t o

pa s s I may say that this facul ty i s no t c o nfined
.
to the member s of o n e f am i ly ; it is much more gen

eral than we i mag i ne T o v er ify th is c o nclu si on I
.
’
invited two o f a ne i ghbor s ch i ldren to j o in us i n
our experiment and v ery excellen t r e s ult s w e s e
,
”
c ured from them .
The S oc i ety then began a s er i e s of care f ul i nv es

t i ga t i o n s extendin g o ver a per i od o f on e year The
.
utm ost care wa s taken to obvi a t e the chance of

18 P R AC T I C A L M I N D R E A D I N G
O ne of t he exper i men t s is rep o r t ed a s follow s

“
One of the children wa s sent int o an adj oining
r oo m the door of which was closed
, The c om .
mi t t e e t hen t hough t o f some obj e c t in the house a n d

wro t e t he name d own on paper The st r i ctest silen c e
.
wa s o b s erv ed We then all s i lently thought o f the

.
name of t he t h i ng selected I n a few seconds the

.
door o f th e adj o i ning room o pened and the child ,
would appear generall y with the ob ject selected .
N O o n e w a s allowed t o leave the roo m after the

O bj ect had been fixed up o n ; no communication with
the ch i ld w as c o nce iv ab le a s he r place was O ften
,
changed .Fu rther th e only i n st ruc tio ns g i ven to

,
the child were to fe t ch so me ob j ect i n the house tha t

we w ould fix up o n and w o uld k eep i n m i nd to the
exclus io n O f all o the r i dea s I n th is way we wrote
.
down am o ng o ther t hing s a hairb ru s h—i t was

, ,
b r o ught ; an o range—i t was b r o ught ; a wi ne glass -
—i t wa s brought ; an apple—i t was b r o ught e t c ”

, .
,
etc .
The rep ort to t he S o c i e t y s um s up t he f oll ow i ng

re s ul ts : Three hundre d and e i gh t y t w o tr i al s were
-
made i n the s e ri e s I n t he t e st of nam i ng the

.
cho s en le t ter s o f t he alpha b e t card s and number s

, ,
o f tw o figure s t he chance s aga i n st the g i rl were

,
2 1 to I ,5 1 to I a n d 89 to 1 re s pec ti vel y
, , I n th e .
ca s e O f s t a ti ng ch o sen surname s t he O dd s aga i ns t

her were v ery much in exce ss o f the fi gu re s ju st
THE P R O O FS OF M I N D R EA D I N G 19
named I n the ca s e s o f the experimen ts of naming

.
“
chosen cards it wa s calculated that a mere guesser ,
a c cord i ng to the law o f probability would be able ,
to correctly name but seve n a n d o n e third ou t o f a -
total of the three hundred a n d eighty two tr i als -

.
The ac t ual result s o bta i ned by the c hild were as

follow s : O n t he first at t emp t one hu n dred and ,
twenty seven ; on the s ec o nd a tt empt fift y s ix a d

-
,
-
d i t i on a l ; and on t he t h i rd a t tempt ninetee n add i ,
t i o n a l—ma k ing a grand to tal O f two hundred
dred a n d eighty two & On o ne occasion five cards

-
straight ru n ning were s ucce ssfully named on a first

“ ”
trial The mathemati cal chances O f a mere gue ss
.
doing th is f ea t under the L aw of A verage or P roba

, ,
b i li t i e s are e s tima t ed a t over a million to o n e

,
agai n st the chance A nd this was not merely an

.
“
i solated exceptional case fo r there were o ther long
, ,
”
runs ; for i n st ance there were tw o cases in which
,
run s o f e ight straight co n se c utive s uccesse s were

s c ored on c e with nam es and once with cards I n
, , .
the case of th e eigh t consecutive cards it ha s b een

figured tha t the c hance s against the girl would figure
up a t least to I according to the L aw o f
,
A verage and P robabilities To u n derstand just .
wh a t thi s mean s it may help y ou if yo u will think

tha t the feat was like pi c ki n g o u t one c hosen man
i n a p o pulat io n of on e hundred and forty mi llion s ,
20 P R A CTI C A L M I N D R E A D I N G
nearly d o uble t he popula tio n o f the U ni t ed S t ate s .
A nd yet there are people who would dismiss mat

“ ”
ters like this with the remark mere coincidence & ,
The interest i n the C re e ry children attracted the

not i ce of P rof Balfour Stewart LL D and Fellow
.
, . .
,
o f the R o yal S o c i ety Thi s distinguished gentleman

.
testifies a s foll o ws :
“
I n the fir st instan c e when I was present the , ,
thought reader was outside a door The obj ect o r

-
.
thing though t o f was writte n on paper and sile n tly

handed to the c o mpany in the room The thought .
reader was then called in and in the course o f per ,
haps a minute the answer was g i ve n D efin i te ob .
j e c t s in the room for instan c e were

, first thought of , ,
a n d i n the maj ority of cases the answers were c o r
re c t Thes e numbers were thought of and the a n

.
s w e rs were generally r i ght but o f c ourse there were , , ,
some case s of error The names o f town s were .
though t of and a good many of these were right

, .
Then fancy names were thought o f I was asked t o .
thi n k of certain fan c y n ames and mark them down

and hand them around to the c o mpany I then .
thought o f a n d wrote on paper Blu e beard T om

, ,
‘
,
’ ’
Thumb C inderella and the answers were all
,
‘
,
”
corre c t .
Subsequent exper i ments with the C re e ry childr e n ,
at the house o f the well kno wn investigator M r F , . .
W H M y e rs at C ambridge England proved

. .
, , ,
THE P R O O FS OF M I N D R EA D I N G 21
equally successful The children and their ages

.
, ,
were as follows : M ary 1 7 ; A lice 1 5 ; M aud 1 3

, , , .
The per c entage o f s u c cesses obtained at M r M yers .

’
house t allied very well with those o btained else

where O n e remarkable result wa s obtained though
.
, ,
that had n o t been obtained before O n o n e o c casion .
”
the c hild was asked to name the suit o f cards
c hosen one after another That is o f c ourse the .
, ,
“ ” “
c hild wa s asked t o name whi c h suit hearts dia , ,
” “ ” “ ”
monds clubs or spades were shown o f the
, ,
c ard drawn and s een by the committee and then ,
thought of O n this occa s ion the child scored a

.
cesses . The chan c es agai n st this su cc ess were

to 1 .
We w i ll cl os e b y ment i oni n g ano ther remarkable

ser i e s of exper i me n ts condu c ted by the same S o
c lety The M ind Reader wa s M G A Smith of
. , . . .
,
England A mong other startling feats su cc essfully

.
performed by M r Smith that of the reproductio n

.
,
o f G eometrical Figures was perhaps the most re
mar k able I n t his feat M r Smith sat blindfolded

. . ,
i n a room belonging to the committee with a pad ,
o f paper before him and a me mber of the c ommitte e
o n e ach side of h i m A selected member of the c om

.
m i t t e e then would g o outside of th e r oo m and b e ,
hi n d a closed door would draw some geometri c al

figure a t random Return i ng t o the r oo m the figure
.
would be shown to the c om m i t e e and also to M r , .
D ouglas Bla c kburn who a c ted as the Transmi t ter

,
fo r M r Smith the latter bei n g known as the R e

. ,
~
c eiv er . The Transmitter with C losed eyes now , ,
took h i s posit io n i mmediately ba ck o f M r Smith .

,
but a t a distance o f two feet from him n o c o ntact ,
b eing allowed this precaution being ta k en to o b v i

,
’
ate charges of confederacy et c The Transmitter , .
would then c oncentrate his mind intently for a few

minut e s a n d in a short time M r Smith would re
, .
c e i v e the impression o f the mental image in the mind
o f the Tra n smitter a n d would b egin to attempt to

,
reprodu c e it o n paper I n the series o f experiments

.
ru n n i n g over a perio d o f four days thirty seven -
drawings were made o f whi c h only eight were con &

,
s i d e re d unsu c cessful Twe n ty n i n e su cc esses o u t o f

.
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The c ommitt e e reports that it took all the p re c a u

tion to guard agai n st se c ret sig n al s et c and that , .
,
c o n federa c y fraud c ollusio n o r similar methods

, , ,
were o u t o f the question The eight c ases of failure .
c onsisted o f four c ases i n whi c h M r Smith received .
n o impressio n a n d t h e re fo re c ould n ot reproduce the

'
drawing ; a n d four c ases in whi c h the drawi n g was

s o vague a n d imperfect as to b e called a total f ail
ure S ome o f the figures were grotesque unusual
.
, ,
and complicated b ut all were reprodu c ed in a more

,
o r les s per f ec t manner The drawing was made .

T HE P R O O FS OF M I N D R EA D I N G 23
delib erately and without hesitation and a s if Smith ,
had actually seen the figure sho wn to the Transmitter

a few moments before On o n e occasion in order
.
,
to b e doubly guarded aga i n s t c ollusion they cl o sed ,
’
M r Sm i th s ear s with putty t i ed a bandage around
.
,
his eyes a nd ear s pulled a b o lster ca s e over his

,
-
head and t hen c o vered h i m all o v er w i th a blanket

,
which comple t ely enveloped h is b o dy and head .
A nd under these extraordinary conditions he repro
We c ould proceed relating c as e after c a s e ex p eri ,
men t after experiment conduc t ed b y these s c i entific

,
b odie s o f learned and care f ul men But th e story .
would b e n o more c o nv i nc i ng than tha t related

above A nd after all there i s a method of satisfy
.
, ,
ing your s el f that is f ar m o re c o nclu si ve t han the

f —
reading of any re s ult s o f exper i ments o other s and
that i s to learn to per fo rm t he f eat s of M i nd Read
ing your s elf By means o f a very little practice you
.
will b e a b le to repr o duce many o f t he demonstra

tions o f the publ i c per f ormer s a s well as the e x p eri
,
ments o f the sc i entific so c i et i e s and then when you

,
have realize d that y ou can d o t hese thing s you will

n eed no further pr oof o f t he real it y of the sc i ence of
M ind Read i ng .
LES S O N I I I .
C O N T A CT M I N D RE A D I N G .
I N D Reading is divided by the auth o ritie s into

“ ”
two general c lasses viz , C ontact M ind
.
,
“ ”
Reading and Telepathic M ind Reading .
“ ”
The first o f thes e clas s es C ontact M i nd Read
,
ing is demon st rate d by physical contact between

,
the Tran s m i tter & or active agen t &and the Receiver
& or pass i ve agen t & i n order t o a f f ord an easy chan

nel for t u e passage of the v i b ra tio n s th o ugh t waves ,
-
,
n erve currents
- or magnet is m o f the Transmitte r
,
&a c cord i ng to the s everal the o r i es favored by s ci

“ ”
ent i sts & The s ec o nd cla s s Telepathic M ind Read;
.
,
ing is dem o nstrated by t he t ran sf erral o f t he

,
“ ” “ ” “ ” “ ”
wave s , vibra ti on s currents o r magne tis m
, ,
o f the T ransm i tter to the Receiver over the ether ,
through s pace & o f ten for thousand s o f m i les &w i th

“ ”
o u t the more c o n v en i en t w i res of t he nerv e s o f
the tw o agen ts .
You will readil y s ee t ha t tw o cla ss e s of phen o m

ena c losely re s emble t he tw o class es o f telegraphi c
“ ” “
phenomena i e the wi re s y st em and the w i re
, .
”
less sy st em There is a s t r ik ing anal o gy b e t ween
.
electric phen o mena and mental fo rce phen o mena all

t he way t hr ou gh t he s ub j ect and t h is sub j ect of
,
was n o M ind Reading a t all b u t only a clever i m i ta

,
“ ”
t i o n wh i ch wa s s tyled M uscle Read i ng I n other
.
w o rd s i n s tead o f t he perf o rmer rece ivi ng h is mental

,
i mpre ssio n s f r o m t he m i nd of t he T ransm itt er o ver ,
t he nerv ou s s y s tem of o ther p rs on s he w o uld push

,
up agains t h i m and by a clever system o f pu s hing

, ,
pull i ng leading and leaning wo uld detec t t he mus

, ,
c u la r m o vemen ts o f the T ran s m it te r and by care

,
ful prac ti ce wo uld lea r n to i n t erpre t the s e m ov e

men ts so a s to ge t an i nd i ca tio n of the location of
the h i dden o bj ects an d prac ti c al ly b e led o r pushed
t o ward th e spot B u t e v en i n the s e ca s e s t he per
.
,
f o rme r wo ul d of nece ssity h av e to empl o y m o re or

le ss genu i ne Co n t ac t M i nd Read i ng to fin i sh t he
f ea ts T he o nly advan t age t he per fo rme r ga i ned b y
.
re so r ti ng t o these un f ai r me t h o d s wa s t ha t it wa s
“ ”
le ss f a ti gu i ng to h is m i nd and ena b led h i m to f ake
thr o ugh t he pe rfor m ance wi th le ss men t a l w ea r and
t ea r
.
The i nvest i ga tors ea si l y d is c ov er i ng t he above

,
“ ”
men tio ned fa k ing per fo rmance s came to t he con
,
“
c lu s i o n tha t t he wh o le t h i ng wa s a f a k e an d could
,
“
b e explained b y the muscle reading the o ry ent i rely .
A nd so t he new s wa s s pread br o adca st and y o u ,
will find a numbe r o f b oo ks wr i tten explai ning C on

tac t M i nd Reading on th is hypothes is O f course .
so me of the publ i c may prefer t o accep t th i s e rro

n e ous t he o ry ,bu t we w i sh t o s ay here p osi ti v el y
“
C O N T AC T ”
M I N D R EA D I N G 27
that if any person will honestly investigate for him

s elf and will learn to make the demonstrations per
,
“
s o n a lly he o r she will s oon discover that mus c le
,
reading ha s n othing to do with the genuine phe

n om e n a The proof o f the thing is i n the doing o f
.
i t and you may learn the truth f or y o ursel f if you

,
will but try the feats and demons t ra t i ons herein ,
give n just as we tea c h them The result of such

, .
practice will caus e y o u to feel with us the i nd i gna

tion ar is ing from the a t t empts t o b el i ttle a n o ble
sc i en t ific principle and practice by an explanat io n
, ,
“ ”
arising f rom the wit ne ss ing of f a k e i m i tati o n s of
the real thing .
The truth is tha t t he mu s cle s ha v e n oth i ng to do

w it h the passage o f the men t al current s o r wa v e s
from t he Transm i tter t o the Receiver any more than
they hav e to do w ith the transmis s ion of nervous
sensations from b ody to b rain or the mot o r i m ,
pulses from b ra i n t o b od y When y ou w is h to cl os e

.
y o ur hand y o u s end a nervous current from y o ur

brain to t he muscles c o ntrolling y o ur h and The .
current travels along th e n e rvou s system and is by ,
it distributed over t h e muscl e s causing them to

contract A curren t from a gal vanic b a ttery w i ll
.
c ause the muscles to act in the same way But t he .
muscle is t he machinery a ffe c ted and s e t i nt o mo

tion and the nerves are t he del i ca t e t elegraph i c
,
wires leading to the par ts .

A nd s o it is with this transmission o f the mental

waves and currents The brain o f the Transmitter
.
,
arous ed by his act i ve Will s ends a p o werful cur ,
rent or wav e through his nerv ous s ystem When it .
reaches t he extremity of his fingers i t leap s o ver t h e

tiny s pace separating his nerve s f r o m the nerves
o f t he Receiver and enter s the nerv o us system o f
,
the latter and influences his actions The Re c eiver

, .
being in a pass i ve condition and his brain sending ,
practically n o i mpul s e s ov er his nerv e s he is in a ,
recept i ve c o nd it i o n t o the i mparted nerv ou s c ur

ren t which acts upon him s omething like a n i m
,
pul s e f rom h i s o wn brain only weaker That is the

, .
whole secre t o f C ontact M ind Reading It i s N erve .
”
Rea ding if yo u l ik e b ut certa i nl y not M uscle
,
Read i ng .
The ti p s of t he finge rs of a per so n of fine s ensi

b i li t i es and delicate t o u c h are k nown b y anatom i sts
, ,
to b e filled with masses of nerve ma t ter s i milar t o -
tha t forming par ts o f the brain I n fact they are .
ti ny fin ger b rains and they will s end o u t convey

-
, , ,
and receive delica t e impulse s from on e mind t o a n

other . Those o f you who have experienced the
pe culiar tou c h of so me persons o f th i s k i n d can b ear ,
“
w i tnes s t o the fact tha t a s ubtle magnetism o r
c urrent pas s ed from them t o you Th i s i s a f act .
well kn o wn to i nvest i a t or s of p s ych i c phen o me n a

g “
,
and su c h people laugh a t t he crude muscle read

“ ”
C O N T AC T M I N D R E A D IN G 29
ing theories for they have dispr o ved them repea t

,
e d ly in actual careful experiments A nd you may .
do the s ame if y ou will practice the demonstrations

,
given in thi s b ook The fact that the developed.
C ontac t M ind Reader usually w al ks ahead o f his

Transmitter i nstead of being led by him ; and that
,
’
he usually allows the latter s arm t o hang limp i n ,
stead o i muscularly contracted is an o ther pro o f of ,
the ab s urdity o f the theory ab ove mentioned B e .
side s this wires may be used b etween the t w o per

,
s on s o r even a t h i rd person may be pla c ed between

,
them But as we have said after all the best and

.
, ,
only real test i s t o try the experiments your s elf an d

“ ”
learn that muscle reading has n o th i ng to do w i th
the real phenomena .
The experimenter will s o on find that when he

gets in t o the wor k and i s engaged in a sear c h for a
hidden object by means o f M ind Reading he will
, ,
forget all about t he Transmitter H e will almost .
forget where he i s and will fe e l himself floati n g and

,
gliding over the floor and s c ar c ely touching it with

his t oes H e will find himself drawn o r impelled
.
irres i s t ibly toward the hidden obj e c t as if by some ,
outs i de energy o r fine force H e will feel the hidden .
him to the spot H e will forget his audien c e and

. ,
everything el s e i n his desire to rea c h the C e n tre

,
o f A ttr ac tio n These experiences canno t well be

.
explained i n print but the investigator w i ll so on

,
learn t o know them for himself and he will be ,
amazed and filled with wonder at the s trange

psychical phen omena i n wh i ch he is ta ki ng a pr i n
c i p a l par t .
A nd then and t hen o nly w i ll he b e able t o i nt elli

, ,
gen t l y rej ect the ab s urd and unj ust theories o f

“ ”
mu s cle readin g and to see the crudeness of the
,
attemp t ed explanat io n H e wi ll s ee that the f oolish

.
theory i s as far o u t o f the way as the ignorant per

’
s on s idea that the telegraph messages are sent by
“ ” “ ”
the w i re s being pulled o r j er k ed in st ead of
,
b eing but channel s fo r the passage o f the electric

fluid or magnetic waves H e will class s uch pre
, .
“ ”
tended scientist s w i th those doub t ing Thomases
wh o when gas was first introduced in the B r i tish
,
H o u s e of P arliament insisted tha t the p i pes render

,
ed the bu i lding un s afe be cause th ey would become

,
heated by the pas s age o f the ligh t ; and wh o when

the s y st em was seen in actual ope ration would ,
gently feel the p i pes w ith their gloved finger s won ,
der i ng why they felt n o heat We t rust that we .
have sa i d enough t o convin c e you of t he ridiculous

“ ”
ness of the mus c le reading theory and to give ,
you s u ffic ren t in t ere st t o demons t rate the mat t er for

your s el f .
M any o f ou r readers have w i tne s sed the public

“ ”
per fo rmances of the s e v eral well k n o wn C ontact -
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C O N T A CT M I N D R E A DI N G 31
M ind Reader s who have visited the leadi n g ci t ies of

this country and other la n ds Of course the aver .
,
age public performer soon discovers that the aver

age patron o f hi s performance attends principally to
be amused and entertained rather than t o b e i n
, ,
stru c ted A nd he is apt to gradually add s ensational

.
features to the performance fo r the purpose o f ,
thrilling and my s tifyi n g the audience knowing that ,
by s o do i ng he will b etter please his patrons than

if he were t o g i ve them a strictly scientific demon
s t ra t i on o f the sc i enc e o f C ontac t M ind Reading as
produ c ed in the psychologi c al lab oratories o f the

great inve st igators o f the subj ect S ome of these .
public performer s have even gone so far as t o add

“ ”
fake feature s to their performance empl o ying con ,
federates and i n o ther ways introducing unscien ti fic

,
me t hods i n order to inten s ify the i n t ere s t and s at i s

faction oi their audiences .
But notwith s tanding this fac t the average public ,
M ind Reader i n s pite o f h is s ensat i onal addit io ns

, ,
“
generally give s his audience enough of the real
”
thi n g t o render his performance of su fficient sc i en
t i fic interest to make it worthy of attendan c e by the
earnest s t udent of the subj ect A nd we believe that

.
the t i me is appr o aching when a s t rictly sc i entifi c

performanc e will prove of su fficien t intere s t to the
public to render i t worth while fo r a new class o f
enter t a i ners and lecturer s t o ar is e and take t he field ,
32 PRAC T I C A L M I N D R E AD I NG
i n structing the public regarding the i r great s ubj ect

a n d illustrating th eir theories by st riking e x p e ri
ments along s c ientific lines A nd we think that this

.
little book will do its part in the direct io n of edu

c ating the public mind to appreciate s uch an enter
t a i n m e n t as well as s erving t o e duca t e fu t ure ente r
,
t a i n e rs for the i r li f e work .
H owever in this little b o ok we shall t reat the

, ,
subj ect as if a parlor dem o n s tra t ion wa s all tha t is

desired and our instructions and di rect io ns shall be
,
c hiefly t o ward that end although we w is h t o say

,
that any man or w o man who wi ll carefully s tudy

the s e in st ructions and direc t ion s and who will care ,
fully practice the feats and exer c ise s will be able to ,
gradually develop su ffic i ent ab il i ty and ski ll t o g i ve

a succes s ful public performance and perhaps reap ,
a goodly share of fame and fin a n c i al re wa rd T he .
princ i ples o f the parlor demonstrat i on and the pub ,
li c performan c e are the same The s e s am e i n st ru c

.
t io ns and direct i on s have been stud i ed and applied

by so me o f the b est perf ormer s now bef o re the pub
li c illustrating th e wonders of C ontact M i nd Read
,
ing S o that if any of the students o f this work

.
hav e ambitions in the direct i on o f public perf o rm

ance they will find herein the met h o ds c alculated to
,
develop them in t o a s ucces s ful public enterta i ner

and demonstrator .
A nyone may develop h im sel f o r her s el f i nt o a , ,

LE S S O N I V .
D EVE L O P M E N T EX ER C I S E S .
H E student should pra c ti c e privately with the

assista n c e o f a few frie n ds b efore he v e n ,
tures before a parlor audien c e for by s o ,
doi n g h e over c omes the first la c k o f confiden ce in

himself and the awkwardness natural to the b e
,
gin n er along any new line of work By careful a n d .

~
repeated pra c ti c e he ga i ns c o n fidence in himself by

reason o f his growing succes s in his experiments ,
“ ”
a n d b esides wears o ff the rough edges o f hi s a c
tions etc s o that when he fi n ally app ea rs befor e
, .
,
an audien c e he will feel perfe c tly self possessed a n d -
at ease and thus be able to devote his entire atten

,
tio n t o his work without ann oy ing s elf c o n s cious

,
-
ness and awkwardnes s .
Begin the D evelopment Exerc i se s by selecting o n e

o r more friends wh o are in sympathy with you and ,
w h o are interested in the s ubj e c t D o not have a n y

.
unsympatheti c o r u n c ongenial perso n s arou n d wh e n

you are practicing fo r such people tend to distra c t
,
your attentio n from your work a n d really exert a ,
detrimental e ffe c t upon the preliminary work S e .
le c t o n e of your frie n ds as the Transmitter and tak e
the part of the Receiver yourself .

D E VE L OP M E N T E X E R C I S E S 35
B egi n your pra c ti c e by establishi n g a P sy c hi c

H armo n y o r Rapport betw e en yourself and your
, ,
Tran s mitter by means of Rhythmi c Breathing A l .
though this feature o f the work has b een overlooked

by many inve s t i gator s of th e subj e c t still it is a ,
very important feature of the work and o n e that is ,
c ondu c ive to the production of the very best re

s u lt s alo n g th ese line s of psychi c demonstrations .
”
The te rm Rapport is o n e frequently met with
in occult and psychic b oo k s The word is defi n ed
.
“
by Web s ter a s Relati o n ; conformity ; correspond
”
ence ; sympathet i c acc o rd I t is used b y o cc ultists
.
“
in the s en s e o f havi ng harmonious vibrat i ons with
”
an ot her the o ccult teach i ngs b eing that every per
,
son has hi s or her own rate of mental vibration

whi c h when in harm o niou s accord with the vibra
,
tions o f another induces the most fav o rable condi

,
tion s for the product i on of mental or psy c hi c phe

n om e n a , o r mental relations ; sympathet i c under
“ ”
s tanding e t c ,
This harmonious vibra t ion does
.
no t nece s sar i ly mean that the tw o persons must be

at t uned to prec is ely the same key but that their ,
keyn o tes must harmon i ze i nstead o f producing dis

,
cord The comparison o f the n ot e s o f the musi c al

.
s cale w i ll illustrate the principle thoroughly When .
“ ”
tw o pers o ns are i n rapport wi t h each other there ,
i s a mental and p s ychic harmony b etween them ,
wh i ch is produc tiv e of the b e st possib le men ta l c o

operative wor k H en c e the ne c essity of good rap

.
port conditions i n M ind Reading .
Rhythmic B reathing has b een known t o occultis t s

of all ages a s on e of the i mp ortant adj uncts o f
P sychic P henomena and i ts use i n br i nging ab out
,
Rappor t Relat i on s is thor o ughly unders t ood by all

P ractical O ccultist s Rhythm i c B reathing consists
.
i n the pe r s on brea thing in sl o w measured regular

rhy t hm I t may b e acquired by counting the i n
.
drawn breath the re t a i ned breath and the o utgoing

, ,
b reat h b y regular b eats l ik e the ticking of a large

,
cl o c k F o r i n s tance draw i n your b rea t h s lowly

. , ,
count i ng mentally acc o rd i ng t o the tic ki ng of an

i mag i nary large cl o c k : “
one t wo t hree —f our
— — ”
.
“
T hen h o ld t h e b rea t h coun t ing one t w o — ”
T hen
—
.
,
b rea th e o u t slowly : o n e — tw o three fo ur — The

.
rule is tha t the i ndrawn breath should hav e the

s ame num b e r o f c o un ts a s t he o u t g oi ng breath th e ,
held breath ta ki ng up b ut on e half the coun ts of

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e it her o f th e other s The ab ove c o un t i llustra t es this

.
ma tt er The adv anced occul tists get th e i r t i me bea t

.
-
f r o m t he pul s e b ea ts b u t th is is n ot ab so lutely ne c
-
,
e ss ary in t hi s connect io n Th e pr i ncipal po i nt about

.
Rhy t hmic B reath i ng tha t we w is h to impre ss upon

y ou now is that the t w o per so n s t he Tran s m i t t er ,
and Re c e i ve r s h o uld b rea t he i n un iso n w i th each

,
other—t ha t is i n per f ec t ti me and rhythm This .
b rea t h i ng i n un iso n w i ll soo n e st ab l is h t he v e r y b est

D EVE L O P M E N T EX E R C I S E S 37
pos s ible rapport c onditions betwee n them F r o m .
fo ur to seven Rhythmic Breaths will b e su ffic i ent to

establish the proper condi t ion s in o rdinary case s .
I n the per f ormance of a te st i n ca s eyou s hould feel

,
the p o wer of the Tran s m itt er f ailing you sh o uld ,
s t op and a sk him to brea th e in un i son w ith you for

a m o men t and then re st ar t your w o rk By breath
,
-
.
ing a l i t t le loud the o ther pe rso n will ca t ch your

t ime so tha t it is n o t nece ss ary f or you to ins t ru c t
,
him i n the s cience o r t he o r y of Rhy thm i c Breath i ng .
S imply t el l h i m to b reathe i n un iso n an d k eep i ng

,
ti me w i th y o u .
Beg i n all y o u r p r act i c i ng w it h t h is Rapp ort

B reathing and s tart each dem o ns t ration w i th it
, ,
als o Y o u will find that it will have a very s ooth

.
ing calm i ng qu i et ing e ff ect upon b oth per s ons and

, , ,
will produce in each a men t al earnes t ne ss and c o n

c entrat i on t hat will help along the dem o ns t ra ti on
of M i nd Reading .
We shall n ot ment io n thi s Rhy thm i c B reath i ng

or Rapport C ond it ion when we proceed to g i ve yo u
the detailed direct io n fo r the demonstration but you

, ,
mus t remember tha t it should b e ob s erved i n each

c ase . O f c o ur s e you will be abl e to get re s ults
,
withou t i t —b u t n ot so ea s ily or so th o r o ughly and

,
satisfying .
I t is well t o c o nclude y o ur practice by ta k ing a

f ew deep breaths by yourself and n o t in uni so n with
,
the Tran s m i t t er . This de st r oy s t he Ra pp o r t C on

d i ti o n
.
G E N ER A L D I RE C T I O N S .
The prime requisite for a s uc c essful d e mon s t ra q
t io n of M ind Readin g i s the a c quiremen t or pos ,
s es sio n b y t he Transm i t t er o i a clear i dea o f dir c e

, ,
tion i n h is m i nd The a s s ociated requisite i s that the

.
T ran s m itt er be able t o c o n c e n trate his will upon the

m i nd o f the Receiver i mpres s ing upon him the S ense
,
o f D i rection so strongly that he will move in accord
a n ce with the Will of the Transmitter Remember .
the t wo po i nt s to be ob se rved by the Transmitter .
B eg i n by having the Tra n sm i tter standing b e

s i de you i n the centre o f the room you b ei n g bli n d,
f olded H ave h i m mentally selec t s ome one c orner

.
of the r o om s aying noth i ng t o you of his choi c e

,
.
Then let him c o ncen t rate his m i nd up on that one

c o rner f orgetting every other part o f t he room
, .
Then have the Tra n smitter grasp your L eft H and

w i th h i s R i ght H a n d you grasping hi s finger s i n
,
your hand and lifting the hand to your forehead .
H old the hand against your forehead j us t above ,
your eyes I nstruct him then to will that y ou go to

.
the corner of the room that he has selected shutting ,
ou t all other thoughts from h i s m i nd and c on c en

,
t ra t i n g his entire A ttention upon th e proje c tion of
his Will H e mu s t n ot c ontent him s elf merely form

.
D EVE L O P M E N T EX E RC I S E S 39
ing a M ental P i c ture o f the sele c ted c or n er but must ,
thi n k of the D ire c tio n o f that c or n e r just as he ,
would in case he were t o wish t o walk there hi m self .
H e must n ot simply thi n k That C orn er — h e must

“ ”
“ ”
think Th e re & usi n g the se n se o f D i re c tio n H e .
must will that you shall go there carryi n g the words,
“ ”
G o There I in his mind .
Y o u the Receiver must pla c e yourself in a per

, ,
fe c t ly passive and re c eptive state of mind resigni n g ,
your o w n Will fo r the time b eing a n d being per ,
fe ct ly w i lling and desirous o f b ei n g mentally directed

o r led by the Will of the Tra n smitter H e is the .
A ctive fa c tor and y ou the P assive I t is the strength

, .
o f his Will and the degree o f your Receptivity tha t

,
make s the demonstration a su cc ess .
& eep your eyes closed even though you b e bli n d

,
folded for by s o doi n g y o u indu c e a P a s sive state

,
o f mind and even the stray glimpses that you may

,
catch through the handkerchief will serve o n ly to

distra c t y o u Y ou mu s t shut ou t sights and ev e n
.
,
though t o f sights .
St and quiet a m o men t o r t w o awa i ti n g impres

’
sion s from the mind of the Transmitter who is mak ,
”
say & while at the s ame ti me he is willi n g that yo u
—
follo w his co mmand .
A fter a moment or tw o of passive and re c eptive

wa i ting you will begin to feel an i mpulse to m ov e
,
“
f orward Ob e y this im pulse and take the fir st step

.
,
whi c h will often b e i n an entirely oppo s ite d i rec

tion from the selected c orner The idea of this first
.
“ ”
step i s to get s tarted . W h i le you are ta k ing the
firs t st ep o r t wo y o u w i ll f eel a clearer i mpuls e
,
toward the real selec t ed c orne r and w i ll find your,
s el f swi nging around to it D o n ot gr o w i mpat i ent

.
,
for you are bu t learn i ng t o rece i ve the i mpre s s i on s .
A d v ance o n e fo o t fo rward he sit a ti ngly rest i ng your

, ,
we i ght on the b al l of th e other foot and yo u will ,
soon f eel yourself b eing compelled t o m ov e i n a

certain direction wh i ch will end in your moving
,
toward the ri ght co rner Yo u w i ll s oon bec o me

.
c o n s c i ous o f b e i ng d i rec t ed by th e Wi ll of t he P ro
o r wh o se m i nd is ac ti ng upon y ours and leading
j e c t ,
and direc ti ng you toward the r i gh t place .
It is difficul t to de s cr i be t o you the exact feeling

t ha t y o u w i ll ex per i ence but a l itt le practi c e will
,
s o o n ma k e it c l ear t o y ou Follo w the i mpulse and

.
,
you w i ll s o o n begin to feel the mental command ,
“
Th is way—t h is way—no n ot tha t way b u t this
,
way
”
,
u n ti l y o u will reach th e de s ire d S pot when ,
you w i ll feel the command : That s r i ght—s top

“ ’
—
where y ou are thi s i s the place ”
I f yo u s t art to
.
wander o ff i n the wrong dire ct i on y o u w i ll beg i n to

feel the c or rect i ng i mpressi o n : “
This way—this
”
way I tell y o u and if you w i ll but passively re
, ,
c e iv e and fo ll ow th e men t al teleg r aph me ss age

i n Transmitting etc Thi s will aid you when you

, .
begin your parlor pe rformances .
When y ou find a lazy Tran s mitter wh o is sending

only feeble me s sa ges you must remonstrate with
,
him telling him that he must exer c ise his Will

,
P ower more Thi s plan will often arouse in them

.
a desire t o give a good e x hib iti on of their Will

p ower and they will b egin s ending y o u st rong men
,
t al impul s e s I t i s a go o d plan when y ou have an

.
,
unsat isf actory P roj ec t or t o extend his arm o u t i ts

,
full length and hold i t up about the height o f your

eye s I n this way he feels the strain a n d i t arouses
.
,
his W i ll i n o rder to hold it there which seems to act ,
in the direct io n o f h i s s ending sharper a n d clearer

me ss age s and impul s e . I n case the Transmitter
pr o ves ve ry un s atisfact o ry subs t itute anothe r for
,
him . Bu t a s a rule this unsa t isfactorine s s arises

from t he fac t that he does n o t fully un dersta n d his
dutie s—doe s n o t kn o w what is required o f him A .
little practice and i n st ruc t i o n wi ll bring him out all

right It i s oft en advi s able t o le t the Tran s i tte r
. m
read this boo k of instru c tions if he happens t o be,
a personal fr i end wh o i s helping y ou ou t in your

practicing and experiment s The Transmitter will .
find that b y loo ki ng tow ard the selected corner he ,
will b e aided in c o ncen t rat i ng hi s attention and

d i rect i ng h is W i ll P ower .
P rac t ic e t h i s e x erc is e and e x p eri m e nt f i n d i fferent

a
D EV E L O P M E N T E X E R C I S E S 43
rooms and with di ff erent Transmitte rs until you

, ,
c a n go readily to the selected corner D o not b e dis .
“
c o u ra ged but remember that practi c e makes per
,
”
fe c t
,
and that like any other thing the art mu st b e
lear n ed by patient pra ct i c e a n d repe t ition I t is like .
learn i n g t o play the v i olin — skat i ng— dancing or ,
a n ythi n g else I f after a number of trial s y ou begin

.
to feel tired s top pra c ticing a n d adj ourn t h e e x pe ri

,
ments unt i l t he nex t day D o not unduly strain .
yours elf o r t ire ou t your mind When the next day

,
.
c omes you will be surprised a t the added proficiency

y o u have gained .
Y ou may vary the ab ove method by holding the

’
Tran s mitter s hand o u t at arm s length i n stead of ’
,
holding it up to your head S ome find on e plan .
more e ffe c tive and other s prefer the s eco n d The

, .
principle is the same in b oth cases s o adopt either ,
plan o r any variation thereof providing I t pr o ves

, ,
e ffec t i v e .
P R A CT I C E EX ER C I S E I . F I N D IN G
L O CA T I O N S .
A fter you have grown proficient in l ocating the

c orners o f rooms y ou may hav e the Transmitter
,
s e lect other parts o f the room s u c h as door s man , ,
tels w i ndows al c ov es
, , Try a num
,
ber of these sele c ted loc ations in turn gaining a ,
variety of experienc e s whi c h will pr ov e val uable

l ater o n I n all o f th ese experiments the Tran s m i t

.
te r mu s t gua r d y o u from runn i ng into obstacle s ,
furniture etc by telling you t o a voi d th em guiding

, .
, ,
y u pa st them and i n other p r o per way s pre v ent you

o ,
from b rui si ng y o ur s el f o r b reaking o r upsetting

thing s Y ou must impre s s th is upon his mind and
.
,
then y o u should g iv e your s el f into his care with the

utm o s t confidence g ivi n g yo ur s el f no further con,
cern ab o u t the s e things and k eep i ng your mind as ,
’
passive a s p ossib le D on t allow your m i nd to b e .
dis t racted by o utside th i ngs — attend to the ma tt er

of th e exper i ment i n wh i ch you are engaged .
P RA CT I C E E XE R C I S E I I FI N D I N G LA R G E
.
O B J E CT S .
The next st ep should b e the s elec ti ng and find i ng

o f large o bj ect s in t h e room such as cha i r s tables , , ,
etc P rocee d as in the prev i ous exerci s e s D o not

. .
n eglec t t his exerci s e in your desire t o d o m o re w o n
d e rfu l th i ngs f or you need just thi s training Y o u

,
.
will realize the importance o f the s e exercises after

you b egin to ap pe ar b e f ore fr i ends and evening com
i e tc when o u will be called up o n to fin d
p a n e s , y .
,
hidden o bj ects selected articles secre t ed under ta

,
bles on person s on furniture e t c I f you can find

, , , .
sele c ted c hairs y o u w i ll b e able to m o re readily find

pers ons s eated on chair s C ontinue th is exercise .
un ti l y o u can read i ly find any and e v e ry p i ece of

D E VE L OP M E N T E X E RC I S E S 45
furniture i n a r oo m and t he o t her large objects i n

,
a ro o m a s well when they are th o ugh t o f b y t he

,
Tran s mitte r .
P R A CT I C E EX ER C I S E I I I F IN D I N G S M A LL
.
O B J E CT S .
A fter masteri n g the above exer c ise have the

Tran s m it ter s elect so me s mall ar ti cles such as a ,
boo k v a s e ornament etc o n a t able mantel piece

, , , .
, ,
-
,
etc. P r o ceed as before varying t he ob j ects a n d

,
pla c es endeav oring to get as w i de a range o f e x

,
p e ri e n c e s a s p o ssi ble along the line o f M ind Read

ing o f this k ind .
P RA CT I C E EX ER C I S E I V F IN D IN G H I D .
D E N A R T I C LES .
A fter you have mastered the las t mentioned ex

e rc i s e ,
have t he Transmitter s elect a s mall object ,
such a s a watch key ma t ch sa f e etc and secrete it

-
,
-
, .
,
in so m e par t o f t he r oo m you r emaining o ut o f the

,
room un ti l t he a rti cle is s elect ed and h i dden P r o .
c e e d a s b efore until you find the s ec r e t ed object

,
.
Y o ur Transm itt er s h o uld endeavo r to g iv e y o u a

great var i ety i n th is exerci s e i n o rde r to properly ,
tra i n y o u f or the publ i c demons t rat i on s be fo re com

p a n i e s etc,
H.
ave h i m place a key i n a bo o k under ,
a rug back of a p i cture and in si m i lar d i ffi cult

, ,
place s L e t him exercise his i ngenu i ty i n finding

.
strange places in whi c h to hide the obj ect I n the .
exp eriment s in finding the hidden obj ects he must

“ ”
train him s elf to g i ve you the men t al me s sages up
“ ” “ ” “ ”
d o wn ; t o the right ; to the left et c j u s t as , .
,
“
he did his old message or i mpulse th is way A nd .
y o u mu s t train yourself t o rece i ve them Thi s train .

‘
ing wi ll be of t he gre at est poss i ble b enefi t to y o u

when you are calle d upon la t e r t o find obj e c t s hidde n
’
in people s p oc k ets etc , .
G E N ER A L RE M A R KS O N P R A CT I C E .
T he above exerc i se s will t rain the s tudent to re
c e iv e and a ct up o n the men t al commands or mes

sage s o i the T ransm i tter under a grea t variety o f c i r
,
c u m s t a n c e s and conditions M an y of the mos t s u c

.
”
c e s s fu l publ i c M i nd Readers st arted o u t in public
wor k w it h f ar le ss careful and thor o ugh trai ning .
But t here are now st i ll greate r degree s of profic i ency

possible The s tuden t w i ll find i n s ucceeding chap
.
ters a numbe r o f i ntere s t i ng and st artl i ng f ea t s and

experiment s which are i n t ended fo r p arlor audiences ,
e t c b u t wh i ch ma y b e m ost profi t ably prac t iced pre

.
,
v i ou s l
y w it h the a i d o f a good fr i endly Transmitter ,
in order that the P erf o rme r may f amiliariz e himself

w i th th e deta i ls of th e exper i men t and t hus b e more
,
at h is ease when he demons t ra t e s it i n public Then .
other new experiment s and feats will sugges t them

s el v e s fro m ti me t o t i me to the inte lligent s tuden t
,
D E VE L O P M E N T E X E R C I S E S 47
wh ic h likewise shoul d be prac t iced previous to a

, ,
public demonstration .
I n finding a hidden ob ject the firs t thing to do is,
to ge t an i dea of the direction Then t he ge n .
eral location of the hid i ng pla c e ; and so on from ,
general i mpressions to de t a i led one s until at last ,
the fingers close up o n the o b j ect it s el f The T rans .
mitter wil l b e grea t ly rel i e v ed when the obj e ct is

finally fo und and the r elax i ng of h is mental ten s ion
,
may be distinctly fel t and then you w i ll kn o w t hat

,
your search is at an end .
P RE P A R I N G F O R P U B L I C & ORK .
B efore taking you o n w i t h th e w o r k be fo re an

audience w e mus t u rge upon you t o prepare y o ur
,
self thor o ughl y by mean s of the a b ove ment i oned

exer cis e s T he great t en d ency among st udent s is
.
to hurry through t o the publ i c w o r k and skipping ,
the exer c ises as much as pos s ible T his is a ll wrong . .
You w ill never b e a t hor o ughly g oo d dem o ns t rator

o f anyth i ng i n l i fe un ti l you ma st er t he rud i men ts
, ,
and b y practice familiarize y o ursel f th o r o ughl y with

the detail s of the work A nd M i nd Read i ng is n o
.
except io n I t i s t rue tha t a ft er a f ew exercises you

.
may b e a b le t o g iv e a fa ir dem o nstrat i on before an

“ ”
audience bu t you wi ll never ge t f urther t han fair
,
withou t careful p ra ct ice A nd therefore we urge

.
yo u to ha v e p a ti e nc e and p er s e v e r ance and to s ti c k ,

48 P R AC T I C A L M I ND R E AD I N G
to t he exercis e until y o u bec o me a M as t er o f M ind

Reading when you need fear no audience whatso
,
e v e r and w i ll be able to g iv e a dem o n st rati o n that

,
wi ll b e a great credi t to b ot h yo ur s el f a nd t o u s ,
your i n st ruc to r s .
A nd now fo r your wor k before an aud i ence re

, ,
m em b e ri n g always tha t the feats and exper i ments

,
tha t we shall ment i on sh o uld b e pract i ced by you

,
pr iv a t ely with the aid o f a friendly Transm itt er b e

, ,
fo re you repr o duce them i n pub lic I n the case of .
fea t s i n wh i ch t he aud i ence i s a par t y to t he e x p e ri

,
men t such as th e find i ng o f a s carf pi n o n a mem

,
-
ber o f the audience y o u may prac ti ce w it h a dummy

,
aud i ence tha t i s with a n i mag i nary aud i ence c o n

,
s isti ng of chair s e t c unt i l you fam i lia ri ze y o ur s elf

, .
,
wi th th e de t a i l s o f the f ea t .
50 P R A CT I C A L M I N D R E A D I N G
Readers prefer that their audien c es c oncentrate their

Wills upon the w o rk with the purpose o f mentally
,
willi n g that the demon s trator b e s uccessful I n fa c t .
the suc c e s s o f the experimen ts depend very mate

ri a ll
y upon the Willing exerted by the audien c e I f .
y o u W i ll i n my favor
.
I shall b e su
, c c e ssful ; if you
Will that I shall fail I shall feel the e ffect There
, .
fore kindly g i ve me your aid I ask you to blind

,
.
fold me and take su c h other means to prevent unfair

methods a n d practic e s as your judgment may di c
,
”
t ate I am now ready t o pr o ceed wi t h the t ests
. .
C H O O S I N G TH E T R A N S M I TT E R .
Then have the aud i ence select a committee to

bl i ndfold you a n d remain outside of the r o om with
you while the rema i nder of th e audience s ele c t the
,
obj ect that you are t o find e t c When you return , .
to the r o om selec t someone to a c t as Transmitter

, .
I f possible ge t s omeone with whom you have pre

v i ou sl practiced and established r app o r t condi
y ,
tions Th i s will a i d y ou v e ry mater i ally o f course

.
, .
I f th is is n o t possible select s omeone o f t he audi

,
en c e that is in harm ony with y o u and who will have ,
a strong en o ugh w i ll t o g i ve you t he v i brati o ns .
S o metimes w o men are v ery g o od at th i s work as ,
they get very much i n earnest when i n t erested and ,
ther e fore Will intently I f y o ur first T ransmitter I s

.
n ot satisfactory test another

, and s o on un ti l y ou
,
S I M PL E D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 51
get a good one You may c hange Transmitters

.
during the e ve n ing if y ou prefer ; in fa c t thi s is a

,
good pla n if y o u are a n adept fo r it shows the audi

, ,
ence that there is n o collusion .
I N S T RU CT I N G TH E T R A N S M I TT ER .
Y ou should instruct the Transmitter alo n g the ,
lines i n di c ated i n a previous chapter i e that he , . .
must hold the thought of dire c tio n fix hi s eyes on ,
the chosen spo t and the n c o n c e n trate his will upo n

it and that your su c ces s will depe n d materially
,
upon t h e task Y o u should explai n to him that y o u

.
r e c eive your impulses through his th o ught waves -
o r vibrations and tha t the stronger these are the

, ,
better you will suc c eed M ake this pla i n to h im. .
Whe n the T ransmitter fails to c o n c entrate his Will ,
you will know it at once and should call his atte n ,
“
tion t o i t sayi n g C on c e n trate c oncentrate now
, ,
—
harder use your Will ”
o r words to that e f
, fe ct .
Y ou should impress upon the Tra n smitter that it is
vibrations that give y o u the impressions .
B E G I N N I N G TH E T ES T .
Then take the ha n d o f the Tra n smitter i n the

, ,
ma n ner a lready des c rib e d in previous lesson pla c ,
i n g it to your for e h ead or else holding it up high

,
52 P R AC T I C A L M I ND R E A D I N G
i n f r o n t o f y ou Then beg i n a waver i ng m oti on o r

.
,
direct i on preferably de sc ribing a circle slowly I n

, , .
‘
thi s meaningless wavering mo tio n rema i n perfectly

pass i ve awa i ting i mpress i on s S oo n you wi ll b e.
gin t o feel a mental res i stance to certa i n d i re c

tions and a men t al will i ngne ss that y ou m ov e i n
,
another direc ti on Then m ove along t he line of the

.
least mental re s i st ance I n s ome case s you will re

.
c e i v e a str o ng mental urge pull o r push in the

, , ,
dire c tion o f the selected sp ot H ere i s where your .
pra c ti c e come s i n fo r i n your prac ti ce exper iments

,
you have a c quired the art o f rec o gn i z i ng t hese i m

pres sio ns a s they come to you i n the i r di fferent ,
fo rm s and s o are prepared to yield to t hem and

,
m o ve accordingly It is impossible to de s crib e in

.
writing j ust h o w the s e impre ssio ns c o me and feel ,
like f o r ac t ual experience i s nece ss ary before you

,
will know j ust what is mean t Bu t o nce you have .
accus to med your s elf t o rece i ve a n d recogn i ze th e

impress i ons the re s t is all a m att er o f pract i ce and
,
developmen t .
A nd n o w for the dem o ns t ra tio n s t hem s elves .
Y o u should b egin with the si m p lest feat s a n d then ,
work up gradually to t he m o re c o mpl i cated and

di fficult o nes This plan will bu i ld up your own
.
’
powers and w i ll develop the Tra n smitter s
,
We .
herewith give a number o f interesting feat s a n d

dem o n st rati o n s explai n ing the de t a i ls o f each O f
,
.
S I M PL E D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 53
course the gener al directions we have given regard

,
ing the re c eivi n g of impressions etc wi ll apply to , .

,
all of these feats for the pr i nciple underl yi ng them

,
all i s the s ame prec is ely , .
F IN D I N G A L O C A T I O N .
D E M O N S T RA T I O N I B egin by ha vi ng t he.
audience s elec t a part i n the ro o m which may b e ,
easily reached by you Then pro c eed as directed .

,
until y ou feel tha t y o u have reached the r i ght place ,
o r locat io n .
FI N D I N G A P ER S O N .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I I H ave t he audience s e.
le c t a pers o n on e of their number Find the gen

, .
eral l o cat io n of the person Then s tanding still .

,
“
reach ou t y o ur right hand and begin feeling ,
”
ab ou t. Y ou will find tha t a s your hand m o ves
away f r o m t he ri ght per s on you w i ll feel a drawin g
bac k impre ssio n wherea s when you reach t o ward
,
the person y o u will receive an urging forward i m

pression A little pract i ce will soon enable y ou to
.
distinguish these mental impres s ion s Then place .
your hand on the person wh o seems t o be the centre

o f the impre ssio n s I f t h i s is the wr o ng person y o u
. ,
”
will receive a men t al i mpre ssio n o f Wrong ; in
which ca s e you mu st st ar t u p the movi ng your hand
to and fro and around un t il y ou f eel the urge i m
, ,
pre s si o n when y ou s h ou ld p l ace yo u r han d o n t he

,
person immediately i n front o f you When y ou .
r e a c h the right pers on you will r e c eive an u n m i s

,
“
takable impression and me n tal message of A ll
”
Right followed by a lesse n i n g of the Will tensio n
, ,
a n d you will know hat you have su cc eeded Y ou

t .
should pra c ti c e this in private before attempti n g

public demonstration .
FI N D I N G A S M A LL O B j E CT .
D E M O N STRA TI O N I I I H ave the audien c e

.
sele c t some small obj ect i n plain sight in the room .
Then find it in the man n er described of ab ove in

the case of the sele c ted person The rule is i d en t i .
c ally the same But there are s ome other details to

.
“ ”
b e obse rv ed in the matter of up or down fo r the
, ,
object may be h i gher tha n your shoulder or lower ,
in which case you will have to either rea c h up or

down I n thi s rea c hing up o r down follow the sam e
.
,
general rule as g iv en When y o u rea c h the right

.
“
l oc a ti on y ou will feel an impression o f not yet fin
,
”
i shed from the mind of the Transmitter Then .
rea c h up slowly I f this is fi ght you will re c eive a

.
c orrespondi n g impression and may go o n to c entre

,
the obj ect But if it is not right you will re c ei ve

.
,
a mental urge downward which you should follow , .
The rule always is to follow the line of the least

mental resistance Y ou will always re c eive the re
.
s i s t a n c e w hen y ou are n ot su c ceeding and w ill ,

SI M P L E D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 55
always receive the lack o f resistan c e when you are

su cc eeding L earn to focus these impr e ssio n s until
.
they centre positively and c on stantly o n the same

spot—then y o u have su cc eeded for there will b e ,
your obj e c t right under your hand .
FI N D I N G A B O O K .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I V H ave the audie n ce se

.
le c t a b o ok o n the shelves of a book c ase a n d then ,
find i t in the manner just related The two feats .
are precisely the same although the latter will a p

,
pear m o re startl i ng to the observer .
TH E FLO R A L T R I B U T E .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V This test is known as

.
The F loral Tribute I t is performed by havi n g a

.
bouquet o f flowers on the table Then sele c t some .
you n g man in the audience and let him pi c k out ,
some young woman in the audience whom he wishes

to have the flowers Y o u must retire from the room
.
,
of c ourse while he sele c ts the you n g lady and men

,
tio n s her name a n d position to the audie n c e The n .
returni n g to the room pi ck up the bouquet a n d

, ,
taking the ha n d of your Tra n smitter find the you n g ,
lady and prese n t he r with the flowers O f c o urs e .
this feat is merely a fan c y rendition o f the simple

feat o f findi n g the pers on thought of a n d is per ,
formed i n the s a m e way & S t ud y the dire c tions fo r

.
D emonstration I I and apply in t he pre s en t case

, ,
with appropr i ate variati o ns & .
TH E REU N I T E D C O U P LE .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V I Thi s t est is kn o wn a s
.
The Reunited Co uple I t is perf o rmed by having

.
the a u d i ence selec t t wo per so ns a young man and ,
a y o ung w oman and s t and them up in f ro n t o f t he

,
ro o m l ik e a c ouple ab o ut t o b e mar ri ed Then they

, .
should have a th i rd per so n a man s elec t ed and , ,
stood b efore them as th e par so n who w i ll ti e the

knot . The three person s sh o uld t hen ta k e their
seats and when yo u enter th e r o om and ta k e the
, ,
hand o f your Tran s m i t t er you mus t fir st find the

,
“ “ ”
P arson then t h e G ro o m and then th e B ride ,
and arrange them in their proper po sitio n s Th is i s .
a highly e ffe ctiv e test and invar i ably br i ng s hear t y

,
applause and the hunt a ff ords much merriment to

,
the audience Bu t as you w i ll see read i ly it is b u t

.
, ,
a var i at io n of D em o n s trat io n I I .
TH E H I D D E N J EWELR Y .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V I I H ave the aud i ence s e

.
le c t s ome small article like a scarf pin ring et c and

,
-
, ,
.
,
hide it on the person of s ome o n e of the audience .
Then y o u are to find it Thi s dem o ns t ration c om

.
bines the fea t ures o f Dem o nstration I I and D em o n ,
st ra t i on I I I t ha t is you have fir st to fi nd t he p e r
,
5g P R AC T I C A L M I N D R E A D I N G
until y ou feel the proper impression push t h e pin

home in the s pot in which it formerly was driven .
This final e ffo rt i s really merely a modifi c ation of

“ ”
find i ng the spot and with a little pr actice may b e
,
easily performed .
TH E T H E F T D E T E CT E D .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X This feat 18 called The

.
“ ”
Theft H ave one o f the aud i ence play the thief
.
,
a n d steal an article of j ewelry or si milar small obj ect

,
“ ”
from a second person called the v i ct i m Then the .
thief sh o uld hide h i s spoil i n a sa f e place ab ou t the

room Return ing y o u fir st find t he th i ef ; then th e
.
hidden arti c le ; then the pers on acc o rding to the,
meth o ds already g i ven This i s a very e ffecti v e feat

.
,
“
b u t is merely a comb ination of F i nd i ng t he P er
” “ ”
s on and F ind i ng an Obj ec t
, .
TH E RE C O N S T RU CT ED T A B LE A U .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I Thi s fea t is k n o wn a s
.
“
the Reconstru c ted Tableau I t i s performed by
.
having several of the audience f o rm a simple tableau

group a n d then retire to their seats Return i ng to
, .
the room you are to find ea c h person ; lead h i m o r

her t o the forme r spot ; then reconstruct the group .
Thi s is s omewha t di ffi c ult but no t nearly so mu ch

,
s o as you might suppose A little private practi c e

.
wil l enab le y ou t o p erform it w i th ease ,

S I M P L E D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 59
TH E M URD ER A N D TH E D E T E CT I VE .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I I This test is kn o wn as
.
“ ”
the M urder and the D ete c tive and is very spe c ,
t a c u l a r a n d se n s ational and is a c cordingly on e tha t

,
is in great favor with the publi c performers I t is .
performed as follows : The audience s elects one man

“ ” “
to act as the murderer ; another to a c t as the
vi c tim and also s ome o bje c t to a c t as the dagger ;
a n d lastly a pla c e in wh ic h the body is to be c on
“ “ ”
c ea le d
. Then the murderer picks up the dagger ,
“ “ ”
and kill s his vi c ti m afterward c o n c ealing th e
,
body i n s ome part of the room & usually s itti ng i n a

“ ”
c hair &and the dagger i n an o ther place Then .
when you re t urn to the ro o m you first find the

.
“ “
body then the wound then the dagger a n d ,
“ ”
then t he murderer . Th i s is u s ually an n oun c ed as
”
a wonderful piece o f telepathic dete c tive w o rk a n d ,
is extremely e ffective and may be reserved as the

,
“ ”
principal e ffect o f your series of demonstrations .
You will n oti c e that the feat is merely an elaborate

comb ination o f the simpler feats of F inding the
” “ ”
P erson , F inding the Object et c , .
TH E RE T UR N ED H A T S .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I II H ave the hats of a .
number of men in th e audien c e pla c ed on a table o r

other place and then r e turni n g to the room bli n d
, ,
f o lded of c o urse y o u pick up the hats one by o n e

, , ,
and place them up o n the head s o f the ir pr o per o wn

ers who are s eated i n di fferent pa rts o f the r o om
, .
This is a s imple f ea t although v ery e ff e ct iv e I t is .

,
“
o f course merely a variat io n o f the f ea t of
, find i ng
”
the p er so n There i s one p oi nt h o we v e r t ha t mu st
.
, ,
b e rememb ered i n this f ea t and tha t is tha t th e

,
Tran s mi t ter s hould know j us t wh os e ha t is held in

—
your hand j us t wh o the o wn er o f t ha t parti cular
hat i s and where he is s i tting o r s t and i ng O ther .
wi s e he cannot s end you the mental i mpulse s which

w i ll enable y o u t o find the owner I t w i ll b e wel l .
for the T ran s m i tte r to hold the ha t s o t ha t it can

be s een b y the aud i ence reque s t i ng th e o wne r t o
,
rise i n h is s eat s o as t o i ndica t e his whereab o u t s

yo ur b ac k b e i ng turned to t he aud i ence wh i le t h is
i s b e i ng done in o rder t o avoid su s p i cion of y o ur
“
peep i ng etc
, .
T H E L A D Y AN D TH E R I N G .
D E M O N S T RA T I O N X I V Th i s f ea t is pe r
.
f ormed by hav i ng a lady i n the aud i ence l o an the

Transm i tter her ring W hen you re t urn to the
.
ro o m you find the lady and repla c e t he r i ng upon

,
the finger fr o m which she too k i t The T r ansm i tter .
mus t remember t he lady and the particular finger

, ,
of c o urse—the res t is si mply a c o mbinat io n of the

“ ” “ ”
find i ng the pe rso n and finding the spot f eat s .
I t is v e r y e ff ec tiv e if nea t ly per for me d

, .
SI M PL E D E M ON S T R AT I O N S 61
G E N ER A L A D V I C E .
I . We have given you a great variety o f Demon

s t ra t i o n s o r F eats but o u must n t attempt to pro
y , o
duce all of t hem at an evening s e n tertai n ment I t ’

.
will take s o me time to perform a few o f them eff e c t

i v e ly and i mpressively and you should avoid any
, ,
attempt to hurry through the feats N o r sh o uld .
y ou s poil your good impression by c heapening the

demonstration s i n the direction of performing too
many at o n e s it ting .
I I N either should y o u tire o r fatigue yourself by

.
t o o many feats When your mind o r b ody are tired

. ,
y o u do yourself an inj u ry t o perform these demon
s t ra t i o n s and b es i de s y o u ca n n ot obtain the b est

, ,
results while fatigued Y o u should re st a little while

.
after each feat before a tt empting another one

,
.
III .When the en t ertainment o r exercise s are ,
o ver y o u s hould t ake a f ew strong deep b reaths

, ,
sw i ng y o ur a rm ar o und a l i ttle to prom o te the c ir

culat i on and relieve the nervous tens i on Y o u may
,
.
”
f eel a little dazed at fir s t after performing a f ew
feat s but & i ll s oon learn t o throw o ff t he passive
,
condi t i o n and engage in the laughing conversation

,
that will follow the en t ertainment D o no t t ake .

I V D o n ot be c ome impatie t if you do n o t pro

. n n
gress as rapidly as you would desire Y o u are .
pra c ti c ally d e veloping a sixth se n se and are like a ,
baby learni n g to walk— i t takes time but practi c e ,
will surely bring you su cc ess Take things c almly . .
The feats that will be possible fo r you to p erform ,
e ve n from the start will be w o nderful enough with ,
o u t a n y ne c essity for your complaining ab o ut your
slowness in lear n ing to perform the more compli

c a t e d o n es .
A B OUT T R A N S M I TT ER S .
I . I f your Transmitter does n ot do his w o r k

properly a n d you feel that he is n o t C o n centrati n g
,
properly or using his Will e ff ectively do n ot hes i

, ,
tate to c ha n ge h i m Y ou need not o ffend him for

. ,
y o u may say simply that the rapport c onditions are

not fully developed b e t ween y o u and that these ,
things sometime s happen etc Y o ur new Trans , .
mi tt e r will feel anxious to do b etter tha n hi s prede

ces sor and wil l b e most li k ely to C oncentra t e and
,
Will t o the b e st of his ab ility .
I I The Transm itt er s hould b e in earnest and n o

.
,
levity o r trifl i ng sh o uld b e permitted I f y o u have .
the selec tio n pic k out so me earnest person and

, ,
avoid the t r i fling feather bra i ned c lass

,
-
.
I I I I f your Transmitter doe s not seem t o be C on

.
c en t ra t i n g properly y ou s h o uld speak t o him firmly

, ,
SI M P L E D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 63
but kindly ab out it Say t o him :

, . P lease c on c e n
trate your M i n d and Will earn e stly— fix your M i n d
,
o n the right —make a d e termi n ed M e n tal E f

fort that I move i n the right dire c tio n — i t is y our
M ind and Will that gives me t h e impression re ,
— ”
member i t all depe n ds upo n y o u etc Thi s will , .
often ha v e th e e ff e c t o f b ra c i n g him up to renewed

me n tal a c t i v i ty a n d you will n oti c e the i mpr ov e
,
me n t at on c e .
A WO R D O F W A R N IN G .
Beginning your entertai n me n t c aution the audi

,
e n c e ab out pla c ing the hidden obj e c ts in pla c es that
y o u c annot co n veniently t ouch — su c h as h i gh up on
the wall ; under the s trings of a pia n o et c T e ll , .
them that you c an find the arti c le a n ywhere but it ,
must be pla c ed s o that y o u c an get at i t w ith o nly

“ ”
ordi n ary care a n d work S ome Smart A li c ks may
.
try t o play pranks o n y o u in this way but dis c our ,
age s ame v i gorously a t t h e start informing the audi

,
e n c e tha t this is a s c ientific test and n ot a c ir c us .
A n d remember this tell them that the arti c le must

, ,
never b e hidden ab out the Tra n smitter fo r the rea ,
s o n tha t he i s seldom ab le t o think as i n te n tly about
his own lo c ation as about s ome pla c e away from

him The s e are the o n ly restri c tions that you need
.
make C aution the Tran smitter to guide y o u away

.
from o b st acle s ov er w hich y o u might s tumble o r ,

64 P R AC T I C A L M I N D R E A D IN G
which you migh t over t urn Tell him that you place
.
your s elf in hi s hands f o r pro t ect io n and then e n ,
d e a v o r t o thin k n o m o re ab ou t t he ma tt e r fo r s uch ,
th o ught t ends t o d ist rac t y o ur pas si v ity .
The ab ove f eat s o r de mo n st rat io n s are all per

f o rmed al o ng t he s ame general l i ne s as ind i cated a
lit t le f ur ther b ac k and all are capabl e o f be i ng a c
,
c o mpl is hed by any o ne o f o rd i nary i n t elli gence wi th ,
a l itt l e stud y care a nd prac ti ce Pr ac ti ce ma k e s

, .
per f ec t i n M i n d Rea d i ng as i n e v ery th i ng el s e re

, ,
mem b er s o k eep a t it un ti l you have w o rn off the

,
r o ugh e dge s and have p o l is hed up t he de t ails of t h e

,
w o r k Y ou may v ar y i mpro v e add to the ab o ve

. , , ,
f ea ts and may also i n s er t many new o ne s fo r y o ur

,
sel f a s y o u proceed w it h yo ur w o r k Us e yo ur i n .
v ent i v e f a culti e s .
TH E W I RE CO N T A C T .
A s ensa tio nal and e ff ec t iv e method of perf o rming

s ome o f the si mpler feats is performed by so me pub
lic per for mers and con sists i n having a p i ece o f t hick
,
w i re a bo u t one foot in length gra s ped b y t he R e

‘
,
’
’
c e i v e r s l e ft hand and by t h e T ran s m i tter s ri ght
,
hand i n st ead of the o rd i na ry c o n t ac t A little p ra c

,
.
tice w i ll s urpr is e y ou in t he f ac i l ity i n which the

i mpre s si o n s are t ransfe r red ov er the wi re f r o m the
Tran s m itt e r to the Recei v er The meth o d s o f o per
.
at io n i n t h is ca s e a r e i den ti cal with t h o s e empl oyed

LE S S O N V I .
D I FF I C U L T D E M O N S T R A T I O N S .
E s hall n ow d i rec t your attenti o n to a class of

dem o n s tra t i o ns of a rather more c o mplicated
o rder than those rela t ed in the last chapter .
B u t even these di fficult feats may b e rendered c om

p a ra t i v el y ea s y o f accomplishmen t by care f ul pra e
ti ce and de v el o pmen t of recep ti v ity

, .
P RE L I M I N A R I E S .
In th e s e exper i men ts o r demon st ra ti on s the Tran s

m itt e r s tand s by your le ft s i de you grasping the
,
finge rs of hi s r i gh t h an d i n y o ur lef t hand and ,
holding a s i n the case of t he former exper i ment s ,
i e e ith er w ith h is hand pressed aga i nst your head

. .
,
o r else held o u t and up a s bef o re descr i bed You

, .
receive the i mpres sio ns i n t he s ame way The fol .
lowi ng demons t rat io n s may b e per f ormed after a

lit t l e pr i va t e prac ti ce so as to be s h o wn at a public
,
performance almos t a s eas i l y a s the simpl e feat s “
here tofo re de s c rib ed .
D I S C O VER I N G T H E C A R D .
D E M O N S T RA T I O N I S pread a number of
.
cards o ver the table Then retiring fr o m the room

.
,
ha v e the a u d i ence s elect on e card o f t he num b er ,

D I F F I C U LT D E M ON S T R AT I O N S 67
which the Tran s m i tter m ust be sure to rememb er

distinctly— that is the Transmitter should remem
ber jus t where the c ard is the position being the
,
i mpor t ant feature rath er than the n ame of the card

, .
Then ta k ing the T ra izi s m i t t e r s hand as ab ove de

’
scribed y ou s hould move your right ha n d to a n d

,
-
fro over the t able moving it backward and forward

, ,
and in C ircles Yo u will soon find that this feat

.
closely re s emble s the o n e of the last chapter in

whi c h you find small ob j ect s ; the pin hole etc , .
Y o u will s o on fin d tha t the impression s t end t o

c entre over a certain spot on the t able B egin to .
lessen your circles and hand movements until you

gradually cen t re over thi s s p o t Then slowly lower
.
your finger s un t il you tou c h the c ard resting on

the said sp ot when you will be s ure that y o u are
,
right when you must pic k up the card and exhib it

,
it to the audien c e The same indications mentioned

.
in the feats of the last chapter will be felt by y o u .
“ ”
Y o u will feel the N o no & impre s si o n when you
,
“ ’ ”
are wrong and the That s right i mpression when
,
you are moving in the righ t direction until at last ,
you will d i stinctly feel the relaxation of the mental

urge which you will have learned to translate i n to
,
“ ”
Righ t you are & when y ou finally t o uch the right
card This f eat is really no m o re di fficult than the
.
o n e i n which the small obj e c t is found and we have ,
“ ”
i ncl u d ed it i n the li s t o f D i fficul t D em o n s t ra tio n s
68 P RAC T I C A L MI N D R EAD I N G
s imply b ecau s e it is pract i cally a c o nnec t ing link

between the two cla ss e s o f dem o nstrat i on as you ,
wi ll s ee a s we pr o ceed .
TH E C H E C KER M O V E .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I I Th i s i s a k in t o t he las t
.
exper i men t . H ave a checker board arranged by

s ome of the audience who unde rstands the game .
Then le t s ome o n e decide on the next move Be .
s ure tha t the T ransm itt er thoroughly unders t ands

the piece to b e moved a s w e ll as the place to where
,
i t is t o b e m o ved Then proceeding as ab ove indi

.
,
c at e d
, fir s t find the piece to b e m o ved and then ,
m ov e i t t o t he pr o per place Th is fea t c o ns i st s of

.
tw o pa rts you will notice T he finding of the p i ece

,
.
is li k e th e finding o f the card T hen wit h t he p i ece.
gra s ped b etween your thum b an d fo refinger make ,
a s mall c i rcular and backwa rd a n d fo rward m ov e

ment until you feel the men t al i mpre ssi on o f
,
“ ”
There & when y o u w i ll place y o ur piece direc t ly
o n the s po t Thi s may s eem di ffi cult an d appears
.
,
s o to the aud i ence b u t you w i ll find by a li ttle pri

,
vat e pra cti ce t ha t it is really a s ea si ly per fo rmed a s

so me of th e simpler t e st s .
TH E G A M E O F C A R D S .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I I I S i milar to t he a b o ve
.
”
is the f ea t kn o wn a s the Ga me of c ards Tw o .
D I F F I C U L T D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 69
player s sit O ppos i te each o ther at a table hav i ng ,
dealt themselve s two hands of euchre H ave the .
Tran s mitter lead you behind the first player and ,
s tanding there have the player s ilently point ou t

the card h e wishe s t o lea d t o the Tran s mitter The
t
, .
Tran s m i tte r then s hould c o ncen t rate hi s m i nd on

the card and y ou will find it in the u s ual manner
, ,
and having found it will play it on the table Then .
leading you around to the other player the Trans ,
mi t ter repeats th e pr o ce s s and you find and play

,
.
the card Then back t o the first play and repeat

. , .
Then al t ernate b etween the player s I n the s ame ,
manner un t il y o u hav e played o u t the game This

, .
may be i mproved up o n b y the Transmitter thin k ing

o f wh i ch player has won the tric k when you will ,
push the cards over t o the winner having d i sc ov ,
ered the directi o n i n the u s ual manner Thi s f eat .
is very e ff ective i ndeed when properly per fo rmed .
T H E M A P P ED O U T T R I P -
.
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I V H ave a map laid o pen

.
on the table and have the audience decide upon a

,
t r i p b e t ween tw o point s either by rail or by water

,
.
Then returning to the ro o m s tand as ab o ve de ,
scribed and with y o ur forefinger find the place fr o m

,
which the trip s t ar ts Then mo v e sl o wly along the

.
sele c ted c o urse in the same manner in which the

c hecker game was played passing al o ng the ch os en
-
,
route un t il the end is rea c hed The s e f eat s ar e all

.
r eally v ariati o n s of the on e principle .
TH E PA CK O F C A RD S .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V T his is a v ery e ffec tiv e

.
f ea t and re quires some little skill and prac t ice but

, ,
there i s n o rea s on why any c areful patient and per , ,
s istent st uden t should n ot b e able to ma st er i t I t .
c o n sis t s in t he audience s electing an y given card

f r o m th e pac k and then r eplacing it with the other s
, ,
b e i ng s ure t hat the Transm i tter i s f amiliar w i th t he

card cho s en and know s en o ugh a b out card s to rec
,
o gn i z e i t when he s ees it aga i n Then the pac k of

.
cards s h o uld be placed o n the t able face up R e , .
’
t urn i ng t o the room y ou t a k e t he Transmitter s
,
hand as usual and with your r i ght hand p i c k off the

,
cards from the pac k slowly and o ne by o ne A s

, .
y o u p i c k up each card slowly weigh it i n your

,
hand so to speak and then place it aside i f you re

, ,
“ ”
c e iv e n o s to p orders from t he m i nd o f the Trans
m i tter .H aving previously prac t iced this feat in
“ ”
pr i va t e y o u will have learned that pecul i ar heavier
s en s ati o n tha t come s t o you when you lift th e ri ght
card from the pack s o that when y o u finally reach it
,
you will know it We cannot describe ju s t what

.
t his s en s at i on will feel like—you must learn it by

actua lly experien c ing it in private pract i ce W e a d .
v ise y o u t o diligently prac t ice t h is f eat i n p r iv ate ,

for i t is w o nderfully e ffe cti ve You will find tha t .
after a b i t of practice you will b e able t o get th e

“ ” “ ”
heavy feeling when y o u lift up and weigh the
ri ght c ard Y ou should perform this f ea t sl o wly
.
,
“
a n d carefully s haking your head
, N o j us t b efore , ,
y o u discard a card I f by the la ck

. o f c o ncentration
“ ”
o f the Tran s m i t t er you fail t o feel t he , heavy f eel
I n g when
y o u p i ck up t he r i ght card t he s hake o f ,
the head will b e ap t t o arouse him to exert his Will

“ ”
more ac t ively and you will rece i ve the hold o n
,
I mpulse i mmediately D o not b e i n to o much of a

.
hur ry to discard b u t make several f eint s a t it bef o re

,
finally lett i ng g o Thi s fea t may b e i mpr o ved b y

.
“ ”
having the audience s elec t a po k er hand s uch as -
,
“ ” “
a flu s h a st ra i ght
,
” “
— ”
t hree f a kind ; a f ull
o ,
“ - -
”
h o u s e e t c e t c and hav i ng you find the hand o n e
, .
, .
,
card a t a t i me This latter is a fine e ff ect and

.
,
alway s br i ngs d o wn the house Bu t b e s ure t hat .
your Tran s mi tt er really knows and remember s the

cards else the fea t will fail o f c o urse H e mus t t e
, , .
member each card and recognize it when i t appears ,
face up on the pac k bef o re you a s y o u pr o ceed w i th ,
the discarding N ever a t tempt th i s feat i n public

.
without previou s care f ul private practice for i t re , , ,
quires the mo st delicate per c eption and s k ill If you .
find that y ou canno t master it t o your sat i s faction ,

“
after su ffi cient practice you may try i t by the S i m ,
”
p l e r M ethod g iv en at t h e conclu sio n o f th is L ess o n .
T H E C H O S E N W O RD I N TH E B O O K .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V I Li ke the la st f ea t t hi s
.
,
is a complex and di fficul t o ne bu t one tha t alway s ,
arouse s enthusia s m i n an aud i ence when well per

formed I t wi ll repay you f or the priva t e pract i ce
.
that y o u will have to empl o y up o n i t b ef o re you ,
pr o duce i t in publ i c The f ea t c o n sists o f the audi

.
e n c e selec t ing a b ook f r o m a p i le or a b o o k shelf or

&
,
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,
b ook c ase et c —then a g iv en pa ge i s ch o sen —then

-
, .
a line o f pr i nte d ma t ter o n t ha t page —and then a

word i n that line I t is well to have t he Tran s-
.
n
mitter draw a pencil circle ar o und the ch os e n w o rd ,
s o t ha t he may b e s ure to remem b er i t la t er The .
b ook i s then replaced on th e s helf Then re t urn i ng .
to the room you first find the b oo k by the me th o ds

, ,
already given in prev i ou s fea t s ; then lay i ng it flat

o n the t able you should b egin t o sl o wly and d e li b
e ra t e ly p i c k each leaf up s epara t ely Th i s part of .
the feat is almos t ident i cal w i th t he last o n e in ,
which you pic k ed up the card s fr o m the pack .
W hen you ge t the pr o per im pr e ssi on you should

“
ann o unce that y o u ha v e f o und t he l eaf I f s at i sfied .
tha t you are right as certain up o n which s i de o f the

,
leaf the chosen page is Th i s can be done by press

, .
i ng t h e leaf to the righ t or le f t in succe ssio n until

, , ,
you get the ri ght impress io n as to wh i ch way to

pres s i t d o wn Then hav i ng thus f o und the page
.
, ,
pas s y o ur fin ger s lowly down and bac k ov e r the

D R A W I N G TH E C H O S E N F I G U RE .
D E M O N S T RA T I O N V I I H av e the aud i en c e
.
s elec t a number and thin k in t ently o f it I mpress

, .
upon t h e Transmitter that is to thin k of the Shape

o f th e figure i nstead o f merely remembering it s name .
“ ”
F or i n s tance if the figure 8 i s t hought of t h e ,
T ran s m i t t er s hould think o f t he Shape o f the figure ,
“
and no t of the word eight Then begin to circle
.
y o ur hand around o ver the bla c kb oard j ust a s you

“
did when finding t he place of the beginning o f t h e
”
t r ip of t he demonstration mentioned a few minutes
ag o T hen br i ng your pencil o r chal k to a s tarting
.
p oi n t which y o u will soon perce i ve Then h o ld

, .
y o ur finger s pre ss ing lightly forward and i mp art ,
to y o ur hand a t rembling vibrato ry motion a s if i n

hes it at io n regarding the next mo v ement s aying at ,
“
t he same ti me to y o ur Tran s mi tt er : Will H ard n o w
—Will t he D irection to me and y o u wi ll s oo n b e
”
,
“ ” ”
g i n to get an impre ss i o n of Righ t o r L e ft o r , ,
“ ”
D o wn a s the ca s e may b e wh i ch y o u s h ou ld fol
, ,
l ow s l ow ly B e s l o w a bout it for if t he i m pr e ssio n

.
,
is n ot r i gh t yo u will s o o n b e chec k ed up Fence .
ar o und a l itt le un ti l y o u b eg i n to ge t t he i mpres

sio n s clearly Y ou wi ll find t ha t t he p ri ncipal t rou
.
ble is at the s t a rt for o nce y o u are s tarted o n the

,
’
righ t trac k y o ur T ransm i t t er s W i ll wi ll be f reely
,
e m p lov e d and he wi ll pour the i mpre s s io ns i n to y o u

, .
L et him feel tha t it is his Will tha t i s really do i ng

the work and he will exert it freely Once started
,
.
,
these drawing feats are easily performed the tr o uble ,
bei n g with the start Y o u should practice this feat

. ,
frequently in private b efore a t t em p i n g i t i n a publ i c

,
dem o n st rat io n It is very e ffect i ve

. .
TH E L A D Y S A G E ’
.
D E M O N S T R A T I O N V I I This is a v ar i ation
.
o f the ab ove feat A lady in the audien c e is asked

.
to whisper her a ge in the ear of the Transm i tter ,
and y ou are to draw it on the board o r paper The .
feat is performed precisely in the ma n ner described

ab ove the Transmitter being cautio n ed to thin k of
,
but one figure at a time during the drawing .
TH E B A N K N O T E T E S T .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N I X Aki n to the la s t two

.
feats is the reading of the number o f a bank note

,
-
held in the ha n d of the Transmitter I t is performed .
in preci s ely the s ame manner as the precedi n g feat .
Be sure to have the Transmitter understand that

h e is to think o f but o n e figure at a time un t il i t is ,
drawn and then the nex t and so on

, , .
TH E W A T C H N U MB ER T ES T .
D E M O N S TRA T I O N X The feat of reading

.
and dra wi ng the number o f a per s on s watch is a ’

va r ia tio n o f the last men tio ne d demon s tra tio n and ,
i s per fo rmed i n pre ci s ely th e same wa y .
T H E G E O M E T R I C A L F I G U RE T E S T .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I H ave t he aud i ence s e

.
lec t so me simple geometrical figure such as a ,
s quare tr i angle circle right angle etc and pr o ceed

, , , ,
.
,
to draw it in the same way as the figure s i n the

demon s trations j ust described H ave t he Trans
.
m itt er hold the figure in hi s mind and mentall y

draw it as you proceed A lit t le private practice
.
will enab le y ou to draw the s e figure s easil y and in ,
fact t hey are really s impler t han num b e rs a l th o ugh

, ,
m or e start l i ngly e ff ect iv e a t tim e s .
D R A W I N G P I CT URE S .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I I The s ame p ri nc i ple

.
de s cribed in t h e ab ove ment io ned t e st may b e ex

tended t o apply to the drawing o f si mple p i cture s ,
such a s the o utline figure o f a pig et c The copy i s , .
placed on the t able or blackb oard s o tha t the Trans ,
mitter may easily refer to i t and t hen you pr o ceed

,
as in th e feats ab o ve mentioned P rac ti ce t h is until .
“ ”
you ge t it d own fine .
TH E H I D D E N N A M E .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N X I I I The s ame pr i nc i ple

.
may be extended t o the writing do wn o f the name

o f a per so n ,t own et c prev io u s ly ch os en by t h e
, .
,
D I F F I C UL T D E M O N S T R AT I O N S 77
audience D raw i n larg e le tt er s so tha t the eye o f

.
,
the T r an s mi t ter may easily f o ll o w y ou a t each step .
T H E U N D E RL Y I N G RULE .
“
I n all of the D raw i ng D emonstrat io n s you ,
should remember the primary princ i ple i e F o llow , . .
the line o f the least M ental Resistan c e and the W i ll ,
of the Transmitter will i nvariably lead y ou to the

r i ght d i rection .
T H E S I M P LER M E T H O D .
A s i mpler method of performing the feats and

“
demonstration s which we have s tyled The M ore
D i fli c u l t Feat s,is that o f hav i ng the T ransm i t t er
stand by yo ur right side turning toward y o u and
,
placing his righ t hand over your s the tips o f his ,
fingers re s ting o n y our fingers between your large
your left s ide with hi s fingers grasped in yo ur left

hand as heretof or e ment i oned & Thi s meth o d i s not
, .
nearly s o good so f ar a s appearance s go for some ,
critical member s o f the audience might objec t that

he was in confedera c y with you and really help i ng
you to draw— bu t it is highly e ffe c t i ve so far as sim
l i
p y g f i n t he fea t i s concerned H is .fin ge r ti ps with -
their nerv ous matter aroused int o activity s eem to

“ ”
fairly charge your fi n gers with nervous energy or ,
“ ”
magnet i sm and your hand acts almost au to ma tic
,
ally The m otio n o f the Recei v er s hand and finger s

.
’
,
u nder thi s method become s almost like the m ot ion

“ ”
o f a P lanchette a n d often w rites and draws the
,
number s figure s le t ters e t c s o easily and s moothly

, , , .
, ,
“ ”
that they seem to b e f ai rly runn i ng away from the
mind of the perf o rmer Y ou should a t least famil
.
i a ri z e yourself w i th this meth o d s o as to b e able t o

,
use it in emergencie s or in the cas e o f a poor Trans

,
mitter o r else i n the ca s e of the more delicate and

,
complex tests I f y o u neglec t thi s method you w i ll

.
,
have f ailed to acquaint y o ursel f wi th one o f the m ost

startling fea t ures of C onta c t M i nd Reading which ,
s o far t o uche s the h i gher phen o mena that it is closely

“ ”
aki n t o wha t is k n o wn as A u to mat i c Wri ti ng In .
fact if you are dispo s ed and are naturally re c eptive

, ,
and sens itiv e to impress i on s you may e v en wr i te a,
letter thr o ugh the Will o f a good Tran smitter by ,
this meth o d By all mean s ma k e yourself acqua i nted

.
with it s p os sibil iti e s and phen o mena

, .
We n ow pass o n t o a c o nsideration o f the more

Sensat i onal F eat s .
S E N S A T I O N A L F E ATS 79
LE S S O N V I I .
S E N S A T I O N A L FE A T S .
N addit i on to the f eat s g i ven in this wo rk ,
which together wi th t heir coun t less v aria

,
tions f orm the sto ck i n trade of the maj ori ty

,
of the profe s sional M i nd Readers there are a num ,
b er of o t her f eat s essayed by the public performer s

which we have seen fi t t o gr o up under the general
“
title S ensati o nal Feat s These feats are described
.
here in order tha t the st uden t may understand t he

nature o f them and the manner o f their per fo rm
,
ance Bu t we c o n s ider such feat s s u i table only f o r

.
t he s ensat io nal adver ti sements of the professional

performers and alway s dependent upon more or less
,
spectacular acce ss ories and attended b y even d an

,
ger o n s features in the case of t he dr i ving feat A nd .
therefore we do n o t o ff er them for reproduction b y

the pri v a t e s tudent o r the parlor demonstrator
, .
The princ i pal S ensational F eat s perf o rmed b y t he

profess io nal s are a s foll o w s :
,
T H E D R I V I N G FE A T .
Th is i s performed b y the performer blindfolded ,
a s usual driving a t eam along the publi c streets t o

,
s ome select ed poin t whi c h p oin t is us ually a hotel

,
pr e vio u s l y s elec t e d by a p u b l i c c o mm itt ee Upo n .

80 P RA C T I C AL M I N D R E A DI N G
reaching the h ot el the perfo rmer goe s to the h o tel

reg ist er turns the pages and finds a n ame pre
,
v i ou s ly selected . The per fo rme r r ecei v e s hi s i mpres

sion s f r o m membe rs o f th e comm it tee wh o are
seated beside him on th e carr i age s eat with t he i r ,
arm s on h i s shoulder s o r hav i ng h o ld o f hi s han d s

, ,
o r e v en c o nnected w i th h i m b y wire The f eat i s

.
really a s pe c tacular repr o duction o f the familia r f eats

des cr i be d in previous chapter s and t he principle s
,
go v erning it are prec is ely the s ame The Trans .
m i t t ers i mpres s the direct io n upon him and he f o l ,
low s th e line o f the L east M ental R esistance .
T H E C O M B I N A T I O N L O C K FE A T .
Th i s f ea t is empl o ye d either separately o r i n con ,
n e c t i o n with the D r i ving F eat . I t c o nsists in the

per fo rmer opening the com b ina t i o n s afe o f a hotel
o r some bus i ne ss establishmen t . I n thi s case the
T r an s m itt er mus t know the co mb inat i on perfectly ,
and hi s mental impress io ns acting up o n the p er

“ ” “
forme r g i ve him the cue t o t urn righ t or left or
“
repea t as the case may b e O f c o urse o ne must have
.
cultivated a grea t degree o f s en s i t ivene ss to men t al

impre s si o ns b e fo re h e w i ll b e able to r ece iv e and
re s p o nd t o the d i re ction i mpre s s i on s i n t h is ca s e .
A nd ye t almo st any per so n by fo ll o w i ng the d i rec

tions g i ven i n th i s wor k and care fully and repeat
,
e d ly p r ac ti c i ng t he v ar i ou s f ea ts an d dem o n st ra tio n s
o ffice l o c k b ox the key of which is given the per

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,
fo rmer a t a point some di s tance from the post offic e -

.
Rushing through the publi c streets dragging the ,
Tran s mitter with him the performer finds the post

,
o ffic e in the usual way and t hen locates the lo c k

,
box int o which he insert s the key and extract s the

,
letter thus t ri m p h a n t ly completing the feat This

, .
feat as every student will see is merely a variation

, ,
o f the simpler feats manifested in a sensati o nal man
ner fo r the p ur p os e of pub l i c a dv e rt i sm en t .
TH E F I RE -
A LA R M FE A T .
“
T hi s f eat is another free advertisement dem o n
s t ra t i o n,in which t he perf o rmer with the permis ,
s ion of the c ity o fficial s discovers the locati o n of a

,
ce rtain fire al a rm box and t urns on the alarm with

-
,
the k ey wh i ch had been previ o usly loaned him .
S o me publ i c o ffi c i al s allow this te s t t o be performed ,
us i ng i t a s a t est alarm f or the department as well ,
and the s igh t and s o und of the clang i ng fire engines -

,
the s m ok e and c o nfu si on follow i ng up o n the sen

,
s a t i on a l M i nd Read i ng demon st rat io n is calculated
to cau s e grea t exc i tement and in t ere s t i n the town ,
which u s ually re s ul ts i n pac k ed house s a t the night

ente rta i nment Bu t the t est i s really noth i ng but a
.
“ ”
v aria ti on o f the si mple finding the spot dem o n
s t ra t i on w i th sen sat i onal accompanimen ts
, .
S E N S AT I O N A L F E AT S 83
VA R I A T I O N S
We might enlarge our list of Sensational feats ,
but t o no real benefit t o the student fo r they are all

,
“
c ut fr o m the same c loth and are but improve
,
”
ments up o n the s imple parlor feats I f the student
.
wishe s to do s o he may invent a dozen similar feats

, ,
j ust a s sen s ational a n d j ust as e ff e c tive The pur.
pose o f the sensational feat is primarily to gain free

advertisements for the publi c performers A s s e ien .
t i fic demonstrations they have but very slight value .
FA KE D E M O N S T R A T I O N S EX P O S ED .
I n con c luding thi s part o f the book we wish to ,
warn ou r s tudents agai n st s ome o f t h e s o called -
“ ”
M ind Readers who are travelling around the c ou n
try giving exhib itions of s o c alled M ind Reading
-
whi c h while interesting enough i n themselves are

nothing but cleverly dev i sed devices intended to
counterfeit the genuine phenomena The maj ori t y .
o f these performers have a s erie s o f c leverly ar

“
ranged s ignal c odes by whi c h the confederate c on
-
“ ”
veys to the M ind Reader the name and des c ription
o f the article handed t o the fo rmer by s ome o n e o f
the audience One o f the principal performers i n

.
thi s line i n this co untry had a signal code o f over -
fiv e t housand obje c ts whi c h he and h i s confederate

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,
had carefully memorized Thi s code wa s worked

.
“ ”
b y t he plan o f as k ing the blind fo lded M ind Reader
t o name the o bj ect Y o u can s ee the possib i lit i es o f

.
this when y ou rememb er the many di ff erent ways in

w hich the same question may b e a sk ed an d when ,
y o u remembe r that ea c h word and combination

, of
words conveys a distin ct and s epara t e meaning to
,
the blindfolded one .
Others employ sleigh t o f hand and legerdema i n

- -
, ,
in order to produce t he illus i on P repared pads of .
paper upon whi c h questions are written a n d similar ,
means are comm o nly used i n su c h exhibitions We

,
.
do not purpo s e g o ing i nto this matter i n detail fo r ,
such is not the purpose o f this work But we thi n k .
it well to c all the attention of o u r students to the

s ame in order that they may get a c lue to s om e o f
,
the vari o us c oun t erfeit exhibit i ons of M ind Reading

whi c h are being adver t i s ed by s ome o f the public
performer s There are other public performers
.
,
however wh o give fine exhib ition s o f the genu i ne

,
phenomena The student of thi s work should have

.
acquired a su fficient knowledge o f its underlying

principles to enable him to distinguish b etween the
genuine and the spurious when he s ees an e x h i b i
tion I f any wish to know more o f t h e c ounterfeit
. ,
“
there are many good works published o n L e gerd e
”
ma i n wh i ch will satisfy his c uri os i ty .
H IGH ER PH ENOM ENA 85
LES S O N V I I I .
H I G H ER P H E N O M E NA .
N t he dem o n st ra tio ns de s cr i bed and e x pl ai ne d

i n t he previ ous par ts of t h is wo rk the men ,
t al i mpre ssio n s tra v el f r o m on e m i nd to an

“ ”
o ther ov e r the channe ls of t he t elegraph i c w i res
o f t he nerv ous system of the T ran s mitter and R e
c e iv e r. I n other w o rd s the M i nd Reading tha t i s
employed i n the f ea ts and dem o n st rat io n s g iv en i s ,
“ ”
a ki n to the o rd i nary t elegraphic curren t tr a v elling
o ver the w i re s f r o m send i ng sta tio n to rece i v i ng s ta
—
t i on the nervo u s s y st em o f the two pers o n s f ur
n i s h i n g a v ery cl os e coun t erpar t to the t eleg r aphi c
wire e t c Bu t the r e is a step b eyond th is—many

, .
“ ”
st ep s i n fa c t W h i le the C ontac t M ind Read i ng
.
wh i ch we ha v e de s cribe d and explained is s urely

wonder f ul en o ugh t o attrac t the a t tent io n of all
thin k ing m i nds st ill when the advanced student
,
passes on to t he field o f the H i gher P henomena he

is des ti ned to mee t w it h ma rv elous result s whi c h
in s o me ca s e s alm ost surpas s b elief Th is H i gher.
“
P hen o mena o f M i nd Reading or Telepat hic M ind
,
”
Reading ,
when c o mpared to the Co ntac t M i n d
“ ”
Reading i s a s t he w i rele ss t elegraph when c o m
,
pared to the o rdinary telegraph us i ng wire s .
I n L e s so n I o f t h is book w e ha v e g iv en you the

, ,
theories held by scientific men regarding the na t ure

o f the wave s or currents that pr o ceed from on e
mind t o another and the me c hanism by which the s e

,
wav e s are reg is tered W e thin k it will be intere s t

.
i n g t o many o f you t o k now that certain O ccultist s

have t he i r o wn t heory regard i ng this matt er which ,
while no t widely known is still of the grea t e s t i nter

es t to earnes t st udents o f the sc i ent i fic si de of the
“
s ubj ec t We allude to wha t is kn o wn a s The Pi neal
.
”
G land the o ry .
The P ineal Gland is a s m al l gland c o ne s haped ,

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,
and of a reddish gray color s i tuated in th e bra i n

-
,
about t he middle o f the skull nearly ab ov e the t o p ,
o f the sp i nal column I t is a compac t ma ss o f nerv

.
o u s ma tt er c o nta i ning a quantity of wha t ha s b een

,
“ ”
calle d bra i n s and -
wh i ch is c o mposed o f very
,
s mall part i cle s of gritty ma t ter The ana to mist s .
and physi o log i sts confe ss t heir i gn o rance o f t he

f unc tio n and purpose of the P ineal Gland and i t re ,
main s fo r the O cculti s ts t o explain its real nature ,
whi c h is the receiving and register i ng of the waves

o r currents o r v i b ra tio n s of th o ugh t and Will re
,
c e i v e d from another per so n Th is P ineal Gland is

.
,
acc o rd i ng to t he O ccultists the receiving in s trument

,
“ ”
f or the wi rele ss M i nd Reading and i n f ac t it re ,
s embles the actual receiver of the wirele ss t elegraph

i n m or e than o ne re s pect .
HI GH ER PH ENOM ENA 87
TH E F I RS T S T E P S .
I n t he fi rst place t he studen t wh o is p ra c ti c i n g

,
the experimen ts g i ven i n prev io us chap t ers and ,
who is ma ki ng the dem o n st ra tio n s g i ven there will ,
find that a t t i me s he is able to d o away w i t h the

phys i cal contact H e wi ll l oo sen h i s h o ld up o n the
.
hand o f t he T ran s m itt er and at t i me s w i ll sever the

,
con t act en ti rely and after the fea t i s dem o n st rated

,
he wi ll r eal i ze to h is a sto n i shmen t tha t he ha s per

f ormed the pr i nc i pal pa rt of the f ea t w ith out c o n t ac t
at all H e may be alm ost uncon s c io u s of t h is f ac t
.
,
for the rea s on tha t he wa s s o much i mmer s ed and

ab s o r b ed i n h is wor k t ha t he did n ot have ti me t o
thin k of the s e de t a i l s A t Other ti me s he w i ll find
.
that e v en bef or e he ha s made the phy si ca l C o n tac t

with t he Tran s m itt er he w i ll rece i ve a flash of men
,
tal i mpre ssio n wh i ch will en ab le him to p ro ceed to

the s elec t e d l o catio n o r ob jec t a t o nce
, , .
D E M O N S T R A T I O N S W I T H O U T A T RA N S
M I TT ER .
The s e e x per i ence s w i ll b ec o me so fr e qu en t a nd s o

strong t hat he may often & i n the case s of pecul i arly
sensit i ve pe o ple &per f orm the en ti re f ea t w i t h o u t the
phys i cal c o n t ac t of the T ransm itt er and perhaps
,
without any Tran s mi tt er at all I n w ell de v el o ped

.
cases the Re c eiver may pe rf orm the simple f eat s ,
and so m eti m es so m e of t he m or e c o mpli ca t e d o ne s ,

merely by the a i d of t he Co ncentra t ed Will of t h e

audience .
W e ha v e k n o wn o f ca s es i n wh i ch a p oc k e t kn if e -
wa s t he s elected and hidden o bj ec t and when th e ,
dem o n st rato r would en t er the r oo m h e wo uld re

c e iv e a sudden menta l i mpres sio n o f the wo rd
“ ” “
knife followed b y the i mp re s sio n under th e sof a
,
pillow etc and up o n g oi ng t o th e d e si gnate d s p ot

, .,
the k n if e w o uld b e fo un d Ev ery pe rso n wh o care

.
fully pract i ce s t he dem o n str a tio n s g iv en i n t h is b ook

will b e a b le to a dd ac t ua l e x per i ence s of th is ki nd of ,
hi s o wn whi c h hav e b een exper i ence d by h i m dur

,
i ng the course o f h is w o r k .
I n o r der to devel o p th e abi l ity to pro d u ce the

H i gher P hen o mena th e b e st c o ur s e is for t he st u
,
dent t o f requently pract i ce the dem o n st ra tio n and

exper i ments of Co n t ac t M i nd Rea din g a s t h is w i ll
,
develop the recept i v e f acul ti e s of the m i n d Then .
th e st uden t may o cca sio nally prac ti ce wi th a few

sympathet ic and harmon i ous f riend s en d eav o ring to
,
rep ro duce th e dem o n str a tio n s w ith o u t phy si cal c o n

tac t
.
E X ER C I S E S FO R D EVEL O P M E N T .
H e may als o t ry the exper i men t of havi ng a frien d

h old a ce rta i n numb er of small b utto n s e t c i n h i s , .
,
hand an d endeav o r to will tha t the st uden t s hal l

,
“
gue ss
”
th e ri gh t numb e r S om e p eO
p
. le att ai n a
s ucceed i ng ones The m i nd should b e held a s re

.
“ ”
c e p t i v e as p os s ib le t hat is open to v ib ra tio n s
,
Ta k e your time and d o n o t le t hurry o r anxiety

,
enter your mind I t wi ll b e well t o prac ti ce this

.
expe ri ment with memb er s of your fam i ly or with ,
harm o n io us and s ympa the t ic f r i ends .
L O N G D I S T A N C E E X P ER I M E N T S .
“
Exper i men ts o f w i r ele ss M i nd Read i ng or Te
le p a t h y may b e t ried between friends a t l o ng dis
t ance s s pace apparen tly presenting n o o bstacle to
,
the p a s sage of t he t h o ugh t waves P i c k o u t so me .
f riend w i th wh o m y o u have e st ablished a st rong

ra pport c o nd itio n b y mean s o f hi s having ac t ed as
y o ur Tran s m i tter i n yo ur Co n t ac t M i nd Reading e x
p e r i m e n t s
, and by hav i ng practiced Rhythm i c
B reath i ng a s h e r et ofo re descr ib ed H ave the Trans
,
.
m itt er s it i n h is roo m a t t he appoin t ed ti me gazing ,
i n t en t ly a t so me s mall si mple o bj ec t s uch a s a k nife , ,
a gla ss a c up a b oo k e t c and endeavor i ng to ma k e

, , , .
,
a c lear mental picture of i t which p i c t ure he s hould ,
also Will to b e reproduced in your m i nd Remem .
b er h e sh o uld thin k of the l o o ks o r appearance of t he

o bj ec t n ot me r ely of i t s name —h e s hould thin k o f
the s hape e t c of th e b o o k i nstead of thinking t he
, .
, ,
“ ”
word b ook . A t the same t i me y o u shoul d si t
quietly i n y o ur room plac i ng your s el f i n the same
,
p a ssiv e r ece ptiv e men t al a ttit ude t ha t yo u hav e ac

,
qu i re d an d pract iced i n your C ontac t M ind Readings .
Then wait patiently for impressions A fter a while . ,
if success f ul y o u w i ll get the mental picture o f a

,
b oo k or what ever o bj ec t wa s thought of by the

,
Tran s m it ter This experiment may b e varied from

.
t i me t o t i me the principle b e i ng the same i n all

,
cases It w i ll be well for b o th the Transm itt er and

.
the Rece i ver t o keep a wr i tten rec o rd of t he t i me of

ea c h exper i ment and the ob j ec ts t h o ught of Sev
, .
eral obj e c ts may b e though t o f at a sitting of say

five m i nutes apart a careful record b eing k ep t b y
,
'
b oth partie s o f the ti me and o bject so tha t a late r

, ,
compar i s o n may S h o w the r e s ul t of the exper i ments .
I n ca s e of the two pe o ple b eing in di ff erent cities ,
they may mail each o ther copies of their rec o rd fo r

comparis o n .
TH E A UT O MA TI C WR I T I N G E XP E R I
M ENT S .
A n ot h e r w a y‘
of
conduct i ng experiments along
the lines of the H igher P henome n a of M i nd Read
“ ”
ing is akin t o the A ut o matic Writing k n o wn to all
,
students of O ccultism The Transmitter con een .
trates his t h o ught and Will i n the usua l manner ,
while the Receiver place s himself i n the u s ual re

c e p t iv e
, pa s sive state o f m i nd and awa it s the i m ,
pressions But instead of the Receiver merely s i t

.
ti ng as usual he draws his chair t o a table having

, ,
a so f t penc i l i n h is hand and a pad of pape r o n t he

table before him H e h o ld s the pencil lightly be
.
t ween his fingers wi th its p oi n t to uch i ng t he pape r

,
—and then awai ts impre ssio ns U nder g oo d c o nd i.
t i o ns a f ter w aiting a ti m e the penc i l wi ll begin t o

,
tw i tch an d mo v e f eebly The hand s and finger s

.
sh o uld all ow it f ull an d f ree m otio n A ft er a f ew.
m o men ts of i ndec isio n t he penc i l w i ll oft en beg i n

to w rit e o u t words I n many exper i ments the word
. .
Re c eive r a c ting automati c ally S ome expe r imenters

.
succeed much b e tter wi t h t h is plan t han w i th the

m or e c o mm o n me t h o d :
T H E S T E A D E X P ER I M E N T S .
M r W T S t ead the well kn o wn L ondon ed i t o r

. . .
,
-
and i nve sti ga to r o f Ps ychic P hen o mena disc o vered ,
th is me th o d wh i le he was exper i ment i ng al o ng the

l i ne s of A u to mat i c Wr it ing from d is emb o died s ouls .
H e fo und tha t he wa s really c o m i ng i n c ontact with

the th o ught wa v e s emanat i ng f rom t he mind s o f the
-
l i v i ng i nstead o f the dead

, H e p er s isted in hi s
.
exper i men ts al o ng thes e line s and after a t ime was

,
able to w rit e ou t f ull le tt er s emb o dy i ng t he th o ughts

in t h e m i nd s of per s on s of h is acqua i n t ance and ,
ot her s O ther i n v est i gator s ha v e r eproduced h is

.
ex p e ri me nts wit h m ar ve lous r es ult s T he r e i s a

.
great field here awaiting i n vestigat i on and it may

, ,
b e that some o f the stude n ts of this w o rk are des

tined to add to the s c ientifi c testimony on the sub
j c et The above simple directions are all that are
.
ne c essary in order to conduct this s c i en ti fic ex

,
p e ri ment .
RA P P O RT C O N D I TI O N S .
There is a great di ff er e n c e i n th e degrees o f rap

port existing between di ffere n t people and as the ,
degree of s u cc es s depe n ds upon the degree o f rap

port i t is o f the greatest i mportance that you find
,
s ome person with wh o m y ou are in harmonious

vibration in order to try these exper i ments i n the
,
H i gher P henome n a .
We will not b urden the student with re c itals of

experiment s to perform in this H igher P henomena
demonstra ti on H e may readily dev is e exper i ments
.
for h i m s elf fr o m the examples given in connectio n

,
with the Co n t ac t M ind Reading The Tran s mitter .
may think o f a card ; an obje c t ; a name ; a pla c e ; a

sc ene ; a thought ; a feeling etc e t c without limit
, .
, .
, .
A nd it ma k e s n o di ff erence in the nature o f the

exper i men t or t e s t whether it b e tr i ed at long
,
range o r in t he same room w i thout c o ntac t The

, , .
fea t is t he sam e — the pr i nciple is the s ame .

TH E B L A C K B U R N S M I T H EX P ER I M E N T S
-
.
A s a further suggestion to the student we would ,
refer him to L esson I I of this work to the report o f ,
the experiments with M r Smith and M r Black. .
burn I f you will c arefully read t hi s rep o r t agai n

. ,
o u w i ll find a wealth o f suggestions regarding the

y
form s o f demonstrations But bles s your hearts
.
, ,
the experiment s may b e varie d w i thout end— the

prin c ipl e is the same in each case The underlying.
prin c iple is that the Transmi tt er thin k s i ntently

upon the appearance o f the obj ect or thing or else ,
upon the feeling connected with i t if it b e a feeling

i n stead o f an object ; and the Rece i ver endeavors to
re c eive the impre s si o n The Transmitter manifests
.
a n Ac t i ve W i ll t o transmit the ment al i mage while ,
the Rece i ver assumes a pass i ve receptive desire to

,
re c eive the i mpre ssio n T he o ne is all Will—the

.
other is all D esire .
Co nclud i ng this chap t er o n t he H igher P heno

mena of M i nd Reading we w o uld say to the stu
,
den ts that very few o f them will have the persever

ance t o c ont i n u e the i r exper i ments b eyond the point
o f C on t act M i nd Reading or perhaps the s i mplest
,
form s o f the H ighe r P henomena C ontac t M ind

.
Reading is far more sat is fac t ory t o the average p er

s on fo r its re s ults are ve ry c o ns t ant indeed and
, ,
compara tiv ely l i ttle lab o r time and t rouble are nec
,
e ss a ry to m ak e t he dem o n str a tio n s W h i le on t he .

c ontrary th e result s o f the demon s trations o f the

H igher P henomena are less consta n t except in the
c ases of very highly developed Re c eivers worki n g ,
with Tran s m itt ers in almo s t perfect rapport a n d

.
harmony Then the average experiments along the

.
lines of the H igher P henomena some days will

,
prove highly s ucces s ful while other days will b e

,
almos t b arren o f result I n fact there s eems to b e

.
a sort of s p o n t aneou s action in the pr o duction of

the H ighe r P hen o mena and the degree of s uccess
,
depends more or le ss upon some conditions of the

mental world not a s yet fully understood by
,
s c ience But t o tho s e who wish to pu s h into the

.
U nknown as far as they may do so t hi s field o f the

,
H igher P hen o mena of M ind Reading o ffers a fas c i

nat i on and a tt rac t ion di fficul t t o expres s t o th o se
wh o hav e no t exper i enced i t .
F I NI S .
P syc h o m a n cy a n d
C ry s ta l G a z i n g
By
& I L LI A M & A L &E R A T & I N S O N
A S eri e s of y ch i c ; P h e
E l e v e n L e s s on s on the P s
n om e n s o f D i sta n t S en s in g C l a i rv o y a n c e , ,
P s y c h o m e tr y C r y s ta l G a z i n g e t c , , .
P A R TI A L S YN O P S I S O F C O N TE N TS
S c i n t i fi c p r i n c i p l s u n d r ly i n g P s y c h o m a n c y S n s i n g
e e b e . e o
J t
CC S by t h A s t ra l S n s s P roj c ti o n of t h A stra l B o d y
e e e . e e .
H w to D
o l o p Y o u rs l f D l o p m n t M t h o d s C
ev e e . eve e e on
c n t ra t o n V i s u a l i a t i o n P s y c h o m try H w to
.
e i z th e . o u se e
C r y s t a l a n d M i rror G n ra l I n str u ct i o n
. .
. e e .
S i mp l d S p ac
e an P s y c h o m a n c y d t h i r d i ff r n c
e S an e e e e . ee
i g T h ro u gh S o li d O b j c t s
n S i n g D o wn I n t o t h E a rt h
e ee e .
of D i s as by P syc h o m a n cy
.
D g Ia i
n os s e e .
Th A stra l T u b
e e.
P syc h o m tr y F i M t h o d s
e . ve e .
V ar i o u s for m s of C r y s t a l G a i n g D i r ct i o n s of H w to
“
z . e o
”
D o I t, et c .
A st r a l Pr o j c ti o n & h at t h T ra i n d E p r i m n tor m y d
e . e e x e e a o .
S p ac P syc h o m a n cy
e & h at m y b acco m pl i s h d by m a n s
. a e e e
of i t .
S n s i n g t h sc n s occ u rr n c s a n d ob j c t s of t h P ast by
e e e e ,
e e e e ,
A stra l V i s i o n .
F utu r Tim e P syc h o m a n cy e F u tu r n ts casts t h i r . e e ve e
s h a d o ws b for e e .
D r a m P syc h o m a n cy
e T h i s l sso n wi l l pl a i n m a n y i
. e ex n
s t a n c s i yo u r w
e a p r nc o n ex e ie e .
T hi s m ost
i n t e r e st i n g st u d y i s sta t e d c l a rl y so th a t a l l e ,
m a y r e a d il y u n d e r sta n d t h e fu n d a m e n t a l p r i n c i p l e of P syc hi c
co mmu n i ca t i o n .
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By & I L L I A M & A L& E R AT &IN S O N

t h e M e n t a l & i rel es s T el e ra p g h y a ccordi n g t o t h e l a t est a n d

Th e re s ul t of t h e l a t est sci en t i ﬁc ex p eri men t s a n d i nv es t i g a

H ow t o d ev el op y ou rs el f ; h ow t o g row p roﬁci ent i n p ra ct i ce ;

E x p l a na ti ons a n d i n stru cti ons g iv en f or t h ei r p erf orma n ce .

Th e B a n kn ote T est ; t h e B l a ckb oa rd F ea t s ; D ra wi n g P i ctu re s ;

f ull i n stru cti on s g iv en f or th ei r rep rod ucti on .

Th e D r ivi n g F eat ; t h e Comb i n ati on L ock F ea t ; t h e Ofﬁ c e

D e mon st ra ti on s & i t ou t c onta ct

N L Y a f ew y ear s ag o t he general publ i c wa s

O f Though t Transferen c e Though t P ro ,

t hat here and there were t o be f o und a fe w s e i en

mass o f the people w ere e i ther entirely ignoran t of

th i ng c o ncerning t h e ma tt er laugh i ng t o s corn the

dar i ng th i n k er wh o v entured to expre s s h i s intere st

Bu t ho w di ff erent t o day On all hands we hea r

o f the wo nder s o f T h o ugh t T ransference o r Tele ,

pa t hy as i t is called S c ientiﬁc men write and teach

of its f a s c i na t ing man i festations and even the gen ,

eral public ha s heard much o f the new s c ience and

of i n t elligence and k n o wledge concerning the s ubj ect

po ss es s ed by th e individual L isten to these words

f r o m t he lip s O f so me of the greate st s c i ent ists of the

Prof Wi ll i am J ame s th e em i nen t i ns t ruct o r a t

advanced standpoint we look b ack upon the pa st

th o ught o r theological thought we are amazed tha t ,

a un i ver s e which appears to u s o f s o vas t and my s

B ridgewater t reatise s o f o u r own it is always the ,

s ame to u s —i ncredibly per s pectiveless and s h o r t .

s c i ou s n e ss of their re spective s ubj ects are already b e

These remarks are d o ubly signiﬁcant b y reason of

The eminent English s cientist S ir William ,

C r oo ke s in his a ddress a s p residen t o f the Royal

S oc i ety a t Bristol England a few y ear s ag o s aid

s tarting p oi nt d i fferen t fr o m tha t O f o ld where we ,

f ormerl y began It would b e well to b egin w i th

t elepathy ; with t he f undamental law a s I believe ,

i t to be tha t thoughts and i mages may be trans

f erred from one mind to another without the

commun i cated i n any hi ther to k n o wn or r ec o gn i zed

f acts with reference to the mind it ha s n ot yet ,

reached the s cientiﬁc stage of certa i nty which would

i ng out the d i rect i on in wh i ch s c i entiﬁc i nves ti gati o n

we hav e t w o phy sic al fact s—t he phy si cal c agge i n

phy s ical change i n the brain o f B the rec i p i ent of .

t e suggestion B etween the s e t w o phy si ca l events

there mu s t exis t a t rain o f phys i cal cau s es When . .

ever the connecting s equence of i nte r med i a t e cau s e s

within th e range of on e o f the sect i ons O f the Br it ish

t hrough an inte rv ening med i um A ll the phenom .

of myster io us agencies when with e v ery f resh a d

ha v e p o wers and attribute s abundan tl y equal t o

posed by s o me phy sio logis ts tha t the es s ent i al c ells

by a narr o w gap wh i ch w i den s i n slee p wh i le it na r

row s alm ost to ex ti nc tio n during mental ac ti vi ty .

Th is c o nd i t io n i s so si ngularly l i ke that of a B ra nly

to the disc o very of w i rele ss t elegraphy &a s to sug

nerve being s i milar it is c o nce i vable that there ma y

be pre s ent ma ss e s of su ch nerv e c o herer s i n t he

o rder of vib rati on s of e x t reme m i nutene ss c ompare d

wi t h the d ist ance s be t ween t he cen t er s of t he atom s

i s no rea so n fo r b el i e vi ng tha t we ha v e here r eached