,,practical ,,mind-,,reading ,by ,,william ,,walker ,,atkinson ,a ,,course ,,of ,,lessons ,,on ,,thought-,,transference1 ,,telepathy1 ,,mental-,,currents1 ,,mental ,,rapport1 c4 ,,containing ,practical ,instruction1 ,exercises1 ,directions1 etc41 capable of being understood1 mastered and demonstrated by any person of average intelligence ,,published ,,and ,,sold ,,by ,,advanced ,,thought ,,publishing ,,co4 #afh ,n4 ,,michigan ,,ave41 ,,chicago1 ,,ill4 ,,london ,,agents3 ,l4,n4 ,,fowler ,,co41 #g ,,imperial ,,arcade1 ,,ludgate ,,circus1 ,e4,c4 7,practical ,mind ,reading7 ,copyright #aijg1 by ,,the ,,lyal ,,book ,,company ,copyright #aijh1 by ,,advanced ,,thought ,,publishing ,,co4 ,,notice--,this book is protected by ,copyright and simultaneous publication1 in ,great ,britain1 ,france1 ,germany1 ,russia and other countries4 ,all foreign rights reserved4 ,,table ,,of ,,contents ,,lesson ,i--,,the ,,nature ,,of ,,mind ,,reading #e ,a plain1 practical1 scientific explanation of this ,vast1 ,mysterious ,subject1 explaining the action of ,mind upon ,mind1 and the ,mental ,wireless ,telegraphy1 according to the latest and best authorities4 ,,lesson ,,ii--,,the ,,proofs ,,of ,,mind ,,reading #ac ,the result of the latest scientific experiments and investigations regarding this subject2 practical proof and indisputable facts4 ,,lesson ,,iii--,,contact ,,mind ,,reading #bd ,full instruction regarding the ,nerve ,currents passing from the human ,transmitter to the human ,receiver2 stated so plainly that any one may instantly grasp the theory and practice4 ,,lesson ,,iv--,,development ,,exercises #cd ,how to develop yourself2 how to grow proficient in practice2 how to find ,locations2 how to find ,objects2 how to perform the necessary elementary feats1 and thus prepare for ,public ,work4 ,,lesson ,v--,,simple ,,demonstrations #di ,public or ,parlor ,demonstrations4 ,fourteen ,practical ,demonstrations are explained2 full directions for performing them are given1 so that the student may reproduce the experiments and demonstrations4 ,,lesson ,,vi--,,difficult ,,demonstrations #ff ,explanations and instructions given for their performance4 ,the ,banknote ,test2 the ,blackboard ,feats2 ,drawing ,pictures2 ,telepathic ,chess and ,checkers1 etc41 described1 explained1 and full instructions given for their reproduction4 ,,lesson ,,vii--,,sensational ,,feats #gi ,the ,driving ,feat2 the ,combination ,lock ,feat2 the ,office ,detective ,feat2 the ,postoffice ,box ,feat1 and many other sensational demonstrations explained1 together with an exposure of ,fake ,demonstrations4 ,,lesson ,,viii--,,higher ,,phenomena #he ,demonstrations without contact4 ,development ,directions4 ,long ,distance ,experiments4 ,automatic ,writing4 ,valuable ,suggestions and ,advice4 ,,lesson ,i4 ,,the ,,nature ,,of ,,mind ,,reading4 ,only a few years ago the general public was in almost total ignorance of the great truth of ,thought ,transference1 ,thought ,projection1 ,telepathy1 or ,mind ,reading4 ,it is true that here and there were to be found a few scientists earnestly investigating and eagerly uncovering the hidden truths concerning the subjects4 ,but the mass of the people were either entirely ignorant of the subject1 or else were intensely skeptical of any thing concerning the matter1 laughing to scorn the daring thinker who ventured to express his interest or belief in this great scientific phenomena4 ,but how different to-day4 ,on all hands we hear of the wonders of ,thought ,transference1 or ,telepathy1 as it is called4 ,scientific men write and teach of its fascinating manifestations1 and even the general public has heard much of the new science and believes more or less in it1 according to the degree of intelligence and knowledge concerning the subject possessed by the individual4 ,listen to these words from the lips of some of the greatest scientists of the day4 ,prof4 ,william ,james1 the eminent instructor at ,harvard ,university1 says3 ,when from our present advanced standpoint we look back upon the past stages of human thought1 whether it be scientific thought or theological thought1 we are amazed that a universe which appears to us of so vast and mysterious a complication should ever have seemed to anyone so little and plain a thing4 ,whether it be ,descartes' world or ,newton's2 whether it be that of the ,materialists of the last century1 or that of the ,bridgewater treatises of our own1 it is always the same to us--incredibly perspectiveless and short4 ,even ,lyell's1 ,faraday's1 ,mill's and ,darwin's consciousness of their respective subjects are already beginning to put on an infantile and innocent look4 ,these remarks are doubly significant by reason of their having been made by ,prof4 ,james as the president of the ,society for ,psychical ,research4 ,the eminent ,english scientist1 ,sir ,william ,crookes1 in his address as president of the ,royal ,society1 at ,bristol1 ,england1 a few years ago1 said3 ,were ,i now introducing for the first time these inquiries to the world of science1 ,i should choose a starting point different from that of old1 where we formerly began4 ,it would be well to begin with telepathy2 with the fundamental law1 as ,i believe it to be1 that thoughts and images may be transferred from one mind to another without the agency of the recognized organs of sense--that knowledge may enter the human mind without being communicated in any hitherto known or recognized ways4 ,although the inquiry has elicited important facts with reference to the mind1 it has not yet reached the scientific stage of certainty which would enable it to be usefully brought before one of our sections4 ,i will therefore confine myself to pointing out the direction in which scientific investigation can legitimately advance4 ,if telepathy take place1 we have two physical facts--the physical change in the brain of ,a4 the suggestor1 and the analogous physical change in the brain of ,b4 the recipient of the suggestion4 ,between these two physical events there must exist a train of physical causes4 ,whenever the connecting sequence of intermediate causes begins to be revealed1 the inquiry will then come within the range of one of the sections of the ,british ,association4 ,such a sequence can only occur through an intervening medium4 ,all the phenomena of the ,universe are presumably in some way continuous1 and it is unscientific to call in the aid of mysterious agencies when with every fresh advance in knowledge1 it is shown that ether vibrations have powers and attributes abundantly equal to any demand--even the transmission of thought4 ,prof4 ,crookes then went on to say3 ,it is supposed by some physiologists that the essential cells of nerves do not actually touch1 but are separated by a narrow gap which widens in sleep while it narrows almost to extinction during mental activity4 ,this condition is so singularly like that of a ,branly or ,lodge coherer 7a device which has led ,marconi to the discovery of wireless telegraphy7 as to suggest a further analogy4 ,the structure of brain and nerve being similar1 it is conceivable that there may be present masses of such nerve coherers in the brain whose special function it may be to receive impulses brought from without through the connecting sequence of ether waves of appropriate order of magnitude4 ,roentgen has familiarized us with an order of vibrations of extreme minuteness compared with the smallest waves of which we have hitherto been acquainted1 and of dimensions comparable with the distances between the centers of the atoms of which the material universe is built up2 and there is no reason for believing that we have here reached the limit of frequency4 ,it is known that the action of thought is accompanied by certain molecular movements in the brain1 and here we have physical vibrations capable from their extreme minuteness of acting direct upon individual molecules1 while their rapidity approaches that of the internal and external movements of the atoms themselves4 ,a formidable range of phenomena must be scientifically sifted before we effectually grasp a faculty so strange1 so bewildering1 and for ages so inscrutable1 as the direct action of mind on mind4 ,it has been said that nothing worth the proving can be proved1 nor yet disproved4 ,true this may have been in the past1 it is true no longer4 ,the science of our century has forged weapons of observation and analysis by which the veriest tyro may profit4 ,science has trained and fashioned the average mind into habits of exactitude and disciplined perception1 and in so doing has fortified itself for tasks higher1 wider and incomparably more wonderful than even the wisest among our ancestors imagined4 ,like the souls in ,plato's myth that follow the chariot of ,zeus1 it has ascended to a point of vision far above the earth4 ,it is henceforth open to science to transcend all we now think we know of matter1 and to gain new glimpses of a profounder scheme of ,cosmic ,law4 ,in old ,egyptian days a well-known inscription was carved over the portal of the ,temple of ,isis3 ',i am whatever has been1 is1 or ever will be2 and my veil no man hath yet lifted4' ,not thus do modern seekers after truth confront ,nature--the word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the ,universe4 ,steadily1 unflinchingly1 we strive to pierce the inmost heart of ,nature1 from what she is1 to reconstruct what she has been1 and to prophesy what she yet shall be4 ,veil after veil we have lifted1 and her face grows more beautiful1 august and wonderful with every barrier that is withdrawn4 ,camille ,flamarrion1 the eminent ,french astronomer1 is a believer in ,thought ,transference and ,mind ,reading1 and has written the following expression of his convictions on this subject3 ,we sum up1 therefore1 our preceding observations by the conclusion that one mind can act at a distance upon another1 without the habitual medium of words1 or any other visible means of communication4 ,it appears to us altogether unreasonable to reject this conclusion if we accept the facts4 ,there is nothing unscientific1 nothing romantic1 in admitting that an idea can influence the brain from a distance4 ,the action of one human being upon another1 from a distance is a scientific fact2 it is as certain as the existence of ,paris1 of ,napoleon1 of ,oxygen1 or of ,sirius4 ,the same authority has also said ,there can be no doubt that our psychical force creates a movement of the ether1 which transmits itself afar like all movements of ether and becomes perceptible to brains in harmony with our own4 ,the transformation of a psychic action into an ethereal movement1 and the reverse1 may be analogous to what takes place on a telephone1 where the receptive plate1 which is identical with the plate at the other end1 reconstructs the sonorous movement transmitted1 not by means of sound1 but by electricity4 ,we have quoted at length from this eminent authority to show once and for all that this great science of ,,mind-,,reading is recognized1 and approved of by the highest authorities on ,modern ,science1 and also to give our students the benefit of the current scientific theories upon the subject4 ,in this work we have but very little to say about theory1 but shall confine ourselves to facts1 and actual instruction4 ,science knows and has proven that thoughts may be and have been transmitted from one mind to another1 in some cases over thousands of miles of space1 but it has not as yet solved the mystery of the ,why of the subject1 and contents itself with explaining the ,how4 ,the nearest approach to a correct theory seems to be the one which compares the mind with the wireless telegraph1 and which supposes that the vibrations of thought travel through the ether1 just as do the waves of this high order of electricity4 ,the mind of one person acts like a transmitter of the wireless telegraph1 while the mind of the other acts as a receiver of the same set of instruments4 ,there are undoubtedly vibrations set up in the brain when one thinks1 and there are undoubtedly waves of thought just as there are waves of electricity4 ,science informs us that there is an increase of temperature in the human brain during periods of thought-activity1 and also that there are constant chemical changes in the structure going on when the brain cells are active4 ,this is akin to the generation of electricity in a battery1 and undoubtedly acts in the same way in producing vibrations1 and transmitting them to the brain of another4 ,sir ,william ,crookes1 in the address just quoted1 points out the direction of the scientific theories concerning the matter4 ,but1 this is all that we shall have to say about the theory of ,mind ,reading4 ,we shall now pass on to the actual practical instruction4 ,the student is asked1 however1 to always carry in his mind the fact that ,mind travels in waves from one brain to another just as electricity travels from the ,transmitter to the ,receiver4 ,by holding this picture in your mind1 you will have the whole practical theory1 in condensed form1 right before you1 so that you may be able to act accordingly4 ,,lesson ,,ii4 ,,the ,,proofs ,,of ,,mind ,,reading4 ,as we have said in the previous chapter1 the general public is gradually awakening to the knowledge of the reality of ,mental ,transference1 and it is scarcely necessary to devote the time and space to a proof of the reality of the phenomena in these days1 although a few years ago a work on the subject would have had to be composed principally of evidences and proofs4 ,but1 nevertheless1 it may be well for us to take a hasty look at the nature of the proof in this work4 ,nearly everyone has had evidences of ,mind ,reading or ,thought ,transference in his or her own life4 ,nearly every one has had experiences of being in a person's company when one of the two would make a remark and the other1 somewhat startled1 would exclaim1 ,why1 that's just what ,i was going to say1 or words to that effect4 ,nearly every one has had experiences of knowing what a second person was going to say before the person spoke4 ,and1 likewise common is the experience of thinking of a person a few moments before the person came into sight4 ,many of us have suddenly found ourselves thinking of a person who had been out of our minds for months1 or years1 when all of a sudden the person himself would appear4 ,these instances are so common as to be generally recognized1 without question4 ,these occurrences have given rise to the two common sayings1 viz41 ,speak of the devil and his imps appear1 or ,speak of angels and you hear the rustle of their wings4 ,mark ,twain1 in an article printed several years ago1 spoke of a plan that he had frequently practiced1 i4e41 that of writing a letter to a person upon some subject1 then addressing the envelope and inserting the letter1 and then tearing the whole thing into pieces instead of sending it4 ,he stated that in a large percentage of such cases he would receive within a short time a letter from the person to whom the destroyed letter had been addressed1 answering the questions asked1 or else speaking along the same lines as those of the destroyed letter4 ,we have known of this experiment being tried on people thousands of miles away from the writer1 and also in cases in which the other person had not been heard of for many years4 ,there is a field open for experiment along these lines which some of our students might investigate with profit and satisfaction4 ,perhaps the best available evidence of ,mind ,reading at the disposal of the public to-day is that found in the records of the ,english ,society for ,psychical ,research4 ,the experiments of the members of this ,society and other investigators have resulted in the piling up of a mass of facts more than sufficient to fully establish the correctness of the theory of ,mind ,reading4 ,series of carefully managed experiments have been conducted1 the results of which have conclusively proven that the thought-waves set into motion by the mind of one person may be consciously received by the mind of another4 ,we shall quote here from the reports of those investigators1 in order to show you the important results that have been obtained1 and to set at rest forever any lurking doubts as to the reality of the phenomena which may still find lodgment in your mind4 ,remember1 please1 that these committees were composed of some of the leading scientific authorities of ,england--men whose standing and reliability1 as well as whose judgment1 was beyond question4 ,these cases form a part of the scientific records of the ,english ,society4 ,,the ,,creery ,,experiments4 ,one of the interesting series of experiments conducted by members of the ,english ,society was that of the family of the ,rev4 ,a4,m4 ,creery1 of ,derbyshire1 ,england4 ,this investigation was made upon hearing the report of the ,rev4 ,mr4 ,creery regarding a number of experiments he had conducted with his four children4 ,he reported that he had begun by practicing a variation of what is generally known as the willing game1 in which one of the party leaves the room1 and the company selects some object to be hidden1 after which the person is recalled to the room when the company concentrates its mind upon the hidden object1 and the seeker eventually finds it by means of ,mind ,reading4 ,the reverend gentleman said in his report to the ,society3 ,we began by selecting the simplest objects in the room2 then chose names of towns1 people1 dates1 cards out of a pack1 lines from different poems1 etc41 any thing or series of ideas that those present could keep before the mind steadily4 ,the children seldom made a mistake4 ,i have seen seventeen cards chosen by myself1 named right in succession without any mistake4 ,we soon found that a great deal depended upon the steadiness with which the ideas were kept before the minds of the thinkers1 and upon the energy with which they willed the ideas to pass4 ,i may say that this faculty is not confined to the members of one family2 it is much more general than we imagine4 ,to verify this conclusion ,i invited two of a neighbor's children to join us in our experiment1 and very excellent results we secured from them4 ,the ,society then began a series of careful investigations extending over a period of one year4 ,the utmost care was taken to obviate the chance of fraud1 collusion1 mistakes1 or outside influences4 ,the experiments were conducted partly in ,mr4 ,creery's house and partly in rooms selected by the members of the investigating committee4 ,having selected at random one of the children1 the child would be taken from the room and accompanied by a member of the committee would wait out of sight or hearing of the room4 ,the remainder of the committee would then select a card from a pack1 or else write down a name or number which occurred to them at the moment4 ,the following verbatim report of what followed will give you an idea of the results generally obtained4 ,the report goes on to say3 ,on re-entering the room the little girl would usually stand with her face to the wall1 placed thus by us4 ,but sometimes she would stand with her eyes directed toward the ground for a period of silence varying from a few seconds to a minute1 till she called out to us some number1 card or what it might be4 ,the report states that in the case of giving the names of objects chosen1 the child scored six cases out of fourteen4 ,in the case of naming of small objects held in the hands of members of the committee1 she scored five out of six4 ,in the case of naming cards she scored six out of thirteen4 ,in the case of stating fictitious names chosen by the committee she scored1 at a first trial1 five out of ten4 ,one of the experiments is reported as follows3 ,one of the children was sent into an adjoining room1 the door of which was closed4 ,the committee then thought of some object in the house and wrote the name down on paper4 ,the strictest silence was observed4 ,we then all silently thought of the name of the thing selected4 ,in a few seconds the door of the adjoining room opened1 and the child would appear generally with the object selected4 ,no one was allowed to leave the room after the object had been fixed upon2 no communication with the child was conceivable1 as her place was often changed4 ,further1 the only instructions given to the child were to fetch some object in the house that we would fix upon and would keep in mind to the exclusion of all other ideas4 ,in this way we wrote down1 among other things1 a hairbrush--it was brought2 an orange--it was brought2 a wine-glass--it was brought2 an apple--it was brought1 etc41 etc4 ,the report to the ,society sums up the following results3 ,three hundred and eighty-two trials were made in the series4 ,in the test of naming the chosen letters of the alphabet1 cards1 and numbers of two figures1 the chances against the girl were #ba to #a1 #ea to #a1 and #hi to #a1 respectively4 ,in the case of stating chosen surnames the odds against her were very much in excess of the figures just named4 ,in the cases of the experiments of naming chosen cards it was calculated that a mere guesser1 according to the law of probability1 would be able to correctly name but seven and one-third out of a total of the three hundred and eighty-two trials4 ,the actual results obtained by the child were as follows3 ,on the first attempt1 one hundred and twenty-seven2 on the second attempt1 fifty-six additional2 and on the third attempt1 nineteen additional--making a grand total of two hundred and two successes out of a possible three hundred and eighty-two6 ,on one occasion five cards straight running were successfully named on a first trial4 ,the mathematical chances of a mere guess doing this feat1 under the ,law of ,average1 or ,probabilities1 are estimated at over a million to one against the chance4 ,and this was not merely an isolated1 exceptional case1 for there were other long runs2 for instance1 there were two cases in which runs of eight straight consecutive successes were scored1 once with names1 and once with cards4 ,in the case of the eight consecutive cards it has been figured that the chances against the girl would figure up at least #adj1jjj1jjj to #a1 according to the ,law of ,average and ,probabilities4 ,to understand just what this means it may help you if you will think that the feat was like picking out one chosen man in a population of one hundred and forty millions1 nearly double the population of the ,united ,states4 ,and yet there are people who would dismiss matters like this with the remark1 mere coincidence6 ,the interest in the ,creery children attracted the notice of ,prof4 ,balfour ,stewart1 ,,ll4,d41 and ,fellow of the ,royal ,society4 ,this distinguished gentleman testifies as follows3 ,in the first instance1 when ,i was present1 the thought-reader was outside a door4 ,the object or thing thought of was written on paper and silently handed to the company in the room4 ,the thought-reader was then called in1 and in the course of perhaps a minute the answer was given4 ,definite objects in the room1 for instance1 were first thought of1 and in the majority of cases the answers were correct4 ,these numbers were thought of and the answers were generally right1 but1 of course1 there were some cases of error4 ,the names of towns were thought of1 and a good many of these were right4 ,then fancy names were thought of4 ,i was asked to think of certain fancy names and mark them down and hand them around to the company4 ,i then thought of1 and wrote on paper1 ',bluebeard1' ',tom ,thumb1' ',cinderella1' and the answers were all correct4 ,subsequent experiments with the ,creery children1 at the house of the well known investigator1 ,mr4 ,f4,w4,h4 ,myers1 at ,cambridge1 ,england1 proved equally successful4 ,the children1 and their ages1 were as follows3 ,mary1 #ag2 ,alice1 #ae2 ,maud1 #ac4 ,the percentage of successes obtained at ,mr4 ,myers' house tallied very well with those obtained elsewhere4 ,one remarkable result was obtained1 though1 that had not been obtained before4 ,on one occasion the child was asked to name the suit of cards chosen one after another4 ,that is1 of course1 the child was asked to name which suit1 hearts1 diamonds1 clubs or spades1 were shown of the card drawn and seen by the committee1 and then thought of4 ,on this occasion the child scored a run of fourteen straight running1 consecutive successes4 ,the chances against this success were #d1ghb1ifi to #a4 ,we will close by mentioning another remarkable series of experiments conducted by the same ,society4 ,the ,mind ,reader was ,m4,g4,a4 ,smith1 of ,england4 ,among other startling feats successfully performed by ,mr4 ,smith1 that of the reproduction of ,geometrical ,figures was perhaps the most remarkable4 ,in this feat ,mr4 ,smith sat blindfolded1 in a room belonging to the committee1 with a pad of paper before him and a member of the committee on each side of him4 ,a selected member of the committee then would go outside of the room1 and behind a closed door would draw some geometrical figure at random4 ,returning to the room the figure would be shown to the committee1 and also to ,mr4 ,douglas ,blackburn1 who acted as the ,transmitter for ,mr4 ,smith1 the latter being known as the ,receiver4 ,the ,transmitter1 with closed eyes1 now took his position immediately back of ,mr4 ,smith1 but at a distance of two feet from him1 no contact being allowed1 this precaution being taken to obviate charges of confederacy1 etc4 ,the ,transmitter would then concentrate his mind intently for a few minutes1 and in a short time ,mr4 ,smith would receive the impression of the mental image in the mind of the ,transmitter1 and would begin to attempt to reproduce it on paper4 ,in the series of experiments running over a period of four days thirty-seven drawings were made1 of which only eight were considered unsuccessful4 ,twenty-nine successes out of a possible thirty-seven1 remember4 ,the committee reports that it took all the precaution to guard against secret signals1 etc41 and that confederacy1 fraud1 collusion1 or similar methods were out of the question4 ,the eight cases of failure consisted of four cases in which ,mr4 ,smith received no impression1 and therefore could not reproduce the drawing2 and four cases in which the drawing was so vague and imperfect as to be called a total failure4 ,some of the figures were grotesque1 unusual1 and complicated1 but all were reproduced in a more or less perfect manner4 ,the drawing was made deliberately and without hesitation1 and as if ,smith had actually seen the figure shown to the ,transmitter a few moments before4 ,on one occasion1 in order to be doubly guarded against collusion1 they closed ,mr4 ,smith's ears with putty1 tied a bandage around his eyes and ears1 pulled a bolster-case over his head1 and then covered him all over with a blanket which completely enveloped his body and head4 ,and under these extraordinary conditions he reproduced the figures with his usual success4 ,we could proceed relating case after case1 experiment after experiment1 conducted by these scientific bodies of learned and careful men4 ,but the story would be no more convincing than that related above4 ,and1 after all1 there is a method of satisfying yourself that is far more conclusive than the reading of any results of experiments of others--and that is to learn to perform the feats of ,mind ,reading yourself4 ,by means of a very little practice you will be able to reproduce many of the demonstrations of the public performers1 as well as the experiments of the scientific societies1 and then when you have realized that you can do these things you will need no further proof of the reality of the science of ,mind ,reading4 ,,lesson ,,iii4 ,,contact ,,mind ,,reading4 ,mind ,reading is divided by the authorities into two general classes1 viz41 ,contact ,mind ,reading and ,telepathic ,mind ,reading4 ,the first of these classes1 ,contact ,mind ,reading1 is demonstrated by physical contact between the ,transmitter 7or active agent7 and the ,receiver 7or passive agent7 in order to afford an easy channel for the passage of the vibrations1 thought-waves1 nerve-currents1 or magnetism of the ,transmitter 7according to the several theories favored by scientists74 ,the second class1 ,telepathic ,mind ,reading1 is demonstrated by the transferral of the waves1 vibrations1 currents1 or magnetism of the ,transmitter to the ,receiver over the ether1 through space 7often for thousands of miles7 without the more convenient wires of the nerves of the two agents4 ,you will readily see that two classes of phenomena closely resemble the two classes of telegraphic phenomena1 i4e41 the wire system and the wireless system4 ,there is a striking analogy between electric phenomena and mental force phenomena all the way through the subject1 and this subject of ,mind ,reading is simply one of the many forms of the resemblance4 ,we shall begin by giving you instructions in the first form--,contact ,mind ,reading1 as it is the simplest and most easy of accomplishment and demonstration4 ,and besides1 the best ,telepathists have been trained by means of the practice of ,contact ,mind ,reading at the start4 ,one leads to the other1 just as the ordinary wire telegraph naturally led to the wireless system1 which is even now but in its infancy4 ,at this point we wish to point out to you a most grievous error1 and unjust judgment1 that certain so-called scientists and investigators have fallen into regarding this matter of ,contact ,mind ,reading4 ,in order to give you a clearer idea of the nature of this error1 we must call your attention to the fact that ,contact ,mind ,reading has been given much publicity through the advertisements and performances of several celebrated public performers1 and their lesser-light imitators4 ,these performers1 like many others1 have sought to give an attractive public entertainment rather than a scientific demonstration1 and some of them have found it much easier to fake some of the demonstrations rather than to perform them according to scientific principles4 ,and the careful investigators soon discovered that in certain cases there was no ,mind ,reading at all1 but only a clever imitation which was styled ,muscle ,reading4 ,in other words1 instead of the performer receiving his mental impressions from the mind of the ,transmitter1 over the nervous system of other persons1 he would push up against him1 and by a clever system of pushing1 pulling1 leading1 and leaning would detect the muscular movements of the ,transmitter1 and by careful practice would learn to interpret these movements so as to get an indication of the location of the hidden objects and practically be led or pushed toward the spot4 ,but even in these cases1 the performer would of necessity have to employ more or less genuine ,contact ,mind ,reading to finish the feats4 ,the only advantage the performer gained by resorting to these unfair methods was that it was less fatiguing to his mind and enabled him to fake through the performance with less mental wear and tear4 ,the investigators1 easily discovering the above mentioned faking performances1 came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a fake1 and could be explained by the muscle reading theory entirely4 ,and so the news was spread broadcast1 and you will find a number of books written explaining ,contact ,mind ,reading on this hypothesis4 ,of course some of the public may prefer to accept this erroneous theory1 but we wish to say here positively that if any person will honestly investigate for himself1 and will learn to make the demonstrations personally1 he or she will soon discover that muscle reading has nothing to do with the genuine phenomena4 ,the proof of the thing is in the doing of it1 and you may learn the truth for yourself if you will but try the feats and demonstrations1 herein given1 just as we teach them4 ,the result of such practice will cause you to feel with us the indignation arising from the attempts to belittle a noble scientific principle1 and practice1 by an explanation arising from the witnessing of fake imitations of the real thing4 ,the truth is that the muscles have nothing to do with the passage of the mental currents or waves from the ,transmitter to the ,receiver any more than they have to do with the transmission of nervous sensations from body to brain1 or the motor impulses from brain to body4 ,when you wish to close your hand you send a nervous current from your brain to the muscles controlling your hand4 ,the current travels along the nervous system1 and is by it distributed over the muscles causing them to contract4 ,a current from a galvanic battery will cause the muscles to act in the same way4 ,but the muscle is the machinery affected and set into motion1 and the nerves are the delicate telegraphic wires leading to the parts4 ,and so it is with this transmission of the mental waves and currents4 ,the brain of the ,transmitter1 aroused by his active ,will1 sends a powerful current or wave through his nervous system4 ,when it reaches the extremity of his fingers it leaps over the tiny space separating his nerves from the nerves of the ,receiver1 and enters the nervous system of the latter1 and influences his actions4 ,the ,receiver being in a passive condition1 and his brain sending practically no impulses over his nerves1 he is in a receptive condition to the imparted nervous current1 which acts upon him something like an impulse from his own brain1 only weaker4 ,that is the whole secret of ,contact ,mind ,reading4 ,it is ,nerve ,reading if you like1 but certainly not ,muscle ,reading4 ,the tips of the fingers of a person of fine sensibilities1 and delicate touch1 are known by anatomists to be filled with masses of nerve-matter similar to that forming parts of the brain4 ,in fact they are tiny finger-brains1 and they will send out1 convey1 and receive delicate impulses from one mind to another4 ,those of you who have experienced the peculiar touch of some persons of this kind1 can bear witness to the fact that a subtle magnetism or current passed from them to you4 ,this is a fact well known to investigators of psychic phenomena1 and such people laugh at the crude muscle reading theories1 for they have disproved them repeatedly in actual careful experiments4 ,and you may do the same1 if you will practice the demonstrations given in this book4 ,the fact that the developed ,contact ,mind ,reader usually walks ahead of his ,transmitter1 instead of being led by him2 and that he usually allows the latter's arm to hang limp1 instead of muscularly contracted1 is another proof of the absurdity of the theory above mentioned4 ,besides this1 wires may be used between the two persons1 or even a third person may be placed between them4 ,but1 as we have said1 after all the best and only real test is to try the experiments yourself and learn that muscle reading has nothing to do with the real phenomena4 ,the experimenter will soon find that when he gets into the work and is engaged in a search for a hidden object1 by means of ,mind ,reading1 he will forget all about the ,transmitter4 ,he will almost forget where he is1 and will feel himself floating and gliding over the floor and scarcely touching it with his toes4 ,he will find himself drawn or impelled irresistibly toward the hidden object1 as if by some outside energy or fine force4 ,he will feel the hidden object drawing him like a magnet1 and attracting him to the spot4 ,he will forget his audience1 and everything else1 in his desire to reach the ,centre of ,attraction4 ,these experiences cannot well be explained in print1 but the investigator will soon learn to know them for himself1 and he will be amazed and filled with wonder at the strange psychical phenomena in which he is taking a principal part4 ,and1 then1 and then only will he be able to intelligently reject the absurd and unjust theories of muscle reading1 and to see the crudeness of the attempted explanation4 ,he will see that the foolish theory is as far out of the way as the ignorant person's idea that the telegraph messages are sent by the wires being pulled or jerked1 instead of being but channels for the passage of the electric fluid1 or magnetic waves4 ,he will class such pretended scientists with those doubting ,thomases who1 when gas was first introduced in the ,british ,house of ,parliament1 insisted that the pipes rendered the building unsafe1 because they would become heated by the passage of the light2 and who when the system was seen in actual operation1 would gently feel the pipes with their gloved fingers1 wondering why they felt no heat4 ,we trust that we have said enough to convince you of the ridiculousness of the muscle reading theory1 and to give you sufficient interest to demonstrate the matter for yourself4 ,many of our readers have witnessed the public performances of the several well-known ,contact ,mind ,readers who have visited the leading cities of this country and other lands4 ,of course1 the average public performer soon discovers that the average patron of his performance attends principally to be amused1 and entertained1 rather than to be instructed4 ,and he is apt to gradually add sensational features to the performance1 for the purpose of thrilling and mystifying the audience1 knowing that by so doing he will better please his patrons than if he were to give them a strictly scientific demonstration of the science of ,contact ,mind ,reading as produced in the psychological laboratories of the great investigators of the subject4 ,some of these public performers have even gone so far as to add fake features to their performance1 employing confederates1 and in other ways introducing unscientific methods in order to intensify the interest and satisfaction of their audiences4 ,but notwithstanding this fact1 the average public ,mind ,reader1 in spite of his sensational additions1 generally gives his audience enough of the real thing to render his performance of sufficient scientific interest to make it worthy of attendance by the earnest student of the subject4 ,and we believe that the time is approaching when a strictly scientific performance will prove of sufficient interest to the public to render it worth while for a new class of entertainers and lecturers to arise and take the field1 instructing the public regarding their great subject and illustrating their theories by striking experiments along scientific lines4 ,and we think that this little book will do its part in the direction of educating the public mind to appreciate such an entertainment1 as well as serving to educate future entertainers for their life work4 ,however1 in this little book1 we shall treat the subject as if a parlor demonstration was all that is desired1 and our instructions and directions shall be chiefly toward that end1 although we wish to say that any man or woman who will carefully study these instructions and directions1 and who will carefully practice the feats and exercises1 will be able to gradually develop sufficient ability and skill to give a successful public performance1 and perhaps reap a goodly share of fame and financial reward4 ,the principles of the parlor demonstration1 and the public performance are the same4 ,these same instructions and directions have been studied and applied by some of the best performers now before the public1 illustrating the wonders of ,contact ,mind ,reading4 ,so that if any of the students of this work have ambitions in the direction of public performance1 they will find herein the methods calculated to develop them into a successful public entertainer and demonstrator4 ,anyone may develop himself1 or herself1 into a good ,contact ,mind ,reader by practice1 and perseverance4 ,as in everything else in life1 some will succeed better than others2 and some will find the work easier than do others1 but all may develop quite a respectable degree of proficiency in a short time4 ,a little careful1 conscientious practice and experiment will accomplish wonders4 ,mind ,reading feats depend upon the degree of ,will and ,concentration on the part of the ,transmitter1 and upon the degree of ,receptivity and ,passivity upon the part of the ,receiver4 ,we are taking it for granted that the student will wish to act as a ,receiver 7or ,performer of the feat of ,mind ,reading7 rather than as the ,transmitter 7or person called upon to have his mind read74 ,and so we shall address him as such1 with this understanding4 ,but we shall also give herein full directions for the ,transmitter1 as well1 in order to give the student the methods necessary to act in either capacity1 and to also enable him to instruct the ,transmitter in his work4 ,the ,receiver should understand the duties of the ,transmitter1 in order that the best possible results be obtained1 and the proper harmony and rapport conditions may be established4 ,,lesson ,,iv4 ,,development ,,exercises4 ,the student should practice privately with the assistance of a few friends1 before he ventures before a parlor audience1 for by so doing he overcomes the first lack of confidence in himself1 and the awkwardness natural to the beginner along any new line of work4 ,by careful and repeated practice he gains confidence in himself by reason of his growing success in his experiments1 and besides wears off the rough edges of his actions1 etc41 so that when he finally appears before an audience he will feel perfectly self-possessed and at ease1 and thus be able to devote his entire attention to his work1 without annoying self-consciousness and awkwardness4 ,begin the ,development ,exercises by selecting one or more friends who are in sympathy with you1 and who are interested in the subject4 ,do not have any unsympathetic or uncongenial persons around when you are practicing1 for such people tend to distract your attention from your work1 and really exert a detrimental effect upon the preliminary work4 ,select one of your friends as the ,transmitter and take the part of the ,receiver yourself4 ,begin your practice by establishing a ,psychic ,harmony1 or ,rapport1 between yourself and your ,transmitter by means of ,rhythmic ,breathing4 ,although this feature of the work has been overlooked by many investigators of the subject1 still it is a very important feature of the work1 and one that is conducive to the production of the very best results along these lines of psychic demonstrations4 ,the term ,rapport is one frequently met with in occult and psychic books4 ,the word is defined by ,webster as ,relation2 conformity2 correspondence2 sympathetic accord4 ,it is used by occultists in the sense of3 having harmonious vibrations with another1 the occult teachings being that every person has his or her own rate of mental vibration which1 when in harmonious accord with the vibrations of another1 induces the most favorable conditions for the production of mental or psychic phenomena1 or mental relations2 sympathetic understanding1 etc4 ,this harmonious vibration does not necessarily mean that the two persons must be attuned to precisely the same key1 but that their keynotes must harmonize1 instead of producing discord4 ,the comparison of the notes of the musical scale will illustrate the principle thoroughly4 ,when two persons are in rapport with each other1 there is a mental and psychic harmony between them1 which is productive of the best possible mental co-operative work4 ,hence the necessity of good rapport conditions in ,mind ,reading4 ,rhythmic ,breathing has been known to occultists of all ages as one of the important adjuncts of ,psychic ,phenomena1 and its use in bringing about ,rapport ,relations is thoroughly understood by all ,practical ,occultists4 ,rhythmic ,breathing consists in the person breathing in slow measured regular rhythm4 ,it may be acquired by counting the indrawn breath1 the retained breath1 and the outgoing breath1 by regular beats like the ticking of a large clock4 ,for instance1 draw in your breath slowly1 counting mentally according to the ticking of an imaginary large clock3 one--two--three--four4 ,then hold the breath1 counting one--two4 ,then breathe out slowly3 one--two--three--four4 ,the rule is that the indrawn breath should have the same number of counts as the outgoing breath1 the held-breath taking up but one-half the counts of either of the others4 ,the above count illustrates this matter4 ,the advanced occultists get their time-beat from the pulse-beats1 but this is not absolutely necessary in this connection4 ,the principal point about ,rhythmic ,breathing that we wish to impress upon you now is that the two persons1 the ,transmitter and ,receiver1 should breathe in unison with each other--that is in perfect time and rhythm4 ,this breathing in unison will soon establish the very best possible rapport conditions between them4 ,from four to seven ,rhythmic ,breaths will be sufficient to establish the proper conditions in ordinary cases4 ,in the performance of a test1 in case you should feel the power of the ,transmitter failing1 you should stop and ask him to breathe in unison with you for a moment1 and then re-start your work4 ,by breathing a little loud the other person will catch your time1 so that it is not necessary for you to instruct him in the science or theory of ,rhythmic ,breathing4 ,simply tell him to breathe in unison1 and keeping time with you4 ,begin all your practicing with this ,rapport ,breathing1 and start each demonstration with it1 also4 ,you will find that it will have a very soothing1 calming1 quieting effect upon both persons1 and will produce in each a mental earnestness and concentration that will help along the demonstration of ,mind ,reading4 ,we shall not mention this ,rhythmic ,breathing or ,rapport ,condition when we proceed to give you the detailed direction1 for the demonstration1 but you must remember that it should be observed in each case4 ,of course1 you will be able to get results without it--but not so easily1 or so thoroughly and satisfying4 ,it is well to conclude your practice by taking a few deep breaths by yourself1 and not in unison with the ,transmitter4 ,this destroys the ,rapport ,condition4 ,,general ,,directions4 ,the prime requisite for a successful demonstration of ,mind ,reading is the acquirement1 or possession1 by the ,transmitter1 of a clear idea of direction in his mind4 ,the associated requisite is that the ,transmitter be able to concentrate his will upon the mind of the ,receiver1 impressing upon him the ,sense of ,direction so strongly that he will move in accordance with the ,will of the ,transmitter4 ,remember the two points to be observed by the ,transmitter4 ,begin by having the ,transmitter standing beside you in the centre of the room1 you being blindfolded4 ,have him mentally select some one corner of the room1 saying nothing to you of his choice4 ,then let him concentrate his mind upon that one corner1 forgetting every other part of the room4 ,then have the ,transmitter grasp your ,left ,hand with his ,right ,hand1 you grasping his fingers in your hand and lifting the hand to your forehead4 ,hold the hand against your forehead1 just above your eyes4 ,instruct him then to will that you go to the corner of the room that he has selected1 shutting out all other thoughts from his mind1 and concentrating his entire ,attention upon the projection of his ,will4 ,he must not content himself merely forming a ,mental ,picture of the selected corner1 but must think of the ,direction of that corner1 just as he would in case he were to wish to walk there himself4 ,he must not simply think ,that ,corner--he must think ,there6 using the sense of ,direction4 ,he must will that you shall go there1 carrying the words ,go ,there6 in his mind4 ,you1 the ,receiver1 must place yourself in a perfectly passive and receptive state of mind1 resigning your own ,will for the time being1 and being perfectly willing and desirous of being mentally directed or led by the ,will of the ,transmitter4 ,he is the ,active factor1 and you the ,passive4 ,it is the strength of his ,will1 and the degree of your ,receptivity that makes the demonstration a success4 ,keep your eyes closed1 even though you be blindfolded1 for by so doing you induce a ,passive state of mind1 and even the stray glimpses that you may catch through the handkerchief will serve only to distract you4 ,you must shut out sights1 and even thought of sights4 ,stand quiet a moment or two1 awaiting impressions from the mind of the ,transmitter1 who is making the mental command3 ,go there2 go there1 ,i say6 while at the same time he is willing that you follow his command4 ,after a moment or two of passive and receptive waiting1 you will begin to feel an impulse to move forward4 ,obey this impulse and take the first step1 which will often be in an entirely opposite direction from the selected corner4 ,the idea of this first step is to get started4 ,while you are taking the first step or two1 you will feel a clearer impulse toward the real selected corner1 and will find yourself swinging around to it4 ,do not grow impatient1 for you are but learning to receive the impressions4 ,advance one foot forward1 hesitatingly1 resting your weight on the ball of the other foot1 and you will soon feel yourself being compelled to move in a certain direction1 which will end in your moving toward the right corner4 ,you will soon become conscious of being directed by the ,will of the ,projector1 whose mind is acting upon yours and leading and directing you toward the right place4 ,it is difficult to describe to you the exact feeling that you will experience1 but a little practice will soon make it clear to you4 ,follow the impulse1 and you will soon begin to feel the mental command1 ,this way--this way--no1 not that way but this way1 until you will reach the desired spot1 when you will feel the command3 ,that's right--stop where you are--this is the place4 ,if you start to wander off in the wrong direction you will begin to feel the correcting impression3 ,this way--this way1 ,i tell you1 and if you will but passively receive and follow the mental telegraph message you will find the impulse growing stronger and stronger until you walk right into the corner selected1 when you will feel that you have reached ,base1 as the children say in their games4 ,when you walk in the right direction you will feel the mental message1 ,right1 right you are2 and when you move in the wrong direction you will feel the mental message1 saying ,no1 no1 not that way--,this way1 ,i say1 come along1 come6 ,by practice you will soon become quite sensitive to these guiding thought-waves1 and will act upon them almost automatically4 ,practice will soon so sharpen your perceptive faculties that you will often be able to move right off to the desired corner at once1 sometimes actually running right to it1 dragging the ,transmitter after you4 ,you will soon begin to notice that there is quite a difference in the power of ,concentration on the part of different people acting as the ,transmitter4 ,some will be able to ,concentrate so forcibly that they will send you the message clear and sharp1 while others will send only a feeble and wavering message4 ,the more ,concentration the ,transmitter has the stronger will be the message4 ,it will be very advisable for you to experiment with a number of persons acting as the ,transmitter1 so that you may become familiar with the different degrees of ,concentration1 personal characteristics of people in ,transmitting1 etc4 ,this will aid you when you begin your parlor performances4 ,when you find a lazy ,transmitter who is sending only feeble messages1 you must remonstrate with him1 telling him that he must exercise his ,will-,power more4 ,this plan will often arouse in them a desire to give a good exhibition of their ,will-power1 and they will begin sending you strong mental impulses4 ,it is a good plan1 when you have an unsatisfactory ,projector1 to extend his arm out its full length and hold it up about the height of your eyes4 ,in this way he feels the strain1 and it arouses his ,will in order to hold it there1 which seems to act in the direction of his sending sharper and clearer messages and impulse4 ,in case the ,transmitter proves very unsatisfactory1 substitute another for him4 ,but as a rule this unsatisfactoriness arises from the fact that he does not fully understand his duties--does not know what is required of him4 ,a little practice and instruction will bring him out all right4 ,it is often advisable to let the ,transmitter read this book of instructions1 if he happens to be a personal friend who is helping you out in your practicing and experiments4 ,the ,transmitter will find that by looking toward the selected corner1 he will be aided in concentrating his attention and directing his ,will ,power4 ,practice this exercise and experiment1 in different rooms1 and with different ,transmitters1 until you can go readily to the selected corner4 ,do not be discouraged1 but remember that practice makes perfect1 and that like any other thing the art must be learned by patient practice and repetition4 ,it is like learning to play the violin--skating--dancing1 or anything else4 ,if after a number of trials you begin to feel tired1 stop practicing and adjourn the experiments until the next day4 ,do not unduly strain yourself1 or tire out your mind4 ,when the next day comes you will be surprised at the added proficiency you have gained4 ,you may vary the above method by holding the ,transmitter's hand out at arm's length1 instead of holding it up to your head4 ,some find one plan more effective1 and others prefer the second4 ,the principle is the same in both cases1 so adopt either plan1 or any variation thereof1 providing it proves effective4 ,,practice ,,exercise ,i4 ,,finding ,,locations4 ,after you have grown proficient in locating the corners of rooms1 you may have the ,transmitter select other parts of the room1 such as doors1 mantels1 windows1 alcoves1 projections1 etc4 ,try a number of these selected locations in turn1 gaining a variety of experiences which will prove valuable later on4 ,in all of these experiments the ,transmitter must guard you from running into obstacles1 furniture1 etc41 by telling you to avoid them1 guiding you past them1 and in other proper ways prevent you from bruising yourself or breaking or upsetting things4 ,you must impress this upon his mind1 and then you should give yourself into his care with the utmost confidence1 giving yourself no further concern about these things1 and keeping your mind as passive as possible4 ,don't allow your mind to be distracted by outside things--attend to the matter of the experiment in which you are engaged4 ,,practice ,,exercise ,,ii4 ,,finding ,,large ,,objects4 ,the next step should be the selecting and finding of large objects in the room1 such as chairs1 tables1 etc4 ,proceed as in the previous exercises4 ,do not neglect this exercise in your desire to do more wonderful things1 for you need just this training4 ,you will realize the importance of these exercises after you begin to appear before friends and evening companies1 etc41 when you will be called upon to find hidden objects1 selected articles secreted under tables1 on persons1 on furniture1 etc4 ,if you can find selected chairs you will be able to more readily find persons seated on chairs4 ,continue this exercise until you can readily find any and every piece of furniture in a room1 and the other large objects in a room as well1 when they are thought of by the ,transmitter4 ,,practice ,,exercise ,,iii4 ,,finding ,,small ,,objects4 ,after mastering the above exercise have the ,transmitter select some small articles1 such as a book1 vase1 ornament1 etc41 on a table1 mantel-piece1 etc4 ,proceed as before1 varying the objects and places1 endeavoring to get as wide a range of experiences as possible along the line of ,mind ,reading of this kind4 ,,practice ,,exercise ,,iv4 ,,finding ,,hidden ,,articles4 ,after you have mastered the last mentioned exercise1 have the ,transmitter select a small object1 such as a watch-key1 match-safe1 etc41 and secrete it in some part of the room1 you remaining out of the room until the article is selected and hidden4 ,proceed as before1 until you find the secreted object4 ,your ,transmitter should endeavor to give you a great variety in this exercise1 in order to properly train you for the public demonstrations before companies1 etc4 ,have him place a key in a book1 under a rug1 back of a picture1 and in similar difficult places4 ,let him exercise his ingenuity in finding strange places in which to hide the object4 ,in the experiments in finding the hidden objects he must train himself to give you the mental messages up2 down2 to the right2 to the left1 etc41 just as he did his old message or impulse this way4 ,and you must train yourself to receive them4 ,this training will be of the greatest possible benefit to you when you are called upon later to find objects hidden in people's pockets1 etc4 ,,general ,,remarks ,,on ,,practice4 ,the above exercises will train the student to receive and act upon the mental commands or messages of the ,transmitter1 under a great variety of circumstances and conditions4 ,many of the most successful public ,mind ,readers started out in public work with far less careful and thorough training4 ,but there are now still greater degrees of proficiency possible4 ,the student will find in succeeding chapters a number of interesting and startling feats and experiments which are intended for parlor audiences1 etc41 but which may be most profitably practiced previously with the aid of a good friendly ,transmitter1 in order that the ,performer may familiarize himself with the details of the experiment1 and thus be more at his ease when he demonstrates it in public4 ,then other new experiments and feats will suggest themselves from time to time1 to the intelligent student which1 likewise1 should be practiced previous to a public demonstration4 ,in finding a hidden object1 the first thing to do is to get an idea of the direction4 ,then the general location of the hiding place2 and so on1 from general impressions to detailed ones1 until at last the fingers close upon the object itself4 ,the ,transmitter will be greatly relieved when the object is finally found1 and the relaxing of his mental tension may be distinctly felt1 and then you will know that your search is at an end4 ,,preparing ,,for ,,public ,,work4 ,before taking you on with the work before an audience1 we must urge upon you to prepare yourself thoroughly by means of the above mentioned exercises4 ,the great tendency among students is to hurry through to the public work1 and skipping the exercises as much as possible4 ,this is all wrong4 ,you will never be a thoroughly good demonstrator of anything in life1 until you master the rudiments1 and by practice familiarize yourself thoroughly with the details of the work4 ,and ,mind ,reading is no exception4 ,it is true that after a few exercises you may be able to give a fair demonstration before an audience1 but you will never get further than fair without careful practice4 ,and therefore we urge you to have patience and perseverance1 and to stick to the exercise until you become a ,master of ,mind ,reading1 when you need fear no audience whatsoever1 and will be able to give a demonstration that will be a great credit to both yourself and to us1 your instructors4 ,and1 now for your work before an audience1 remembering1 always that the feats and experiments that we shall mention1 should be practiced by you privately1 with the aid of a friendly ,transmitter1 before you reproduce them in public4 ,in the case of feats1 in which the audience is a party to the experiment1 such as the finding of a scarf-pin on a member of the audience1 you may practice with a dummy audience1 that is with an imaginary audience consisting of chairs1 etc41 until you familiarize yourself with the details of the feat4 ,,lesson ,v4 ,,simple ,,demonstrations4 ,in beginning a public demonstration1 it will be well for you to give a short preliminary talk to the audience1 somewhat along the following lines3 ,,opening ,,talk4 ,ladies and ,gentlemen1 with your assistance ,i shall endeavor to give you a demonstration of practical ,mind ,reading1 beginning with some simple feats1 and then proceeding gradually to more complicated demonstrations4 ,in these demonstrations1 ,i must have your co-operation1 for the success of the experiments depends as much upon you as upon myself4 ,in the first place1 ,i must ask that you refrain from conversation1 laughter1 etc41 while ,i am demonstrating1 for these things distract the mind of the ,transmitter and prevent him from concentrating his ,mind and ,will upon mine2 and also prevent me from maintaining that ,passive ,mental ,state which is essential to the success of the experiments4 ,i trust that you will help me in this way4 ,i also ask that during the experiments1 you will all concentrate your ,mind and ,will upon me1 and help me in the work4 ,in order to obtain the best results all ,mind ,readers prefer that their audiences concentrate their ,wills upon the work1 with the purpose of mentally willing that the demonstrator be successful4 ,in fact the success of the experiments depend very materially upon the ,willing exerted by the audience4 ,if you ,will in my favor1 ,i shall be successful2 if you ,will that ,i shall fail1 ,i shall feel the effect4 ,therefore1 kindly give me your aid4 ,i ask you to blindfold me and take such other means to prevent unfair methods and practices1 as your judgment may dictate4 ,i am now ready to proceed with the tests4 ,,choosing ,,the ,,transmitter4 ,then have the audience select a committee to blindfold you and remain outside of the room with you1 while the remainder of the audience select the object that you are to find1 etc4 ,when you return to the room1 select someone to act as ,transmitter4 ,if possible get someone with whom you have previously practiced1 and established rapport conditions4 ,this will aid you very materially1 of course4 ,if this is not possible1 select someone of the audience that is in harmony with you1 and who will have a strong enough will to give you the vibrations4 ,sometimes women are very good at this work1 as they get very much in earnest when interested1 and therefore ,will intently4 ,if your first ,transmitter is not satisfactory1 test another1 and so on until you get a good one4 ,you may change ,transmitters during the evening1 if you prefer2 in fact this is a good plan1 if you are an adept1 for it shows the audience that there is no collusion4 ,,instructing ,,the ,,transmitter4 ,you should instruct the ,transmitter1 along the lines indicated in a previous chapter1 i4e4 that he must hold the thought of direction1 fix his eyes on the chosen spot and then concentrate his will upon it1 and that your success will depend materially upon his ability to concentrate his ,mind and ,will upon the task4 ,you should explain to him that you receive your impulses through his thought-waves or vibrations1 and that the stronger these are1 the better you will succeed4 ,make this plain to him4 ,when the ,transmitter fails to concentrate his ,will1 you will know it at once1 and should call his attention to it1 saying ,concentrate1 concentrate now--harder--use your ,will1 or words to that effect4 ,you should impress upon the ,transmitter that it is the strength of his ,will that produces the mental vibrations that give you the impressions4 ,,beginning ,,the ,,test4 ,then1 take the hand of the ,transmitter1 in the manner already described in previous lesson1 placing it to your forehead1 or else holding it up high in front of you4 ,then begin a wavering motion1 or direction1 preferably describing a circle1 slowly4 ,in this meaningless wavering motion remain perfectly passive awaiting impressions4 ,soon you will begin to feel a mental resistance to certain directions1 and a mental willingness that you move in another direction4 ,then move along the line of the least mental resistance4 ,in some cases you will receive a strong mental urge1 pull1 or push1 in the direction of the selected spot4 ,here is where your practice comes in1 for in your practice experiments you have acquired the art of recognizing these impressions as they come to you1 in their different forms1 and so are prepared to yield to them and move accordingly4 ,it is impossible to describe in writing just how these impressions come1 and feel like1 for actual experience is necessary before you will know just what is meant4 ,but once you have accustomed yourself to receive and recognize the impressions1 the rest is all a matter of practice and development4 ,and now for the demonstrations themselves4 ,you should begin with the simplest feats1 and then work up gradually to the more complicated and difficult ones4 ,this plan will build up your own powers1 and will develop the ,transmitter's4 ,we herewith give a number of interesting feats and demonstrations1 explaining the details of each4 ,of course1 the general directions we have given regarding the receiving of impressions1 etc41 will apply to all of these feats1 for the principle underlying them all is the same1 precisely4 ,,finding ,a ,,location4 ,,demonstration ,i4 ,begin by having the audience select a part in the room1 which may be easily reached by you4 ,then proceed as directed1 until you feel that you have reached the right place1 or location4 ,,finding ,a ,,person4 ,,demonstration ,,ii4 ,have the audience select a person1 one of their number4 ,find the general location of the person4 ,then standing still1 reach out your right hand1 and begin feeling about4 ,you will find that as your hand moves away from the right person you will feel a drawing back impression1 whereas when you reach toward the person you will receive an urging forward impression4 ,a little practice will soon enable you to distinguish these mental impressions4 ,then place your hand on the person who seems to be the centre of the impressions4 ,if this is the wrong person1 you will receive a mental impression of ,wrong2 in which case you must start up the moving your hand to and fro1 and around1 until you feel the urge impression1 when you should place your hand on the person immediately in front of you4 ,when you reach the right person1 you will receive an unmistakable impression and mental message of ,all ,right1 followed by a lessening of the ,will tension1 and you will know that you have succeeded4 ,you should practice this in private before attempting public demonstration4 ,,finding ,a ,,small ,,object4 ,,demonstration ,,iii4 ,have the audience select some small object in plain sight in the room4 ,then find it in the manner described of above in the case of the selected person4 ,the rule is identically the same4 ,but there are some other details to be observed1 in the matter of up or down1 for the object may be higher than your shoulder or lower1 in which case you will have to either reach up or down4 ,in this reaching up or down1 follow the same general rule as given4 ,when you reach the right location1 you will feel an impression of not yet finished from the mind of the ,transmitter4 ,then reach up slowly4 ,if this is right you will receive a corresponding impression1 and may go on to centre the object4 ,but if it is not right1 you will receive a mental urge downward1 which you should follow4 ,the rule always is to follow the line of the least mental resistance4 ,you will always receive the resistance when you are not succeeding1 and will always receive the lack of resistance when you are succeeding4 ,learn to focus these impressions until they centre positively and constantly on the same spot--then you have succeeded1 for there will be your object right under your hand4 ,,finding ,a ,,book4 ,,demonstration ,,iv4 ,have the audience select a book on the shelves of a book case1 and then find it in the manner just related4 ,the two feats are precisely the same1 although the latter will appear more startling to the observer4 ,,the ,,floral ,,tribute4 ,,demonstration ,v4 ,this test is known as ,the ,floral ,tribute4 ,it is performed by having a bouquet of flowers on the table4 ,then select some young man in the audience1 and let him pick out some young woman in the audience whom he wishes to have the flowers4 ,you must retire from the room1 of course1 while he selects the young lady and mentions her name and position to the audience4 ,then returning to the room1 pick up the bouquet1 and taking the hand of your ,transmitter1 find the young lady and present her with the flowers4 ,of course this feat is merely a fancy rendition of the simple feat of finding the person thought of1 and is performed in the same way4 7,study the directions for ,demonstration ,,ii1 and apply in the present case1 with appropriate variations47 ,,the ,,reunited ,,couple4 ,,demonstration ,,vi4 ,this test is known as ,the ,reunited ,couple4 ,it is performed by having the audience select two persons1 a young man and a young woman1 and stand them up in front of the room1 like a couple about to be married4 ,then they should have a third person1 a man1 selected and stood before them as the parson who will tie the knot4 ,the three persons should then take their seats1 and when you enter the room1 and take the hand of your ,transmitter1 you must first find the ,parson2 then the ,groom2 and then the ,bride1 and arrange them in their proper positions4 ,this is a highly effective test1 and invariably brings hearty applause1 and the hunt affords much merriment to the audience4 ,but1 as you will see readily1 it is but a variation of ,demonstration ,,ii4 ,,the ,,hidden ,,jewelry4 ,,demonstration ,,vii4 ,have the audience select some small article1 like a scarf-pin1 ring1 etc41 and hide it on the person of some one of the audience4 ,then you are to find it4 ,this demonstration combines the features of ,demonstration ,,ii1 and ,demonstration ,,iii1 that is you have first to find the person1 as described in ,demonstration ,,ii1 and then the object which is practically a variation of ,demonstration ,,iii4 ,study the details of ,demonstration ,,iii1 and practice the present demonstration in private before trying it in public4 ,,the ,,discovered ,,course4 ,,demonstration ,,viii4 ,have a member of the audience walk around the room1 following a prescribed course selected by the audience4 ,have your ,transmitter memorize the course accurately1 and then you must walk over the same course when you return to the room4 ,this is effective1 but is merely a variation of the ,finding the ,corner demonstration4 ,,replacing ,,the ,,pin4 ,,demonstration ,,ix4 ,this is called ,replacing the ,pin1 and is very effective when properly performed4 ,have a member of the audience take a pin and insert it in the wall in a spot plainly visible to the audience1 not too high up1 however--about on the level of your shoulder is best4 ,then have him withdraw the pin and hide it somewhere in the room4 ,then when you return to the room1 and take the ,transmitter's hand1 you should first find the pin1 7in the manner heretofore described7 and then find the place where it had been stuck2 then circling your hand around in narrowing circles until you feel the proper impression push the pin home in the spot in which it formerly was driven4 ,this final effort is really merely a modification of finding the spot1 and with a little practice may be easily performed4 ,,the ,,theft ,,detected4 ,,demonstration ,x4 ,this feat is called ,the ,theft4 ,have one of the audience play the thief1 and steal an article of jewelry1 or similar small object from a second person called the victim4 ,then the thief should hide his spoil in a safe place about the room4 ,returning you first find the thief2 then the hidden article2 then the person1 according to the methods already given4 ,this is a very effective feat1 but is merely a combination of ,finding the ,person1 and ,finding an ,object4 ,,the ,,reconstructed ,,tableau4 ,,demonstration ,,xi4 ,this feat is known as the ,reconstructed ,tableau4 ,it is performed by having several of the audience form a simple tableau group1 and then retire to their seats4 ,returning to the room you are to find each person2 lead him or her to the former spot2 then reconstruct the group4 ,this is somewhat difficult1 but not nearly so much so as you might suppose4 ,a little private practice will enable you to perform it with ease4 ,,the ,,murder ,,and ,,the ,,detective4 ,,demonstration ,,xii4 ,this test is known as the ,murder and the ,detective1 and is very spectacular and sensational1 and is accordingly one that is in great favor with the public performers4 ,it is performed as follows3 ,the audience selects one man to act as the murderer2 another to act as the victim2 and also some object to act as the dagger2 and lastly a place in which the body is to be concealed4 ,then the murderer picks up the dagger1 and kills his victim1 afterward concealing the body in some part of the room 7usually sitting in a chair7 and the dagger in another place4 ,then when you return to the room you first find the body2 then the wound2 then the dagger1 and then the murderer4 ,this is usually announced as a wonderful piece of telepathic detective work1 and is extremely effective1 and may be reserved as the principal effect of your series of demonstrations4 ,you will notice that the feat is merely an elaborate combination of the simpler feats of ,finding the ,person1 ,finding the ,object1 etc4 ,,the ,,returned ,,hats4 ,,demonstration ,,xiii4 ,have the hats of a number of men in the audience placed on a table or other place1 and then returning to the room1 blindfolded of course1 you pick up the hats1 one by one1 and place them upon the heads of their proper owners1 who are seated in different parts of the room4 ,this is a simple feat although very effective4 ,it is1 of course1 merely a variation of the feat of finding the person4 ,there is one point1 however1 that must be remembered in this feat1 and that is that the ,transmitter should know just whose hat is held in your hand--just who the owner of that particular hat is and where he is sitting or standing4 ,otherwise he cannot send you the mental impulses which will enable you to find the owner4 ,it will be well for the ,transmitter to hold the hat so that it can be seen by the audience1 requesting the owner to rise in his seat so as to indicate his whereabouts--your back being turned to the audience while this is being done in order to avoid suspicion of your peeping1 etc4 ,,the ,,lady ,,and ,,the ,,ring4 ,,demonstration ,,xiv4 ,this feat is performed by having a lady in the audience loan the ,transmitter her ring4 ,when you return to the room1 you find the lady and replace the ring upon the finger from which she took it4 ,the ,transmitter must remember the lady1 and the particular finger1 of course--the rest is simply a combination of the finding the person and finding the spot feats4 ,it is very effective1 if neatly performed4 ,,general ,,advice4 ,i4 ,we have given you a great variety of ,demonstrations or ,feats1 but you must not attempt to produce all of them at an evening's entertainment4 ,it will take some time to perform a few of them effectively1 and impressively1 and you should avoid any attempt to hurry through the feats4 ,nor should you spoil your good impression by cheapening the demonstrations in the direction of performing too many at one sitting4 ,,ii4 ,neither should you tire or fatigue yourself by too many feats4 ,when your mind or body are tired1 you do yourself an injury to perform these demonstrations1 and besides1 you cannot obtain the best results while fatigued4 ,you should rest a little while after each feat1 before attempting another one4 ,,iii4 ,when the entertainment1 or exercises are over1 you should take a few strong deep breaths1 swing your arm around a little to promote the circulation1 and relieve the nervous tension4 ,you may feel a little dazed at first after performing a few feats1 but will soon learn to throw off the passive condition1 and engage in the laughing conversation that will follow the entertainment4 ,do not take yourself too seriously and remember that laughter and a little boyish or girlish spirits is a wonderful tonic4 ,,iv4 ,do not become impatient if you do not progress as rapidly as you would desire4 ,you are practically developing a sixth sense1 and are like a baby learning to walk--it takes time1 but practice will surely bring you success4 ,take things calmly4 ,the feats that will be possible for you to perform1 even from the start will be wonderful enough1 without any necessity for your complaining about your slowness in learning to perform the more complicated ones4 ,,about ,,transmitters4 ,i4 ,if your ,transmitter does not do his work properly1 and you feel that he is not ,concentrating properly1 or using his ,will effectively1 do not hesitate to change him4 ,you need not offend him1 for you may say simply that the rapport conditions are not fully developed between you1 and that these things sometimes happen1 etc4 ,your new ,transmitter will feel anxious to do better than his predecessor1 and will be most likely to ,concentrate and ,will to the best of his ability4 ,,ii4 ,the ,transmitter should be in earnest1 and no levity or trifling should be permitted4 ,if you have the selection1 pick out some earnest person1 and avoid the trifling1 feather-brained class4 ,,iii4 ,if your ,transmitter does not seem to be ,concentrating properly1 you should speak to him firmly1 but kindly1 about it4 ,say to him3 ,please concentrate your ,mind1 and ,will earnestly--fix your ,mind on the right ,spot--make a determined ,mental ,effort that ,i move in the right direction--it is your ,mind and ,will that gives me the impression1 remember--it all depends upon you1 etc4 ,this will often have the effect of bracing him up to renewed mental activity1 and you will notice the improvement at once4 ,a ,,word ,,of ,,warning4 ,beginning your entertainment1 caution the audience about placing the hidden objects in places that you cannot conveniently touch--such as high up on the wall2 under the strings of a piano1 etc4 ,tell them that you can find the article anywhere1 but it must be placed so that you can get at it with only ordinary care and work4 ,some ,smart ,alicks may try to play pranks on you in this way1 but discourage same vigorously at the start1 informing the audience that this is a scientific test and not a circus4 ,and1 remember this1 tell them that the article must never be hidden about the ,transmitter1 for the reason that he is seldom able to think as intently about his own location as about some place away from him4 ,these are the only restrictions that you need make4 ,caution the ,transmitter to guide you away from obstacles over which you might stumble1 or which you might overturn4 ,tell him that you place yourself in his hands for protection1 and then endeavor to think no more about the matter1 for such thought tends to distract your passivity4 ,the above feats or demonstrations are all performed along the same general lines as indicated a little further back1 and all are capable of being accomplished by anyone of ordinary intelligence1 with a little study1 care and practice4 ,practice makes perfect1 in ,mind ,reading as in everything else1 remember1 so keep at it until you have worn off the rough edges1 and have polished up the details of the work4 ,you may vary1 improve1 add to1 the above feats1 and may also insert many new ones for yourself as you proceed with your work4 ,use your inventive faculties4 ,,the ,,wire ,,contact4 ,a sensational and effective method of performing some of the simpler feats is performed by some public performers1 and consists in having a piece of thick wire1 about one foot in length grasped by the ,receiver's left hand1 and by the ,transmitter's right hand1 instead of the ordinary contact4 ,a little practice will surprise you in the facility in which the impressions are transferred over the wire from the ,transmitter to the ,receiver4 ,the methods of operation in this case are identical with those employed in the ordinary methods4 ,a wooden ruler may be substituted for the wire4 ,some performers succeed even with a long walking-cane4 ,,third ,,person ,,interposed4 ,another variation is that in which a third person is interposed between the ,transmitter and ,receiver4 ,practice along these lines will enable the skilled ,mind ,reader to receive the impressions as usual1 notwithstanding the interposition of the third person4 ,do not attempt to try these variations until you have thoroughly mastered the ordinary methods4 7,the student is here advised to turn to the conclusion of ,lesson ,,vi1 of this book1 and acquaint himself with the ,simpler ,method there described4 ,it may help him in this phase of his work47 ,we shall now pass on to the consideration of some of the more complicated or difficult feats of ,contact ,mind ,reading4 ,,lesson ,,vi4 ,,difficult ,,demonstrations4 ,we shall now direct your attention to a class of demonstrations of a rather more complicated order than those related in the last chapter4 ,but even these difficult feats may be rendered comparatively easy of accomplishment by careful practice1 and development of receptivity4 ,,preliminaries4 ,in these experiments or demonstrations the ,transmitter stands by your left side1 you grasping the fingers of his right hand in your left hand1 and holding as in the case of the former experiments1 i4e4 either with his hand pressed against your head1 or else held out and up1 as before described4 ,you receive the impressions in the same way4 ,the following demonstrations may be performed after a little private practice1 so as to be shown at a public performance almost as easily as the simpler feats heretofore described4 ,,discovering ,,the ,,card4 ,,demonstration ,i4 ,spread a number of cards over the table4 ,then retiring from the room1 have the audience select one card of the number1 which the ,transmitter must be sure to remember distinctly--that is the ,transmitter should remember just where the card is1 the position being the important feature1 rather than the name of the card4 ,then taking the ,transmitter's hand as above described1 you should move your right hand to-and-fro over the table1 moving it backward and forward1 and in circles4 ,you will soon find that this feat closely resembles the one of the last chapter in which you find small objects2 the pin hole1 etc4 ,you will soon find that the impressions tend to centre over a certain spot on the table4 ,begin to lessen your circles and hand movements until you gradually centre over this spot4 ,then slowly lower your fingers until you touch the card resting on the said spot1 when you will be sure that you are right1 when you must pick up the card and exhibit it to the audience4 ,the same indications mentioned in the feats of the last chapter will be felt by you4 ,you will feel the ,no1 no6 impression when you are wrong1 and the ,that's right impression when you are moving in the right direction1 until at last you will distinctly feel the relaxation of the mental urge1 which you will have learned to translate into ,right you are6 when you finally touch the right card4 ,this feat is really no more difficult than the one in which the small object is found1 and we have included it in the list of ,difficult ,demonstrations simply because it is practically a connecting link between the two classes of demonstration1 as you will see as we proceed4 ,,the ,,checker ,,move4 ,,demonstration ,,ii4 ,this is akin to the last experiment4 ,have a checker board arranged by some of the audience who understands the game4 ,then let some one decide on the next move4 ,be sure that the ,transmitter thoroughly understands the piece to be moved1 as well as the place to where it is to be moved4 ,then1 proceeding as above indicated1 first find the piece to be moved1 and then move it to the proper place4 ,this feat consists of two parts1 you will notice4 ,the finding of the piece is like the finding of the card4 ,then with the piece grasped between your thumb and forefinger1 make a small circular and backward and forward movement1 until you feel the mental impression of ,there6 when you will place your piece directly on the spot4 ,this may seem difficult1 and appears so to the audience1 but you will find by a little private practice that it is really as easily performed as some of the simpler tests4 ,,the ,,game ,,of ,,cards4 ,,demonstration ,,iii4 ,similar to the above is the feat known as the ,game of cards4 ,two players sit opposite each other at a table1 having dealt themselves two hands of euchre4 ,have the ,transmitter lead you behind the first player1 and standing there have the player silently point out the card he wishes to lead1 to the ,transmitter4 ,the ,transmitter then should concentrate his mind on the card1 and you will find it in the usual manner1 and having found it will play it on the table4 ,then leading you around to the other player1 the ,transmitter repeats the process1 and you find and play the card4 ,then back to the first play1 and repeat4 ,then alternate between the players1 in the same manner1 until you have played out the game4 ,this may be improved upon by the ,transmitter thinking of which player has won the trick1 when you will push the cards over to the winner1 having discovered the direction in the usual manner4 ,this feat is very effective indeed when properly performed4 ,,the ,,mapped-,,out ,,trip4 ,,demonstration ,,iv4 ,have a map laid open on the table1 and have the audience decide upon a trip between two points1 either by rail or by water4 ,then returning to the room1 stand as above described1 and with your forefinger find the place from which the trip starts4 ,then move slowly along the selected course in the same manner in which the checker-game was played1 passing along the chosen route until the end is reached4 ,these feats are all really variations of the one principle4 ,,the ,,pack ,,of ,,cards4 ,,demonstration ,v4 ,this is a very effective feat1 and requires some little skill and practice1 but there is no reason why any careful1 patient1 and persistent student should not be able to master it4 ,it consists in the audience selecting any given card from the pack1 and then replacing it with the others1 being sure that the ,transmitter is familiar with the card chosen1 and knows enough about cards to recognize it when he sees it again4 ,then the pack of cards should be placed on the table1 face up4 ,returning to the room1 you take the ,transmitter's hand as usual1 and with your right hand pick off the cards from the pack1 slowly and one by one4 ,as you pick up each card1 slowly weigh it in your hand1 so to speak1 and then place it aside if you receive no stop orders from the mind of the ,transmitter4 ,having previously practiced this feat in private you will have learned that peculiar heavier sensation that comes to you when you lift the right card from the pack1 so that when you finally reach it you will know it4 ,we cannot describe just what this sensation will feel like--you must learn it by actually experiencing it in private practice4 ,we advise you to diligently practice this feat in private1 for it is wonderfully effective4 ,you will find that after a bit of practice you will be able to get the heavy feeling when you lift up and weigh the right card4 ,you should perform this feat slowly1 and carefully1 shaking your head1 ,no1 just before you discard a card4 ,if by the lack of concentration of the ,transmitter1 you fail to feel the heavy feeling when you pick up the right card1 the shake of the head will be apt to arouse him to exert his ,will more actively1 and you will receive the hold on impulse immediately4 ,do not be in too much of a hurry to discard1 but make several feints at it before finally letting go4 ,this feat may be improved by having the audience select a poker-hand1 such as a flush1 a straight1 three-of-a-kind2 a full-house1 etc41 etc41 and having you find the hand one card at a time4 ,this latter is a fine effect1 and always brings down the house4 ,but be sure that your ,transmitter really knows and remembers the cards1 else the feat will fail1 of course4 ,he must remember each card1 and recognize it when it appears face up on the pack before you1 as you proceed with the discarding4 ,never attempt this feat in public without previous careful1 private1 practice1 for it requires the most delicate perception and skill4 ,if you find that you cannot master it to your satisfaction1 after sufficient practice1 you may try it by the ,simpler ,method given at the conclusion of this ,lesson4 ,,the ,,chosen ,,word ,,in ,,the ,,book4 ,,demonstration ,,vi4 ,like the last feat1 this is a complex and difficult one1 but one that always arouses enthusiasm in an audience when well performed4 ,it will repay you for the private practice that you will have to employ upon it1 before you produce it in public4 ,the feat consists of the audience selecting a book from a pile1 or a book-shelf1 or book-case1 etc4--then a given page is chosen--then a line of printed matter on that page--and then a word in that line4 ,it is well to have the ,transmitter draw a pencil circle around the chosen word1 so that he may be sure to remember it later4 ,the book is then replaced on the shelf4 ,then returning to the room1 you first find the book1 by the methods already given in previous feats2 then laying it flat on the table you should begin to slowly and deliberately pick each leaf up separately4 ,this part of the feat is almost identical with the last one1 in which you picked up the cards from the pack4 ,when you get the proper impression1 you should announce that you have found the leaf4 ,if satisfied that you are right1 ascertain upon which side of the leaf1 the chosen page is4 ,this can be done by pressing the leaf to the right1 or left1 in succession1 until you get the right impression as to which way to press it down4 ,then1 having thus found the page1 pass your finger slowly down and back over the page several times1 until you get the impression of a centre4 ,this centre will be the chosen line4 ,then by passing the finger slowly along the line1 you will discover the ,word when you reach it4 ,this is a ticklish feat1 but it may be mastered by practice--in fact some people have found it almost as simple as some of the easier feats1 while others require careful practice with it4 ,do not be discouraged if you do not succeed at first trial1 even in public1 but try again1 and after a bit you will seem to get the knack all at once1 and thereafter will have but little trouble in making the demonstration4 ,if you find that you do not meet with the desired degree of success in this feat1 try it by the ,simpler ,method given at the last of this part of the book4 ,but do not give it up without the proper practice4 ,if you have carefully performed the previous feats1 you should have so developed yourself by this time that you should have no special difficulty in this feat4 ,,blackboard ,,demonstrations4 ,the following feats may be performed either upon a large blackboard hanging from the wall1 or upon a large sheet of card-board1 or stiff paper1 spread upon the table4 ,if the blackboard is used1 you should stand before it1 the ,transmitter standing in the usual position4 ,if the table is used1 you should stand before it1 the ,transmitter in his usual place4 ,,drawing ,,the ,,chosen ,,figure4 ,,demonstration ,,vii4 ,have the audience select a number1 and think intently of it4 ,impress upon the ,transmitter that is to think of the ,shape of the figure instead of merely remembering its name4 ,for instance if the figure #h is thought of1 the ,transmitter should think of the ,shape of the figure1 and not of the word eight4 ,then begin to circle your hand around over the blackboard just as you did when finding the place of the beginning of the trip of the demonstration mentioned a few minutes ago4 ,then bring your pencil or chalk to a starting point1 which you will soon perceive4 ,then hold your fingers pressing lightly forward1 and impart to your hand a trembling vibratory motion as if in hesitation regarding the next movement1 saying at the same time to your ,transmitter3 ,will ,hard now--,will the ,direction to me1 and you will soon begin to get an impression of ,right1 or ,left1 or ,down1 as the case may be1 which you should follow slowly4 ,be slow about it1 for if the impression is not right you will soon be checked up4 ,fence around a little until you begin to get the impressions clearly4 ,you will find that the principal trouble is at the start1 for once you are started on the right track1 your ,transmitter's ,will will be freely employed1 and he will pour the impressions into you4 ,let him feel that it is his ,will that is really doing the work1 and he will exert it freely4 ,once started1 these drawing feats are easily performed1 the trouble being with the start4 ,you should practice this feat frequently in private1 before attempting it in a public demonstration4 ,it is very effective4 ,,the ,,lady',s ,,age4 ,,demonstration ,,vii4 ,this is a variation of the above feat4 ,a lady in the audience is asked to whisper her age in the ear of the ,transmitter1 and you are to draw it on the board or paper4 ,the feat is performed precisely in the manner described above1 the ,transmitter being cautioned to think of but one figure at a time during the drawing4 ,,the ,,bank ,,note ,,test4 ,,demonstration ,,ix4 ,akin to the last two feats1 is the reading of the number of a bank-note held in the hand of the ,transmitter4 ,it is performed in precisely the same manner as the preceding feat4 ,be sure to have the ,transmitter understand that he is to think of but one figure at a time1 until it is drawn1 and then the next1 and so on4 ,,the ,,watch ,,number ,,test4 ,,demonstration ,x4 ,the feat of reading and drawing the number of a person's watch is a variation of the last mentioned demonstration1 and is performed in precisely the same way4 ,,the ,,geometrical ,,figure ,,test4 ,,demonstration ,,xi4 ,have the audience select some simple geometrical figure1 such as a square1 triangle1 circle1 right angle1 etc41 and proceed to draw it in the same way as the figures in the demonstrations just described4 ,have the ,transmitter hold the figure in his mind and mentally draw it as you proceed4 ,a little private practice will enable you to draw these figures easily1 and in fact1 they are really simpler than numbers1 although more startlingly effective at times4 ,,drawing ,,pictures4 ,,demonstration ,,xii4 ,the same principle described in the above mentioned test may be extended to apply to the drawing of simple pictures1 such as the outline figure of a pig1 etc4 ,the copy is placed on the table or blackboard1 so that the ,transmitter may easily refer to it1 and then you proceed as in the feats above mentioned4 ,practice this until you get it down fine4 ,,the ,,hidden ,,name4 ,,demonstration ,,xiii4 ,the same principle may be extended to the writing down of the name of a person1 town1 etc41 previously chosen by the audience4 ,draw in large letters1 so that the eye of the ,transmitter may easily follow you at each step4 ,,the ,,underlying ,,rule4 ,in all of the ,drawing ,demonstrations1 you should remember the primary principle1 i4e4 ,follow the line of the least ,mental ,resistance1 and the ,will of the ,transmitter will invariably lead you to the right direction4 ,,the ,,simpler ,,method4 ,a simpler method of performing the feats and demonstrations which we have styled ,the ,more ,difficult ,feats1 is that of having the ,transmitter stand by your right side1 turning toward you and placing his right hand over yours1 the tips of his fingers resting on your fingers between your large knuckles and first joints1 7instead of standing on your left side with his fingers grasped in your left hand1 as heretofore mentioned74 ,this method is not nearly so good so far as appearances go1 for some critical members of the audience might object that he was in confederacy with you and really helping you to draw--but it is highly effective so far as simplifying the feat is concerned4 ,his finger-tips with their nervous matter aroused into activity seem to fairly charge your fingers with nervous energy1 or magnetism1 and your hand acts almost automatically4 ,the motion of the ,receiver's hand and fingers1 under this method becomes almost like the motion of a ,planchette1 and often writes and draws the numbers1 figures1 letters1 etc41 so easily and smoothly1 that they seem to be fairly running away from the mind of the performer4 ,you should at least familiarize yourself with this method1 so as to be able to use it in emergencies1 or in the case of a poor ,transmitter1 or else in the case of the more delicate and complex tests4 ,if you neglect this method1 you will have failed to acquaint yourself with one of the most startling features of ,contact ,mind ,reading1 which so far touches the higher phenomena that it is closely akin to what is known as ,automatic ,writing4 ,in fact1 if you are disposed1 and are naturally receptive and sensitive to impressions1 you may even write a letter through the ,will of a good ,transmitter1 by this method4 ,by all means make yourself acquainted with its possibilities1 and phenomena4 ,we now pass on to a consideration of the more ,sensational ,feats4 ,,lesson ,,vii4 ,,sensational ,,feats4 ,in addition to the feats given in this work1 which1 together with their countless variations1 form the stock in trade of the majority of the professional ,mind ,readers1 there are a number of other feats essayed by the public performers which we have seen fit to group under the general title ,sensational ,feats4 ,these feats are described here in order that the student may understand the nature of them1 and the manner of their performance4 ,but we consider such feats suitable only for the sensational advertisements of the professional performers1 and always dependent upon more or less spectacular accessories1 and attended by even dangerous features in the case of the driving feat4 ,and therefore we do not offer them for reproduction by the private student1 or the parlor demonstrator4 ,the principal ,sensational ,feats performed by the professionals1 are as follows3 ,,the ,,driving ,,feat4 ,this is performed by the performer1 blindfolded as usual1 driving a team along the public streets to some selected point1 which point is usually a hotel previously selected by a public committee4 ,upon reaching the hotel the performer goes to the hotel register1 turns the pages and finds a name previously selected4 ,the performer receives his impressions from members of the committee who are seated beside him on the carriage seat1 with their arms on his shoulders1 or having hold of his hands1 or even connected with him by wire4 ,the feat is really a spectacular reproduction of the familiar feats described in previous chapters1 and the principles governing it are precisely the same4 ,the ,transmitters impress the direction upon him1 and he follows the line of the ,least ,mental ,resistance4 ,,the ,,combination ,,lock ,,feat4 ,this feat is employed either separately1 or in connection with the ,driving ,feat4 ,it consists in the performer opening the combination safe of a hotel or some business establishment4 ,in this case the ,transmitter must know the combination perfectly1 and his mental impressions acting upon the performer give him the cue to turn right or left or repeat as the case may be4 ,of course one must have cultivated a great degree of sensitiveness to mental impressions before he will be able to receive and respond to the direction impressions in this case4 ,and yet almost any person by following the directions given in this work1 and carefully and repeatedly practicing the various feats and demonstrations given herein1 may be able to reproduce this feat of the professional performer1 who is in constant daily practice1 and who is able to devote his entire time to the work1 as his bread and butter is concerned therein4 ,once the sensitiveness is gained1 the details of the work are nothing more than those employed in any of the finding or drawing feats herein described and explained4 ,,the ,,office ,,detective ,,feat4 ,in this feat the public committee picks out an object on the desk1 or about the office of some one of its members1 the office being located some distance from the place of meeting4 ,the performer then rushes along the public streets1 dragging the ,transmitter with him1 until the office is reached1 then up stairs1 and into the room selected1 and up to the desk1 or other place1 and lo6 the object is found4 ,divesting this feat of all its sensational features1 the student will see that it is merely a variation of the ordinary finding feat performed in the parlor4 ,it creates a great sensation1 but there is nothing more wonderful about it than about the simplest finding feat4 ,,the ,,postoffice ,,feat4 ,another feat favored by some of the professional performers is that of having a letter placed in a post-office lock-box1 the key of which is given the performer at a point some distance from the post-office4 ,rushing through the public streets1 dragging the ,transmitter with him1 the performer finds the post-office in the usual way1 and then locates the lock-box1 into which he inserts the key and extracts the letter1 thus triumphantly completing the feat4 ,this feat1 as every student will see1 is merely a variation of the simpler feats manifested in a sensational manner for the purpose of public advertisement4 ,,the ,,fire-,,alarm ,,feat4 ,this feat is another free advertisement demonstration1 in which the performer1 with the permission of the city officials1 discovers the location of a certain fire-alarm box1 and turns on the alarm with the key which had been previously loaned him4 ,some public officials allow this test to be performed1 using it as a test alarm for the department as well1 and the sight and sound of the clanging fire-engines1 the smoke1 and confusion following upon the sensational ,mind ,reading demonstration is calculated to cause great excitement and interest in the town1 which usually results in packed houses at the night entertainment4 ,but the test is really nothing but a variation of the simple finding the spot demonstration1 with sensational accompaniments4 ,,variations4 ,we might enlarge our list of ,sensational feats1 but to no real benefit to the student1 for they are all cut from the same cloth1 and are but improvements upon the simple parlor feats4 ,if the student wishes to do so1 he may invent a dozen similar feats1 just as sensational and just as effective4 ,the purpose of the sensational feat is primarily to gain free advertisements for the public performers4 ,as scientific demonstrations they have but very slight value4 ,,fake ,,demonstrations ,,exposed4 ,in concluding this part of the book1 we wish to warn our students against some of the so-called ,mind ,readers who are travelling around the country giving exhibitions of so-called ,mind ,reading which while interesting enough in themselves are nothing but cleverly devised devices intended to counterfeit the genuine phenomena4 ,the majority of these performers have a series of cleverly arranged signal-codes by which the confederate conveys to the ,mind ,reader the name and description of the article handed to the former by some one of the audience4 ,one of the principal performers in this line in this country had a signal-code of over five-thousand objects1 which he and his confederate had carefully memorized4 ,this code was worked by the plan of asking the blindfolded ,mind ,reader to name the object4 ,you can see the possibilities of this when you remember the many different ways in which the same question may be asked1 and when you remember that each word1 and combination of words1 conveys a distinct and separate meaning to the blindfolded one4 ,others employ sleight-of-hand1 and legerdemain1 in order to produce the illusion4 ,prepared pads of paper upon which questions are written1 and similar means1 are commonly used in such exhibitions4 ,we do not purpose going into this matter in detail1 for such is not the purpose of this work4 ,but we think it well to call the attention of our students to the same1 in order that they may get a clue to some of the various counterfeit exhibitions of ,mind ,reading which are being advertised by some of the public performers4 ,there are other public performers1 however1 who give fine exhibitions of the genuine phenomena4 ,the student of this work should have acquired a sufficient knowledge of its underlying principles to enable him to distinguish between the genuine and the spurious when he sees an exhibition4 ,if any wish to know more of the counterfeit1 there are many good works published on ,legerdemain which will satisfy his curiosity4 ,,lesson ,,viii4 ,,higher ,,phenomena4 ,in the demonstrations described and explained in the previous parts of this work1 the mental impressions travel from one mind to another over the channels of the telegraphic wires of the nervous system of the ,transmitter and ,receiver4 ,in other words the ,mind ,reading that is employed in the feats and demonstrations given1 is akin to the ordinary telegraphic current travelling over the wires from sending station to receiving station--the nervous system of the two persons furnishing a very close counterpart to the telegraphic wire1 etc4 ,but there is a step beyond this--many steps in fact4 ,while the ,contact ,mind ,reading which we have described and explained is surely wonderful enough to attract the attention of all thinking minds1 still when the advanced student passes on to the field of the ,higher ,phenomena he is destined to meet with marvelous results which in some cases almost surpass belief4 ,this ,higher ,phenomena of ,mind ,reading1 or ,telepathic ,mind ,reading1 when compared to the ,contact ,mind ,reading1 is as the wireless telegraph when compared to the ordinary telegraph using wires4 ,in ,lesson ,i1 of this book1 we have given you the theories held by scientific men regarding the nature of the waves or currents that proceed from one mind to another1 and the mechanism by which these waves are registered4 ,we think it will be interesting to many of you to know that certain ,occultists have their own theory regarding this matter1 which while not widely known is still of the greatest interest to earnest students of the scientific side of the subject4 ,we allude to what is known as ,the ,pineal ,gland theory4 ,the ,pineal ,gland is a small gland1 cone-shaped1 and of a reddish-gray color1 situated in the brain about the middle of the skull1 nearly above the top of the spinal column4 ,it is a compact mass of nervous matter1 containing a quantity of what has been called brain-sand1 which is composed of very small particles of gritty matter4 ,the anatomists and physiologists confess their ignorance of the function and purpose of the ,pineal ,gland1 and it remains for the ,occultists to explain its real nature1 which is the receiving and registering of the waves or currents1 or vibrations of thought and ,will received from another person4 ,this ,pineal ,gland is1 according to the ,occultists1 the receiving instrument for the wireless ,mind ,reading1 and in fact it resembles the actual receiver of the wireless telegraph in more than one respect4 ,,the ,,first ,,steps4 ,in the first place1 the student who is practicing the experiments given in previous chapters1 and who is making the demonstrations given there1 will find that at times he is able to do away with the physical contact4 ,he will loosen his hold upon the hand of the ,transmitter1 and at times will sever the contact entirely1 and after the feat is demonstrated he will realize to his astonishment that he has performed the principal part of the feat without contact at all4 ,he may be almost unconscious of this fact1 for the reason that he was so much immersed and absorbed in his work that he did not have time to think of these details4 ,at other times he will find that even before he has made the physical contact with the ,transmitter1 he will receive a flash of mental impression which will enable him to proceed to the selected location1 or object1 at once4 ,,demonstrations ,,without ,a ,,transmitter4 ,these experiences will become so frequent and so strong that he may often 7in the cases of peculiarly sensitive people7 perform the entire feat without the physical contact of the ,transmitter1 and perhaps without any ,transmitter at all4 ,in well developed cases the ,receiver may perform the simple feats1 and sometimes some of the more complicated ones1 merely by the aid of the ,concentrated ,will of the audience4 ,we have known of cases in which a pocket-knife was the selected and hidden object1 and when the demonstrator would enter the room he would receive a sudden mental impression of the word knife1 followed by the impression under the sofa-pillow1 etc41 and upon going to the designated spot the knife would be found4 ,every person who carefully practices the demonstrations given in this book will be able to add actual experiences of this kind1 of his own1 which have been experienced by him during the course of his work4 ,in order to develop the ability to produce the ,higher ,phenomena1 the best course is for the student to frequently practice the demonstration and experiments of ,contact ,mind ,reading1 as this will develop the receptive faculties of the mind4 ,then the student may occasionally practice with a few sympathetic and harmonious friends1 endeavoring to reproduce the demonstrations without physical contact4 ,,exercises ,,for ,,development4 ,he may also try the experiment of having a friend hold a certain number of small buttons1 etc41 in his hand1 and endeavor to will that the student shall guess the right number4 ,some people attain a surprising proficiency in this work1 almost from the first4 ,a similar experiment with the pack of cards1 the student endeavoring to guess the card drawn from the pack1 naming color1 suit1 and number in turn1 may afford successful results4 ,a number of these experiments may be thought of by an ingenious person1 remembering always that the guess is not a guess at all1 but an attempt to register the mental impression of the ,transmitter4 ,,reproducing ,,the ,,sperry ,,feats4 ,the student may with great profit endeavor to reproduce the experiments of the ,sperry children related in ,lesson ,,ii of this work1 in our account of the experiments of the ,society for ,psychical ,research4 ,,the ,,willing ,,game4 ,the well-known ,willing ,game will afford you an opportunity to develop this faculty of wireless ,mind ,reading4 ,your audience is seated in the room1 and you enter blindfolded4 ,an object has been previously selected4 ,you stand in the centre of the room1 and the audience wills to the right2 then forward2 then a little lower down1 etc41 etc41 etc41 until the object is found1 just as was the case when the ,transmitter sends the impressions4 ,the audience should ,will only one step at a time1 and you should take that one step without thought of the succeeding ones4 ,the mind should be held as receptive as possible1 that is open to vibrations4 ,take your time1 and do not let hurry or anxiety enter your mind4 ,it will be well to practice this experiment with members of your family1 or with harmonious and sympathetic friends4 ,,long ,,distance ,,experiments4 ,experiments of wireless ,mind ,reading or ,telepathy may be tried between friends at long distances1 space apparently presenting no obstacle to the passage of the thought waves4 ,pick out some friend with whom you have established a strong rapport condition by means of his having acted as your ,transmitter in your ,contact ,mind ,reading experiments1 and by having practiced ,rhythmic ,breathing1 as heretofore described4 ,have the ,transmitter sit in his room at the appointed time1 gazing intently at some small simple object1 such as a knife1 a glass1 a cup1 a book1 etc41 and endeavoring to make a clear mental picture of it1 which picture he should also ,will to be reproduced in your mind4 ,remember he should think of the looks or appearance of the object not merely of its name--he should think of the shape1 etc41 of the book1 instead of thinking the word book4 ,at the same time you should sit quietly in your room1 placing yourself in the same passive1 receptive mental attitude that you have acquired and practiced in your ,contact ,mind ,readings4 ,then wait patiently for impressions4 ,after a while1 if successful1 you will get the mental picture of a book1 or whatever object was thought of by the ,transmitter4 ,this experiment may be varied from time to time1 the principle being the same in all cases4 ,it will be well for both the ,transmitter and the ,receiver to keep a written record of the time of each experiment1 and the objects thought of4 ,several objects may be thought of at a sitting of say five minutes apart1 a careful record being kept by both parties of the time1 and object1 so that a later comparison may show the result of the experiments4 ,in case of the two people being in different cities1 they may mail each other copies of their record for comparison4 ,,the ,,automatic ,,writing ,,experiments4 ,another way of conducting experiments along the lines of the ,higher ,phenomena of ,mind ,reading1 is akin to the ,automatic ,writing known to all students of ,occultism4 ,the ,transmitter concentrates his thought and ,will in the usual manner1 while the ,receiver places himself in the usual receptive1 passive state of mind1 and awaits the impressions4 ,but instead of the ,receiver merely sitting as usual1 he draws his chair to a table1 having a soft pencil in his hand and a pad of paper on the table before him4 ,he holds the pencil lightly between his fingers1 with its point touching the paper--and then awaits impressions4 ,under good conditions1 after waiting a time the pencil will begin to twitch and move feebly4 ,the hands and fingers should allow it full and free motion4 ,after a few moments of indecision the pencil will often begin to write out words4 ,in many experiments the word1 or object thought of by the ,transmitter will be written out1 or drawn in full by the hand of the ,receiver acting automatically4 ,some experimenters succeed much better with this plan than with the more common method4 ,,the ,,stead ,,experiments4 ,mr4 ,w4,t4 ,stead1 the well-known ,london editor and investigator of ,psychic ,phenomena1 discovered this method while he was experimenting along the lines of ,automatic ,writing from disembodied souls4 ,he found that he was really coming in contact with the thought-waves emanating from the minds of the living1 instead of the dead4 ,he persisted in his experiments along these lines1 and after a time was able to write out full letters embodying the thoughts in the minds of persons of his acquaintance1 and others4 ,other investigators have reproduced his experiments with marvelous results4 ,there is a great field here1 awaiting investigation1 and it may be that some of the students of this work are destined to add to the scientific testimony on the subject4 ,the above simple directions are all that are necessary1 in order to conduct this scientific experiment4 ,,rapport ,,conditions4 ,there is a great difference in the degrees of rapport existing between different people1 and as the degree of success depends upon the degree of rapport1 it is of the greatest importance that you find some person with whom you are in harmonious vibration1 in order to try these experiments in the ,higher ,phenomena4 ,we will not burden the student with recitals of experiments to perform in this ,higher ,phenomena demonstration4 ,he may readily devise experiments for himself1 from the examples given in connection with the ,contact ,mind ,reading4 ,the ,transmitter may think of a card2 an object2 a name2 a place2 a scene2 a thought2 a feeling1 etc41 etc41 without limit4 ,and it makes no difference in the nature of the experiment or test1 whether it be tried at long-range1 or in the same room1 without contact4 ,the feat is the same--the principle is the same4 ,,the ,,blackburn-,,smith ,,experiments4 ,as a further suggestion to the student1 we would refer him to ,lesson ,,ii of this work1 to the report of the experiments with ,mr4 ,smith and ,mr4 ,blackburn4 ,if you will carefully read this report again1 you will find a wealth of suggestions regarding the forms of demonstrations4 ,but1 bless your hearts1 the experiments may be varied without end--the principle is the same in each case4 ,the underlying principle is that the ,transmitter thinks intently upon the appearance of the object or thing1 or else upon the feeling connected with it if it be a feeling instead of an object2 and the ,receiver endeavors to receive the impression4 ,the ,transmitter manifests an ,active ,will to transmit the mental image1 while the ,receiver assumes a passive1 receptive desire to receive the impression4 ,the one is all ,will--the other is all ,desire4 ,concluding this chapter on the ,higher ,phenomena of ,mind ,reading1 we would say to the students that very few of them will have the perseverance to continue their experiments beyond the point of ,contact ,mind ,reading1 or perhaps the simplest forms of the ,higher ,phenomena4 ,contact ,mind ,reading is far more satisfactory to the average person1 for its results are very constant indeed1 and comparatively little labor1 time and trouble are necessary to make the demonstrations4 ,while on the contrary the results of the demonstrations of the ,higher ,phenomena are less constant except in the cases of very highly developed ,receivers1 working with ,transmitters in almost perfect rapport and harmony4 ,then the average experiments along the lines of the ,higher ,phenomena1 some days will prove highly successful1 while other days will be almost barren of result4 ,in fact there seems to be a sort of spontaneous action in the production of the ,higher ,phenomena1 and the degree of success depends more or less upon some conditions of the mental world1 not as yet fully understood by science4 ,but to those who wish to push into the ,unknown as far as they may do so1 this field of the ,higher ,phenomena of ,mind ,reading offers a fascination and attraction difficult to express to those who have not experienced it4 ,,finis4 ,practical ,psychomancy and ,crystal ,gazing ,by ,,william ,,walker ,,atkinson ,a ,series of ,eleven ,lessons on the ,psychic2 ,phenomena of ,distant ,sensing1 ,clairvoyance1 ,psychometry1 ,crystal ,gazing1 etc4 ,,partial ,,synopsis ,,of ,,contents3 ,scientific principles underlying ,psychomancy4 ,sensing objects by the ,astral ,senses4 ,projection of the ,astral ,body4 ,how to ,develop ,yourself4 ,development ,methods4 ,concentration4 ,visualization4 ,psychometry4 ,how to use the ,crystal and ,mirror4 ,general ,instruction4 ,simple and ,space ,psychomancy and their difference4 ,seeing ,through ,solid ,objects4 ,seeing ,down ,into the ,earth4 ,diagnosis of ,disease by ,psychomancy4 ,the ,astral ,tube4 ,psychometry4 ,five ,methods4 ,various forms of ,crystal ,gazing4 ,directions of ,how to ,do ,it1 etc4 ,astral ,projection4 ,what the ,trained ,experimentor may do4 ,space ,psychomancy4 ,what may be accomplished by means of it4 ,sensing the scenes1 occurrences and objects of the ,past1 by ,astral ,vision4 ,future ,time ,psychomancy4 ,future events casts their shadows before4 ,dream ,psychomancy4 ,this lesson will explain many instances in your own experience4 ,this most interesting study is stated clearly1 so that all may readily understand the fundamental principle of ,psychic communication4 ,price1 ,cloth1 #ej cents ,,transcriber',s ,,note3 ,throughout this edition of ,practical ,mind-,reading the author uses underlining for emphasis4 ,in this plain-text version of the e-book1 underlined words are represented as underlining4 ,bold text is represented as bold4 ,obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment4 ,other than obvious errors1 the spelling1 grammar1 and use of punctuation are preserved as they appear in the original publication4 ,internal inconsistencies in the original publication have not been corrected in this version but are preserved as originally printed4 ,these inconsistencies include3 ,inconsistent hyphenation 7postoffice_/ post-office2 mind reading_/ mind-reading7 ,references on page #hi to the ,sperry children refer to the ,creery experiments mentioned on page #ae4