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Title: Practical Mind-Reading

A Course of Lessons on Thought-Transference, Telepathy,
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 PRACTICAL
MIND-READING

By WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON

A COURSE OF LESSONS ON

THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE,
TELEPATHY, MENTAL-CURRENTS,
MENTAL RAPPORT, &c.

CONTAINING

Practical Instruction, Exercises, Directions, etc., capable

of being understood, mastered and demonstrated
by any person of average intelligence

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
LESSON I—THE NATURE OF MIND READING 5
A plain, practical, scientific explanation of this Vast, Mysterious Subject, explaining the action of Mind
upon Mind, and the Mental Wireless Telegraphy, according to the latest and best authorities.

LESSON II—THE PROOFS OF MIND READING 13

The result of the latest scientific experiments and investigations regarding this subject; practical proof
and indisputable facts.

LESSON III—CONTACT MIND READING 24

Full instruction regarding the "Nerve Currents" passing from the human Transmitter to the human
Receiver; stated so plainly that any one may instantly grasp the theory and practice.

LESSON IV—DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES 34

How to develop yourself; how to grow proficient in practice; how to find Locations; how to find Objects;
how to perform the necessary elementary feats, and thus prepare for Public Work.

LESSON V—SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS 49

Public or Parlor Demonstrations. Fourteen Practical Demonstrations are explained; full directions for
performing them are given, so that the student may reproduce the experiments and demonstrations.

LESSON VI—DIFFICULT DEMONSTRATIONS 66

Explanations and instructions given for their performance. The Banknote Test; the Blackboard Feats;
Drawing Pictures; Telepathic Chess and Checkers, etc., described, explained, and full instructions given for
their reproduction.

LESSON VII—SENSATIONAL FEATS 79

The Driving Feat; the Combination Lock Feat; the Office Detective Feat; the Postoffice Box Feat, and
many other sensational demonstrations explained, together with an exposure of "Fake Demonstrations."

LESSON VIII—HIGHER PHENOMENA 85

Demonstrations without contact. Development Directions. Long Distance Experiments. Automatic
Writing. Valuable Suggestions and Advice.
 LESSON I.
THE NATURE OF MIND READING.
O
nly a few years ago the general public was in almost total ignorance of the great
truth of Thought Transference, Thought Projection, Telepathy, or Mind Reading.
It is true that here and there were to be found a few scientists earnestly
investigating and eagerly uncovering the hidden truths concerning the subjects.
But the mass of the people were either entirely ignorant of the subject, or else
were intensely skeptical of any thing concerning the matter, laughing to scorn
the daring thinker who ventured to express his interest or belief in this great
scientific phenomena.
But how different to-day. On all hands we hear of the wonders of Thought
Transference, or Telepathy, as it is called. Scientific men write and teach of its
fascinating manifestations, and even the general public has heard much of the
new science and believes more or less in it, according to the degree of
intelligence and knowledge concerning the subject possessed by the individual.
Listen to these words from the lips of some of the greatest scientists of the day.
Prof. William James, the eminent instructor at Harvard University, says:
"When from our present advanced standpoint we look back upon the past stages
of human thought, whether it be scientific thought or theological thought, 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 thing.
Whether it be Descartes' world or Newton's; whether it be that of the Materialists
of the last century, or that of the Bridgewater treatises of our own, it is always
the same to us—incredibly perspectiveless and short. Even Lyell's, Faraday's,
Mill's and Darwin's consciousness of their respective subjects are already
beginning to put on an infantile and innocent look." These remarks are doubly
significant by reason of their having been made by Prof. James as the president
of the "Society for Psychical Research."
The eminent English scientist, Sir William Crookes, in his address as
president of the Royal Society, at Bristol, England, a few years ago, said: "Were
I now introducing for the first time these inquiries to the world of science, I
should choose a starting point different from that of old, where we formerly
began. It would be well to begin with telepathy; with the fundamental law, as I
believe it to be, 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 ways. Although the inquiry has elicited important facts with
reference to the mind, it has not yet reached the scientific stage of certainty
which would enable it to be usefully brought before one of our sections. I will
therefore confine myself to pointing out the direction in which scientific
investigation can legitimately advance. If telepathy take place, we have two
physical facts—the physical change in the brain of A. the suggestor, and the
analogous physical change in the brain of B. the recipient of the suggestion.
Between these two physical events there must exist a train of physical causes.
Whenever the connecting sequence of intermediate causes begins to be revealed,
the inquiry will then come within the range of one of the sections of the British
Association. Such a sequence can only occur through an intervening medium.
All the phenomena of the Universe are presumably in some way continuous, and
it is unscientific to call in the aid of mysterious agencies when with every fresh
advance in knowledge, it is shown that ether vibrations have powers and
attributes abundantly equal to any demand—even the transmission of thought."
Prof. Crookes then went on to say: "It is supposed by some physiologists that
the essential cells of nerves do not actually touch, but are separated by a narrow
gap which widens in sleep while it narrows almost to extinction during mental
activity. This condition is so singularly like that of a Branly or Lodge coherer (a
device which has led Marconi to the discovery of wireless telegraphy) as to
suggest a further analogy. The structure of brain and nerve being similar, 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
magnitude. Roentgen has familiarized us with an order of vibrations of extreme
minuteness compared with the smallest waves of which we have hitherto been
acquainted, and of dimensions comparable with the distances between the
centers of the atoms of which the material universe is built up; and there is no
reason for believing that we have here reached the limit of frequency. It is known
that the action of thought is accompanied by certain molecular movements in the
brain, and here we have physical vibrations capable from their extreme
minuteness of acting direct upon individual molecules, while their rapidity
approaches that of the internal and external movements of the atoms
themselves."
 A formidable range of phenomena must be scientifically sifted before we
effectually grasp a faculty so strange, so bewildering, and for ages so inscrutable,
as the direct action of mind on mind. It has been said that nothing worth the
proving can be proved, nor yet disproved. True this may have been in the past, it
is true no longer. The science of our century has forged weapons of observation
and analysis by which the veriest tyro may profit. Science has trained and
fashioned the average mind into habits of exactitude and disciplined perception,
and in so doing has fortified itself for tasks higher, wider and incomparably more
wonderful than even the wisest among our ancestors imagined. Like the souls in
Plato's myth that follow the chariot of Zeus, it has ascended to a point of vision
far above the earth. It is henceforth open to science to transcend all we now think
we know of matter, and to gain new glimpses of a profounder scheme of Cosmic
Law. In old Egyptian days a well-known inscription was carved over the portal
of the Temple of Isis: 'I am whatever has been, is, or ever will be; and my veil no
man hath yet lifted.' Not thus do modern seekers after truth confront Nature—the
word that stands for the baffling mysteries of the Universe. Steadily,
unflinchingly, we strive to pierce the inmost heart of Nature, from what she is, to
reconstruct what she has been, and to prophesy what she yet shall be. Veil after
veil we have lifted, and her face grows more beautiful, august and wonderful
with every barrier that is withdrawn.
Camille Flamarrion, the eminent French astronomer, is a believer in Thought
Transference and Mind Reading, and has written the following expression of his
convictions on this subject: "We sum up, therefore, our preceding observations
by the conclusion that one mind can act at a distance upon another, without the
habitual medium of words, or any other visible means of communication. It
appears to us altogether unreasonable to reject this conclusion if we accept the
facts. There is nothing unscientific, nothing romantic, in admitting that an idea
can influence the brain from a distance. The action of one human being upon
another, from a distance is a scientific fact; it is as certain as the existence of
Paris, of Napoleon, of Oxygen, or of Sirius." The same authority has also said
"There can be no doubt that our psychical force creates a movement of the ether,
which transmits itself afar like all movements of ether and becomes perceptible
to brains in harmony with our own. The transformation of a psychic action into
an ethereal movement, and the reverse, may be analogous to what takes place on
a telephone, where the receptive plate, which is identical with the plate at the
other end, reconstructs the sonorous movement transmitted, not by means of
sound, but by electricity."
We have quoted at length from this eminent authority to show once and for all
that this great science of MIND-READING is recognized, and approved of by
the highest authorities on Modern Science, and also to give our students the
benefit of the current scientific theories upon the subject. In this work we have
but very little to say about theory, but shall confine ourselves to facts, and actual
instruction.
Science knows and has proven that thoughts may be and have been
transmitted from one mind to another, in some cases over thousands of miles of
space, but it has not as yet solved the mystery of the "Why" of the subject, and
contents itself with explaining the "How." The nearest approach to a correct
theory seems to be the one which compares the mind with the "wireless
telegraph," and which supposes that the vibrations of thought travel through the
ether, just as do the waves of this high order of electricity. The mind of one
person acts like a "transmitter" of the wireless telegraph, while the mind of the
other acts as a "receiver" of the same set of instruments.
There are undoubtedly vibrations set up in the brain when one thinks, and
there are undoubtedly waves of thought just as there are waves of electricity.
Science informs us that there is an increase of temperature in the human brain
during periods of thought-activity, and also that there are constant chemical
changes in the structure going on when the brain cells are active. This is akin to
the generation of electricity in a battery, and undoubtedly acts in the same way in
producing vibrations, and transmitting them to the brain of another. Sir William
Crookes, in the address just quoted, points out the direction of the scientific
theories concerning the matter. But, this is all that we shall have to say about the
theory of Mind Reading. We shall now pass on to the actual practical instruction.
The student is asked, however, 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 Receiver. By holding this picture in your mind, you will have
the whole practical theory, in condensed form, right before you, so that you may
be able to act accordingly.
 LESSON II.
THE PROOFS OF MIND READING.
s we have said in the previous chapter, the general public is gradually awakening
to the knowledge of the reality of Mental Transference, and it is scarcely
necessary to devote the time and space to a proof of the reality of the phenomena
in these days, although a few years ago a work on the subject would have had to
be composed principally of evidences and proofs. But, nevertheless, it may be
well for us to take a hasty look at the nature of the proof in this work.
Nearly everyone has had evidences of Mind Reading or Thought Transference
in his or her own life. Nearly every one has had experiences of being in a
person's company when one of the two would make a remark and the other,
somewhat startled, would exclaim, "Why, that's just what I was going to say," or
words to that effect. Nearly every one has had experiences of knowing what a
second person was going to say before the person spoke. And, likewise common
is the experience of thinking of a person a few moments before the person came
into sight. Many of us have suddenly found ourselves thinking of a person who
had been out of our minds for months, or years, when all of a sudden the person
himself would appear. These instances are so common as to be generally
recognized, without question. These occurrences have given rise to the two
common "sayings," viz., "Speak of the devil and his imps appear," or "Speak of
angels and you hear the rustle of their wings."
Mark Twain, in an article printed several years ago, spoke of a plan that he
had frequently practiced, i.e., that of writing a letter to a person upon some
subject, then addressing the envelope and inserting the letter, and then tearing the
whole thing into pieces instead of sending it. 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 addressed, answering the questions asked, or
else speaking along the same lines as those of the destroyed letter. We have
known of this experiment being tried on people thousands of miles away from
the writer, and also in cases in which the other person had not been heard of for
many years. There is a field open for experiment along these lines which some
of our students might investigate with profit and satisfaction.
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
Research. 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 Reading. Series
of carefully managed experiments have been conducted, 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 another. We shall quote
here from the reports of those investigators, in order to show you the important
results that have been obtained, and to set at rest forever any lurking doubts as to
the reality of the phenomena which may still find lodgment in your mind.
Remember, please, that these committees were composed of some of the leading
scientific authorities of England—men whose standing and reliability, as well as
whose judgment, was beyond question. These cases form a part of the scientific
records of the English Society.

THE CREERY EXPERIMENTS.

One of the interesting series of experiments conducted by members of the

English Society was that of the family of the Rev. A.M. Creery, of Derbyshire,
England. This investigation was made upon hearing the report of the Rev. Mr.
Creery regarding a number of experiments he had conducted with his four
children. He reported that he had begun by practicing a variation of what is
generally known as the "willing game", in which one of the party leaves the
room, and the company selects some object to be hidden, after which the person
is recalled to the room when the company concentrates its mind upon the hidden
object, and the seeker eventually finds it by means of Mind Reading. The
reverend gentleman said in his report to the Society:
"We began by selecting the simplest objects in the room; then chose names of
towns, people, dates, cards out of a pack, lines from different poems, etc., any
thing or series of ideas that those present could keep before the mind steadily.
The children seldom made a mistake. I have seen seventeen cards chosen by
myself, named right in succession without any mistake. We soon found that a
great deal depended upon the steadiness with which the ideas were kept before
the minds of the thinkers, and upon the energy with which they willed the ideas
to pass. I may say that this faculty is not confined to the members of one family;
it is much more general than we imagine. To verify this conclusion I invited two
of a neighbor's children to join us in our experiment, and very excellent results
we secured from them."
 The Society then began a series of careful investigations extending over a
period of one year. The utmost care was taken to obviate the chance of fraud,
collusion, mistakes, or outside influences. The experiments were conducted
partly in Mr. Creery's house and partly in rooms selected by the members of the
investigating committee. Having selected at random one of the children, 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 room. The remainder of the
committee would then select a card from a pack, or else write down a name or
number which occurred to them at the moment. The following verbatim report of
what followed will give you an idea of the results generally obtained. The report
goes on to say:
"On re-entering the room the little girl would usually stand with her face to the
wall, placed thus by us. But sometimes she would stand with her eyes directed
toward the ground for a period of silence varying from a few seconds to a
minute, till she called out to us some number, card or what it might be." The
report states that in the case of giving the names of objects chosen, the child
scored six cases out of fourteen. In the case of naming of small objects held in
the hands of members of the committee, she scored five out of six. In the case of
naming cards she scored six out of thirteen. In the case of stating fictitious
names chosen by the committee she scored, at a first trial, five out of ten.
One of the experiments is reported as follows:
"One of the children was sent into an adjoining room, the door of which was
closed. The committee then thought of some object in the house and wrote the
name down on paper. The strictest silence was observed. We then all silently
thought of the name of the thing selected. In a few seconds the door of the
adjoining room opened, and the child would appear generally with the object
selected. No one was allowed to leave the room after the object had been fixed
upon; no communication with the child was conceivable, as her place was often
changed. Further, 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 ideas. In this way we wrote down, among other things, a
hairbrush—it was brought; an orange—it was brought; a wine-glass—it was
brought; an apple—it was brought," etc., etc.
The report to the Society sums up the following results: Three hundred and
eighty-two trials were made in the series. In the test of naming the chosen letters
of the alphabet, cards, and numbers of two figures, the chances against the girl
were 21 to 1, 51 to 1, and 89 to 1, respectively. In the case of stating chosen
surnames the odds against her were very much in excess of the figures just
named. In the cases of the experiments of naming chosen cards it was calculated
that a mere "guesser," according to the law of probability, would be able to
correctly name but seven and one-third out of a total of the three hundred and
eighty-two trials. The actual results obtained by the child were as follows: On
the first attempt, one hundred and twenty-seven; on the second attempt, fifty-six
additional; and on the third attempt, nineteen additional—making a grand total
of two hundred and two successes out of a possible three hundred and eighty-
two! On one occasion five cards straight running were successfully named on a
first trial. The mathematical chances of a mere "guess" doing this feat, under the
Law of Average, or Probabilities, are estimated at over a million to one against
the chance. And this was not merely an isolated, exceptional case, for there were
other "long runs"; for instance, there were two cases in which runs of eight
straight consecutive successes were scored, once with names, and once with
cards. In the case of the eight consecutive cards it has been figured that the
chances against the girl would figure up at least 140,000,000 to 1, according to
the Law of Average and Probabilities. 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 millions, nearly double the population of
the United States. And yet there are people who would dismiss matters like this
with the remark, "mere coincidence"!
The interest in the Creery children attracted the notice of Prof. Balfour
Stewart, LL.D., and Fellow of the Royal Society. This distinguished gentleman
testifies as follows:
"In the first instance, when I was present, the thought-reader was outside a
door. The object or thing thought of was written on paper and silently handed to
the company in the room. The thought-reader was then called in, and in the
course of perhaps a minute the answer was given. Definite objects in the room,
for instance, were first thought of, and in the majority of cases the answers were
correct. These numbers were thought of and the answers were generally right,
but, of course, there were some cases of error. The names of towns were thought
of, and a good many of these were right. Then fancy names were thought of. I
was asked to think of certain fancy names and mark them down and hand them
around to the company. I then thought of, and wrote on paper, 'Bluebeard,' 'Tom
Thumb,' 'Cinderella,' and the answers were all correct."
Subsequent experiments with the Creery children, at the house of the well
known investigator, Mr. F.W.H. Myers, at Cambridge, England, proved equally
successful. The children, and their ages, were as follows: Mary, 17; Alice, 15;
Maud, 13. The percentage of successes obtained at Mr. Myers' house tallied very
well with those obtained elsewhere. One remarkable result was obtained, though,
that had not been obtained before. On one occasion the child was asked to name
the "suit" of cards chosen one after another. That is, of course, the child was
asked to name which suit, "hearts," "diamonds," "clubs" or "spades," were
shown of the card drawn and seen by the committee, and then thought of. On
this occasion the child scored a run of fourteen straight running, consecutive
successes. The chances against this success were 4,782,969 to 1.
We will close by mentioning another remarkable series of experiments
conducted by the same Society. The Mind Reader was M.G.A. Smith, of
England. Among other startling feats successfully performed by Mr. Smith, that
of the reproduction of Geometrical Figures was perhaps the most remarkable. In
this feat Mr. Smith sat blindfolded, in a room belonging to the committee, with a
pad of paper before him and a member of the committee on each side of him. A
selected member of the committee then would go outside of the room, and
behind a closed door would draw some geometrical figure at random. Returning
to the room the figure would be shown to the committee, and also to Mr.
Douglas Blackburn, who acted as the Transmitter for Mr. Smith, the latter being
known as the Receiver. The Transmitter, with closed eyes, now took his position
immediately back of Mr. Smith, but at a distance of two feet from him, no
contact being allowed, this precaution being taken to obviate charges of
confederacy, etc. The Transmitter would then concentrate his mind intently for a
few minutes, and in a short time Mr. Smith would receive the impression of the
mental image in the mind of the Transmitter, and would begin to attempt to
reproduce it on paper. In the series of experiments running over a period of four
days thirty-seven drawings were made, of which only eight were considered
unsuccessful. Twenty-nine successes out of a possible thirty-seven, remember.
The committee reports that it took all the precaution to guard against secret
signals, etc., and that confederacy, fraud, collusion, or similar methods were out
of the question. The eight cases of failure consisted of four cases in which Mr.
Smith received no impression, and therefore could not reproduce the drawing;
and four cases in which the drawing was so vague and imperfect as to be called a
total failure. Some of the figures were grotesque, unusual, and complicated, but
all were reproduced in a more or less perfect manner. The drawing was made
deliberately and without hesitation, and as if Smith had actually seen the figure
shown to the Transmitter a few moments before. On one occasion, in order to be
doubly guarded against collusion, they closed Mr. Smith's ears with putty, tied a
bandage around his eyes and ears, pulled a bolster-case over his head, and then
covered him all over with a blanket which completely enveloped his body and
head. And under these extraordinary conditions he reproduced the figures with
his usual success.
We could proceed relating case after case, experiment after experiment,
conducted by these scientific bodies of learned and careful men. But the story
would be no more convincing than that related above. And, after all, 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 yourself. By means of a very little practice you will be able to
reproduce many of the demonstrations of the public performers, as well as the
experiments of the scientific societies, 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 Reading.
 LESSON III.
"CONTACT" MIND READING.
ind Reading is divided by the authorities into two general classes, viz., "Contact"
Mind Reading and "Telepathic" Mind Reading.
The first of these classes, "Contact" Mind Reading, is demonstrated by
physical contact between the Transmitter (or active agent) and the Receiver (or
passive agent) in order to afford an easy channel for the passage of the
vibrations, thought-waves, nerve-currents, or magnetism of the Transmitter
(according to the several theories favored by scientists). The second class,
"Telepathic" Mind Reading, is demonstrated by the transferral of the "waves,"
"vibrations," "currents," or "magnetism" of the Transmitter to the Receiver over
the ether, through space (often for thousands of miles) without the more
convenient "wires" of the nerves of the two agents.
You will readily see that two classes of phenomena closely resemble the two
classes of telegraphic phenomena, i.e., the "wire" system and the "wireless"
system. There is a striking analogy between electric phenomena and mental
force phenomena all the way through the subject, and this subject of Mind
Reading is simply one of the many forms of the resemblance.
We shall begin by giving you instructions in the first form—Contact Mind
Reading, as it is the simplest and most easy of accomplishment and
demonstration. And besides, the best Telepathists have been trained by means of
the practice of Contact Mind Reading at the start. One leads to the other, just as
the ordinary wire telegraph naturally led to the "wireless" system, which is even
now but in its infancy.
At this point we wish to point out to you a most grievous error, and unjust
judgment, that certain so-called scientists and investigators have fallen into
regarding this matter of Contact Mind Reading. In order to give you a clearer
idea of the nature of this error, 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 performers, and
their lesser-light imitators.
These performers, like many others, have sought to give an attractive public
entertainment rather than a scientific demonstration, and some of them have
found it much easier to "fake" some of the demonstrations rather than to perform
them according to scientific principles. And the careful investigators soon
discovered that in certain cases there was no Mind Reading at all, but only a
clever imitation which was styled "Muscle Reading." In other words, instead of
the performer receiving his mental impressions from the mind of the Transmitter,
over the nervous system of other persons, he would push up against him, and by
a clever system of pushing, pulling, leading, and leaning would detect the
muscular movements of the Transmitter, 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 spot. But even in these cases,
the performer would of necessity have to employ more or less genuine Contact
Mind Reading to finish the feats. 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 tear.
The investigators, easily discovering the above mentioned "faking"
performances, came to the conclusion that the whole thing was a "fake," and
could be explained by the "muscle reading" theory entirely. And so the news was
spread broadcast, and you will find a number of books written explaining
Contact Mind Reading on this hypothesis. Of course some of the public may
prefer to accept this erroneous theory, but we wish to say here positively that if
any person will honestly investigate for himself, and will learn to make the
demonstrations personally, he or she will soon discover that "muscle reading"
has nothing to do with the genuine phenomena. The proof of the thing is in the
doing of it, and you may learn the truth for yourself if you will but try the feats
and demonstrations, herein given, just as we teach them. The result of such
practice will cause you to feel with us the indignation arising from the attempts
to belittle a noble scientific principle, and practice, by an explanation arising
from the witnessing of "fake" imitations of the real thing.
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 brain, or the
motor impulses from brain to body. When you wish to close your hand you send
a nervous current from your brain to the muscles controlling your hand. The
current travels along the nervous system, and is by it distributed over the
muscles causing them to contract. A current from a galvanic battery will cause
the muscles to act in the same way. But the muscle is the machinery affected and
set into motion, and the nerves are the delicate telegraphic wires leading to the
parts.
And so it is with this transmission of the mental waves and currents. The brain
of the Transmitter, aroused by his active Will, sends a powerful current or wave
through his nervous system. When it reaches the extremity of his fingers it leaps
over the tiny space separating his nerves from the nerves of the Receiver, and
enters the nervous system of the latter, and influences his actions. The Receiver
being in a passive condition, and his brain sending practically no impulses over
his nerves, he is in a receptive condition to the imparted nervous current, which
acts upon him something like an impulse from his own brain, only weaker. That
is the whole secret of Contact Mind Reading. It is "Nerve Reading" if you like,
but certainly not Muscle Reading.
The tips of the fingers of a person of fine sensibilities, and delicate touch, are
known by anatomists to be filled with masses of nerve-matter similar to that
forming parts of the brain. In fact they are tiny finger-brains, and they will send
out, convey, and receive delicate impulses from one mind to another. Those of
you who have experienced the peculiar touch of some persons of this kind, can
bear witness to the fact that a subtle "magnetism" or current passed from them to
you. This is a fact well known to investigators of psychic phenomena, and such
people laugh at the crude "muscle reading" theories, for they have disproved
them repeatedly in actual careful experiments. And you may do the same, if you
will practice the demonstrations given in this book. The fact that the developed
Contact Mind Reader usually walks ahead of his Transmitter, instead of being
led by him; and that he usually allows the latter's arm to hang limp, instead of
muscularly contracted, is another proof of the absurdity of the theory above
mentioned. Besides this, wires may be used between the two persons, or even a
third person may be placed between them. But, as we have said, 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 phenomena.
The experimenter will soon find that when he gets into the work and is
engaged in a search for a hidden object, by means of Mind Reading, he will
forget all about the Transmitter. He will almost forget where he is, and will feel
himself floating and gliding over the floor and scarcely touching it with his toes.
He will find himself drawn or impelled irresistibly toward the hidden object, as
if by some outside energy or fine force. He will feel the hidden object drawing
him like a magnet, and attracting him to the spot. He will forget his audience,
and everything else, in his desire to reach the Centre of Attraction. These
experiences cannot well be explained in print, but the investigator will soon
learn to know them for himself, and he will be amazed and filled with wonder at
the strange psychical phenomena in which he is taking a principal part.
And, then, and then only will he be able to intelligently reject the absurd and
unjust theories of "muscle reading," and to see the crudeness of the attempted
explanation. 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 "jerked," instead of being but channels for the passage of the electric
fluid, or magnetic waves. He will class such pretended scientists with those
"doubting Thomases" who, when gas was first introduced in the British House of
Parliament, insisted that the pipes rendered the building unsafe, because they
would become heated by the passage of the light; and who when the system was
seen in actual operation, would gently feel the pipes with their gloved fingers,
wondering why they felt no heat. We trust that we have said enough to convince
you of the ridiculousness of the "muscle reading" theory, and to give you
sufficient interest to demonstrate the matter for yourself.
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 lands. Of course, the average public performer soon discovers
that the average patron of his performance attends principally to be amused, and
entertained, rather than to be instructed. And he is apt to gradually add
sensational features to the performance, for the purpose of thrilling and
mystifying the audience, 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 subject. Some of these public performers have
even gone so far as to add "fake" features to their performance, employing
confederates, and in other ways introducing unscientific methods in order to
intensify the interest and satisfaction of their audiences.
But notwithstanding this fact, the average public Mind Reader, in spite of his
sensational additions, 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 subject. 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 field, instructing the public regarding their great
subject and illustrating their theories by striking experiments along scientific
lines. And we think that this little book will do its part in the direction of
educating the public mind to appreciate such an entertainment, as well as serving
to educate future entertainers for their life work.
However, in this little book, we shall treat the subject as if a parlor
demonstration was all that is desired, and our instructions and directions shall be
chiefly toward that end, although we wish to say that any man or woman who
will carefully study these instructions and directions, and who will carefully
practice the feats and exercises, will be able to gradually develop sufficient
ability and skill to give a successful public performance, and perhaps reap a
goodly share of fame and financial reward. The principles of the parlor
demonstration, and the public performance are the same. These same
instructions and directions have been studied and applied by some of the best
performers now before the public, illustrating the wonders of Contact Mind
Reading. So that if any of the students of this work have ambitions in the
direction of public performance, they will find herein the methods calculated to
develop them into a successful public entertainer and demonstrator.
Anyone may develop himself, or herself, into a good Contact Mind Reader by
practice, and perseverance. As in everything else in life, some will succeed
better than others; and some will find the work easier than do others, but all may
develop quite a respectable degree of proficiency in a short time. A little careful,
conscientious practice and experiment will accomplish wonders.
Mind Reading feats depend upon the degree of Will and Concentration on the
part of the Transmitter, and upon the degree of Receptivity and Passivity upon
the part of the Receiver. We are taking it for granted that the student will wish to
act as a Receiver (or Performer of the feat of Mind Reading) rather than as the
Transmitter (or person called upon to have his mind read). And so we shall
address him as such, with this understanding. But we shall also give herein full
directions for the Transmitter, as well, in order to give the student the methods
necessary to act in either capacity, and to also enable him to instruct the
Transmitter in his work. The Receiver should understand the duties of the
Transmitter, in order that the best possible results be obtained, and the proper
harmony and rapport conditions may be established.
 LESSON IV.
DEVELOPMENT EXERCISES.
he student should practice privately with the assistance of a few friends, before he
ventures before a parlor audience, for by so doing he overcomes the first lack of
confidence in himself, and the awkwardness natural to the beginner along any
new line of work. By careful and repeated practice he gains confidence in
himself by reason of his growing success in his experiments, and besides wears
off the "rough edges" of his actions, etc., so that when he finally appears before
an audience he will feel perfectly self-possessed and at ease, and thus be able to
devote his entire attention to his work, without annoying self-consciousness and
awkwardness.
Begin the Development Exercises by selecting one or more friends who are in
sympathy with you, and who are interested in the subject. Do not have any
unsympathetic or uncongenial persons around when you are practicing, for such
people tend to distract your attention from your work, and really exert a
detrimental effect upon the preliminary work. Select one of your friends as the
Transmitter and take the part of the Receiver yourself.
Begin your practice by establishing a Psychic Harmony, or Rapport, between
yourself and your Transmitter by means of Rhythmic Breathing. Although this
feature of the work has been overlooked by many investigators of the subject,
still it is a very important feature of the work, and one that is conducive to the
production of the very best results along these lines of psychic demonstrations.
The term "Rapport" is one frequently met with in occult and psychic books.
The word is defined by Webster as "Relation; conformity; correspondence;
sympathetic accord." It is used by occultists in the sense of: "having harmonious
vibrations with another," the occult teachings being that every person has his or
her own rate of mental vibration which, when in harmonious accord with the
vibrations of another, induces the most favorable conditions for the production of
mental or psychic phenomena, or mental relations; sympathetic understanding,
etc. This "harmonious vibration" does not necessarily mean that the two persons
must be attuned to precisely the same key, but that their keynotes must
harmonize, instead of producing discord. The comparison of the notes of the
musical scale will illustrate the principle thoroughly. When two persons are in
"rapport" with each other, there is a mental and psychic harmony between them,
which is productive of the best possible mental co-operative work. Hence the
necessity of good rapport conditions in Mind Reading.
Rhythmic Breathing has been known to occultists of all ages as one of the
important adjuncts of Psychic Phenomena, and its use in bringing about Rapport
Relations is thoroughly understood by all Practical Occultists. Rhythmic
Breathing consists in the person breathing in slow measured regular rhythm. It
may be acquired by counting the indrawn breath, the retained breath, and the
outgoing breath, by regular beats like the ticking of a large clock. For instance,
draw in your breath slowly, counting mentally according to the ticking of an
imaginary large clock: "one—two—three—four." Then hold the breath, counting
"one—two." Then breathe out slowly: "one—two—three—four." The rule is that
the indrawn breath should have the same number of counts as the outgoing
breath, the held-breath taking up but one-half the counts of either of the others.
The above count illustrates this matter. The advanced occultists get their time-
beat from the pulse-beats, but this is not absolutely necessary in this connection.
The principal point about Rhythmic Breathing that we wish to impress upon you
now is that the two persons, the Transmitter and Receiver, should breathe in
unison with each other—that is in perfect time and rhythm. This breathing in
unison will soon establish the very best possible rapport conditions between
them. From four to seven Rhythmic Breaths will be sufficient to establish the
proper conditions in ordinary cases. In the performance of a test, in case you
should feel the power of the Transmitter failing, you should stop and ask him to
breathe in unison with you for a moment, and then re-start your work. By
breathing a little loud the other person will catch your time, so that it is not
necessary for you to instruct him in the science or theory of Rhythmic Breathing.
Simply tell him to breathe in unison, and keeping time with you.
Begin all your practicing with this Rapport Breathing, and start each
demonstration with it, also. You will find that it will have a very soothing,
calming, quieting effect upon both persons, and will produce in each a mental
earnestness and concentration that will help along the demonstration of Mind
Reading.
We shall not mention this Rhythmic Breathing or Rapport Condition when we
proceed to give you the detailed direction, for the demonstration, but you must
remember that it should be observed in each case. Of course, you will be able to
get results without it—but not so easily, or so thoroughly and satisfying.
It is well to conclude your practice by taking a few deep breaths by yourself,
and not in unison with the Transmitter. This destroys the Rapport Condition.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS.

The prime requisite for a successful demonstration of Mind Reading is the

acquirement, or possession, by the Transmitter, of a clear idea of direction in his
mind. The associated requisite is that the Transmitter be able to concentrate his
will upon the mind of the Receiver, impressing upon him the Sense of Direction
so strongly that he will move in accordance with the Will of the Transmitter.
Remember the two points to be observed by the Transmitter.
Begin by having the Transmitter standing beside you in the centre of the
room, you being blindfolded. Have him mentally select some one corner of the
room, saying nothing to you of his choice. Then let him concentrate his mind
upon that one corner, forgetting every other part of the room. Then have the
Transmitter grasp your Left Hand with his Right Hand, you grasping his fingers
in your hand and lifting the hand to your forehead. Hold the hand against your
forehead, just above your eyes. Instruct him then to will that you go to the corner
of the room that he has selected, shutting out all other thoughts from his mind,
and concentrating his entire Attention upon the projection of his Will. He must
not content himself merely forming a Mental Picture of the selected corner, but
must think of the Direction of that corner, just as he would in case he were to
wish to walk there himself. He must not simply think "That Corner"—he must
think "There!" using the sense of Direction. He must will that you shall go there,
carrying the words "Go There!" in his mind.
You, the Receiver, must place yourself in a perfectly passive and receptive
state of mind, resigning your own Will for the time being, and being perfectly
willing and desirous of being mentally directed or led by the Will of the
Transmitter. He is the Active factor, and you the Passive. It is the strength of his
Will, and the degree of your Receptivity that makes the demonstration a success.
Keep your eyes closed, even though you be blindfolded, for by so doing you
induce a Passive state of mind, and even the stray glimpses that you may catch
through the handkerchief will serve only to distract you. You must shut out
sights, and even thought of sights.
Stand quiet a moment or two, awaiting impressions from the mind of the
Transmitter, who is making the mental command: "Go there; go there, I say!"
while at the same time he is willing that you follow his command.
After a moment or two of passive and receptive waiting, you will begin to feel
an impulse to move forward. Obey this impulse and take the first step, which
will often be in an entirely opposite direction from the selected corner. The idea
of this first step is to "get started." While you are taking the first step or two, you
will feel a clearer impulse toward the real selected corner, and will find yourself
swinging around to it. Do not grow impatient, for you are but learning to receive
the impressions. Advance one foot forward, hesitatingly, resting your weight on
the ball of the other foot, and you will soon feel yourself being compelled to
move in a certain direction, which will end in your moving toward the right
corner. You will soon become conscious of being directed by the Will of the
Projector, whose mind is acting upon yours and leading and directing you toward
the right place.
It is difficult to describe to you the exact feeling that you will experience, but
a little practice will soon make it clear to you. Follow the impulse, and you will
soon begin to feel the mental command, "This way—this way—no, not that way
but this way," until you will reach the desired spot, when you will feel the
command: "That's right—stop where you are—this is the place." If you start to
wander off in the wrong direction you will begin to feel the correcting
impression: "This way—this way, I tell you," 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 selected, when
you will feel that you have "reached Base," as the children say in their games.
When you walk in the right direction you will feel the mental message, "Right,
right you are"; and when you move in the wrong direction you will feel the
mental message, saying "No, no, not that way—This way, I say, come along,
come!" By practice you will soon become quite sensitive to these guiding
thought-waves, and will act upon them almost automatically. Practice will soon
so sharpen your perceptive faculties that you will often be able to move right off
to the desired corner at once, sometimes actually running right to it, dragging the
Transmitter after you.
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 Transmitter. Some
will be able to Concentrate so forcibly that they will send you the message clear
and sharp, while others will send only a feeble and wavering message. The more
Concentration the Transmitter has the stronger will be the message. It will be
very advisable for you to experiment with a number of persons acting as the
Transmitter, so that you may become familiar with the different degrees of
Concentration, personal characteristics of people in Transmitting, etc. This will
aid you when you begin your parlor performances.
When you find a lazy Transmitter who is sending only feeble messages, you
must remonstrate with him, telling him that he must exercise his Will-Power
more. This plan will often arouse in them a desire to give a good exhibition of
their Will-power, and they will begin sending you strong mental impulses. It is a
good plan, when you have an unsatisfactory Projector, to extend his arm out its
full length and hold it up about the height of your eyes. In this way he feels the
strain, and it arouses his Will in order to hold it there, which seems to act in the
direction of his sending sharper and clearer messages and impulse. In case the
Transmitter proves very unsatisfactory, substitute another for him. 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 him. A little practice and instruction
will bring him out all right. It is often advisable to let the Transmitter read this
book of instructions, if he happens to be a personal friend who is helping you out
in your practicing and experiments. The Transmitter will find that by looking
toward the selected corner, he will be aided in concentrating his attention and
directing his Will Power.
Practice this exercise and experiment, in different rooms, and with different
Transmitters, until you can go readily to the selected corner. Do not be
discouraged, but remember that "practice makes perfect," and that like any other
thing the art must be learned by patient practice and repetition. It is like learning
to play the violin—skating—dancing, or anything else. If after a number of trials
you begin to feel tired, stop practicing and adjourn the experiments until the next
day. Do not unduly strain yourself, or tire out your mind. When the next day
comes you will be surprised at the added proficiency you have gained.
You may vary the above method by holding the Transmitter's hand out at
arm's length, instead of holding it up to your head. Some find one plan more
effective, and others prefer the second. The principle is the same in both cases,
so adopt either plan, or any variation thereof, providing it proves effective.

PRACTICE EXERCISE I. FINDING LOCATIONS.

After you have grown proficient in locating the corners of rooms, you may
have the Transmitter select other parts of the room, such as doors, mantels,
windows, alcoves, projections, etc. Try a number of these selected locations in
turn, gaining a variety of experiences which will prove valuable later on. In all of
these experiments the Transmitter must guard you from running into obstacles,
furniture, etc., by telling you to avoid them, guiding you past them, and in other
proper ways prevent you from bruising yourself or breaking or upsetting things.
You must impress this upon his mind, and then you should give yourself into his
care with the utmost confidence, giving yourself no further concern about these
things, and keeping your mind as passive as possible. Don't allow your mind to
be distracted by outside things—attend to the matter of the experiment in which
you are engaged.

PRACTICE EXERCISE II. FINDING LARGE OBJECTS.

The next step should be the selecting and finding of large objects in the room,
such as chairs, tables, etc. Proceed as in the previous exercises. Do not neglect
this exercise in your desire to do more wonderful things, for you need just this
training. You will realize the importance of these exercises after you begin to
appear before friends and evening companies, etc., when you will be called upon
to find hidden objects, selected articles secreted under tables, on persons, on
furniture, etc. If you can find selected chairs you will be able to more readily
find persons seated on chairs. Continue this exercise until you can readily find
any and every piece of furniture in a room, and the other large objects in a room
as well, when they are thought of by the Transmitter.

PRACTICE EXERCISE III. FINDING SMALL OBJECTS.

After mastering the above exercise have the Transmitter select some small
articles, such as a book, vase, ornament, etc., on a table, mantel-piece, etc.
Proceed as before, varying the objects and places, endeavoring to get as wide a
range of experiences as possible along the line of Mind Reading of this kind.

PRACTICE EXERCISE IV. FINDING HIDDEN ARTICLES.

After you have mastered the last mentioned exercise, have the Transmitter
select a small object, such as a watch-key, match-safe, etc., and secrete it in some
part of the room, you remaining out of the room until the article is selected and
hidden. Proceed as before, until you find the secreted object. Your Transmitter
should endeavor to give you a great variety in this exercise, in order to properly
train you for the public demonstrations before companies, etc. Have him place a
key in a book, under a rug, back of a picture, and in similar difficult places. Let
him exercise his ingenuity in finding strange places in which to hide the object.
In the experiments in finding the hidden objects he must train himself to give
you the mental messages "up"; "down"; "to the right"; "to the left," etc., just as
he did his old message or impulse "this way." And you must train yourself to
receive them. This training will be of the greatest possible benefit to you when
you are called upon later to find objects hidden in people's pockets, etc.
 GENERAL REMARKS ON PRACTICE.

The above exercises will train the student to receive and act upon the mental
commands or messages of the Transmitter, under a great variety of
circumstances and conditions. Many of the most successful public "Mind
Readers" started out in public work with far less careful and thorough training.
But there are now still greater degrees of proficiency possible. The student will
find in succeeding chapters a number of interesting and startling feats and
experiments which are intended for parlor audiences, etc., but which may be
most profitably practiced previously with the aid of a good friendly Transmitter,
in order that the Performer may familiarize himself with the details of the
experiment, and thus be more at his ease when he demonstrates it in public. Then
other new experiments and feats will suggest themselves from time to time, to
the intelligent student which, likewise, should be practiced previous to a public
demonstration.
In finding a hidden object, the first thing to do is to get an idea of the
direction. Then the general location of the hiding place; and so on, from general
impressions to detailed ones, until at last the fingers close upon the object itself.
The Transmitter will be greatly relieved when the object is finally found, and the
relaxing of his mental tension may be distinctly felt, and then you will know that
your search is at an end.

PREPARING FOR PUBLIC WORK.

Before taking you on with the work before an audience, we must urge upon
you to prepare yourself thoroughly by means of the above mentioned exercises.
The great tendency among students is to hurry through to the public work, and
skipping the exercises as much as possible. This is all wrong. You will never be
a thoroughly good demonstrator of anything in life, until you master the
rudiments, and by practice familiarize yourself thoroughly with the details of the
work. And Mind Reading is no exception. It is true that after a few exercises you
may be able to give a fair demonstration before an audience, but you will never
get further than "fair" without careful practice. And therefore we urge you to
have patience and perseverance, and to stick to the exercise until you become a
Master of Mind Reading, when you need fear no audience whatsoever, and will
be able to give a demonstration that will be a great credit to both yourself and to
us, your instructors.
And, now for your work before an audience, remembering, always that the
feats and experiments that we shall mention, should be practiced by you
privately, with the aid of a friendly Transmitter, before you reproduce them in
public. In the case of feats, in which the audience is a party to the experiment,
such as the finding of a scarf-pin on a member of the audience, you may practice
with a dummy audience, that is with an imaginary audience consisting of chairs,
etc., until you familiarize yourself with the details of the feat.
 LESSON V.
SIMPLE DEMONSTRATIONS.
n beginning a public demonstration, it will be well for you to give a short
preliminary talk to the audience, somewhat along the following lines:

OPENING TALK.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, with your assistance I shall endeavor to give you a
demonstration of practical Mind Reading, beginning with some simple feats, and
then proceeding gradually to more complicated demonstrations. In these
demonstrations, I must have your co-operation, for the success of the
experiments depends as much upon you as upon myself. In the first place, I must
ask that you refrain from conversation, laughter, etc., while I am demonstrating,
for these things distract the mind of the Transmitter and prevent him from
concentrating his Mind and Will upon mine; and also prevent me from
maintaining that Passive Mental State which is essential to the success of the
experiments. I trust that you will help me in this way. I also ask that during the
experiments, you will all concentrate your Mind and Will upon me, and help me
in the work. In order to obtain the best results all Mind Readers prefer that their
audiences concentrate their Wills upon the work, with the purpose of mentally
willing that the demonstrator be successful. In fact the success of the
experiments depend very materially upon the Willing exerted by the audience. If
you Will in my favor, I shall be successful; if you Will that I shall fail, I shall
feel the effect. Therefore, kindly give me your aid. I ask you to blindfold me and
take such other means to prevent unfair methods and practices, as your judgment
may dictate. I am now ready to proceed with the tests."

CHOOSING THE TRANSMITTER.

Then have the audience select a committee to blindfold you and remain
outside of the room with you, while the remainder of the audience select the
object that you are to find, etc. When you return to the room, select someone to
act as Transmitter. If possible get someone with whom you have previously
practiced, and established rapport conditions. This will aid you very materially,
of course. If this is not possible, select someone of the audience that is in
harmony with you, and who will have a strong enough will to give you the
vibrations. Sometimes women are very good at this work, as they get very much
in earnest when interested, and therefore Will intently. If your first Transmitter is
not satisfactory, test another, and so on until you get a good one. You may
change Transmitters during the evening, if you prefer; in fact this is a good plan,
if you are an adept, for it shows the audience that there is no collusion.

INSTRUCTING THE TRANSMITTER.

You should instruct the Transmitter, along the lines indicated in a previous
chapter, i.e. that he must hold the thought of direction, fix his eyes on the chosen
spot and then concentrate his will upon it, and that your success will depend
materially upon his ability to concentrate his Mind and Will upon the task. You
should explain to him that you receive your impulses through his thought-waves
or vibrations, and that the stronger these are, the better you will succeed. Make
this plain to him. When the Transmitter fails to concentrate his Will, you will
know it at once, and should call his attention to it, saying "Concentrate,
concentrate now—harder—use your Will," or words to that effect. You should
impress upon the Transmitter that it is the strength of his Will that produces the
mental vibrations that give you the impressions.

BEGINNING THE TEST.

Then, take the hand of the Transmitter, in the manner already described in
previous lesson, placing it to your forehead, or else holding it up high in front of
you. Then begin a wavering motion, or direction, preferably describing a circle,
slowly. In this meaningless wavering motion remain perfectly passive awaiting
impressions. Soon you will begin to feel a mental resistance to certain directions,
and a mental willingness that you move in another direction. Then move along
the line of the least mental resistance. In some cases you will receive a strong
mental urge, pull, or push, in the direction of the selected spot. Here is where
your practice comes in, for in your practice experiments you have acquired the
art of recognizing these impressions as they come to you, in their different
forms, and so are prepared to yield to them and move accordingly. It is
impossible to describe in writing just how these impressions come, and feel like,
for actual experience is necessary before you will know just what is meant. But
once you have accustomed yourself to receive and recognize the impressions, the
rest is all a matter of practice and development.
And now for the demonstrations themselves. You should begin with the
simplest feats, and then work up gradually to the more complicated and difficult
ones. This plan will build up your own powers, and will develop the
Transmitter's. We herewith give a number of interesting feats and
demonstrations, explaining the details of each. Of course, the general directions
we have given regarding the receiving of impressions, etc., will apply to all of
these feats, for the principle underlying them all is the same, precisely.

FINDING A LOCATION.

DEMONSTRATION I. Begin by having the audience select a part in the

room, which may be easily reached by you. Then proceed as directed, until you
feel that you have reached the right place, or location.

FINDING A PERSON.

DEMONSTRATION II. Have the audience select a person, one of their

number. Find the general location of the person. Then standing still, reach out
your right hand, and begin "feeling about." You will find that as your hand
moves away from the right person you will feel a drawing back impression,
whereas when you reach toward the person you will receive an urging forward
impression. A little practice will soon enable you to distinguish these mental
impressions. Then place your hand on the person who seems to be the centre of
the impressions. If this is the wrong person, you will receive a mental impression
of "Wrong"; in which case you must start up the moving your hand to and fro,
and around, until you feel the urge impression, when you should place your hand
on the person immediately in front of you. When you reach the right person, you
will receive an unmistakable impression and mental message of "All Right,"
followed by a lessening of the Will tension, and you will know that you have
succeeded. You should practice this in private before attempting public
demonstration.

FINDING A SMALL OBJECT.

DEMONSTRATION III. Have the audience select some small object in plain
sight in the room. Then find it in the manner described of above in the case of
the selected person. The rule is identically the same. But there are some other
details to be observed, in the matter of "up or down," for the object may be
higher than your shoulder or lower, in which case you will have to either reach
up or down. In this reaching up or down, follow the same general rule as given.
When you reach the right location, you will feel an impression of "not yet
finished" from the mind of the Transmitter. Then reach up slowly. If this is right
you will receive a corresponding impression, and may go on to centre the object.
But if it is not right, you will receive a mental urge downward, which you should
follow. The rule always is to follow the line of the least mental resistance. You
will always receive the resistance when you are not succeeding, and will always
receive the lack of resistance when you are succeeding. Learn to focus these
impressions until they centre positively and constantly on the same spot—then
you have succeeded, for there will be your object right under your hand.

FINDING A BOOK.

DEMONSTRATION IV. Have the audience select a book on the shelves of a

book case, and then find it in the manner just related. The two feats are precisely
the same, although the latter will appear more startling to the observer.

THE FLORAL TRIBUTE.

DEMONSTRATION V. This test is known as "The Floral Tribute." It is

performed by having a bouquet of flowers on the table. Then select some young
man in the audience, and let him pick out some young woman in the audience
whom he wishes to have the flowers. You must retire from the room, of course,
while he selects the young lady and mentions her name and position to the
audience. Then returning to the room, pick up the bouquet, and taking the hand
of your Transmitter, find the young lady and present her with the flowers. Of
course this feat is merely a fancy rendition of the simple feat of finding the
person thought of, and is performed in the same way. (Study the directions for
Demonstration II, and apply in the present case, with appropriate variations.)

THE REUNITED COUPLE.

DEMONSTRATION VI. This test is known as "The Reunited Couple." It is

performed by having the audience select two persons, a young man and a young
woman, and stand them up in front of the room, like a couple about to be
married. Then they should have a third person, a man, selected and stood before
them as the parson who will tie the knot. The three persons should then take their
seats, and when you enter the room, and take the hand of your Transmitter, you
must first find "the Parson"; then "the Groom"; and then "the Bride," and arrange
them in their proper positions. This is a highly effective test, and invariably
brings hearty applause, and the hunt affords much merriment to the audience.
But, as you will see readily, it is but a variation of Demonstration II.

THE HIDDEN JEWELRY.

DEMONSTRATION VII. Have the audience select some small article, like a
scarf-pin, ring, etc., and hide it on the person of some one of the audience. Then
you are to find it. This demonstration combines the features of Demonstration II,
and Demonstration III, that is you have first to find the person, as described in
Demonstration II, and then the object which is practically a variation of
Demonstration III. Study the details of Demonstration III, and practice the
present demonstration in private before trying it in public.

THE DISCOVERED COURSE.

DEMONSTRATION VIII. Have a member of the audience walk around the

room, following a prescribed course selected by the audience. Have your
Transmitter memorize the course accurately, and then you must walk over the
same course when you return to the room. This is effective, but is merely a
variation of the "Finding the Corner" demonstration.

REPLACING THE PIN.

DEMONSTRATION IX. This is called "Replacing the Pin," and is very

effective when properly performed. Have a member of the audience take a pin
and insert it in the wall in a spot plainly visible to the audience, not too high up,
however—about on the level of your shoulder is best. Then have him withdraw
the pin and hide it somewhere in the room. Then when you return to the room,
and take the Transmitter's hand, you should first find the pin, (in the manner
heretofore described) and then find the place where it had been stuck; 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 driven. This
final effort is really merely a modification of "finding the spot," and with a little
practice may be easily performed.
 THE THEFT DETECTED.

DEMONSTRATION X. This feat is called "The Theft." Have one of the

audience play "the thief," and steal an article of jewelry, or similar small object
from a second person called "the victim." Then the thief should hide his spoil in
a safe place about the room. Returning you first find the thief; then the hidden
article; then the person, according to the methods already given. This is a very
effective feat, but is merely a combination of "Finding the Person," and "Finding
an Object."

THE RECONSTRUCTED TABLEAU.

DEMONSTRATION XI. This feat is known as the "Reconstructed Tableau."

It is performed by having several of the audience form a simple tableau group,
and then retire to their seats. Returning to the room you are to find each person;
lead him or her to the former spot; then reconstruct the group. This is somewhat
difficult, but not nearly so much so as you might suppose. A little private
practice will enable you to perform it with ease.

THE MURDER AND THE DETECTIVE.

DEMONSTRATION XII. This test is known as the "Murder and the

Detective," and is very spectacular and sensational, and is accordingly one that is
in great favor with the public performers. It is performed as follows: The
audience selects one man to act as the "murderer"; another to act as "the victim";
and also some object to act as the dagger; and lastly a place in which the body is
to be concealed. Then the "murderer" picks up the "dagger," and "kills" his
"victim," afterward concealing the body in some part of the room (usually sitting
in a chair) and the "dagger" in another place. Then when you return to the room
you first find the "body"; then the "wound"; then the "dagger," and then the
"murderer." This is usually announced as a wonderful piece of "telepathic
detective work," and is extremely effective, and may be reserved as the
"principal effect" of your series of demonstrations.
You will notice that the feat is merely an elaborate combination of the simpler
feats of "Finding the Person," "Finding the Object," etc.

THE RETURNED HATS.

 DEMONSTRATION XIII. Have the hats of a number of men in the audience
placed on a table or other place, and then returning to the room, blindfolded of
course, you pick up the hats, one by one, and place them upon the heads of their
proper owners, who are seated in different parts of the room. This is a simple
feat although very effective. It is, of course, merely a variation of the feat of
"finding the person." There is one point, however, that must be remembered in
this feat, 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
standing. Otherwise he cannot send you the mental impulses which will enable
you to find the owner. It will be well for the Transmitter to hold the hat so that it
can be seen by the audience, 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 "peeping," etc.

THE LADY AND THE RING.

DEMONSTRATION XIV. This feat is performed by having a lady in the

audience loan the Transmitter her ring. When you return to the room, you find
the lady and replace the ring upon the finger from which she took it. The
Transmitter must remember the lady, and the particular finger, of course—the
rest is simply a combination of the "finding the person" and "finding the spot"
feats. It is very effective, if neatly performed.

GENERAL ADVICE.

I. We have given you a great variety of Demonstrations or Feats, but you must
not attempt to produce all of them at an evening's entertainment. It will take
some time to perform a few of them effectively, and impressively, and you
should avoid any attempt to hurry through the feats. Nor should you spoil your
good impression by cheapening the demonstrations in the direction of
performing too many at one sitting.
II. Neither should you tire or fatigue yourself by too many feats. When your
mind or body are tired, you do yourself an injury to perform these
demonstrations, and besides, you cannot obtain the best results while fatigued.
You should rest a little while after each feat, before attempting another one.
III. When the entertainment, or exercises are over, you should take a few
strong deep breaths, swing your arm around a little to promote the circulation,
and relieve the nervous tension. You may feel a little "dazed" at first after
performing a few feats, but will soon learn to throw off the passive condition,
and engage in the laughing conversation that will follow the entertainment. Do
not take yourself too seriously and remember that laughter and a little boyish or
girlish spirits is a wonderful tonic.
IV. Do not become impatient if you do not progress as rapidly as you would
desire. You are practically developing a sixth sense, and are like a baby learning
to walk—it takes time, but practice will surely bring you success. Take things
calmly. The feats that will be possible for you to perform, even from the start
will be wonderful enough, without any necessity for your complaining about
your slowness in learning to perform the more complicated ones.

ABOUT TRANSMITTERS.

I. If your Transmitter does not do his work properly, and you feel that he is not
Concentrating properly, or using his Will effectively, do not hesitate to change
him. You need not offend him, for you may say simply that the rapport
conditions are not fully developed between you, and that these things sometimes
happen, etc. Your new Transmitter will feel anxious to do better than his
predecessor, and will be most likely to Concentrate and Will to the best of his
ability.
II. The Transmitter should be in earnest, and no levity or trifling should be
permitted. If you have the selection, pick out some earnest person, and avoid the
trifling, feather-brained class.
III. If your Transmitter does not seem to be Concentrating properly, you
should speak to him firmly, but kindly, about it. Say to him: "Please concentrate
your Mind, 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 impression, remember—it all depends upon you," etc.
This will often have the effect of bracing him up to renewed mental activity, and
you will notice the improvement at once.

A WORD OF WARNING.

Beginning your entertainment, caution the audience about placing the hidden
objects in places that you cannot conveniently touch—such as high up on the
wall; under the strings of a piano, etc. Tell them that you can find the article
anywhere, but it must be placed so that you can get at it with only ordinary care
and work. Some "Smart Alicks" may try to play pranks on you in this way, but
discourage same vigorously at the start, informing the audience that this is a
scientific test and not a circus. And, remember this, tell them that the article
must never be hidden about the Transmitter, for the reason that he is seldom able
to think as intently about his own location as about some place away from him.
These are the only restrictions that you need make. Caution the Transmitter to
guide you away from obstacles over which you might stumble, or which you
might overturn. Tell him that you place yourself in his hands for protection, and
then endeavor to think no more about the matter, for such thought tends to
distract your passivity.
The above feats or demonstrations are all performed along the same general
lines as indicated a little further back, and all are capable of being accomplished
by anyone of ordinary intelligence, with a little study, care and practice. Practice
makes perfect, in Mind Reading as in everything else, remember, so keep at it
until you have worn off the rough edges, and have polished up the details of the
work. You may vary, improve, add to, the above feats, and may also insert many
new ones for yourself as you proceed with your work. Use your inventive
faculties.

THE WIRE CONTACT.

A sensational and effective method of performing some of the simpler feats is

performed by some public performers, and consists in having a piece of thick
wire, about one foot in length grasped by the Receiver's left hand, and by the
Transmitter's right hand, instead of the ordinary contact. A little practice will
surprise you in the facility in which the impressions are transferred over the wire
from the Transmitter to the Receiver. The methods of operation in this case are
identical with those employed in the ordinary methods. A wooden "ruler" may be
substituted for the wire. Some performers succeed even with a long walking-
cane.

THIRD PERSON INTERPOSED.

Another variation is that in which a third person is interposed between the

Transmitter and Receiver. Practice along these lines will enable the skilled Mind
Reader to receive the impressions as usual, notwithstanding the interposition of
the third person. Do not attempt to try these variations until you have thoroughly
mastered the ordinary methods.
(The student is here advised to turn to the conclusion of Lesson VI, of this
book, and acquaint himself with the "Simpler Method" there described. It may
help him in this phase of his work.)
We shall now pass on to the consideration of some of the more complicated or
difficult feats of Contact Mind Reading.
 LESSON VI.
DIFFICULT DEMONSTRATIONS.
e shall now direct your attention to a class of demonstrations of a rather more
complicated order than those related in the last chapter. But even these difficult
feats may be rendered comparatively easy of accomplishment by careful
practice, and development of receptivity.

PRELIMINARIES.

In these experiments or demonstrations the Transmitter stands by your left

side, you grasping the fingers of his right hand in your left hand, and holding as
in the case of the former experiments, i.e. either with his hand pressed against
your head, or else held out and up, as before described. You receive the
impressions in the same way. The following demonstrations may be performed
after a little private practice, so as to be shown at a public performance almost as
easily as the simpler feats heretofore described.

DISCOVERING THE CARD.

DEMONSTRATION I. Spread a number of cards over the table. Then retiring

from the room, have the audience select one card of the number, which the
Transmitter must be sure to remember distinctly—that is the Transmitter should
remember just where the card is, the position being the important feature, rather
than the name of the card. Then taking the Transmitter's hand as above
described, you should move your right hand to-and-fro over the table, moving it
backward and forward, and in circles. You will soon find that this feat closely
resembles the one of the last chapter in which you find small objects; the pin
hole, etc. You will soon find that the impressions tend to centre over a certain
spot on the table. Begin to lessen your circles and hand movements until you
gradually centre over this spot. Then slowly lower your fingers until you touch
the card resting on the said spot, when you will be sure that you are right, when
you must pick up the card and exhibit it to the audience. The same indications
mentioned in the feats of the last chapter will be felt by you. You will feel the
"No, no!" impression when you are wrong, and the "That's right" impression
when you are moving in the right direction, until at last you will distinctly feel
the relaxation of the mental urge, which you will have learned to translate into
"Right you are!" when you finally touch the right card. This feat is really no
more difficult than the one in which the small object is found, and we have
included it in the list of "Difficult Demonstrations" simply because it is
practically a "connecting link" between the two classes of demonstration, as you
will see as we proceed.

THE CHECKER MOVE.

DEMONSTRATION II. This is akin to the last experiment. Have a checker

board arranged by some of the audience who understands the game. Then let
some one decide on the next move. Be sure that the Transmitter thoroughly
understands the piece to be moved, as well as the place to where it is to be
moved. Then, proceeding as above indicated, first find the piece to be moved,
and then move it to the proper place. This feat consists of two parts, you will
notice. The finding of the piece is like the finding of the card. Then with the
piece grasped between your thumb and forefinger, make a small circular and
backward and forward movement, until you feel the mental impression of
"There!" when you will place your piece directly on the spot. This may seem
difficult, and appears so to the audience, but you will find by a little private
practice that it is really as easily performed as some of the simpler tests.

THE GAME OF CARDS.

DEMONSTRATION III. Similar to the above is the feat known as the "Game
of cards." Two players sit opposite each other at a table, having dealt themselves
two hands of euchre. Have the Transmitter lead you behind the first player, and
standing there have the player silently point out the card he wishes to lead, to the
Transmitter. The Transmitter then should concentrate his mind on the card, and
you will find it in the usual manner, and having found it will play it on the table.
Then leading you around to the other player, the Transmitter repeats the process,
and you find and play the card. Then back to the first play, and repeat. Then
alternate between the players, in the same manner, until you have played out the
game. This may be improved upon by the Transmitter thinking of which player
has won the trick, when you will push the cards over to the winner, having
discovered the direction in the usual manner. This feat is very effective indeed
when properly performed.
 THE MAPPED-OUT TRIP.

DEMONSTRATION IV. Have a map laid open on the table, and have the
audience decide upon a trip between two points, either by rail or by water. Then
returning to the room, stand as above described, and with your forefinger find
the place from which the trip starts. Then move slowly along the selected course
in the same manner in which the checker-game was played, passing along the
chosen route until the end is reached. These feats are all really variations of the
one principle.

THE PACK OF CARDS.

DEMONSTRATION V. This is a very effective feat, and requires some little

skill and practice, but there is no reason why any careful, patient, and persistent
student should not be able to master it. It consists in the audience selecting any
given card from the pack, and then replacing it with the others, being sure that
the Transmitter is familiar with the card chosen, and knows enough about cards
to recognize it when he sees it again. Then the pack of cards should be placed on
the table, face up. Returning to the room, you take the Transmitter's hand as
usual, and with your right hand pick off the cards from the pack, slowly and one
by one. As you pick up each card, slowly weigh it in your hand, so to speak, and
then place it aside if you receive no "stop" orders from the mind of the
Transmitter. 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 pack, so that when you finally reach it you will know it. We
cannot describe just what this sensation will feel like—you must learn it by
actually experiencing it in private practice. We advise you to diligently practice
this feat in private, for it is wonderfully effective. 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 card. You should perform this feat slowly, and carefully, shaking your
head, "No," just before you discard a card. If by the lack of concentration of the
Transmitter, you fail to feel the "heavy" feeling when you pick up the right card,
the shake of the head will be apt to arouse him to exert his Will more actively,
and you will receive the "hold on" impulse immediately. Do not be in too much
of a hurry to discard, but make several feints at it before finally letting go. This
feat may be improved by having the audience select a "poker-hand," such as a
"flush," a "straight," "three-of-a-kind"; a "full-house," etc., etc., and having you
find the hand one card at a time. This latter is a fine effect, and always brings
down the house. But be sure that your Transmitter really knows and remembers
the cards, else the feat will fail, of course. He must remember each card, and
recognize it when it appears face up on the pack before you, as you proceed with
the discarding. Never attempt this feat in public without previous careful,
private, practice, for it requires the most delicate perception and skill. If you find
that you cannot master it to your satisfaction, after sufficient practice, you may
try it by the "Simpler Method" given at the conclusion of this Lesson.

THE CHOSEN WORD IN THE BOOK.

DEMONSTRATION VI. Like the last feat, this is a complex and difficult one,
but one that always arouses enthusiasm in an audience when well performed. It
will repay you for the private practice that you will have to employ upon it,
before you produce it in public. The feat consists of the audience selecting a
book from a pile, or a book-shelf, or book-case, etc.—then a given page is
chosen—then a line of printed matter on that page—and then a word in that line.
It is well to have the Transmitter draw a pencil circle around the chosen word, so
that he may be sure to remember it later. The book is then replaced on the shelf.
Then returning to the room, you first find the book, by the methods already
given in previous feats; then laying it flat on the table you should begin to slowly
and deliberately pick each leaf up separately. This part of the feat is almost
identical with the last one, in which you picked up the cards from the pack.
When you get the proper impression, you should announce that you have found
the leaf. If satisfied that you are right, ascertain upon which side of the leaf, the
chosen page is. This can be done by pressing the leaf to the right, or left, in
succession, until you get the right impression as to which way to press it down.
Then, having thus found the page, pass your finger slowly down and back over
the page several times, until you get the impression of a centre. This centre will
be the chosen line. Then by passing the finger slowly along the line, you will
discover the Word when you reach it. This is a "ticklish" feat, but it may be
mastered by practice—in fact some people have found it almost as simple as
some of the easier feats, while others require careful practice with it. Do not be
discouraged if you do not succeed at first trial, even in public, but try again, and
after a bit you will seem to "get the knack" all at once, and thereafter will have
but little trouble in making the demonstration. If you find that you do not meet
with the desired degree of success in this feat, try it by the "Simpler Method"
given at the last of this part of the book. But do not give it up without the proper
practice. If you have carefully performed the previous feats, you should have so
developed yourself by this time that you should have no special difficulty in this
feat.

BLACKBOARD DEMONSTRATIONS.

The following feats may be performed either upon a large blackboard hanging
from the wall, or upon a large sheet of card-board, or stiff paper, spread upon the
table. If the blackboard is used, you should stand before it, the Transmitter
standing in the usual position. If the table is used, you should stand before it, the
Transmitter in his usual place.

DRAWING THE CHOSEN FIGURE.

DEMONSTRATION VII. Have the audience select a number, and think

intently of it. Impress upon the Transmitter that is to think of the Shape of the
figure instead of merely remembering its name. For instance if the figure "8" is
thought of, the Transmitter should think of the Shape of the figure, and not of the
word "eight." 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 ago. Then bring your pencil or chalk to
a starting point, which you will soon perceive. Then hold your fingers pressing
lightly forward, and impart to your hand a trembling vibratory motion as if in
hesitation regarding the next movement, saying at the same time to your
Transmitter: "Will Hard now—Will the Direction to me," and you will soon
begin to get an impression of "Right," or "Left," or "Down," as the case may be,
which you should follow slowly. Be slow about it, for if the impression is not
right you will soon be checked up. Fence around a little until you begin to get
the impressions clearly. You will find that the principal trouble is at the start, for
once you are started on the right track, your Transmitter's Will will be freely
employed, and he will pour the impressions into you. Let him feel that it is his
Will that is really doing the work, and he will exert it freely. Once started, these
drawing feats are easily performed, the trouble being with the start. You should
practice this feat frequently in private, before attempting it in a public
demonstration. It is very effective.

THE LADY'S AGE.

DEMONSTRATION VII. This is a variation of the above feat. A lady in the

audience is asked to whisper her age in the ear of the Transmitter, and you are to
draw it on the board or paper. The feat is performed precisely in the manner
described above, the Transmitter being cautioned to think of but one figure at a
time during the drawing.

THE BANK NOTE TEST.

DEMONSTRATION IX. Akin to the last two feats, is the reading of the
number of a bank-note held in the hand of the Transmitter. It is performed in
precisely the same manner as the preceding feat. Be sure to have the Transmitter
understand that he is to think of but one figure at a time, until it is drawn, and
then the next, and so on.

THE WATCH NUMBER TEST.

DEMONSTRATION X. The feat of reading and drawing the number of a

person's watch is a variation of the last mentioned demonstration, and is
performed in precisely the same way.

THE GEOMETRICAL FIGURE TEST.

DEMONSTRATION XI. Have the audience select some simple geometrical

figure, such as a square, triangle, circle, right angle, etc., and proceed to draw it
in the same way as the figures in the demonstrations just described. Have the
Transmitter hold the figure in his mind and mentally draw it as you proceed. A
little private practice will enable you to draw these figures easily, and in fact,
they are really simpler than numbers, although more startlingly effective at
times.

DRAWING PICTURES.

DEMONSTRATION XII. The same principle described in the above

mentioned test may be extended to apply to the drawing of simple pictures, such
as the outline figure of a pig, etc. The copy is placed on the table or blackboard,
so that the Transmitter may easily refer to it, and then you proceed as in the feats
above mentioned. Practice this until you "get it down fine."

THE HIDDEN NAME.

 DEMONSTRATION XIII. The same principle may be extended to the writing
down of the name of a person, town, etc., previously chosen by the audience.
Draw in large letters, so that the eye of the Transmitter may easily follow you at
each step.

THE UNDERLYING RULE.

In all of the "Drawing Demonstrations," you should remember the primary

principle, i.e. Follow the line of the least Mental Resistance, and the Will of the
Transmitter will invariably lead you to the right direction.

THE "SIMPLER METHOD."

A simpler method of performing the feats and demonstrations which we have

styled "The More Difficult Feats," is that of having the Transmitter stand by your
right side, turning toward you and placing his right hand over yours, the tips of
his fingers resting on your fingers between your large knuckles and first joints,
(instead of standing on your left side with his fingers grasped in your left hand,
as heretofore mentioned). This method is not nearly so good so far as
appearances go, 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 concerned. His finger-tips with their
nervous matter aroused into activity seem to fairly charge your fingers with
"nervous energy," or "magnetism," and your hand acts almost automatically. The
motion of the Receiver's hand and fingers, under this method becomes almost
like the motion of a "Planchette," and often writes and draws the numbers,
figures, letters, etc., so easily and smoothly, that they seem to be fairly "running
away" from the mind of the performer. You should at least familiarize yourself
with this method, so as to be able to use it in emergencies, or in the case of a
poor Transmitter, or else in the case of the more delicate and complex tests. If
you neglect this method, you will have failed to acquaint yourself with one of
the most startling features of Contact Mind Reading, which so far touches the
higher phenomena that it is closely akin to what is known as "Automatic
Writing." In fact, if you are disposed, and are naturally receptive and sensitive to
impressions, you may even write a letter through the Will of a good Transmitter,
by this method. By all means make yourself acquainted with its possibilities, and
phenomena.
We now pass on to a consideration of the more Sensational Feats.
 LESSON VII.
SENSATIONAL FEATS.
n addition to the feats given in this work, which, together with their countless
variations, form the stock in trade of the majority of the professional Mind
Readers, there are a number of other feats essayed by the public performers
which we have seen fit to group under the general title "Sensational Feats."
These feats are described here in order that the student may understand the
nature of them, and the manner of their performance. But we consider such feats
suitable only for the sensational advertisements of the professional performers,
and always dependent upon more or less spectacular accessories, and attended
by even dangerous features in the case of the driving feat. And therefore we do
not offer them for reproduction by the private student, or the parlor
demonstrator. The principal Sensational Feats performed by the professionals,
are as follows:

THE DRIVING FEAT.

This is performed by the performer, blindfolded as usual, driving a team along

the public streets to some selected point, which point is usually a hotel
previously selected by a public committee. Upon reaching the hotel the
performer goes to the hotel register, turns the pages and finds a name previously
selected. The performer receives his impressions from members of the
committee who are seated beside him on the carriage seat, with their arms on his
shoulders, or having hold of his hands, or even connected with him by wire. The
feat is really a spectacular reproduction of the familiar feats described in
previous chapters, and the principles governing it are precisely the same. The
Transmitters impress the direction upon him, and he follows the line of the Least
Mental Resistance.

THE COMBINATION LOCK FEAT.

This feat is employed either separately, or in connection with the Driving Feat.
It consists in the performer opening the combination safe of a hotel or some
business establishment. In this case the Transmitter must know the combination
perfectly, and his mental impressions acting upon the performer give him the cue
to turn "right" or "left" or "repeat" as the case may be. 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 case. And yet
almost any person by following the directions given in this work, and carefully
and repeatedly practicing the various feats and demonstrations given herein, may
be able to reproduce this feat of the professional performer, who is in constant
daily practice, and who is able to devote his entire time to the work, as his "bread
and butter" is concerned therein. Once the sensitiveness is gained, the details of
the work are nothing more than those employed in any of the "finding" or
"drawing" feats herein described and explained.

THE OFFICE DETECTIVE FEAT.

In this feat the public committee picks out an object on the desk, or about the
office of some one of its members, the office being located some distance from
the place of meeting. The performer then rushes along the public streets,
dragging the Transmitter with him, until the office is reached, then up stairs, and
into the room selected, and up to the desk, or other place, and lo! the object is
found. Divesting this feat of all its sensational features, the student will see that
it is merely a variation of the ordinary "finding" feat performed in the parlor. It
creates a great sensation, but there is nothing more wonderful about it than about
the simplest "finding" feat.

THE POSTOFFICE FEAT.

Another feat favored by some of the professional performers is that of having

a letter placed in a post-office lock-box, the key of which is given the performer
at a point some distance from the post-office. Rushing through the public streets,
dragging the Transmitter with him, the performer finds the post-office in the
usual way, and then locates the lock-box, into which he inserts the key and
extracts the letter, thus triumphantly completing the feat. This feat, as every
student will see, is merely a variation of the simpler feats manifested in a
sensational manner for the purpose of public advertisement.

THE FIRE-ALARM FEAT.

This feat is another "free advertisement" demonstration, in which the

performer, with the permission of the city officials, discovers the location of a
certain fire-alarm box, and turns on the alarm with the key which had been
previously loaned him. Some public officials allow this test to be performed,
using it as a test alarm for the department as well, and the sight and sound of the
clanging fire-engines, the smoke, and confusion following upon the sensational
Mind Reading demonstration is calculated to cause great excitement and interest
in the town, which usually results in packed houses at the night entertainment.
But the test is really nothing but a variation of the simple "finding the spot"
demonstration, with sensational accompaniments.

VARIATIONS.

We might enlarge our list of "Sensational feats," but to no real benefit to the
student, for they are all cut from the same cloth, and are but "improvements"
upon the simple parlor feats. If the student wishes to do so, he may invent a
dozen similar feats, just as sensational and just as effective. The purpose of the
sensational feat is primarily to gain free advertisements for the public
performers. As scientific demonstrations they have but very slight value.

"FAKE DEMONSTRATIONS" EXPOSED.

In concluding this part of the book, 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 phenomena. 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
audience. One of the principal performers in this line in this country had a
signal-code of over five-thousand objects, which he and his confederate had
carefully memorized. This code was worked by the plan of asking the
blindfolded "Mind Reader" to name the object. You can see the possibilities of
this when you remember the many different ways in which the same question
may be asked, and when you remember that each word, and combination of
words, conveys a distinct and separate meaning to the blindfolded one.
Others employ sleight-of-hand, and legerdemain, in order to produce the
illusion. Prepared pads of paper upon which questions are written, and similar
means, are commonly used in such exhibitions. We do not purpose going into
this matter in detail, for such is not the purpose of this work. But we think it well
to call the attention of our students to the same, 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 performers. There are other public performers,
however, who give fine exhibitions of the genuine phenomena. 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 exhibition. If any wish to know more of the counterfeit, there
are many good works published on "Legerdemain" which will satisfy his
curiosity.
 LESSON VIII.
HIGHER PHENOMENA.
n the demonstrations described and explained in the previous parts of this work,
the mental impressions travel from one mind to another over the channels of the
"telegraphic wires" of the nervous system of the Transmitter and Receiver. In
other words the Mind Reading that is employed in the feats and demonstrations
given, 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 wire, etc. But there is a step
beyond this—many steps in fact. While the "Contact Mind Reading" which we
have described and explained is surely wonderful enough to attract the attention
of all thinking minds, 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 belief. This Higher Phenomena of Mind Reading, or
"Telepathic Mind Reading," when compared to the Contact Mind Reading, is as
the "wireless telegraph" when compared to the ordinary telegraph using wires.
In Lesson I, of this book, we have given you the theories held by scientific
men regarding the nature of the waves or currents that proceed from one mind to
another, and the mechanism by which these waves are registered. We think it
will be interesting to many of you to know that certain Occultists have their own
theory regarding this matter, which while not widely known is still of the
greatest interest to earnest students of the scientific side of the subject. We allude
to what is known as "The Pineal Gland" theory.
The Pineal Gland is a small gland, cone-shaped, and of a reddish-gray color,
situated in the brain about the middle of the skull, nearly above the top of the
spinal column. It is a compact mass of nervous matter, containing a quantity of
what has been called "brain-sand," which is composed of very small particles of
gritty matter. The anatomists and physiologists confess their ignorance of the
function and purpose of the Pineal Gland, and it remains for the Occultists to
explain its real nature, which is the receiving and registering of the waves or
currents, or vibrations of thought and Will received from another person. This
Pineal Gland is, according to the Occultists, the receiving instrument for the
"wireless Mind Reading," and in fact it resembles the actual receiver of the
wireless telegraph in more than one respect.

THE FIRST STEPS.

In the first place, the student who is practicing the experiments given in
previous chapters, and who is making the demonstrations given there, will find
that at times he is able to do away with the physical contact. He will loosen his
hold upon the hand of the Transmitter, and at times will sever the contact
entirely, 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 all. He may be
almost unconscious of this fact, for the reason that he was so much immersed
and absorbed in his work that he did not have time to think of these details. At
other times he will find that even before he has made the physical contact with
the Transmitter, he will receive a flash of mental impression which will enable
him to proceed to the selected location, or object, at once.

DEMONSTRATIONS WITHOUT A TRANSMITTER.

These experiences will become so frequent and so strong that he may often (in
the cases of peculiarly sensitive people) perform the entire feat without the
physical contact of the Transmitter, and perhaps without any Transmitter at all.
In well developed cases the Receiver may perform the simple feats, and
sometimes some of the more complicated ones, merely by the aid of the
Concentrated Will of the audience.
We have known of cases in which a pocket-knife was the selected and hidden
object, and when the demonstrator would enter the room he would receive a
sudden mental impression of the word "knife," followed by the impression
"under the sofa-pillow," etc., and upon going to the designated spot the knife
would be found. Every person who carefully practices the demonstrations given
in this book will be able to add actual experiences of this kind, of his own, which
have been experienced by him during the course of his work.
In order to develop the ability to produce the Higher Phenomena, the best
course is for the student to frequently practice the demonstration and
experiments of Contact Mind Reading, as this will develop the receptive
faculties of the mind. Then the student may occasionally practice with a few
sympathetic and harmonious friends, endeavoring to reproduce the
demonstrations without physical contact.
 EXERCISES FOR DEVELOPMENT.

He may also try the experiment of having a friend hold a certain number of
small buttons, etc., in his hand, and endeavor to will that the student shall
"guess" the right number. Some people attain a surprising proficiency in this
work, almost from the first. A similar experiment with the pack of cards, the
student endeavoring to "guess" the card drawn from the pack, naming color, suit,
and number in turn, may afford successful results. A number of these
experiments may be thought of by an ingenious person, remembering always
that the "guess" is not a guess at all, but an attempt to register the mental
impression of the Transmitter.

REPRODUCING THE SPERRY FEATS.

The student may with great profit endeavor to reproduce the experiments of
the Sperry children related in Lesson II of this work, in our account of the
experiments of the Society for Psychical Research.

THE WILLING GAME.

The well-known "Willing Game" will afford you an opportunity to develop

this faculty of "wireless" Mind Reading. Your audience is seated in the room,
and you enter blindfolded. An object has been previously selected. You stand in
the centre of the room, and the audience wills "to the right"; then "forward"; then
"a little lower down," etc., etc., etc., until the object is found, just as was the case
when the Transmitter sends the impressions. The audience should Will only one
step at a time, and you should take that one step without thought of the
succeeding ones. The mind should be held as receptive as possible, that is "open"
to vibrations. Take your time, and do not let hurry or anxiety enter your mind. It
will be well to practice this experiment with members of your family, or with
harmonious and sympathetic friends.

LONG DISTANCE EXPERIMENTS.

Experiments of "wireless" Mind Reading or Telepathy may be tried between

friends at long distances, space apparently presenting no obstacle to the passage
of the thought waves. 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 experiments, and by having practiced Rhythmic
Breathing, as heretofore described. Have the Transmitter sit in his room at the
appointed time, gazing intently at some small simple object, such as a knife, a
glass, a cup, a book, etc., and endeavoring to make a clear mental picture of it,
which picture he should also Will to be reproduced in your mind. Remember he
should think of the looks or appearance of the object not merely of its name—he
should think of the shape, etc., of the book, instead of thinking the word "book."
At the same time you should sit quietly in your room, placing yourself in the
same passive, receptive mental attitude that you have acquired and practiced in
your Contact Mind Readings. Then wait patiently for impressions. After a while,
if successful, you will get the mental picture of a book, or whatever object was
thought of by the Transmitter. This experiment may be varied from time to time,
the principle being the same in all cases. It will be well for both the Transmitter
and the Receiver to keep a written record of the time of each experiment, and the
objects thought of. Several objects may be thought of at a sitting of say five
minutes apart, a careful record being kept by both parties of the time, and object,
so that a later comparison may show the result of the experiments. In case of the
two people being in different cities, they may mail each other copies of their
record for comparison.

THE "AUTOMATIC WRITING" EXPERIMENTS.

Another way of conducting experiments along the lines of the Higher

Phenomena of Mind Reading, is akin to the "Automatic Writing" known to all
students of Occultism. The Transmitter concentrates his thought and Will in the
usual manner, while the Receiver places himself in the usual receptive, passive
state of mind, and awaits the impressions. But instead of the Receiver merely
sitting as usual, he draws his chair to a table, having a soft pencil in his hand and
a pad of paper on the table before him. He holds the pencil lightly between his
fingers, with its point touching the paper—and then awaits impressions. Under
good conditions, after waiting a time the pencil will begin to twitch and move
feebly. The hands and fingers should allow it full and free motion. After a few
moments of indecision the pencil will often begin to write out words. In many
experiments the word, or object thought of by the Transmitter will be written
out, or drawn in full by the hand of the Receiver acting automatically. Some
experimenters succeed much better with this plan than with the more common
method.
 THE STEAD EXPERIMENTS.

Mr. W.T. Stead, the well-known London editor and investigator of Psychic
Phenomena, discovered this method while he was experimenting along the lines
of Automatic Writing from disembodied souls. He found that he was really
coming in contact with the thought-waves emanating from the minds of the
living, instead of the dead. He persisted in his experiments along these lines, and
after a time was able to write out full letters embodying the thoughts in the
minds of persons of his acquaintance, and others. Other investigators have
reproduced his experiments with marvelous results. There is a great field here,
awaiting investigation, and it may be that some of the students of this work are
destined to add to the scientific testimony on the subject. The above simple
directions are all that are necessary, in order to conduct this scientific
experiment.

RAPPORT CONDITIONS.

There is a great difference in the degrees of rapport existing between different

people, and as the degree of success depends upon the degree of rapport, it is of
the greatest importance that you find some person with whom you are in
harmonious vibration, in order to try these experiments in the Higher
Phenomena.
We will not burden the student with recitals of experiments to perform in this
Higher Phenomena demonstration. He may readily devise experiments for
himself, from the examples given in connection with the Contact Mind Reading.
The Transmitter may think of a card; an object; a name; a place; a scene; a
thought; a feeling, etc., etc., without limit. And it makes no difference in the
nature of the experiment or test, whether it be tried at long-range, or in the same
room, without contact. The feat is the same—the principle is the same.

THE BLACKBURN-SMITH EXPERIMENTS.

As a further suggestion to the student, we would refer him to Lesson II of this

work, to the report of the experiments with Mr. Smith and Mr. Blackburn. If you
will carefully read this report again, you will find a wealth of suggestions
regarding the forms of demonstrations. But, bless your hearts, the experiments
may be varied without end—the principle is the same in each case. The
underlying principle is that the Transmitter thinks intently upon the appearance
of the object or thing, or else upon the feeling connected with it if it be a feeling
instead of an object; and the Receiver endeavors to receive the impression. The
Transmitter manifests an Active Will to transmit the mental image, while the
Receiver assumes a passive, receptive desire to receive the impression. The one
is all Will—the other is all Desire.
Concluding this chapter on the Higher Phenomena of Mind Reading, 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 Reading, or
perhaps the simplest forms of the Higher Phenomena. Contact Mind Reading is
far more satisfactory to the average person, for its results are very constant
indeed, and comparatively little labor, time and trouble are necessary to make the
demonstrations. While on the contrary the results of the demonstrations of the
Higher Phenomena are less constant except in the cases of very highly developed
Receivers, working with Transmitters in almost perfect rapport and harmony.
Then the average experiments along the lines of the Higher Phenomena, some
days will prove highly successful, while other days will be almost barren of
result. In fact there seems to be a sort of spontaneous action in the production of
the Higher Phenomena, and the degree of success depends more or less upon
some conditions of the mental world, not as yet fully understood by science. But
to those who wish to push into the Unknown as far as they may do so, this field
of the Higher Phenomena of Mind Reading offers a fascination and attraction
difficult to express to those who have not experienced it.

FINIS.

Practical
Psychomancy and
Crystal Gazing
By
 WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON

A Series of Eleven Lessons on the Psychic; Phenomena

of Distant Sensing, Clairvoyance, Psychometry,
Crystal Gazing, etc.

PARTIAL SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS:

Scientific principles underlying Psychomancy. Sensing objects by the Astral Senses. Projection of the
Astral Body.
How to Develop Yourself. Development Methods. Concentration. Visualization. Psychometry. How to
use the Crystal and Mirror. General Instruction.
Simple and Space Psychomancy and their difference. Seeing Through Solid Objects. Seeing Down Into
the Earth. Diagnosis of Disease by Psychomancy.
The Astral Tube.
Psychometry. Five Methods.
Various forms of Crystal Gazing. Directions of "How to Do It," etc.
Astral Projection. What the Trained Experimentor may do.
Space Psychomancy. What may be accomplished by means of it.
Sensing the scenes, occurrences and objects of the Past, by Astral Vision.
Future Time Psychomancy. Future events casts their shadows before.
Dream Psychomancy. This lesson will explain many instances in your own experience.

This most interesting study is stated clearly, so that all may readily understand the fundamental principle
of Psychic communication.

P r i c e, C l o t h, 5 0 c e n t s
 TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
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publication.
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preserved as originally printed. These inconsistencies include:

Inconsistent hyphenation (postoffice/ post-office; mind reading/ mind-reading)

References on page 89 to the "Sperry" children refer to the "Creery" experiments mentioned on
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