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Practical Pr actical Mind‑Reading Mind‑Reading A Course of Lessons on hought, ransference, elepathy, Mental, Currents, Mental Rapport, &c. Containing Practical Instruction, Exercises, Directions, etc., capable of being understood, mastered and demonstrated by any person of average intelligence
1907
William Walker Atkins tkinson on (1862–1932)
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Contents •
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L II. ………………………… T P M R.
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L III. ……………………………… “C” M R.
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Lesson I.
he Nature of Mind Reading.
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Practical Mind‑Reading , w z w . W D’ w Nw’; w M , Bw w, w — . E L’, F’, M’ Dw’ j .” T P. J “S P R.” T E , S W C, R S, B, E, w , : “W I w q w , I , w w . I w w w ; w w, I , thoughts and images may be transerred rom one mind to another without the agency o the recognized organs o sense— w w w z w. A q w , w w . I w w . I , w w — A. , B. . Bw w . W q , q w w B A. S q 4
he Nature of Mind Reading . A U w , w w w, w w q — .” P. C w : “I , w w w w w . T B L ( w M w ) . T , w w q w . R z w w w w w q, w w w ; w q. I w , w , w .” “A w , w, , . I w , . , . T 5
Practical Mind‑Reading w w . S , , w w w . L P’ w Z, . I w w w w , w C Lw. I E w‑w w I: ‘I w , , w ; .’ N N— w U. S, . w N, w , w , w . V w , w , w w ww.” C F, F , T M R, w w j: “W , , one mind can act at a distance upon another, without the habitual medium o words, or any other visible means o communication. I j w . T , , . T , ; P, N, O, S.” T “T , which transmits itsel aar like all movements o ether and 6
he Nature of Mind Reading becomes perceptible to brains in harmony with our own . T , , w , w , w w , , , .” W q w mind‑reading z, M S, j. I w w , , . S w , , “W” j, w “Hw.” T w w “w ,” w , j w . T “” w , w “” . T w , w j w . S ‑, w . T , w , . S W C, j q, . B, 7
Practical Mind‑Reading w M R. W w . T , w, w M w j R. B , w w , , , .
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Lesson II.
he Proofs of Mind Reading.
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s e , w w M , , w w j w . B, , w w. N M R T w . N ’ w w w , w , w , “W, ’ j w I w ,” w . N w w w . A, w w . M w , , w w . T z, 9
Practical Mind‑Reading w q. T w “,” z., “S ,” “S w.” M w, , q , .., w j, , w . H w w w , w q , . W w w w, w . T w w . P M R ‑ E S P R. T S M R. S , w ‑w . W q , w , w . R, , w E— w , w w j, 10
he Proofs of Mind Reading w q. T E S. he Creery Experiments. O E S w R. A. M. C, D, E. T w R. M. C w . H w w “w ,” w 0, j , w w j, M R. T S: “W j ; w, , , , , ., . T . I , w . W w w w , w w w . I ; w . I w ’ j , w .” T S . T w , , , . T w M. 11
Practical Mind‑Reading C’ . H , w w w . T w , w w w . T w w w w . T : “O ‑ w w w, . B w w w w , , w .” T j , . I j , fve out o six . I . I , , . O w: “O w j , w w . T j w w . T w . W . I w j , w generally with the object selected. N w w j ; w w , w . F, w j w w w . I w w w w, , — w ; 12
he Proofs of Mind Reading — w ; w‑— w ; — w ,” ., . T S w : T ‑w w . I , , w , w 21 1, 51 1, 89 1, . I w j . I w “,” w , w but seven and one‑third ‑w . T w w: O , one hundred and twenty‑seven ; , fty‑six additional ; , nineteen additional— w w out o a possible three hundred and eighty‑two! O fve cards straight running w . T “” , Lw A, P, a million to one against the chance. A w , , w “ ”; , w w w eight straight consecutive successes w , w , w . I w 140,000,000 1, Lw A P. j w w w , U S. A w w w , “ ”!
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Practical Mind‑Reading T C P. B Sw, LL.D., Fw R S. T w: “I , w I w , ‑ w . T j w w . T ‑ w , w w . D j , , w , j w w . T w w w , , , w . T w w , w . T w . I w w . I , w , ‘B,’ ‘ T,’ ‘C,’ w w .” Sq w C , w w , M. F. W. H. M, C, E, q . T , , w w: M, 17; A, 15; M, 13. T M. M’ w w w. O w , , . O w “” . T , , w w , “,” “,” “” “,” w w w , . O ourteen straight running, consecutive successes. T w 4,782,969 1. W w S. T M R w M. G. A. S, E. A M. S, 14
he Proofs of Mind Reading G F w . I M. S , , w . A w , w w . R w w , M. D B, w M. S, w R. T , w , w M. S, w , w, , . T w w , M. S w , w . I ‑ w w , w w . wenty‑nine successes out o a possible thirty‑seven, remember . T , ., , , , w q. T w M. S , w; w w w . S w q, , , w . T w w w , S w w . O , , M. S’ w , , 15
Practical Mind‑Reading ‑ , w w . And under these extraordinary conditions he reproduced the fgures with his usual success. W , , . B w . A, , — M R . B w , w , w z w M R.
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Lesson III.
“Contact” Mind Reading.
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ind Reading w , z., “C” M R “” M R. T , “C” M R, w ( ) R ( ) , ‑w, ‑, ( ). T , “” M R, “w,” “,” “,” “” R , ( ) w “w” w . Y w w w , .., “w” “w” . T w w j, j M R . 17
Practical Mind‑Reading W — C M R, . A , C M R . O , j w “w” , w w . A w w , j j, ‑ C M R. I , w C M R , ‑ . T , , , “” . A w M R , w w “M R.” I w, , , w , , , , w , w j w . B , w C M R . T w w 18
“Contact” Mind Reading “” w w . T , “” , w w “,” “ ” . A w w , w w C M R : O , w w w , w , w “ ” w . T , w , , j w . T w w , , w “” . T w w R w , . W w . T , . A w w. B , w . A w w . T , Will , w w . W 19
Practical Mind‑Reading R, , . T R , , , w w , w. T w C M R. I “N R” , not M R. T , , w w ‑ . I ‑, w , , . T w , w “” . T w w , “ ” , . A , w . T C M R w , ; w ’ , , . B , w w w , w . B, w , “ ” w . T w w w j, M R, w . H w w , w 20
“Contact” Mind Reading w . H w w w j, . H w j drawing him like a magnet , . H w , , C A. T w , w w , w z w w w . A, , w j j “ ,” . H w w ’ w “” “j,” , w. H w w “ T” w, w w B H P, , w ; w w w , w w , w w . W w “ ” , . M w w‑w “C” M R w . O , , , . A , , w 21
Practical Mind‑Reading w w C M R j. S “” , , w . B w , M R, , “ ” w j. A w w w w w w , j . A w w , w w. Hw, , w j w , w , w w w w w , w w , w , w. T , . T w , w C M R. S 22
“Contact” Mind Reading w , w . A , , C M R , . A , w ; w w , q . A , w w. M R W C , R P R. W w w R ( P M R) ( ). A w , w . B w , w, , w. T R , , rapport .
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Lesson IV.
Development Exercises.
he student w w , , , ww w w. B w , w “ ” , ., w w ‑ , w, w ‑ ww. B D E w w , w j. D w , w, w. S R . B P H, R, w 25
Practical Mind‑Reading R B. A w j, w, . T “R” q w . T w W “R; ; ; .” I : “ w ,” w w, w w , , ; , . T “ ” w , z, . T w . W w “” w , w , w w. H M R. R B w j P P, R R P O. R B w . I q w , , , . F , w w, : “—w——.” T , “—w.” T w: “— w——.” T w 26
Development Exercises , ‑ ‑ . T . T ‑ ‑, . T R B w w w w , R, w — . T w w . F R B w . I , w , w , ‑ w. B w , R B. S , w . B w R B, w , . Y w w , , q , w w M R. W R B R C w w , , . O , w w — , . I w w , w . T R C. 27
Practical Mind‑Reading General Directions. T q M R q, , , direction . T q concentrate his will R, Sense o Direction w w W . R w . B , you being blindolded. H , . T , . T L H w R H, . H , j . I will , , concentrating A j W. H M P , Direction , j w w w w . H “T C”— “Tere!” D. H will go there , w “Go Tere!” . Y, R, passive receptive , w W , w directed led W . H A , P. I W, R . 28
Development Exercises K , , P , w . Y , . S q w, w , w : “Go there; go there, I say!” w willing w . A w w, w w. O , w w . T “ .” W w, w w , w w . D w , . A w, , w , w compelled , w w w . Y w Will Pj, w w . I w , w . Fw , w , “T w— w—, w this way ,” w , w w : “T’ — w — .” I w w w : “ Tis way—this way , I ,” w w w w w , w 29
Practical Mind‑Reading w “ B,” . W w w , “R, ”; w w w , “N, , w— Tis way , I , , come!” B w q ‑w, w . P w w , , . Y w q w C . S w C w , w w w . T C w . I w w , w C, ; . T w w . W z w , w , Will‑Power . T w W‑w, w . I , w Pj, . I w , W , w . I , . B — w w 30
Development Exercises q . A w . I , w . T w looking w , w W Pw. P , , w , . D , “ ,” . I ——, . I , j . D , . W w . Y ’ ’ , . S , . T , , , . Practice Exercise I. Finding Locations. A w , , , , ww, , j, . , w w . I , , ., , , w . Y , w , 31
Practical Mind‑Reading , . D’ w — w . Practice Exercise II. Finding Large Obects. T j , , , . P . D w , j . Y w z , ., w w j, , , , . I w . C , j w, w . Practice Exercise III. Finding Small Obects. A , , , , ., , ‑, . P , j , w M R . Practice Exercise IV. Finding Hidden Articles. A , j, w‑, ‑, ., , . P , j. Y 32
Development Exercises , , . H , , , . L w j. I j “”; “w”; “ ”; “ ,” ., j “ w.” A . T w w j ’ , . General Remarks on Practice. T w , . M “M R” w w . B w . T w w , ., w w , P z w , w . T w w , w, w, . I j, . T ; , , j . T w w j , 33
Practical Mind‑Reading , w w . Preparing for Public Work. B w w , w . T w, . T w. Y w , , z w w. A M R . I w , w “” w . A w , M M R, w w, w w , . A, w w , , w w , , w , . I , w , ‑ , w , w , ., z w .
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Simple Demonstrations.
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Practical Mind‑Reading w I Willing . I W , I ; W I , I . T, . I , j . I w w .” Choosing the ransmitter. T w , w j , . W , . I w w , . T w , , . I , , w , w w w . S w w, w , W . I , , , . Y , ; , , w . Instructing the ransmitter. Y , , , . . direction , concentrate his will , w his ability to concentrate his Mind and Will upon the task. Y ‑w , , w . M . W 36
Simple Demonstrations W, w w , , “C, w—harder — — Will ,” w . Y strength o his Will . Beginning the est. T, , , , , . T w , , , w. I w w . S w , w . T . I w mental urge, . H w pull , , push , . , q z , , . I w j w , , w w j w . B z , . A w . Y w , w . T w w w, w ’. W w , , . O , w , ., w 37
Practical Mind‑Reading , , . Finding a Location. Demonstration I. B , w . T , , . Finding a Person. Demonstration II. H , . F . T , , “ .” Y w w w drawing back , w w w w urging orward . A w . T w . I w , w “Wrong ”; w , , , w . W , w “A R,” w W , w w . Y . Finding a Small Obect. Demonstration III. H j . T . T . B , “ w,” j 38
Simple Demonstrations w, w w w. I w, w . W , w “ ” . T w. I w , j. B , w downward , w w. T w ollow the line o the least mental resistance. Y w w w , w w w . L , , w j . Finding a Book. Demonstration IV. H , j . T w , w . he Floral ribute. Demonstration V. T w “T F .” I q w . T , w w w w. Y , , w . T , q, , w w. O , w. (S D II, , w .) 39
Practical Mind‑Reading he Reunited Couple. Demonstration VI. T w “T R C! I w , w. , . T . , w w . T , w . . “ P; “ G j “ B:· . T . . . B, w , D II. he Hidden Jeelry. Demonstration VII. H . ‑, . ., . T . T D II, D III, , D II, j w D III. S D III, . he Discovered Course. Demonstration VIII. H w , w . H z , w w . T , “F C” .
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Simple Demonstrations Replacing the Pin. emonstration IX. T “R P,” w . H w , , w— . T ww w . T w , ’ , , ( ) w ; w w w . T “ ,” w .
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he heft Detected. emonstration X. T “T T.” H “ ,” jw, j “ .” T . R ; ; , . T , “F P,” “F ’Oj.”
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he Reconstructed ableau. Demonstration XI. T w “R .” I , . R ; ; . T w , . A w w . 41
Practical Mind‑Reading he Murder and the Detective. Demonstration XII. T w “M D,” , w . I w: T “”; “ ”; j ; w . T “” “,” “” “,” w ( ) “” . T w “”; “w”; “,” “.” T w “ w,” , “ ” . Y w “F P,” “F Oj,” . he Returned Hats. Demonstration XIII. H , , , , , w, w . T . I , , “ .” T , w, , w j w —j w w w . Ow w w w. I w w , q w w— 42
Simple Demonstrations w “,” . he Lady And he Ring. Demonstration XIV. T . W , w . T , , — “ ” “ ” . I , . General Advice. I. W D F, ’ . I w w , , . N . II. N . W , j , , w . Y w , . III. W , , w , w , . Y “z” w , w w , w w . D w . IV. D w . Y 43
Practical Mind‑Reading , w— , w . . T w , w w , w w . About ransmitters. I. I w , C , W , . Y , w , , . Y w w , w C W . II. T , . I , , , ‑ . III. I C , , , . S : “P concentrate Mind , Will — M Spot— M E I — M W , — ,” . T w w , w . A Word of Warning. B , j — w; , . fnd 44
Simple Demonstrations w, w w. S “S A” w, , . A, , , w w . T . C w w , w . , , . T , , w , . P , M R , , w , w. Y , , , , w w w. U . he Wire Contact. A , w, R’ , ’ , . A w w w R. T w . A w “” 45
Practical Mind‑Reading w. S w w‑. hird Person Interposed. A w w R. P w M R , w . D O . (T L VI, , q w “S M” . I w.) W w C M R.
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Lesson VI.
Difficult Demonstrations.
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Discovering the Card. Demonstration I. S . T , 47
Practical Mind‑Reading , w , j where , position , . T ’ , ‑‑ , w w, . Y w w j; , . Y w tend to center . B . T w w . W w , . T w . Y w “N, !” w w, “T’ ” w , w , w w “R !” w . T w j , w “D D” “ ” w w , w w . he Checker Move. Demonstration II. T . H w . T . B , w w . T, , , . T w , w . T 48
Difficult Demonstrations . T w w , w w , “T” w w . T , , w . he Game of Cards. Demonstration III. S w “G .” w , w . H , w , . T , w , w . T , , . T , . T w , , . T w w , w w w, . T w . he Mapped‑Out rip. Demonstration IV. H , w w , w. T , , w w . T w w ‑ w , . T . 49
Practical Mind‑Reading he Pack of Cards. Demonstration V. T , q , w , , . I , w , w , w z w . T , . R , ’ , w , w . A , w weigh , , “” . H w “” w , w w w . W j w w — . W w . Y w w “” w “w” . Y w, , , “N,” j . I , “” w , w Will , w “ ” . D , . T “‑,” “,” “,” “‑‑‑”; “‑,” ., ., . T , w w . B w 50
Difficult Demonstrations , w , . H , z w , w . N w , , , q . I , , “S M” L. he Chosen Word in the Book. Demonstration VI. L , , w w w . I w w , . T , ‑, ‑, .— — — word . I w w w, . T . T , , ; w . T w , w . W , . I , w , . T , , , w w w. T, , w w , centre. T w . T w , w W w . T “” , 51
Practical Mind‑Reading — , w q w . D , , , w “ ” , w . I w , “S M” . B w . I , . Blackboard Demonstrations. T w w, ‑, , . I , , . I , , . Draing the Chosen Figure. Demonstration VII. H , . I Shape . F “” , Shape , w “.” T j w “ ” w . T , w w . T w, , : “Will Hard w—Will 52
Difficult Demonstrations Direction ,” w “R,” “L,” “Dw,” , w w w. B w , w . F . Y w , , ’ W w , w . L his Will w, w . O , w , w . Y q , . I . he Lady’s Age. Demonstration VII. T . A w , w . T , one fgure at a time during the drawing . he Bank Note est. Demonstration IX. A w , ‑ . I . B , w, , . he Watch Number est. Demonstration X. T w ’ w , w. 53
Practical Mind‑Reading he Geometrical Figure est. Demonstration XI. H , q, , , , ., w w j . H mentally draw it . A w w , , , . Draing Pictures. Demonstration XII. T w , , . T , , . P “ w .” he Hidden Name. Demonstration XIII. T w w , w, ., . Dw , w . he Underlying Rule. I “Dw D,” , .. Fw M R, W w . he “Simpler Method.” A w w “T M D F,” , 54
Difficult Demonstrations w , the tips o his fngers between your large knuckles and frst joints , ( w , ). T , j w w w, . H ‑ w w “ ,” “,” . T R , “P,” w w , , , ., , “ w” . Y z w , , , . I , w q w C M R, w w w “A W.” I , , , w Will , . B q w , . W w S F.
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Sensational Feats.
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n addition w, w, w , j M R, w w “S F.” T , . B w , w , . A w , . T S F , w: he Driving Feat. T , , , w . U , 57
Practical Mind‑Reading . T w , w , , w w. T , . T , w L M R. he Combination Lock Feat. T , w D F. I . I w , “” “” “” . O w . A w w, , , w , w w, “ ” . O , w “” “w” . he Office Detective Feat. I j , , . T , w , , 58
Sensational Feats , , , , ! j . D , w “” . I , w “” . he Postoffice Feat. A ‑, w ‑. R , w , w, ‑, w , . T , w , . he Fire‑Alarm Feat. T “ ” , w , w , ‑ , w w . S w , w, ‑, , w M R w, w . B “ ” , w .
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Practical Mind‑Reading Variations. W “S ,” , , “” . I w , z , j j . T . A . “Fake Demonstrations” Exposed. I , w w w ‑ “M R” w ‑ M R w w . T j “‑” w “M R” . O ‑ ‑ j, w z. T w w “M R” j. Y w w w q , w w, w, . O ‑‑, , . P w q w, , . W , w. B w w , 60
Sensational Feats M R w . T , w, w . T w q w w w . I w w , w “L” w w .
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Lesson VIII.
Higher Phenomena.
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Practical Mind‑Reading w w . W w w O w , w w w w j. W w w “T P G” . T P G , ‑, ‑ , , . I , q w “‑,” w . T P G, O , w w , W . T P G , O, “w M R,” w . he First Steps. I , w , w , w w w . H w , w , w z w . H , w w . A w w , w 64
Higher Phenomena w w , j, . Demonstrations Without A ransmitter. T w q ( ) w , w . I w R , , C W . W w w ‑ w j, w w w w “,” w “ ‑w,” ., w . E P w w , w, w w. I H P, q C M R, w . T w w , w . Exercises for Development. H , ., , will “” . S w, . A w , “” w , 65
Practical Mind‑Reading , , , . A , w “” , . Reproducing he Sperry Feats. T w S L II w, S P R. he Willing Game. T w‑w “W G” w “w” M R. Y , . A j . Y , w “ ”; “w”; “ w w,” ., ., ., j , j w w . T W only one step at a time , w . T , “” . , . I w w w , w . Long Distance Experiments. E “w” M R w , w. P w w rapport C M R , 66
Higher Phenomena R B, . H , z j, , , , , ., a clear mental picture o it , w Will . R j — , ., , w “.” A q , , q C M R. T w . A w, , w mental picture , w j w . T , . I w w R w , j . S j , , j, w . I w , . he “Automatic Writing” Experiments. A w H P M R, “A W” w O. T W , w R , , w . B R , w , . H w , w w . U 67
Practical Mind‑Reading , w w w . T w . A w w w w. I the word, or object thought o by the ransmitter will be written out, or drawn in ull by the hand o the Receiver . S w w . he Stead Experiments. M. W. . S, w‑w L P P, w w A W . H w w ‑w , . H , w w q, . O w . T , w , w j. T , . Rapport Conditions T w , , w w , H P. W w w H P . H 68
Higher Phenomena , w C M R. T ; j; ; ; ; ; , ., ., w . A , w ‑, , w . T , . he Blackburn‑Smith Experiments. A , w w L II w, w M. S M. B. I w , w w . B, , w — . T j , w j; R . T A Will , w R , desire . T Will Desire. C H P M R, w w w w C M R, H P. C M R , , , . W H P R, w w rapport . T 69
Practical Mind‑Reading H P, w , w w . I H P, conditions w, . B w w Uw , H P M R w . Finis.
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