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Lesson 8
Practical Mindreading
William Walker Atkinson
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LESSON VIII.
HIGHER PHENOMENA.
IN 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
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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
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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 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 center of
the room, and the audience wills "to the right"; then "forward";
then "a little lower down," 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
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