Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-01-29
MIND READING.

ing" l also purpesepr that there
is in reality suchra thing as true
mind reading" devoid of any trickery.
Also that--2 mind reading proper is
very limited in its scope and can sell
dom be relied upon under test condi-
tons; also that public. mind readers"
as rule, are takers
True mind reading is exactly what
the term Signifies viz, reading the
mind. This is limited to word or,
now and then, a sentence To-say
that person can read another's mind
as they can1read an open book is the
height of absurdity. .,..4,--,.
All professional mind CD readers
that dependsjRa=ttthe4 east.-ah nhysieaf
contact are, lacking a better term,
"'muse1e readers. This does not
mean that they read the, muscle but
that they are guided by the uneon-
scious muscular action in the intprpre
tation of thought. = -
will give, herewith, two lillustra-
lions of genuine mind 'readfng";; not
genuine because they are from my
oNn experience but because they con-
form &c the rule for the test / do
not hesitate to say that Iscannot al
ways command the. ecessafy condi-
tons.
q Twenty six Years ago during
conversation on the wonderful possf;
bilities of the human mind, I remarked
to little group of interested friends
that, under certain conditions not nee
essarfy abnormal lone could become
sufficiently passive to a positive mind
to read the ',Inspoken word or words
without coming in cphyaca contsx>t
with the one. 9ne concentrating the mind nd
thereon.
No sooner had l given (lutterahce to
the thought. than1 was impressed to
make the experiment. Acting upon
the Impulse, + Asked one of1he group.
te.thinkci1ltentiy7 5a.twords She said
Il have it ~ Immediately answered
so have I.
Naming the word at once and cor:
rectly, I was of course, informed that
I had guessed It. T'tfieri7 requested the
Young lady to- think Of another word -
a very difficult or unusual. one, She
said, Il have it." I Immediately an
swered, So have r. Not only the
ereI sbnt. 10th aof1thenk 1SYoua chose "a
word, but changed your mind and took,
another 1 then gave the words.
4aShe said that Tcwas right, dat willie
still skeptieaI- also were.1oIhers
present 1she-could hardly: attribute it.
to guessing: Not, stopping to investf-,
gate3 the matter she ,saNFa''1- hardly
kneaw:awhat to1.thinstpf its bqtgI ,hHews
what to think of him-he's a WITCH.
And out of my presence She darted' 49, -
-Iet Ys!eohsideE this a. momenta7 Had
she given me but one more test. !
would haIe fafied.1A WHY? Because
I1Mas AWAKE that III had reached The
limit, feE5 that7HaEtieAlsr 7tiBei he, sshes
limit Of Rassiyity,. ! had ceased TO Aref
main sdficIeht1y passive to receive. the
impress o4dHerotHought! Hn#illobe fe,'
imembered7 that the moment she decid-
ed upon the Lworrid Z TOO q ffad IT.. 9The
thonght; Is alrhest If mot wholly stimuli.
italnesQnsf therefore st is aot IS mattere Of
guessing. but of knowing. The mo-,
;f'esn nt ySod have to stop to think it be
comes gltsss werka2 ssH Oak sot33 .sj:s
! This his was ::ansihd- readirgflpste and.
simple. Yes simple, for had an eff
fort been made 9 could net have besn
Wien xisss6r iHa alg6S vas a asked if It
wassnoe@eFy afaeuls deob@iffte poetry
he geplied,!s.:No, lids very easJsor:imal
possible So with Smindi, reading. r
-t25 A'gentIeman possessed OF UNUSUAL
psychic power 7eSHedi one hight on my
roommate taEd1anyseif; saying ehave
something interesting yet quite sad
that I " aRtote. {elicyoH about Afriend
of mine, whom YOU both kppY. is, in
trouble. FITS motive; was vas not lot wrong oI
butowereohis act fto becoines known it|I
wegld7Eesplt ia-laadirg him behind the
bars III relate the incident. but will
not mention his name lest qpfntention- !
ally: ore fHafVer#ehtlyc you might speak
Of Tin .aephectf oI1withst this inoident
and thus get him in 'tgo4bleti1 " |
Twas dtifte DESTROYS of knowing, the !
name of the young nah 3 Please obpf
serve that 1 say DESTROYS, not anxious |
Whysd1 Beaaase 'aik<stt s1N5uE defeat |
the very esA iAFieHs sAaWaE YyaJd I
hass afSgss s ny :RRRisctiys 5 Raipd to Il
instsa1s sof a-hegattve eon9seieh ,t{Y4y1ft
cam nla .s snssesa1 !liiinRses aims Mpehs
a positive r msntai Go9diti9p;;, the Sgipd +,
must pe d&egaase 9fhha ofsGff s u, ffe eiyf
hstAersfaEe, Reaapai kASsifa4 5s,nxn..
ing fgsi wai Us .sstt ss aJtd get TIE Pa 9ReS
as SOON as ne -dwelt, upon it again. !
Bpta few 1afomehts delkesed5 when
infeEm e. Z hiEt7ithat u cesld snaha-shesE
yoEa a, = sPf as tse, d 9ll4wlRg sd;
sNou eahnss pssssbns AeRs'yssrssa bf
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