The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-01-09
UTILITY OF MENTAL TELEGRAPY

| fildll OF ltleSIdpl VI leiephohS Ndh
serve our purpose. 1t is under these
circumstances that you can test the
value and practicability of mental
| telegraphy"
| will cite two cases in my own ex-
| perience, each of them furnishing suf-
| ficient proof of its efficacy.
ID Thirty years ago | boarded
train in Detroit, Mich. my objective
point being Boston, Mass. Later in
the day a friend of mine left the same
place for a small town in Illinois.
After leaving st. Thomas on the
| Grand Trunk railroad in Canada it
| occurred to me that my friend in De
| trot should be in possession of certain
| facts of which he had 20 knowledge.
| | learned from the conductor that the
train, being an express, would not
make another stop until arriving at
the station opposite Buffalo.
AS that would be too late and as
| had no other alternative, | returned
to my seat and began to think intent
| ~ of the situation (too intently for
my own good and more intently than
| I should). Just as 1 was about to give
up in consequence of the apparent
| futilitv of my effort to reach my friend
with the necessary thought it occurred
| to me that the COMPANION accompany
| ing my friend to the train would be
| less preoccupied and the more easily
| impressed, therefore | held my
! thought on him to ask our friend a
| question, the nature of which would
put him on his guard. 1t was done
| instantly (as | afterward ascertained)
and the object was accomplished. 1t
is seedless to say that both parties
were greatly surprised, as the one
WHO propounded the question knew
nothing of the circumstance, but was
very much chagrined because of his
! apparent audacity, while the one who
was protected by the inquiry was
none the less puzzled at the apparent
knowledge of the one to whom he was
greatly indebted.
CD Many years ago a minister
with whom l had long been acquainted
| in Cleveland, O., said TO me on the
eve of his departure, Il am going
West. but do not know where | will
be assigned. In case we should lose
track of each other for time you
would better give me your permanent
address"
This | did. Eight years elapsed ere
a word passed between us. In tho
meantime | had left Cleveland but
had not changed my permanent mail
address. desired to communicate
with him, but this | could not do
through the ordinary channels of COM
munication-mail or telegraph-the
telephone was not then in use. Here
was an opportunity to test the Wire
less (mentaD telegraph.
| wrote a message to myself as com
| ing from him, the purport of which
was a desire (on his parD to open up
| correspondence. | held the note in
my hand, closed my eyes, focused my
mind on him, impressing him to write
| as | had mentally dictated This
| did in the presence of friend Ca
| skeptic) as witness. In less than five
minutes | received the mental assur-
ance that always comes from sue
cessful effort. | placed the copy-in
one sense, the original-on file.
About two weeks passed by when,
one day on the way TO luncheon | was
| impressed that his message was await
ing me. My impression was correct
all impressions are correct When
not correct they are not Impressions;
t. e. they do not come from the sub
| jeCtive mind.
Not only was the message there "a
postal card from California;, but it
was an exact copy. verbatim ct litera-
tim of that which / wrote
Scores of similar cases could be
cited, but these two will suffice to en-
| courage the earnest student in the fur.
Their study and development of men
tai telegraphy."
One word more When sending
message the greater success lies in
not arranging time ana place with the
| one to whom it is sent. | am we'll
aware the exact opposite is usually
taught, but it is not conducive to the
| best results
Passiyity is positively essential for
| the recipient. Very few persons can
command passivity under those condi-
| tions They note the time and then
begin to wonder if The message is be
ing sent and then wonder what it is.
and finally wonder why they do not
get it, The result is that when they
begin to wonder they become mentally
active and are therefore, in an I'M
receptive condition.
Again, when sending message do
not try to compel a person to do thus
and So but, instead, impel them; /. e..
impress them in such a way that the
desire to do seems 10 emanate wholly
from them, thus giving themselves the
credit.
Thought ransference.
There can be no mental teles