The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-01-17
MIND READING. j:


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I purpose showing that there IL q
world Of difference between mind
reading and socalled "muscle-read-
Ing" / also purpose proving that there
Is In reality such thing as true
mind reading" devoid of any trickery.
Also that mind reading" proper IL
very limited in it's scope and can sell
dom be relied upon under test condi.
tons; also that public mind readers"
as q 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 can read an open book is the
height of absurdity.
All professional mind (?) readers
that depend, in the least, on physical
contact are, lacking better term,
, muscle readers" This does not
mean that they read the muscle but
that they are guided by the uncon-
scious muscular action in the interpre.
tation Of thought.
l will give, herewith, two illustra'
tons of genuine mind reading; not
genuine because they are from my
own experience but because they con-
form to the rule for the test. do
not hesitate to say that l cannot al
ways command the necessary condi-
tons.
Q) Twenty-six years, ago during q
conversation on the wonderful posi-
bilities of the human mind, l remarked
to little group of interested friends
that, under certain conditions not nee
essarily abnormal, one could become
sufficiently passive to positive mind
to read the unspoken word or words
without coming in physical contact
with the one concentrating the mind
thereon.
No sooner had I given utterance to
the thought than l was impressed to
make the experiment. Acting upon
the impulse, asked one Of the group
to think intently on word. She said,
II have it." l Immediately answered
so have I.
Naming the word at once and cor
rectly, was of course, informed that
Lhad guessed it. then requested the
young lady to think of another word
. very difficult or unusual one. She
3aid, Il have it." l Immediately an
swered, so have I. Not only the
one, but both of them. You chose a
word, but changed your mind and took
another" I then gave the words.
She said that I was right. but while
still skeptical-as also were others
present-she could hardly attribute it
to guessing. Not stopping to investi-
gate the matter she said, Il hardly
know what to think of it, but know
what to think of him-he's WITCH"
And out of my presence she darted.
Let us consider this moment Had
she given me but one more test I
would have failed. Why? Because
I was aware that I had reached the
limit for that particular time; /. e., the
limit of passivity. l had ceased to re-
main sufficiently passive to receive the
impress of her thought. 1t will be re-
membered that the moment. she decid-
ed upon the word too had it. The
thought is almost If not wholly stimuli.
taneous; therefore it is not matter Of
guessing. but of knowing. The mo-
nent you have to stop to think it be-
comes guesswork.
This was mind reading" pure and
simple. Yes, simple, for had m ef-
fort been made it could not have been
done.
When Victor Hugo was askeA If It
was not very difficult to write poetry,
he replied, mo, it is very easy CT i'm
possible" So with mind realtss."
(2) A gentleman possessed Of unusual
psychic power called one night "a my
roommate and myself, saying, X have
something Interesting yet q,.'1~ sad
that want to tell you about. A friend
of mine, whom you both know. IS in
trouble. His motive was not Wrong,
but were his act to become kssoWn 1t
would result in landing him beb'r1 the
bars. I'll relate the incident, h.. will
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ally or inadvertently you nigh: speak
of it in connection with this Incident
and thus get him in trouble"
was quite DESTROYS of knowing the
name of the young man. Pleas< OBJ
serve that say DESTROYS, not anxsus.
Why? Because anxiety would ttSreat
the very end in view. Anxiety wGuld
have aroused my objective mla*: to
such an extent as to produce pos:i!ve
instead of negative condition: You
can't make mental impression SION
positive mental condition; the u9nd
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I, therefore, became passive, kn6w.
ing full well that could get the name
as soon as he dwelt upon 1t agx5n.
But a few moments. elapsed wher I
Informed him that l could name re
young man. At that the following c:l-
loquy took place:
you cannot possibly do it,
Il have SIS that says I can.
Il know you are good tmind-read-
err but SO am 1, and know you %se
wrong so it would not besrlght to take
your money" 1<z T.
"You cant rightfully take my money,
for am .mind-rea1e-' enough to krcm
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