The Washington times., 1926-02-15
Open Forum
for the discission
PSYCHIC
PHENOMENA

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Forum u conducted for the open
discussion of psychic phenomena
from al angles and b. all degrees
Iof betseUers IL any of It's branches.
It's vagiOMs phases aUiu be dis-
GUESSED BIZ recognized authorities
and the public Is united to ask
questions, many of sUbick aOilL 90
tmays be submitted to the public
for G5issUe9s.
Mr.. Frank Vedder.
Contributing Editor,
Psychic Forum.
Washington Times.
am writing you because was
interested in your article about
te1epathy in The Times.
have had an unusual expert
ence in what appears to be along
the line OF telepathy. But in my
case. am the receiver and never
the sender.
some four or five years ago my
story opens. / seemed to be hav-
ing all kinds OF bad luck, and in
many instances I seemed to know
that such q thing would occur on
q certain day. This bothered me
very much and / often told people.
and the thing would happen. How
fIid know? I never could tell.
But 1t was always bad luck never
good. that knew beforehand.
Finally one night, in a dream.
i thongkk heard certain man
say i viii make her lose all her
friends. I WIN do thus and 90.
Over and over would dream the
things That were going 70 nappen
and If was always this same man.
THE things did happen as said,
until finally I was almost q ner-
vous wreck and obliged TO consult
a physician. 1t seemed this man
had 4 little scheme Of his own 20.
carry out and i was in his way.
4 knew nothing OF telepathy, sug-
Vestion nor any kind of psychic
phenomenal at that time. But Try,
ing to unrayel my own mysterious
problem I have searched IN every.
This is my solution. The man
was using the spoken word, as Wen
as mental suggestion. And me con-
centrated with such power ana sent
MS thoughts with such force. that
they were almost like living things
and would wake me up.
For months couldn't sleep. Tne
man was using the power at night.
Nv brain had been made so sensi-
tive that / actually got thoughts
that were not intended. he wanted
to break me down, but his thoughts
came to the conscious mind. No
body would believe me, so had
hard problem.
WIN you explain this strange,
unusual power in my case?
/ wish It would be possible 10
talk with you. find that doctors
do not understand. or else do not
want to enlighten the public. There
is no question, but l do get peo-
PIES thoughts, but it Is usually
people who concentrate and want
to either control my mind, or
merely enter the subconscions.
Respectfully,
Cdissl A. SULLIVAN.
Mr. Vedder's Explanation
This seems to be case Of pre-
vision rather than telepathy as the
lady states she had foreknowledge
% coming events; these impressions
seem to have grown into veritable
obscession. Probably the mind was
In too negative condition at the be-
ginning of this trouble, too recep-
five to these strange impressions.
We all have such impressions and 1t
is only by resisting them that we
maintain our sanity. When a case
Ike this has run a long time it is
very difficult sometimes to retrace
the path by which one has come.
II is much easier to give advice in
cases OF his kind than to take it
hut a determination not to yield to
them and persistence in It will
often helD a great deal.
II would be necessary to make a
study of this case before it would
re possible to arrive at any~opinion
as to the cause. A physician with
some knowledge OF psychical re-
search could probably cure this case
a number like this have been sue.
cessfully treated.
What is the cause Of telepathy is
not known. AS your correspond.
encef suggests. in some instances
IL NAV be due to spoken words that
are inaudible TO our ordinary active
mental states. In the Proceedings
nf the American Society for Psychi.
al Research. 1915. page s8s, 1t is
stated Of Margaret: "She possessed
form Of visual hyperaesthesia
which enabled her to make her way
W Tn ease about an almost COM
pietelv strange room so dark thai
could not have moved three stems
vithout getting into difficulties. Her
auditory hyperaesthesia was still
more extraordinary. SIZE could
hear at n feet the .icking Of n
watch which was audible 70 the