DEMONSTRATION I. Spread a number of cards over the table. Then retiring
from the room, have the audience select one card of the number, which
the Transmitter must be sure to remember distinctly--that is the
Transmitter should remember just _where_ the card is, the _position_
being the important feature, rather than the name of the card. Then
taking the Transmitter's hand as above described, you should move your
right hand to-and-fro over the table, moving it backward and forward,
and in circles. You will soon find that this feat closely resembles the
one of the last chapter in which you find small objects; the pin hole,
etc. You will soon find that the impressions _tend to centre_ over a
certain spot on the table. Begin to lessen your circles and hand
movements until you gradually centre over this spot. Then slowly lower
your fingers until you touch the card resting on the said spot, when you
will be sure that you are right, when you must pick up the card and
exhibit it to the audience. The same indications mentioned in the feats
of the last chapter will be felt by you. You will feel the "No, no!"
impression when you are wrong, and the "That's right" impression when
you are moving in the right direction, until at last you will distinctly
feel the relaxation of the mental urge, which you will have learned to
translate into "Right you are!" when you finally touch the right card.
This feat is really no more difficult than the one in which the small
object is found, and we have included it in the list of "Difficult
Demonstrations" simply because it is practically a "connecting link"
between the two classes of demonstration, as you will see as we proceed.