As a further suggestion to the student, we would refer him to Lesson II
of this work, to the report of the experiments with Mr. Smith and Mr.
Blackburn. If you will carefully read this report again, you will find a
wealth of suggestions regarding the forms of demonstrations. But, bless
your hearts, the experiments may be varied without end--the principle is
the same in each case. The underlying principle is that the Transmitter
thinks intently upon the appearance of the object or thing, or else upon
the feeling connected with it if it be a feeling instead of an object;
and the Receiver endeavors to receive the impression. The Transmitter
manifests an Active _Will_ to transmit the mental image, while the
Receiver assumes a passive, receptive _desire_ to receive the
impression. The one is all _Will_--the other is all _Desire_.
Concluding this chapter on the Higher Phenomena of Mind Reading, we
would say to the students that very few of them will have the
perseverance to continue their experiments beyond the point of Contact
Mind Reading, or perhaps the simplest forms of the Higher Phenomena.
Contact Mind Reading is far more satisfactory to the average person, for
its results are very constant indeed, and comparatively little labor,
time and trouble are necessary to make the demonstrations. While on the
contrary the results of the demonstrations of the Higher Phenomena are
less constant except in the cases of very highly developed Receivers,
working with Transmitters in almost perfect _rapport_ and harmony. Then
the average experiments along the lines of the Higher Phenomena, some
days will prove highly successful, while other days will be almost
barren of result. In fact there seems to be a sort of spontaneous action
in the production of the Higher Phenomena, and the degree of success
depends more or less upon some _conditions_ of the mental world, not as
yet fully understood by science. But to those who wish to push into the
Unknown as far as they may do so, this field of the Higher Phenomena of
Mind Reading offers a fascination and attraction difficult to express to
those who have not experienced it.