The Art of Tought Reading

By Joseph Dunninger

In this very hard to find book, world famous master mentalist Joseph Dunninger teaches the art and science of thought transference in 12 easy to follow lessons. He gives many examples of mind reading feats that he has practiced and performed time and time again in front of live audiences around the world and on television. He provides many exercises to train and sharpen the mind for greatest receptivity to the thoughts of others. This is a practical handbook suitable for anyone wishing to become proficient at the fascinating art of thought reading.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Stargatebook
• Release date: Nov 25, 2014
• ISBN: 9786050338553

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Twelve

You Too Can Read A Thought How To Become A Thought Reader

THOUGHT READING… WHAT IT REALLY IS – WHAT CHANCE HAVE YOU TO BECOME A READER OF THOUGHTS? – PRACTICE OF THOUGHT READING – OPPORTUNITY NOW UNLATCHES THE DOOR – PRINCIPLES AND RULES TO GUIDE THE STUDENT – TEMPERAMENT OF INDIVIDUALS – INTERPRETIVE AND ANALYTICAL POWERS – PATIENCE MORE THAN A VIRTUE – APPLICATION A MUST – PROJECTING A THOUGHT – READING A THOUGHT – RECEIVING A THOUGHT – WEAVING A PATTERN – BEAMED THOUGHTS ON MENTAL WINGS – NOTHING SUPERNATURAL – MENTALISTIC GYMNASTICS – DISTANCE NO OBSTACLE – SKEPTICISM VERSUS THE UNKNOWN – LATENT POWERS – PROGRESS – CONFUSING SCATTER – THOUGHTS – CHAOTIC PROJECTIONS – DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE UNBELIEVABLE – YOU TOO CAN READ THOUGHTS – RAPID STRIDES OF SCIENCE – PROJECTED THOUGHTS NEED NOT BE WRITTEN – MENTALIST’S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON SPECTATOR’S PROJECTION – ANY PERSON OF ORDINARY INTELLIGENCE CAN LEARN – HOW TO PROJECT – HOW TO RECEIVE THOUGHTS – AWAKENING SLUMBERING FACULTIES – ARE THESE STRANGE POWERS? – THERE ARE NO SO-CALLED OCCULT POWERS

Can I become a thought reader?

That is the question sure to crop up whenever mind reading, thought reading or telepathic experiments are discussed.

Of course you can… providing you are willing to study and devote time and patience in experimenting.

Yes, you too can learn to read thoughts.

You wouldn’t expect a person to seat himself at a piano and immediately, without years of study and practice, expertly play the classics, would you? Of course not. The same applies to thought reading. To read the projected thoughts from the mind of another, one must thoroughly understand the whys and wherefores of this study. Turn a deaf ear to the self-appointed critics who are jealous of the success of others.

Almost anyone, born with the qualities necessary to learn, can master the methods of communicating his or her thoughts to someone else. One must take into consideration the differences between the mental temperament of most people, as it depends chiefly upon the individual adaptability of the persons who are really serious in their desire to study thought reading.

Thought reading is the ability of one person to receive, interpret and analyze the projected thoughts of another.

One taking up this study must be ready to bind themselves to a hard taskmaster. Put forth every effort sincerely to master, from the written word and experience as you go along, the various methods and rules, and understand fully the natural laws involved in this art. There is no simple formula to follow, no short cuts to make the way easier, nor any hocus pocus about thought reading. You must apply yourself and have unlimited patience, devote many hours every day to experimenting, so that when you do master this work you receive your reward in being able to demonstrate successfully many tests that will prove startling as well as bewildering to your audiences.

The party projecting the thought must do so in all seriousness, aiding the thought reader in his receiving of that thought. It is a simple procedure but must be practiced time and again before any real semblance of success is forthcoming.

Persons are born who possess and have been gifted with various qualities which endow them with certain ability in their chosen lines of endeavor… and who study and adjust their minds as the years go on to the development of these certain faculties which others do not possess.

One man is a success in medicine, another in finance and so on. Whatever a person thinks himself best fitted for is the profession he should follow, but he must be taught and then allowed free swing in practicing whatever his life work is to be. He will make many errors as he wends his way along, but he will also rectify his mistakes, and become more and more expert in his line. The thought reader’s path is no different.

There is no illusion, or anything supernatural about thought reading. It is a study, a most exacting one. The mentalist, or thought reader, has developed his mind along channels of thought, far out of the beaten track. He is no different than the accomplished pianist, the artist who paints beautiful pictures, or the mathematical expert who makes figures do handsprings.

The thought reader, we might say, employs mentalistic gymnastics. He must possess quick judgment and the ability to bring immediately into use his well-developed imagination. His work is not the jugglery of the mountebank, nor is it based on any pretense of being aided by black magic or witch’s formula. He is a well-read, experienced student of the mind, its workings and the results one can sensationally and entertainingly obtain and present by combining mentalism with the unexpected.

There is considerable glamour and romance in the work of a thought reader, who also understands the fine points of both human nature and showmanship. Imagine the effect on an audience when the mentalist tune’s in on the mind of another person, he has never seen before, who may be across the stage or platform from him or many miles away. Thought reading recognizes no distance. When you become skilled in this work you will find it no more difficult a task to receive the projected thoughts of someone two thousand miles away, than if he were seated opposite you in your own den or living room.

And in passing allow me to warn you that when you meet up with the skeptic or the person who, on general principles scorns and ridicules everything, especially things of this type he does not understand, pass him by... don’t waste your own valuable time. You will meet up with the creature who knows it all and, jealous of your success, wants to challenge your ability… ignore him. He is usually some publicity-seeking ape and should be brushed aside.

Don’t try to convince doubters. When a person makes up his mind (or what he thinks is his mind), and lets his silly tongue drool words of criticism, waste no time on this type of poor misguided, self-centered and self-opinionated blow-hard.

The thought reader’s road is most difficult, and trying at times. But study and patience, together with continued experimenting, will bring its own reward.

Anyone under the proper conditions can impress upon the mind of some other thinking individual the mental images he thinks of, and if he projects to you a clear, vivid picture of his thought, you will receive his vibrations and assemble them into a pattern which clears the beamed thought in his mind.

We all have powers and faculties that have been idle and undeveloped, and in many cases never even been thought about. It is up to you to bring, by experimentation and application of your studies, these latent powers into working. This is all up to you. You must dig out the forgotten faculties you possess. Some people have never attempted to draw a picture, and upon trying are surprised at their own efforts. This holds true in the developing of a thought reader. How do you know you cannot do a thing until you have given it proper time, study and attention once you let your interest dwell on whatever you are thinking about?

Experimentation will teach you how to utilize sound and thought waves, mentalistically speaking. Emotional vibrations play an important part. When you are studying or carrying out an experiment, concentrate on a definite thought at all times… this avoids scatter-thoughts that confuse. If you are concentrating on one clear thought you are attempting to project to another person, clear your mind of everything, and dwell only on that one thought. Feel as if every nerve, fibre and brain cell in your body is sending that mental impression to the other party.

When you are ready to present your tests and brain puzzlers before an audience, remember that one-third of your spectators are present to be entertained and perhaps amazed; another third are present because they are deeply interested in the miracles-plus presented, and believe in you and your work. The remaining third are in your audience because they are curious, skeptical and maybe out and out scoffers. Don’t allow your audiences to master you… you are there to master them. Take your spectators as you find them, present your demonstrations and tests to the best of your ability, and