Category Archives: TELEPATHY
16.1.6. TEST NUMBER SIX: THE CHOSEN BOOK
16.1.6. TEST NUMBER SIX: THE CHOSEN BOOK
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This is an advanced version of “picking the object.” In this case, the object is known in advance. It is a book, but the question is, which book? The test is worked in a room with a large or fair-sized bookcase. One volume is taken out and replaced during the demonstrator’s absence.
Working with a subject or transmitter who knows the book, the demonstrator runs his hand along the shelves and picks the right one, then continues back and forth along that row until he finds the chosen book. Again, the “hot” and “cold” process is involved, but it is more exacting than in other tests.
Some demonstrators let the group pick an actual page from the book and the demonstrator opens to that page and reads it. To keep this within bounds, it can be limited to the first page of a chapter. In that case, the demonstrator, after finding the book, can open to the contents page and run his finger down the list of chapters, pausing on each, until he gets an impulse.
Or he can thumb through to the start of each chapter, trying to sense “hot” or “cold” as with picking an object; then going back to certain chapters, according to the impulse gained from the person acting as transmitter.
Some expert demonstrators go to the extreme of having the group select any word on any page in the entire book. In that case, the demonstrator must work through the book page by page to get the right one; then line by line; and finally word by word.
This is a lengthy process, but when performed successfully it seemingly goes far beyond the limitations of the “muscle reading” theory.
16.1.5. TEST NUMBER FIVE: THE BLINDFOLD DRIVE
16.1.5. TEST NUMBER FIVE: THE BLINDFOLD DRIVE
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This was another of Bishop’s great demonstrations. He would drive through the streets blindfolded, with a horse and carriage, to some destination known only to a subject — or transmitter — who was riding with him. In recent years, people have done the same with automobiles, but they have had to use “trick” blindfolds through which they could actually see.
However, you can try this test yourself in a perfectly legitimate and safe manner. Suppose that you are taking a person somewhere in your car, and that he knows the way, but you don’t. Instead of having him tell you where to turn, how many blocks to go and so on, have him rest his hand on your shoulder or arm and keep thinking ahead, step by step. Often, you can pick up the impressions so perfectly that you can pull up in front of the exact house he has in mind.
This can be worked the other way around. With someone else driving the car and thinking of the route, you can sit beside him, resting your hand on his arm, and call the turns before he comes to them, sensing what is in his mind, without receiving an appreciable signal.
