this:  While there is no distinction of space in true telepathy, still in experiments such as I shall now describe, the physical nearness of the projector enables him to concentrate more forcibly, and also gives confidence to the new beginner in receiving mind-currents.  The benefit is solely that of the psychological effect upon the minds of the two persons, and has nothing to do with the actual power of the telepathic waves.  It is much easier for a person to concentrate his thought and will upon a person in actual physical sight before him, than upon one out of sight.  And, likewise, the recipient finds himself more confident and at ease when in the actual physical of the person sending the thoughts and will power.  That is all there is to it.  When the persons have acquired familiarity with projecting and receiving, then this obstacle is overcome, and long distances have no terror for them.

The best way for the student to start in on this class of mind-reading, is for him to experiment occasionally while performing his physical contact mind-reading experiments.  For instance, while engaged in searching for an object let him disengage his hand from that of the projector for a moment or so, and then endeavor to receive the impressions without contact. (This should be done only in private experiments, not in public ones.) He will soon discover that he is receiving thought impulses in spite of the lack of physical contact—­faint, perhaps, but still perceptible.  A little practice of this kind will soon convince him that he is receiving the mental currents direct from brain to brain.  This effect will be increased if he arranges to have several persons concentrate their thoughts and will power upon him during the experiment.  From this stage, he will gradually develop into the stage of the Willing Game.

The Willing Game, quite popular in some circles, is played by one person (usually blind-folded) being brought into the room in which a number of persons have previously agreed upon some object to be found by him, they concentrating their thought firmly upon the object.  The audience should be taught to not only to think but also to actively “will” the progress of the recipient from the start to the finish of the hunt.  They should “will” him along each step of his journey, and then “will” his hand to the object itself wherever it be hidden.

An adept in the receiving end of the Willing Game will be able to perform all the experiments that I have just pointed out to you in the contact mind-reading class.  In the Willing Game, you must remember that there is no taking hold of hands or any other form of physical contact between projector and recipient.  The transmission of the mental currents must be direct, from brain to brain.  Otherwise, the two classes of experiments are almost identical.  There is the same “willing” toward the object on the part of the projectors, and the same passive obedience of the recipient.  All the difference is that the current now passes over the ether of space, as in the case of the wireless message, instead of over the wires of the nervous system of the two persons.