The mysteries of the head and the heart explained : including an improved system of phrenology, a new theory of the emotions, and an explanation of the mysteries of mesmerism, trance, mind-reading, and the spirit delusion (1875)
Grimes, J. Stanley (James Stanley), 1807-1903, Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · Chicago : W.B. Keen, Cooke & Co. · leaf 327
e hiding place, uncon-sciously exerts upon hib hand a slight degree of imper-ceptible volition, which the mind reader perceives, andby which he is guided to the place; and this is the rea-son why the experiment fails when thoughtless orunfairly skeptical persons act as guides. This explana-tion is… … Mind Reading. II HAD AND HEART UNBALANCED. 297 Brown, he had no doubt that the explanation jastgivenis essentially the true one. But, in justice to Mr.Brown, it must be stated that hundreds of persons, ofall professions and grades of intelligence, who havehad the same opportunities of investigation…
Phrenology · Mesmerism · Spiritualism
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