SELF-INDUCED TELEPATHY
by
William Oberfield
(The author explains, in his first paragraphs, that his purpose is to make some small contribution to methods in experimental telepathy, whereby many, persons will be able to acquire data for themselves. He does not know of any risk involved, but of course each experimenter assumes his own responsibility. We make this note on account of available space.)
I will tell exactly how I go about setting up favorable conditions. I lie down in a darkened room and close my eyes. Then I sensitize my eyes by placing a strain on them, by focusing them 'inward' as far as possible, or by pressure. After this I keep them closed but relaxed, and I see a shifting light and dark pattern. By concentrating upon this pattern it can be made clearer, preserved, and even controlled to some extent.
The exact mental state is hard to explain, but it might be called a semi-dream state in which thought is neither suppressed nor encouraged. It consists mainly in watching the light pattern and maintaining an awareness of it.
It may be a long time before anything unusual is seen, but when a picture begins to form, the light and dark patches change into the various parts of the scene. There are various fine adjustments of the mind, that I will not attempt to describe, that aid in the forming of these pictures.
Since one is likely to receive from any person, within an unknown distance, the results are not easy to check. I have received pictures that puzzled and some that shocked me, but only one have I ever found to check with an event made known to me afterward. This was a picture of a negro priest that came to me one Sunday evening; the next day the newspaper informed me that negroes were being baptized in the Ohio River at the time I received the picture. I think I received it from one of the spectators.
One reception that has puzzled me, is that I seemed to be looking through a square opening, somewhat like the frame of a picture, at a number of evenly spaced white crosses stuck into the ground. Each cross had three cross arms, that were curved downward at the ends, and rounded off. Starting from the top, each cross piece was a little longer, the bottom one being the longest. If anyone has information about this, I would be glad to hear from him.
The only explanation I can, think of, for the images, is that the shifting pattern conforms, at some point, with a scene that the sender is looking at, bringing the two minds into harmony.
W.O.
400 Ontario St., Wheeling, W. Vir.
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Note: The crosses conform to the Papal Cross (see dictionary for illustration) except for the down-turned tips of the arms. We hope readers will experiment along the lines indicated, and also try to direct the reception to specific places, scenes or persons. Let RR know the results. Ed.)