Practical Mind Reading, Reading 1
Boring Books for Bedtime Readings to Help You Sleep
Sharon Handy
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2019
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Tonight, we relax our brains with a tediously detailed description of the not-at-all questionable science of mind-reading. It's all about the ether! No, really, it's science. It says so in this book.
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| 0:00.0 | Good evening and welcome to boring books for bedtime. I hope tonight's installment provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep for once. |
| 0:16.9 | So lie back, adjust your volume. |
| 0:21.1 | Take a nice deep breath. And off we go. |
| 0:25.0 | Before we begin, I'd like to give a special note of thanks to Jill Kew, our latest Patreon subscriber. |
| 0:35.0 | Jill, thank you so much for your support. |
| 0:38.0 | It's much appreciated. |
| 0:40.0 | Now let's get to the reading. |
| 0:42.0 | This evening we're reading something a little unusual. |
| 0:47.3 | It's practical mind reading by William Walker Atkinson, |
| 0:53.0 | a course of lessons on thought transference, telepathy, mental currents, |
| 1:00.0 | mental rapport, etc. |
| 1:03.0 | containing practical instruction, exercises, directions, etc. |
| 1:10.0 | capable of |
| 1:15.0 | average intelligence. |
| 1:18.0 | Published and sold by Advanced Thought Publishing Company, |
| 1:23.6 | 168 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, |
| 1:29.6 | 1907. |
| 1:31.6 | Let's begin. Lesson 1. The nature of mind reading. |
| 1:40.0 | Only a few years ago the general public was an almost total ignorance of the great truth of thought |
| 1:46.5 | transference, thought projection, telepathy, or mind reading. |
| 1:53.0 | It is true that here and there were to be found a few scientists |
| 1:58.0 | earnestly investigating and eagerly uncovering |
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