Practical Mind Reading — William Walker Atkinson — 1923

In Practical Mind Reading, William Walker Atkinson surveys the methods, theories, and performance practices historically associated with thought reading and mental transmission.

The book combines observations about attention, muscular cues, concentration, contact mind reading, and experiments intended for demonstrations or private study. It offers a revealing example of a period when popular psychology, stage mentalism, psychical research, and New Thought frequently overlapped.

Readers should approach the work as a historical manual of psychic experiment and performance culture rather than as established modern science.

Details
Author: William Walker Atkinson
Publication year: 1923
Length: 72 pages
Subjects: Mind reading, mentalism, thought transmission, concentration, and psychic experiment
Available formats: PDF and Physical Book