olours Chosen at Random

_Chosen_ _1st Guess_ _2nd Guess_

Bright red. Bright red. ....
Bright green. Light green. ....
Yellow. Dark blue. Yellow.
Bright yellow. Bright yellow. ....
Dark red. Blue. Dark red.
Dark blue. Orange. Dark blue.
Orange. Green. Heliotrope.

In 1895 Mr. Henry G. Rawson published a paper on the subject,
in which he narrated his success in transferring the diagrams
of objects. Tracings of these are given herewith. (O = original
and R = reproduction.) Further comment is hardly necessary.

[Illustration: Diagram Illustrative of Thought-Transference]

He also tried a number of experiments in naming cards drawn at random
from the pack (where the chance is always 51 to 1 of being correct, and
the chance of being correct a number of times in succession is
inconceivably great) and he attained the following results, among
others:

_Card Chosen_ _Card Guessed_

5 of Hearts. 7 of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds.
8 of Hearts. 8 of Hearts.
10 of Clubs. 9 of Clubs, 10 of Clubs.
Jack of Diamonds. Jack of Diamonds.
5 of Spades. 7 of Spades, 5 of Spades.
2 of Clubs. 2 of Diamonds, 2 of Clubs.
Queen of Hearts. Queen of Hearts.
5 of Diamonds. 9 of Diamonds, 5 of Diamonds.
Ace of Diamonds. Ace of Diamonds.
Ace of Hearts. Ace of Hearts.
Ace of Clubs. Ace of Clubs.
King of Spades. King of Diamonds, King of Spades.

Again, it is useless to say that such results are attributable to
chance. The good standing of the participants places their good faith
beyond question; all normal means of communication were prevented. How
are we to account for such facts--short of invoking some sort of mental
interaction, through other than the ordinary channels of sense?

But these were experiments conducted in the normal state. Equally and
even more interesting and conclusive results were obtained when the
subject was placed under hypnotism. Of these, the most conclusive
experiments were those conducted by Mrs. Sidgwick and Miss Alice
Johnson. Put to the law of chance, it was shown that such coincidences
were many hundreds, not to say thousands, of times more numerous than
chance could account for. Then, again, we have the experiments at a
great distance, in which Dr. Pierre Janet willed a patient of his to