On a certain occasion I mesmerized my subject
and directed him to go to such a well and measure accurately
the depth of the water. He did so and told to one fourth of an inch the depth of the water.
This was Independent Sight (Clairvoyance), because I did not
know anything in relation to the well. Now if I had known how deep the water
was and thought it, and the subject had described my thoughts and given the true depth, this would
be Thought Reading. If, however, I had taken him to the well and he upon seeing
the water or upon being reminded of it, should associate with
it the depth of another well he had actually measured in his waking state and
instead of giving the true depth, given that of the well, he measured
before he was mesmerized, this would be an answer on the principle of
association. This is another action of the mind under different circumstances. We have, therefore, given examples, proving to a demonstration
that there are such states of mind as Clairvoyant, Thought Reading and that
arising from association. That the mind sometimes acts in one
of these capacities and sometimes in another and is also governed at other
times by the principle of association. Now the difficulty in a
clairvoyant subject is this. The mesmerized mind is liable to be under the
partial control of all these conditions at the same time and
would describe an object, partly from actual independent sight, partly from
thought reading and partly from association.
PPQ
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