Ford Kross - Out of the Deep Freeze

OUT OF THE DEEP FREE ZE

One of the mo st valuable to o ls a wor ki ng mentalist c a n ha ve is the ability t o do a g ood co ld or p s yc hol o g ic a l reading. It is nece ssary to dist in guish carefully betwee n these two fi el ds al th o ug h whe n you're actually doing a reading t he t wo tend

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overlap. T he col d read i ng as it has been def ined is

taking a very broad general r e a d ing and watching your subject carefu Uy and pumping inf or mati on out of t he s ub jec t in t he c ourse of the r eading. 50 t ha t

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a ctually you a re doing more listeni ng a nd f e e db a c k t han you are doing t elli ng . The impressi on g even to the subject is t h at y ou h ave t old t he m everything; what has actually occurred is you ha ve ask ed m or e que stions than you have

answered.

But t he subject is left wi th t he imp re ssion t h at y o u are tr ul y a

man of miracJes, a wonder wor ker, a nd that he o r s he sa id nothing during the course of t h e entjre.eeadlng , The ps yc ho logical reading is g e nerall y d isti ng u is hed a s b e i ng a readi ng that is very broad, very general, not specific at aU but somethi ng that applies to just about everybody.

T h e se have been distinguis hed in the te x t in th e

past. I t e n d to :find that the best combination is ut ili zing both.

Starting oU

with some very bread ge n e r al s t a te m e n t s , once more the ps yc hological re a ding, a nd through methods w h ich I will describe la t e r i n t h is chapter, feeding b ac k information to the subject t h a t they ha ve asked you.

Some of

this informati on you have obta i ned s urre pt i t iousl y , som e of t h is info rm a tio n

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yo u d i rec t ly ask. But i n the co urs e of you r r e a d i ng t he fact th at you ask f or t he inf or m ati on is s o on Ior g o t t e n,

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fa ct

t hat you g;)ve

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inf ormat ion is long re mem bered. You wtu find the u ses of t he r e a ding t o b e m any. Mo st people who are inte r ested in . m e nt a lism will a t one t im e or anot h er a sk you to tell m y f ort un e, rea d m y card s, t ell me about my f u t ure .

Pe o pl e a r e much m o re

in t e res ted in t he m sel ve s t ha n an y t hing else in t h e world .

The y wou ld mu ch

rat he r h a ve y ou tell them t h e ir g r a ndmo tbe r's maid en name t h a n t he coJo r t he y ar e thinki n g of or word selec ted at ra n do m f rom an e n c yc lopedia or an ESP s y m bol or a n ything else. t hem sel ve s .

P eo pl e are ver y va in, they are inte res ted in

The y want t o he ar a b o ut the m sel ves; ev en m ore, t he y wa nt t o /'

he ar good a b out t h e m se lves.

Now we come t o a ver y impo rtan t p o in t. T here ar e t h ose who f eel t hat t he use o f m en talism a nd mag ica l pr inc iples f or pr iv a te r e a d in gs is w rong or unethical.

It is not my purpose t o d ispute t he se people at this p o i nt. I have

d is pute d with m any of you pers o naJl y but I fe eJ th at the pr i va te re a d er d oe s a val ua ble se r vic e t oyt he person f or whom he is g iving a re a d ing an d a valuabLe s er vi c e f or h im seJf in p roviding h imse Jf with a ve ry lu cra t lve i n c o m e.

Th er e

ar e certain et h ic s and mo rali ty t believe t h e pri va te rea der can h a ve, s ho uL d have, must have . T he se I will g o o n in to la te r on in t he chapter. Ho we ve r , f o r those o f you who are no t interested in p rivate reading th is may be u sed as an e n t e rtainm e nt m e di u m as some t hing to do i m pr o mpt u at the dr op o f a hat. You will fin d t ha t t he r eadi ng you wiJl do f or thr ee or f our min utes will be Jong re mem b er e d mu c h m ore Ulan your coin vani s h o r yo ur prod u ctjon o f

a cand le or an y of t he magical m iracJ e s you ha ve been

perfor m i ng for many yea rs . In t h e c ourse of t he years I have fo u n d f riends t o

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whom I ha ve shown s m all sim pl e m ental miracl e s, the reading being one of the mos t e sse nt ia l, a nd t he y h a ve all sa id, "Gee, you did some w o nd erf ul st uff but all the y re m e m b er was t ha t three minu te read ing that you gav e . Peo pl e w ho come to y ou or peopl e to whom you give a rea di n g are inter e sted, a, a s 1 said, in t he m s el ves, an d bas icall y o n ly three or f our other s ub je cts; Jove o r r o m a n c e, b, hea lt h , c , m one y, d, a n d ch ildren .

A n d once

m ore t he c h il dr e n w ill re vo l ve back to Jo ve, h eahh, ro m a nc e a nd money. You will f in d t ha t a s tut e obse rva tion o f t he pe ople w it h who m you ar e dealing will yield a g r e at d e al of inf orm ati o n. It is fairly ob viou s fr om a pers on's ha n ds .as . t o whethe r t he y do a gre at de al o f m anu a l la bor or a s t o w he t h er the y h ave led a ver y g e nt le a nd e a sy, p hy s icall y, lif e.

T he acco untant hands lo ok

en ti rely di ffe r en t t h a n t h e d itch digger . T he ir clot h e s a n d appearance shou ld y ie ld miriad clue s t o yo u, bo t h ve ry obv iou s ly a nd some m or e subtJ et y. Jt is a g ood ide a t o ge t an idea o f th e c os t o f clot he s so t hat you can te ll if t he gentleman is wearing a $4 00 suit or an $89 Rober t Hall s pe ci a l.

Various

jewel ry an d ins ig n ia is wo rn up on people th at t he y wea r constan t ly t e n d t o b e come f orgotten by, t he m a s p an of their w ardrobe.

If t he g entJ em an is

w e a ri ng a pin showing him t o be a member of some kind of a lod ge or organi zation, if he wears t h is on a r e gu lar bas is he p rob a b ly f or ge ts he w e ar s i t.

Ast ute obs erv at io n w ill a ll o w th e se t hi ngs to pro ve t o b e e xtr e m e l y

val uab le tools w hen u s e d pr operl y. Jew elr y, particul arly birthsto ne s, can give you an indication of som e bod y' s b irth date, a nd from t his a w hole e xp an s ion can be made int o a fi e ld o f ast r ol o g y. If, for exa m pl e, a p erson is w e ari ng a garnet ring, g ar n et happen s t o be th e bir t hs tone for J a n uar y.

Now if t h e

person is born in Januar y y ou know that pro ba bl y t he p erso n is eit h er a

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Caprico r n o r an Aquarius ..

A good k now ledge of as t ro logy is ex treme ly

he l pfu l.

Give him b a c k so m e o f t he int or m a ti on avai lab le in many o f t h e

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bibliography a t t he end. Lrp r o v l d e s you with t he bas is of t he biginnings of a ver y good r e a d ing . Gene rally, when a person comes t o you a n d as ks you f or a r e a d i n g they believe i n y our e ff ica c y o r ab ili ty to answer t he m , a part o f t he m is not sure.. And they ar e loo ki ng t o you f or so m e s ort of guidance o r help or to prove you a f r a u d . It is very quick ly e vi dent when t he y are putt i ng you on o r when t he y are seeking si ncere advice.

Be extremely ca r e fu l in t he a d vi ce you g ive.

Unless you are an att o rney or a do c tor do no t g ive lega l o r medi cal a d vi ce. Suggest that t he s e people consult proper counselo r s for t h is t ype of a d vice. You will find that men and women come t o you f or gene rall y differen t r e a son s , a lthou gh the y want the same answe r s. Women, although m y m ore li berated f e m a le f r ie n d s wi ll grimace and s cream at t h is , te nd to have Jo ve o n t he ir mind m o re than anything else.

A

woman, t hough she m