"People will pick up on energy in ads, not words in ads," she continued. "They'll respond, or not, based on what they feel from ad."

That was probably my introduction to "Energy Marketing" or what I now call "Mental Science Marketing." I've since met several people who practice this unusual new form of marketing.

Sandra Zimmer, for example, runs Self Expression Center in Houston. One day she and I were having lunch and talking about marketing. I told her I remember seeing her ads years ago, and that they seemed to have a halo around them.

"I put that there," she said.

"How?" I asked.

"I meditate on ad I'm about to run and infuse it with my energy," she said. "When ad comes out, only those people who pick up on energy in ad will call me."

Since Sandra has been running a thriving business for many years now, I'd say her method works.

Two years ago I began seeing ads run by a healer named Ann Taylor Harcus. Those ads had same border of invisible light around them. When I called Ann first time, I said, "Your ads are charged!"

She knew exactly what I was talking about.

"I put my energy into those ads," she told me. "I sit in silence and consciously send my energy into them. I am charging them so they magnetically attract people who need me most."

Considering Ann has now worked with well over 100,000 people, I'd say her method is working, too.

A month or so ago I was interviewed by Terri Levine, of www.comprehensivecoachingu.com. She had read my latest book, "Spiritual Marketing," and wanted to know how someone "charges an ad" with magnetic power. It was first time anyone had asked me that question.

"Well, I simply intend for ad to pull perfect clients to me," I began. "I know that intention rules earth. So I simply decide to add my energy to ad and program it to bring me results I want."

I could tell I needed to explain myself further.

"Think of it as Mental Science Marketing," I went on. "There's a whole school of thought that says you can heal anything by tuning in to underlying perfection in life. Well, why not heal a business in same way?"

Before my "Spiritual Marketing" book became a #1 bestseller at amazon last June, I may have been reluctant to talk about this unusual new form of marketing.

But truth is, this is what I've been doing for maybe ten years. I simply haven't been talking about it in public.

You can probably understand why. Mental Science Marketing isn't as nuts and bolts as marketing practiced by those who like to focus on headlines, benefits, guarantees, and other traditional elements of a good ad.

Mental Science Marketing is more internal.

Still, I'm nervous.

I'm afraid he's going to ask me about last weekend's seminar. People paid $5,000 each and came from across planet to attend my private intensive event on Hypnotic Writing skills. I allowed only 10 people in room. And I screened everyone who attended. I was about to reveal most advanced strategies known to humanity for persuading with words, and I didn't want any riff raff.

I'm not kidding. I even had a guest speaker reveal chilling little known secrets of persuasion. He had been raised in a cult. Later, he was an undercover agent. He once had a shotgun held to his head for 40 minutes. He used words to escape with his life. It was all, well, hypnotic.

This is kind of forbidden knowledge I revealed in my weekend intensive.

My friend knows this. Like a lot of people, he's curious. He heard that I revealed three secrets to writing copy that I've never told anyone before.

He heard that I explained my own private formula for writing sale letters -- a formula I've never revealed anywhere, ever before.

He also knows that I explained my private checklists for reviewing copy. And -- I almost regret this -- I gave away some of my original tricks for making all writing more engaging, almost irresistible to read.

I also revealed my ideas about Hypnotic Graphics, "intimacy factor," wisdom in comic books, a lesson from hypnosis, power of optical illusions in words, need to strive for impossible, how to direct mind, and more. I even explained how people think, and unveiled why I call myself "Michelangelo of Words."

On top of all that, I gave 10 people in my event a copy of my new volume, Hypnotic Writing Training Manual, definitive, ultimate work I will never sell or give away because it is so powerful. (There's one graphic in manual so gripping that man who bound books for me looked at it and said, "Trippy!")

My friend wants to know what I revealed. He also wants that manual. Yes, he's a friend. But he's also in business. He knows that if he learns and uses these proven methods, his business will double, maybe even triple. People who attended event said experience was a "20" on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being fantastic. My friend is drooling.

What am I going to do?