MAGNETIC HEALING.

Reader! we have already initiated you into the mysteries of Occultism and have made you grasp the elementary principles of what the Will can do. By the aid of this Will man has the faculty of exercising over his fellow men a salutary influence, in directing towards them, the vital principle. This faculty has been termed as Magnetism. As it is not possible to surmise how one body can act upon another at a distance, without the aid of a medium, we are compelled to suppose that there is something that emanates from him who magnetises to the magnetised. We call this which sustains life in us, the Magnetic Fluid.

We do not know its nature and even its very existence has not been proved; but everything occurs as it did exist and we believe we are permitted in sustaining the existence of such a fluid.

Thus the basis of all is "Will"; secondly, confidence in our own power, and thirdly and lastly, benevolence or the desire of doing good. One of these qualities may create the other in course of time; but to have an energetic and salutary effect, the three should be combined. If the desire of doing good be not initial, there will be some effects; but they will be irregular. Further, as the fluid that emanates from the Magnetiser exercises a physical influence, and in course of time an effect upon the normal conditions also of the patient, it becomes necessary that the magnetiser ought to be in good health and one worthy of esteem for the uprightness of his mind, the purity of his sentiments and the honesty of his character.

Before undertaking the treatment of a patient, you ought to examine yourself by asking whether you can continue it and whether the patient or those who have influence over him will put any obstacles in the way. You should not undertake it if you feel any repugnance or fear to catch the disease. To act efficaciously, you should take a great care in the patient; you should take an interest in him and have the desire and hope of curing or at least relieving him.

The power of magnetising or that of doing good to your fellow creatures by the influence of your will, by the medium of that which sustains your health and life, being the most pleasant and delightful gift God has endowed on man, you ought to regard it as an act which demands the greatest purity of attention. Hence it is a sort of profanation to magnetise for amusement through curiosity or through the pleasure of exhibiting wonderful effects. They, who demand experiments to see a spectacle know not what they demand; but you ought to know it respect yourself and preserve your dignity.

SCEPTICAL PATIENTS.

If you chance to have a sceptical patient, do not worry yourself in trying to convince him what you can do. Do not argue with him under any consideration. But directly proceed with your work and in course of time he will be sorry for what he has said and you will be respected for your tolerance, judgment and ability.

If your patient chances to be under the advice of any Medical man, do not advise him to discontinue medicine. Never oppose Medical men. Plainly impress your patient that your treatment can do no harm. Best results can be obtained when you have the patient close his eyes during the treatment. Some, even of the eminent men, do instruct you to profess and work in a mysterious manner (i. e.), to make an examination of the pulse and to close your eyes and seem apparently to think deeply under great mental strain. But we do not advise you to lead such a dubious life and we teach you how to examine the pulse and to diagnose diseases. No other institute gives you the symptoms of the various diseases you may come across, but simply names them.

THE PULSE, BREATHING AND RESPIRATION.

Certain acts connected with the pulse, the breathing or respiration, the temperature of the body and the tongue are the most important points to be borne in mind when attempting to discover the nature, or to treat diseases.

The pulse is caused by the beating of the arteries which convey the blood to all parts of the body from the heart. It can be felt wherever there is an artery near the surface, such as in the neck or thigh, but for convenience sake it is felt in the wrist. The generally accepted number of beats per minute in the healthy state, according to age, are:

Till end of first year...............140

Till end of third year...............120 to 100

Till end of sixth year...............100 to 90

From 7th to 14th year.............. 90 to 75

From 14th to 21st year............. 85 to 75

From 21st to 68th year............. 75 to 65

Old age.......................... 85 to 70

This may vary in some cases and there are some persons who have extraordinary slow or fast beatings without the least deviation from health. Generally if the pulse is slow or fast by dozen beats without previous bodily exertion, there is something wrong; if higher, the symptoms of fever; if lower, a want of vitality. It is only after a long experience you can properly learn the pulse.

(1) A large, soft and frequent pulse indicates febrile disease.

(2) A frequent hard and full pulse-inflammations.

(3) An increase in pulse after a meal or in the evening-hectic fever.

(4) Irregular, jerking or vibratory pulse-heart diseases.

(5) A weak, thread-like pulse, very dangerous cases, as cholera, etc.

THE BREATH.

In breathing there should be no difference in the movement of the chest. {The average breathing is about one for every four beats of the pulse. Here are also exceptional cases. As in the pulse, if the breathing is higher it would indicate some malady in the lungs; if lower, debility or loss of vital power or nervous shock.

Understanding the breathing also requires a long practice and knack, and inferences can be made as to the diseases, even from the smell of breath.

1. A faint apple-like smell or odour indicates Diabetes.

2. A sour smell, Gastric disorders.

3. A smell of sulphurated hydrogen, Dyspepsia.

4. An ammoniacal or urinous odour, Bladder and Kidney affections.

5. A sour and urinous smell, Excess in spirituous liquors.

THE TONGUE.

Just as the face is the index of the mind, so the tongue is the index of the health of the body. Hence, a careful examination of the tongue is necessary in almost all cases. A few of its peculiarities are given below:

1. A pale, white, flabby tongue indicates a weak, debilitated condition of the system.

2. A florid redness of the tongue, Plethora.

3. A purplish color, diseases of the chest.

4. A furred tongue, some kind of febrile affection.

5. A cream-like fur-inflammations, acute rheumatism and fever.

6. Thick brown black coating and a dry parched and cracked tongue, loss of motion.

7. Bright red points on the tongue, scarlet fever.

8. Yellow, Jaundice.

9. With red edges furred in the middle, Dyspepsia.

10. Tremulous, Intemperance or the abuse of drugs. In addition to the above the various symptoms of loss

of appetite, cough, delirium, fever, giddiness, headache, pain, palpitations, shivering, sore-throat, thirst, urinary condition, vomiting, etc., exist as reference to the diseases.

THE WARM BREATH.

In Magnetic Healing, the effects are mostly brought about by the agency of passes and massage. A certain amount of suggestion is also used. The passes are in themselves suggestions. Your very mode of treating the patient and moving towards him will have a salutary effect upon him.

The breath is the main factor in the treatment of all diseases. The heat produced by it has a wonderful soothing effect. You may produce the "Warm breath" by keeping your mouth in a position to utter the word "Haw." Fold a handkerchief fourfold in thickness and place it over the seat of pain, and keep your mouth over that and blow hard and the hot breath charged with your magnetic fluid will pass through into the system; you should practice this, placing the handkerchief upon your arm itself and blowing. Hot breath should not be applied in sores or burns, where you should use only cold breath.

Cold breath is caused by your keeping the mouth at a distance of one foot from the affected part in position to say "Oh" and expelling the inhaled air. Have the mouth nearly closed, so that the breath given out may come out with some compressed force of the lips. Here you may dispense with the aid of kerchief and simply blow upon the bare flesh of the affected part. This will give the patient a very refreshing and soothing effect upon the affected part.

In blowing either warm or cold breath, commence to blow about 6 inches above from the seat of disease and continue to about 6 inches down the affected part.

HEALING PASSES.

The word pass denotes the movements made by the hand in passing over the body, either by touching slightly or by being at distance. There are many kinds of passes employed in Magnetic Healing. They are:

Long passes (or Longitudinal passes, as they are called) at contact or distance are made from the top of the patient's head to the extremities of the feet. By this pass we distribute equally the magnetic fluid into all the organs of the body. But the fluid has naturally a tendency to accumulate in such parts as may be in need of it.

SHORT PASSES.

Short drawing passes (or Local passes) are made about six inches from above the seat of pain to about six inches down; and when you come to the affected part, accumulate and concentrate the magnetic fluid upon it; and then draw it down to about 6 or 7 inches to the extremities of the part, as the magnetic fluid, when motion is given to it, draws along with it the blood the humors and the cause of the complaint.

To concentrate the fluid the fingers of your hands united to a point should be brought near towards the person's affected part and should be held there for one or two minutes.

QUIVERING PASSES.

This is done by quivering your hands with your fingers extended as they pass along the body; while you do this, a good deal of magnetic fluid or nerve energy is passing from your hands to the patient's affected part. When you make this "will" determinedly, "all your pain will entirely disappear; you will feel decided relief all over your body."

TRANSVERSE PASSES.

These are employed to scatter the superabundant fluid that might have been charged upon the patient by the long passes. To make the transverse passes raise your hands in front of the patient's head and as you make downward passes, move your hands with your fingers slightly curved, in a zig-zag way (i. e.) from the face, move the hands in a straight line to the heart region, then to his right side, then to his left, and so on, until you reach the toes. Then throw hands away.

DEMESMERISING PASSES.

Demesmerising passes or Upward passes, as they are called, should be used in awakening the mesmerised subjects. No suggestions or clapping of hands to be used, as with hypnotic subjects.

Passes should always be made lightly and slowly. Downward passes should always be made from the affected part and you should throw hands at the end of each pass, when, you should shake your hands as if you try to throw off some sticky substance from your hands. No decided opinion can be given as to the exact time one may occupy in curing any disease. Some apparently dangerous cases can be cured in one or two treatments, and minor cases, occupy even weeks and months.

Many hopeless eases have been successfully treated by Magnetic Healers. On no circumstance discontinue a case when you have once undertaken, as you may often cure when you least expect it. Observe as a rule to wash your hands with cold water and soap at the end of each and every treatment.

MAGNETISED WATER.

Magnetised water has a most remedial effect in the treatment of all diseases of human nature. It can be taken in as a tonic and can even be used in baths, either ordinary or vapour.

The magnetised water, as a tonic acts therapeutically and directly at the organisation of the patient through the blood circulation.

HOW TO MAGNETISE WATER.

Hold a glass tumbler full of filtered fresh spring water or distilled water (preferred) in the palm of your left hand and hold the fingers of your right, over it pointing them down on the surface of the water. Gaze intently into the water and think what you wish to effect with a great determination. For instance, you may mentally suggest. "This water will act as a tonic; it will sooth your system; by this, you will completely recover from your disease."

"Will" some such suggestions as may suit the case and so that the patient may be able to understand them if he heard. It is also better to breathe "cold breath" upon the water before it is used.

Thus habituate yourself to magnetising various secondary objects for the patient that serve to promote the health; for instance, bandages of wool, diet, water, as these are advantageous in the treatment.

THE DAILY USE OF WATER.

The application of water or vapour comes under term bath. The daily use of water to the body either by means of the sponge or plunge is one of the best and most easily applied rules of hygiene. The bath may be classified Cold, Tepid, Hot, Simple and Medicated. Baths may be either general or local.For example, the sitz or hip bath and foot bath are local; a bath is termed general, when the whole body with the exception of the head is immersed.

After a cold bath the body should be well warmed either by currents of hot air or other means as any exposure to cold winds would result in danger. During the cold weather, as it is not possible to warm the body through hot air, a warm foot bath can be advantageously given.

All physicians agree that a hot foot bath is one of the most efficacious means of restoring warmth and circulation to the extremities.

How to Give a Foot Bath in Bed.—Lay a large bath towel smoothly in the bed just about the place where the knees of the patient come. Then prepare a foot-tub' 3/4full of warm water of the right temperature, and slide the foot-tub in beneath the covers, letting it rest upon the towel you have previously arranged. Help your patient to lie on his back and ask him to draw up his feet by bending his knees so that the feet will rest in the tub placed about where the knees were. Now cover the top of the tub by another towel so as to prevent the steam dampening the bedsheets. Allow him to remain for 15 minutes. Then remove the tub away and let the patient's feet rest upon the towel. Then wipe the feet dry and remove the towel. The whole thing is so simple that you can easily administer it at any time.

The temperature of the various baths may be stated as follows:

Tepid Bath................ 85 to 95 degrees

Warm Bath............... 95 to 102 degrees

Hot Bath..................106 to 110 degrees

The vapour bath may be applied by the aid of a suitable apparatus when the patient is in bed or by sitting in an enclosed space into which the steam is freely admitted.

The medicated vapour baths are those into which chemical substances are introduced, such as Carbonate of Soda, Salt or Vinegar.

The Turkish bath is not only one of the most invigorating, but also one of the most enjoyable which we possess. After a day's fatigue it is wonderful how refreshing a Turkish bath is. It is however very necessary to use every precaution, in the way of having the body cooled thoroughly before going again into the open air. Moreover, the Turkish bath possesses curative properties of a very high importance in many diseases such as Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Paralysis, Dropsical swellings, Chronic diseases of the lung and affections of the Digestive organs. The wonderful part it plays is simply astonishing. To treat the above mentioned diseases, it is very necessary to possess a Turkish bath cabinet of your own; write to us and we shall be pleased to procure one at a moderate cost.

RULES FOR TREATMENT.

In the treatment of all diseases a strict observation of the following details should be adhered to:

(1) Comfortable position of the patient either in sitting posture or a convenient lying on the bed.

(2) Closing of the patient's eyes.

(3) Placing of the handkerchief on the seat of pain and application of "warm breath."

(4) Giving "passes" for a time, say 5 to 15 minutes as the case may seem to require after the removal of the kerchief over the affected portions of the body.

(5) At the close of each treatment, ask the patient to take a long breath and expel (inhaling by the nostrils and exhaling by the mouth) quickly; at that time make passes over the affected part and bring down your hands and throw off at the exact time he expels the breath.

This should be repeated thrice at least at each treatment. The treatment if given directly on the flesh is better; in cases, where this is not possible, have the patient cover the body in a thin sheet. If you want to achieve quick and beneficent results, insist on treating direct over the flesh, if you find the treatment over the sheet a little encouraging. The whole treatment should not take more than 20 minutes; 5 to 10 minutes is always sufficient. When covered, the breath is not necessary. The breath will always give you a beneficent result. You should have a definite way of procedure. If you show any signs of forgetfulness or hesitate, then your patient's confidence in you will be totally destroyed and all your efforts will bear no fruit. By your methods of procedure you should inspire a sort of confidence in the patients. Your talk should be regulated in such a way as to enhance the confidence created in him. You should speak to him of the various diseases you have cured and tell him that you also hope to cure him.

Do not make any promise or specify any time for recovery. You should impress on him well that he will be benefited by your treatment, as you know what a potent factor the mind is and what its powers are. If your patient's mind is polluted with such delusions, that he cannot be cured, he will die, etc., the probable ultimatum is:

It should be borne in mind that magnetic treatment takes some time to show its effect. You cannot expect an instantaneous result. You should also impress the patient of the fact.

HOW TO APPEAR BEFORE A PATIENT.

Always make it a point never to appear before a patient when you are in a temper, passion or any disquietude of the mind, nor allow them to visit you in any of the above states; for, a violation of this rule will make them partake of the then-condition of your mind.

Do not reveal your troubles to your patient; for, that will make him form a very low opinion of your powers.

When a patient visits you, always appear in his presence with a pleasant smile.

Then keep your eyes fixed upon the root of the patient's nose as long as you can, when you are with him. Keep repeating mentally the following suggestions all the time you are "gazing" at the patient, "I can cure you; you will feel better; all your pains and sufferings will completely leave you; you will notice a very good change in your condition; you will have perfect confidence in my ability; you will like my presence more and more."

In this way, you can establish a telepathic sympathy and rapport with your patient which is a sure basis of a certain cure.