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146 HYPNOTISM.proper direction and application of the vitalAsforces, which every living person possesses.an illustration: let any person place the thumband fore-finger of the right hand upon the headof another person, at the base of the brain, thesame fingers of the left hand upon the front partof the head, above the eyes ;keep the fingers inthis position, remain perfectly quiet for a shorttime, and the person will feel the so-called magnetismor magnetic current as it passes from thefingers through their head.This is the vital force or personal magnetismpassing from one person to another. This magnetism,or healing force, can likewise be directedor sent to any part of the human body by makingpasses or rubbing the body. Whenever anabnormal condition exists in any part of thebody and the vital forces or magnetism of ahealthy person are applied or directed to thatparticular part of the body, it removes the abnormalcondition by forcing nature or the vitalforces to the afflicted parts. Magnetism havingfor its object the development of what the physicianscall the forces medicatrices—that is to say,the seconding of the offices that nature makesto relieve itself, and the facilitating of the curesto which it is disposed—it is essential to act withconsonancy in aid of nature, and never oppose it.