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The human soul : its movements, its lights, and the iconography of ...

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MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN VITAL SOULfluidic diseases by default <strong>of</strong> ponderation.Such is<strong>the</strong> interpretation <strong>of</strong> some formulae<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir import : but it is fur<strong>the</strong>rnecessary to consider <strong>the</strong> behaviour <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> needle, which moves gently, ponderablyin ponderated natures or rapidlyby jerksvrith <strong>the</strong> hysterical. <strong>The</strong> extremelynervous attract very rapidly from40" to 50" by <strong>the</strong> right h<strong>and</strong>, <strong>the</strong> leftgiving nothing.<strong>The</strong> hysterical type shows great oscillations,attracting <strong>and</strong> repelling in <strong>the</strong>same unity <strong>of</strong> time <strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> sameside.<strong>The</strong> more <strong>the</strong> material body is lackingin force, <strong>the</strong> more <strong>the</strong> vital bodymakes attractive appeals to <strong>the</strong> cosmiclife which surrounds it <strong>and</strong> with whichit establishes an intimate <strong>and</strong> harmoniousexchange.<strong>The</strong> double role <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>soul</strong>, <strong>its</strong> mediationbetween our body <strong>and</strong> our spirit,reveals a foresight <strong>and</strong> a wisdom, which— 23 —

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