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take this up into ourselves, and bear it away from the mind of the patient, it is easy to see that he would be redeemed from it.
But it must be kept in mind that this method of cure which was practised by Jesus implies in the patient a desire to be saved, and a predisposition to believe. Where these exist, the cure is easy. Where they do not exist, little can be done, and it is a waste of time and energy to undertake impossibilities. We often witness the efficiency of this ideal method of cure where it is instinctively employed without an intelligent comprehension of its principles. How often does the mother, when her child has fallen down and inflicted upon himself a slight bruise, lift him gently up, pass her hand over the place, take up the idea of it into herself, and by dispersive movements of the hand put it away, as it were, saying to the child, "Now it is all gone," and telling him to jump up and run. That is quite frequently the last ever heard about it; the cure is complete. But in this whole transaction there lies concealed a deeper philosophy than the world in general has ever recognized.
Every person is surrounded by an emanative sphere of his life. This is represented by the aura or nimbus around the heads of saints and divinities in pictures and medals. Especially is this seen in the pictures of Jesus. This is a circle or disc of rays invisible to our crude senses, but plainly perceptible to our inner vision, and is by no means a mere creation of fancy having no substantial reality, but represents what
