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Astral Fluid.
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HE eye is the window of soul and the hand is the prime conductor of the fluid. Where the eye is full, clear and luminous and the hand soft and warm, the Astral fluid is invariably of a healthful and vivifying character. Where the eye is piercing,. brilliant or distinguished by the long Oriental shape of the almond, and the hand is damp and moist or hard and dry, look to find a stronger mental than physical impression produced, but in all varieties of this type of man the person may be esteemed as a good mesmeriser, and the more expansive the frontal region of the brain, the better will be the effects, and more healthful the power produced.
As the magnet requires the direction of trained skill, so such powers require the direction of the wellinformed mind and powerful will.
The second individuality is a inore concentrated and energetic type of the first and one in whom the intellectual temperament prevails over the nutritive or social. In him a vast amount of Astral fluid. circulates but it clusters chiefly about the crowning. portions of the cerebrum, elevating the cranial apex in a remarkable degree. The cerebrum and the nervous system absorb the surplus of the Astral fluid, rather than the fibrous and muscular tissues. Such persons exibit many varieties of form and feature; but their
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