726 MEALS MEDICINAL. 
convictions of another an irresistible suggestion of health and 
vigour. Similarly, the susceptible invalid, lacking nerve health, 
and a complement of vital force, should drink occasionally a 
tumblerful of pure water which has been exposed to direct 
outdoor sunlight on a bright morning, or to brilliant moonlight 
at night when the moon is waxing towards its full; an exposure 
for fifteen minutes in each case will suffice. By this means 
the occult power of either luminary is conveyed through the 
water into the blood. The Sun is the father, and great source 
of energy on the physical plane, whilst the Moon is the mother, or 
restorer of nervous force, having a more intimate connection with 
magnetic attraction. To walk much in the moonlight, especially 
during the second quarter, and at the full, is undeniably beneficial 
in some states of nervous atony, (though it may be harmful at 
other times). The influence of the moon on the earth is 
strikingly shown by the tides produced thereby, this Juminary 
being magnetic, whilst the sun is electric. 
In an analogous way nerve energy can be transferred from the 
positive person to the negative, from the powerful to the weak, by 
taking both hands into those of the operator, or by putting one 
hand on the head of the patient, and the other over the large 
solar plexus of nerves embodied at the pit of the stomach. “A 
determined man,” says Emerson, “ by his very attitude, and the 
tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.” 
In a somewhat like manner (as already related) the common, or 
garden lodestone of “ magnetic iron” exercises certain physical 
effects, of which few persons are aware, for remedial purposes. 
‘You would be surprised to know the uses people make of lode- 
stones now-a-days,” says a noted London mineralogist. ‘‘ One 
gentleman I know never goes to sleep without a lodestone in 
his hand. Another keeps one on a little shelf at the head of his 
bed, and says he sleeps the better for it. Yet another man 
carries one about in his pocket. This piece (then in hand) I 
am going to grind flat for a lady, who places it on her face when 
suffering from neuralgia, and finds undoubted relief.” 
An American scientist has carried out certain investigations 
in a field of enquiry hitherto considered beyond the pale of exact 
science, the influence of mental emotion on the body. His 
researches demonstrate in a practical way the effect produced 
_ by various states of mind upon individual health. Suppose 
half a dozen men in a room; one feels depressed, another 
