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top, sides and back of his head, and then to his face, chest and 

 stomach. This, if properly done, will well accomplish the charg- 

 ing processes. 



13. Now begin to draw off the magnetic essence with which 

 you have overcharged him, in this way: Move your hands, slowly 

 and gently, down from his head to his fingers along the inside of 

 his arms, beginning both at the top and back of his head, and from 

 the forehead over the face, to the stomach and knees. 



14. If sleep be not induced or the eyes re-open after closing, 

 close the sitting in half an hour. Repeated trials will infallibly 

 bring your subject into the magnetic state, which will somewhat 

 resemble natural sleep at first. He will improve in susceptibility in 

 proportion to the regularity of the magnetic process. 



15. It will be well, for a few of the first occasions, to let him 

 sleep on quietly for a while and to continue the drawing process foi 

 some time after he falls asleep. 



16. Finally, when you deem him prepared for this, speak to 

 him and ask how he feels. This will arouse and wake him, or he 

 will sleep on without speaking, or he will answer. If he answers, he 

 has entered into the somnambulic state. Then ask him if your 

 method agrees with him and if he can suggest any improvement on 

 it; whether anything occurs to him to say or advise; whether he sees 

 light in his brain and how much; if he can perceive his magnetizer ; 

 where his organ of vision is located and how you can improve it; 

 whether he can look into your system or his own and what he can 

 say of either, how far he can see; if he can travel or foresee anything 

 that can take place; whether he can look into your mind, so as to 

 perceive a word you think of, or if not, how soon he will be able to 

 do so, etc., etc. 



17. Let him sleep as long as he will, but wake him if he seem 

 fatigued or express a desire to be awakened, first requesting him not 

 to remember what has taken place during his sleep. 



18. Wake him by standing behind his chair and passing your 

 hand upwards, from his knees and arms to his head and by oring- 

 ing up your fingers briskly before his face, and telling him to awake. 

 Give nim his own time to awake and do not hurry or arouse him 

 suddenly. 



19. Upward passes not being magnetic, you should, therefore, 

 in bringing them up, close your fingers and bend them into a semi- 

 circle. The gentlest movements are the best. Let your fingers be 

 apart during the imparting process, and remember that the tips 

 and not the balls convey the fluid. Magnetize, if possible, at the 

 same hour each day. 



20. In case the action produces pain in any part, concentrate 

 it to that part in order to draw it away afterwards. If the pain 

 be in the head, attract it to the knees. 



21. Occasionally magnetize your subject standing. 



