1 3 o HEREDITY. 



under the influence of a magnetic spell find them- 

 selves yoked for life to a nature that is positively 

 foreign to every element of their being. Unfortu- 

 nate as is this condition, it is not always avoidable : 



1 i ) Because we have no infallible rule for deter- 

 mining the character of a person's love; and (2) 

 because very few persons are able to exercise a 

 normal judgment when influenced by the seduct- 

 ive power of their own and another's affections. 



In attempting to determine the character of 

 one's affections the following suggestions will 



, prove helpful to those who have the self-control 

 Determining the f * 



Character of the to apply them : ( i ) Magnetic power and phys- 

 Affections. j ca j j ove mcrease by nearness and frequency of 

 association, and diminish in proportion as the 

 parties are separated by time and distance ; while 

 subjective love, or soul affinity, is quite as strong 

 when widely separated from its object for months 

 or even years as when intimately associated. Dif- 

 ference, not distance, separates souls. When a 

 What Separates soul has once met its mate and a union is formed, 

 Souls. neither time nor space can dissolve that union. 



(2) Magnetic power and objective love rise and 

 fall with the physical conditions and readily make 

 new attachments in the absence of the former 

 mate, while subjective love is not modified by 

 physical changes, and rarely forms a second union. 



(3) The two phases of love often stand in direct 

 opposition to each other, one being perfectly satis- 

 fied and the other very dissatisfied. Where a 

 union is complete these contradictions never exist. 



More than one young lady has said to me that 

 when she is absent from her fiance she does not 

 fully respect him; he does not reach her ideal; he 



