206 OCCULT PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH & HEALING
avoid accidental mention of symptoms from which
such a one may suffer, and thus the disease may be
aggravated in this manner.
Advice to Healers
If letters of fire that would burn themselves into
the consciousness of the reader were obtainable, we
would spare no effort to procure them for the purpose
of warning students on some particular points in
connection with the practice of Medical Astrology;
these are:
Never tell a patient a discouraging fact.
Never tell him when impending crises are due.
Never predict sickness at a certain time.
Never,never predict death.
It is a grave mistake, almost a crime, to tell sick
persons anything discouraging, for it robs them of
strength that should be husbanded with the utmost care
to facilitate recovery. It is also wrong to suggest
sickness to a well person, for it focuses the mind on a
specific disease at a certain time, and such a
suggestion is liable to cause sickness. It is a well-
known fact that many students in medical colleges feel
the symptoms of every disease they study and suffer
greatly in consequence of auto-suggestion, but the idea
of impending disease implanted by one in whom the
victim has faith is much more dangerous. Therefore, it
behooves the medical astrologer to be very cautious. If
you cannot say something encouraging, be silent.
This warning applies with particular force when
treating patients having Taurus or Virgo rising or the