donotwanttohearthatithascomefromhard
work,
orfromanything
asbanalas
exhaustion,boredom,
ordepression;they
aredying
to
believe
insomething
romantic,otherworldly.They
wanttohearofangels
andout—of~
bodyexperiences.Indulge
them.Hintatthemystical
sourceofsome
per-sonal
change,
wrapitinetherealcolors,
andacultlike
followingwillformaround
you.Adapt
topeople’s
needs:Themessiahmustmirrorthedesiresofhisfollowers.And
always
mmhigh.
Thebigger
andbolder
your
illusion,thebetter.
ObservanceII
Inthe
mid-17005,
wordspread
inEurope’s
fashionablesociety
ofaSwisscountry
doctornamedMichaelSchiippach
whopracticed
adifferentkindofmedicine:
He
usedthe
healingpowers
ofnaturetoperform
miraculouscures.Soonwell-to—do
people
from
allover
the
Continent,theirailmentsbothseriousand
mild,
were
making
thetrektothealpinevillage
ofLang-
nau,
whereSchiippach
livedandworked.Trudgingthrough
the
mountains,these
visitorswitnessedthemostdramaticnatural
landscapes
thatEurope
has
tooffer.
By
thetimethey
reachedLangnau,they
werealreadyfeeling
transformedandontheir
way
to
health.Schiippach,
who
hadbecomeknown
assimply
the“MountainDoc-tor,”
hadasmallpharmacy
intown.Thisplace
became
quiteascene:Crowds
of
people
from
manydifferent
countries
would
cramthesmallroom,
itswalls
linedwith
colorfulbottlesfilled
withherbalcures.
Where
mostdoctorsofthetime
prescribedfoul-tasting
concoctions
that
borein-comprehensible
Latintitles
(asmedicinesoftendostill),Schiippaclfs
cureshadnamessuchas“TheOilof
joy,”
“LittleFlower’s
Heart,”or“Against
the
Monster,”
andthey
tastedsweetandpleasing.
VisitorstoLangnau
wouldhaveto
waitpatiently
for
avisitwiththeMountain
Doctor,
because
everyday
someeightymessengers
wouldarriveatthepharmacybearing
flasksofurinefromalloverEurope.Schiippach
claimedhecould
diagnose
whatailedyousimply
bylooking
atasample
ofyour
mineandreading
awrittendescription
of
yourailment.(Naturally
heread
the
descriptionverycarefully
beforeprescribing
acure.)
Whenhefl»
nally
hada
spareminute(the
urinesamples
took
upmuchofhistime),
hewouldcallthevisitorintohisofficeinthe
pharmacy.
Hewouldthenexam-inethis
person’s
urinesample,explaining
thatits
appearancewouldtellhim
everything
he neededtoknow.Countrypeople
hadasenseforthesethings,
hewould
say——theirwisdom
camefrom
livingasimple,godly
lifewithnoneofthe
complications
of
urban
living.Thispersonal
consultationwould
also
includeadiscussionastohowone
mightbring
one’s
soulmoreinto
harmony
withnature.Schiippach
haddevised
manyformsof
treatment,eachprofoundly
un~like
theusualmedical
practices
ofthetime.Hewasa
believer,for
instance,inelectric shock
therapy.
To those
whowondered
whetherthis
wasinkeeping
withhisbeliefinthehealingpower
of
nature,
hewouldexplain
that
electricity
isanaturalphenomenon;
hewasmerelyimitating
thethe
fabulous
cwtulzllsluman!he
opmrzdinLondon
for
thesale
ofhis
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