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#456 - David Robson - The Psychological Power Of Expectations

Modern Wisdom

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Is There a Magical Electric Wand?

I remember reading a story in one of johann harey's books about a guy who had a magic electric wand thing in the 18 hundred or the 19 s. And used to wave it over people, and then at overtime, they took different things away. These people that had been catatonic for years had sometimes got up and started moving around. So yes, i feel like the healing ritual in itself is superimportant. It can have more specific effects on pain relief, whevher it li, reduces your blood pressure, like all that kind of stuff. Yes. I mean, it's incredible.

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