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The drum-tattoos to drive away evil spirits I heard in primitive Africa, and the charcoal-blackened faces to achieve the same purpose which I saw in primitive Malaya, did not depend on either sounds or sights for their main effect. They depended on the concentrated thought behind them.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 13 : The Occult > # 77