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This mass of emotional-mental-auric influences deposited all around him may not--often does not--accord well with his sensitivity. It is not necessarily evil but it is discordant, uncomfortable, a polar opposite, and he may need to shield himself against it. The methods vary; they include both psychic and physical kinds, from imagining a mental wall to constructing a brick one; from performing religious rites of purification or exorcism to moving beds, burning incense, taking herbal baths, and avoiding crowds.

-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 14 : The Sensitive Mind > # 13