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It is better not to shake hands with everybody, for then one picks up their conditions, briefly of course. There is an auric deposit on one's own hand from the other person's aura. Ordinarily, this is an unpleasant sensation, for few people have reached a sufficient measure of fineness or purity to provide an uplifting rather than a depressing effect.
-- Notebooks Category 16: The Sensitives > Chapter 14 : The Sensitive Mind > # 35