Healing at a distance from the subject, sometimes through the subject providing some associational link, such as a written request for healing, or in reverse, by the healer sending a piece of material to be placed on the subject's body where the healing is required, or simply by the healer or a band of healing associates praying for the subject's recovery.
Many individuals today, whether Christians, metaphysicians, or contemporary spiritualists, attend prayer sessions in which they pray for the recovery of petitioners who write to them for assistance.
(See also Faith Healing and Psychic Healing.)
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