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Psalms
Volume 1, entries 1426–1427. Source context: THE DOCTORS AT WORK: REPORTS FROM LAYMEN → FOLK MEDICINE → CURE AND PROTECTION. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
Entries
Entry 1426
[Psalms are often used in rites - see Psalms in Index.]
Well, now, I will give it to you out of the Bible. You can read the 9lst Psalm and read it in the morning at twelve o'clock, and when you go to bed [this is three times a dayl and I don't care what they put on or how they fix it or what they do, read that Psalm and after you read it, ask God to take care of you and nothing will never harm you.
Entry 1427
Now, dat'll go in spiritual [work]. Yo' read de 30th Psalm fo' dat three times befo' sunrise an' three times befo' sunset. An' then if yo' don't perceive [see some result], then yo' read de 5th an' 6th an' 7th ten times - see, befo' sunrise an' befo' de sun set in de evenin', an' yo' will become - come wise an' yore spirit will breathe on any job dat chew work on dat it's necessary - dat need joo. [This is personal advice to me from a doctor.]
The Prayer link refers to instructed Psalm reading; the claimed spiritual results are unverified.