I called to his house exactly on time. It is the psyche, and how one uses it, which are important. He put me sitting down about 2 metres from him and asked me to wait, but not to speak. We had long conversations in the following weeks. Though I did not know it at the time, he was probably the greatest human healer whom I have known.
Many moderns accept that as fact.
The paper concludes with the thesis that love and prayer are central to all healing. A transcendant element is inferred, i.e. something greater than the sum of the parts. Some do this in the presence of the patient. AP is a diagnostic and therapeutic system which operates on Holistic principles. AP does not require paranormal concepts or methods to explain the former.