--Anon.
"How Shall We Sleep?"
It appears that the opinion of Mr. Seeta Nath Ghose and of Baron Von
Reichenbach are in direct conflict on the subject of this paper, the
latter recommending the head of the sleeper to be northward, the former
entirely condemning that position.
It is my humble opinion that both writers are right, each from his own
standpoint, as I shall try to show. What is the reason that our
position in sleep should be of any consequence? Because our body must
be in a position at harmony with the main magnetic currents of the
earth; but as these currents are not the same in all parts of the world
the positions of the sleeper must, therefore, vary.
There are three main magnetic currents on our earth--viz., in the
northern hemisphere, from north pole towards the equator; in the
southern hemisphere, from south pole towards the equator; these two
currents meeting in the torrid zone continue their combined course from
east to west. So the position of the sleeper must vary according as he
finds himself to the north or south of the torrid zone or within it.
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