Depiction of Theoden's healing

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"Neither genuine hypnosis, nor variants, occur in my tale. Saruman's voice was not hypnotic but persuasive. Those who listened to him were not in danger of falling into a trance, but of agreeing with his arguments, while fully awake. It was always open to one to reject by free will and reason, both his voice while speaking and it's after impressions. Saruman corrupted the reasoning powers"

J.R.R. Tolkien
from a letter to Forrest J. Ackerman
#210

I posted this just as the other thread got closed, so I reposted here. I thought everyone should read it since it's Tolkien's own perspective.

I think it ends the debate about the exorsism in the film.