Comments on: Mesmerism By Silent Will

By: sunsync Nutrition

sunsync Nutrition — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:55:10 +0000

AI: “Jacques Henri Désiré Petetin (1744-1808) was a French physician born in Lons-le-Saunier, based in Lyon. He is primarily known for his studies on catalepsy and for proposing the concept of ‘electric fluid’ in the human body, conducting research on the physiological effects of electricity.”

By: sunsync Nutrition

sunsync Nutrition — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:52:25 +0000

AI: “Tardy de Montravel’s studies on somnambulism were further developed by other French researchers, such as J.H. Desire Pétetin, who similarly observed patients perceiving with the stomach.”

By: sunsync Nutrition

sunsync Nutrition — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:49:41 +0000

AI: “Tardy de Montravel focused on the altered states of consciousness during mesmerism, helping to transition the focus from solely therapeutic ‘magnetic fluid’ to the psychological and physiological phenomena of trance.”

By: sunsync Nutrition

sunsync Nutrition — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:47:57 +0000

AI: “Tardy de Montravel was an 18th-century French mesmerist who significantly advanced the study of animal magnetism (mesmerism) by documenting the ‘transposition of the senses’ in 1785. He demonstrated that a somnambule (a person in a magnetized trance) could perceive surroundings, such as reading or walking, without using eyes, often described as seeing with the pit of the stomach.”

By: sunsync Nutrition

sunsync Nutrition — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:43:52 +0000

AI: “A psychical researcher and writer Frank Podmore was one of many people to investigate the claims of mediums. A former member of the British National Association of Spiritualists, Podmore once visited the medium Henry Slade to experience slate-writing.”