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“Magnetism
can be compared
to a sixth
sense. The
senses are
neither defined
nor described.
They are rather
felt. One cannot
explain to a
blind man what
colours are. One
would
necessitate him
to be able to
“feel”, them,
that is, to see
them. The same
holds true for
magnetism. It
must be mainly
transmitted
through inward
feeling. It is
only feeling
that can make
the theory of it
understandable”.
Franz Anton
Mesmer
Exercise on
being in contact
with Nature
The key lies in
Nature. Animal
magnetism means
a magnetism
which is in
contact with
Nature.
What is,
however, the
essential import
of getting in
contact with
Nature’s energy?
One of Mesmer’s
inventions was
the so-called “bacquet”.
 The motivational
drive behind
such invention
was the desire
to reproduce a
sensibility, an
attention to the
vital force
which is a given
in natural
conditions, and
which he found
to be lacking in
urban
settlements.
There is however
no need to
resort to
machines in
order for one to
experience the
sensation linked
to “magnetism”
and to the
“Vital Energy”.
If one wants to
start
experiencing
what is meant by
“magnetism”, or,
to put it in
mesmeric terms,
“setting the
fluid in
motion”, it is
enough to betake
to a natural
spot, possibly
one where trees
are present,
which is further
in touch with
silence. It
would then be
easy to detect a
“sensation” of
general balance.
This sensation
of balance is
termed, in the
discipline of
animal
magnetism,
“renewed
connection with
nature” and
“renewed
connection with
energy
currents”.
Scientific
experiments have
disclosed the
fact that, in
these scenarios
of “soft
fascination”,
even the motions
by the eyes
undergo a
transformation,
and the pupil
becomes dilated.
The mental
state, too,
changes. We recover a
sensibility
which, with
regard to
animals, is
something
obvious, whence
the name “animal
magnetism”. At
this stage, one
can gain access
to a different
state, being one
in which it is
possible to open
oneself up to
intuition and to
the mind’s
higher level.
So-called animal magnetism is a
therapeutic and developmental dynamics. It is
a door opening
up on new
dimensions,
which some
people call “energetic”
dimensions.
Healing can
often happen
instantly.
It works fast
and effectively.
The key point of
this discipline
is to
re-establish
connection with
Nature and to
perfect, awaken
and feel inside
oneself powerful
qualities and
energies which
will be a new
balance
for anyone
was to
accost such
discipline for
the first time.
Magnetism is
extremely simple.
Animal magnetism
shows the way
for the future
of hypnotherapy.
Subjectively, by
placing oneself
in certain
specific
conditions, is
this vital
energy one which
can be
perceived? If
the answer is in
the affirmative,
it represents an
important
reality to be
concerned with.
Starting from
the premise of
this question,
we can observe
that the concept
of vital force
is universal and
transcends the
barrier of
particularized
cultures. It is
a concept shared
by populations
which have never
come into
contact with one
another. If we
wanted to
espouse the
Jungian vision,
we would refer
to it as an
archetype. If we
prefer to adopt
other visions of
things, it would
still be a
transversally
accepted
reality.
Therefore,
regardless of
the scientists
who have
endeavoured to
ascertain
whether such an
energy existed
at an objective
level as well,
to verify, that
is, whether it
could also be
catalogued as a
tangible “truth”
at an
instrumental
level (refer to
the so-called
studies on
bio-magnetism in
this regard) the
existence of
this force is
undeniable when
viewed from a
subjective
perspective.
In any case its
working and
results are
powerful,
tangible and
most of the time
immediate.
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