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| | #REDIRECT [[Animal magnetism]] | | #REDIRECT [[Animal magnetism]] |
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| − | [[Animal magnetism]] can refer to Franz Mesmer's theory and its professional use in healing practices, or to any of several exhibitions of [[Animal magnetism]] presented as [[theatrical event]]s by showmen over the years.
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| − | =Mesmer and the term Animal magnetism=
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| − | [[Animal magnetism]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism] is the English version a German term "Lebensmagnetismus", a concept evolved by the German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century to refer to what he believed to be an invisible natural force possessed by all living things, including humans, animals, and vegetables, a force that could have physical effects, including healing. He tried unsuccessfully to achieve scientific recognition of his ideas. However, his treatments, referred to a "mesmerism", were to become the forerunner of hypnosis as a medical tool, a term given coined by the Scottish surgeon, James Braid, in response to an 1841 exhibition of "animal magnetism", by Charles Lafontaine, in Manchester[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism#Mesmerism_and_hypnotism].
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| − | The term is sometimes also found as a reference to ''Magnetoreception'', the animal sense which detects magnetic fields to perceive direction, altitude or location, or metaphorically and colloquially, an individual's sexual attractiveness or charisma.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism_(disambiguation)]
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| − | =[[Animal Magnetism]] as a performance event=
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| − | Exhibitions of [[Animal magnetism]] were presented as [[theatrical event]]s by showmen over the years, from the very inception, in much the same way as various hypnotists would travel and display their skills at [[hypnotism]] as public performances, even to this day.
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism
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| − | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism_(disambiguation)
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