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{{Stub|Initial page to be expanded when OCR of du Potet's volumes becomes available. The statements here derive from Donato's testimony in ''Le Magnétisme Triomphant'' — see Primary sources section.}}

'''Baron du Potet de Sennevoy''' (Jules Denis, baron du Potet; c. 1796 – 1881) is one of the most important magnetizers of the 19th century in Europe. This page is a '''stub''' built from the primary sources of the ISI-CNV corpus, particularly the testimony of [[Donato — Il Padre della Fascinazione|Donato]] in ''Le Magnétisme Triomphant''.

== Who was du Potet according to Donato ==

In Donato's historical reconstruction (section «De Mesmer à Donato»), du Potet is described as an '''emeritus experimenter''' who provoked the official examination of magnetism by the academic world. The experiments conducted at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris — where du Potet was called to put patients into a somnambulistic state — made «an enormous noise». Donato emphasizes that it was precisely du Potet who provoked that examination.

Du Potet «was called to play an important role in the history of magnetism». From 1820 until 1881, the year of his death, he never ceased to fight for magnetism, publishing numerous volumes and directing the ''[[Journal du magnétisme]]''.

== The practice ==

According to Donato's testimony, in practice du Potet mainly performed '''therapeutic magnetism'''. His characteristic technique is described as follows: du Potet used '''passes at a distance without preliminary contact''', aided by the action of the gaze — a significant anticipation of what, decades later, would become Donato's direct fascination.

The classification of magnetic phenomena by du Potet, reported in ''Le Magnétisme Triomphant'', distinguishes among the '''physical effects''': spasms, attraction, catalepsy, immobility, insensitivity, and exaltation of sensitivity.

== The limitation according to Donato ==

Donato is not uncritical towards du Potet. While recognizing his historical role, he observes that du Potet «did not limit himself» to therapeutic magnetism: he believed in double sight, somnambulistic prophecies, practiced occult sciences and magic, and — again according to Donato — «these fantasies considerably harmed his work as a magnetizer». This is a valuable judgment because it comes from a magnetizer of the next generation who wanted to scientifically legitimize the discipline.

== Du Potet and Lafontaine: two parallel figures ==

An important historical clarification for the ISI-CNV corpus: '''du Potet was not the master of [[Charles Lafontaine — Il Magnetizzatore Franco-Svizzero|Charles Lafontaine]]'''. The two figures are parallel and independent. Donato lists them among the «determined fluidists» with distinct dates — du Potet starting from 1820, Lafontaine from 1840 — and treats them as two autonomous authors: «apart from the names of Lafontaine and du Potet, there is almost no one else to cite except that of some doctors». Lafontaine himself, in his own ''Mémoires'', never mentions du Potet and attributes his own initiation to his friend Jobard and an anonymous Dutch doctor. See the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dxRHF-_GCIQQIzazCya0F5hYX7pv08Vso_da_uavvvc/edit source verification dossier].

== Placement in the ISI-CNV historical chain ==

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%"
! Figure !! Period !! Role !! Notes
|-
| Mesmer || 1770s-1810s || Advent of scientific magnetism || Starting point according to Donato
|-
| Deleuze || 1813 || Theorist, ''Histoire critique du magnétisme animal'' || Few practical innovations (Donato's judgment)
|-
| '''du Potet''' || 1820-1881 || Experimenter, ''Journal du magnétisme'', passes at a distance + gaze || Provoked the academic examination; occultist drift
|-
| [[Charles Lafontaine — Il Magnetizzatore Franco-Svizzero|Lafontaine]] || 1840s-1880s || Public demonstrations, cures || Parallel figure to du Potet; observed by Braid
|-
| [[Donato — Il Padre della Fascinazione|Donato]] || 1875-1900 || Direct fascination || Heir and innovator; historian of magnetism
|}

== To do (future expansion) ==

* Upload to Drive and OCR du Potet's volumes (''Manuel de l'étudiant magnétiseur'', ''Traité complet du magnétisme animal'', ''La Magie dévoilée'') and the ''Journal du magnétisme''
* Verify exact biographical dates (birth/death) from primary source
* Expand with du Potet's own voice, not just Donato's testimony
* Cross-reference with the existing page [[Baron du Potet — Il Maestro del Sonnambulismo Magnetico]] on the wiki and possibly unify

== Primary sources ==

'''Anti-hallucination system:''' every statement in this stub derives from passages collected in the [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dxRHF-_GCIQQIzazCya0F5hYX7pv08Vso_da_uavvvc/edit primary source excerpts dossier on Drive] (section SOURCE B). A future AI can correct this page by directly verifying the sources below.

* '''''Le Magnétisme Triomphant'' (Donato / Morety corpus)''' — Donato's testimony on the history of magnetism, structure «I. Avant Mesmer / II. Mesmer / III. De Mesmer à Donato / IV. L'Hypnotisme ou Braidisme»:
** Google Doc: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/18O-39mJB45xgtRGu9b_54rnXUuMYHeUoGkvlaIgYg3E/edit text version]
** PDF (gallica bpt6k6325732d): [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bUOGW86l56k4tNkl98ZGL96HPwLcdIYb/view PDF Drive]
* '''Charles Lafontaine, ''Mémoires d'un magnétiseur'', vol. I''' (Geneva, 1866) — for negative verification (du Potet never cited): [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JvM214x1jAYUKQB0ti1J1rZ2kj5Fi9-c/view PDF Drive]

''Note: this is a deliberately conservative stub. All statements are attributed to their source ("according to Donato", "in the Mémoires") precisely to avoid introducing unverified certainties. It should be expanded with du Potet's own works when they are digitized.''

== See also ==

* [[Baron du Potet — Il Maestro del Sonnambulismo Magnetico]]
* [[Charles Lafontaine — Il Magnetizzatore Franco-Svizzero]]
* [[Donato — Il Padre della Fascinazione]]
* [[La Tradizione Europea dell'Ipnosi — da Mesmer a Paret]]

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== Documented anecdotes ==

Du Potet mainly practiced therapeutic magnetism and, on a technical level, used passes at a distance: according to Moréty, «employa les passes à distance sans contact préalable, aidées par l'action du regard» — an action without contact aided by the gaze, which directly links him to the line of direct fascination. It was he who provoked, at the Hôtel-Dieu, the official examination that led the Académie de médecine to appoint a commission in 1825: the report was favorable. Active from 1820 until his death in 1881, he never stopped fighting, publishing numerous volumes and directing the ''Journal du magnétisme''.

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:''Source of anecdotes:'' [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_I5Rx9o_6TLhQnZWRBqMDi9SLRFfLoPbDKWUobTqzy0/edit G. Moréty, ''Le Magnétisme Triomphant'' 1886 (ISI-CNV Drive)].
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:''Du Potet's works and direct sources (ISI-CNV Drive):'' [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T5AQ6CBih5O_0X9Z8XiHB9qtQ0EFqj3v/view Cours de magnétisme en sept leçons] · [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yk49j_szqTPMAgx4fAhMSnJtcElj8xV5/view Manuel de l'étudiant magnétiseur] · [https://drive.google.com/file/d/16nBLvFSuoRu5wFy55Ox4RYV4KlGeUCkB/view La Magie dévoilée] · [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nKM4PHEwBm_PBZsPm5E-Ivr55GILS6Gq/view Thérapeutique magnétique] · [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VsDQu-GxWvRqIDdeWXi1TsrnDB1gQART/view Journal du magnétisme] · [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ssvF2-kWFZtZ8Plu9M0yi-m8pyVUjFJ3/view biography «du magnétisme à la magie»].
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[[Categoria:Storia del Mesmerismo]]

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