Donato — La Rivista Le Magnétisme (1880-1886)/en
The Revue Le Magnétisme (subtitle: Journal de Psycho-Physiologie) is the scientific journal founded and directed by Donato in Paris, published during the year 1886 with articles and documents covering the period 1880-1886. It is the most important primary source for the study of the Donato method.
The journal is preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France and is now digitized. The original issues in docx format are available in the ISI-CNV archive on Google Drive.
Structure and content
The journal is organized into several recurring sections:
Introduction — Donato presents his vision of magnetism as the direct heir of Mesmer's discovery, distinguishing himself from the fluid-physical approach to embrace a psycho-physiological explanation.
Les Fascinés peints par eux-mêmes — The most valuable section: first-person letters from subjects describing their experience during fascination. It covers testimonies from Belgium, Holland, France, with precise names, dates, and places.
Philosophie d'un Magnétiseur — Maxims and reflections by Donato on the nature of magnetism, the magnetizer, and his relationship with the world.
Les Méthodes de Fascination de Donato — Scientific article describing the methods with references to observations by Dr. Brémaud (1884) and Dr. Dufour.
Suggestion Mentale — Articles and scientific correspondence on thought transmission and telepathic phenomena in the state of fascination.
The December 1880 lecture
The most important document in the journal is the lecture given by Donato in December 1880 before the doctors of the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland), under the chairmanship of Dr. Marc Dufour. In this lecture, Donato describes for the first time in a systematic way his method, the mechanism of the state of fascination, and the progressive stages attainable through it.
It is in this document that the famous physical description of the fascinated subject appears: dangling arms, clenched fists, rigid legs, congested face, wide-open and fixed eyes, dilated pupils, frequent pulse, gasping breath.
The issues in the ISI-CNV archive
The Drive folder contains:
- 1_PDFsam_revuejournal psycho physiologie — issues 1-50 (1880-1882), includes Donato's Introduction and the 1880 lecture
- 50_PDFsam_revuejournal psycho physiologie — issues 50-104, includes the section on Suggestion Mentale
- 104_PDFsam_revuejournal psycho physiologie — issues 104-154, includes «Les Méthodes de Fascination de Donato» and scientific correspondence
- 154_PDFsam_revuejournal psycho physiologie — issues 154+, includes «Les Fascinés peints par eux-mêmes»
- Note su Donato — study summary prepared by Marco Paret with the key points of the method
Importance for the Method Paret
Donato's journal is one of the primary sources on which ISI-CNV teaching is based. Marco Paret studied these texts directly and extracted the essential principles: the «ébranlement», speed, energy, the three forms of preventive exhaustion, the psychic (not physical) nature of fascination, the progressive stages.
Understanding this journal is the historical and theoretical foundation of the Ball of Light and all direct fascination techniques of the Method Paret.
Primary sources Drive ISI-CNV
- Le Magnétisme — Journal de Psycho-Physiologie, issues 1-50 (1880-1882)
- Le Magnétisme — issues 50-104
- Le Magnétisme — issues 104-154 (with «Les Méthodes de Fascination»)
- Le Magnétisme — issues 154+ (with «Les Fascinés peints par eux-mêmes»)
- Study notes on Donato — Marco Paret
- Moréty/Paret, Magnétisme et Fascination Triomphants — ISI-CNV version
See also
- Donato — Il Padre della Fascinazione
- Il Metodo di Donato — Tecnica Precisa della Fascinazione
- La Fascinazione come Fenomeno Psicofisiologico — Donato e la Scienza
- La Palla di Luce — Method Paret
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