Donato — La Fascinazione a Distanza: Gesto e Sguardo senza Contatto/en
Page title: Donato — Fascination at a Distance: Gesture and Gaze without Contact
One of the most striking proofs of the reality of fascination is its operability at a distance — without physical contact. Donato documents in the journal experiments where the already fascinated subject is controlled from afar through gestures and gazes.
Direct Testimony
From the journal «Le Magnétisme», a witness describes:
- «Alors on vit le sujet, qui faisait des efforts inouïs pour rester en place, jeté la face contre terre par mon seul geste à distance ; d'un regard je l'empêchais de parler ou de se relever, puis je l'attirais malgré lui, dans toutes les directions, sans jamais le toucher, etc.»
Four documented actions at a distance:
- Thrown to the ground by a single gesture
- Prevented from speaking by a gaze
- Prevented from getting up by a gaze
- Attracted in all directions against his own will
All without physical contact. The subject makes «unheard-of efforts» — the will is present (VVC) but the body does not respond (DVC maintains control).
The Necessary Condition: Pre-existing Continuous DV
Fascination at a distance is not an entry technique — it works only **after** the subject is already in a fascinatory state. It is the continuation of the continuous DV documented in the corpus of primary sources.
Once stable DV is established through ébranlement and the initial gaze capture, the operator can maintain the autonomic link through signals at a distance — as long as they maintain attention on the subject.
This is the mechanism of the «child attached to the breast»: the autonomic bond does not require continuous physical contact — it requires the operator's presence and orientation toward the subject.
The «prise du regard» at a Distance — De Rochas
De Rochas had described the mechanism of the «prise du regard» which also works at a distance:
- «Si vous opérez la prise du regard avec l'extrémité des doigts de votre main réunis en cône, vous pourrez, en dirigeant cette main vers un point déterminé et en la retirant ensuite rapidement, fixer le regard du sujet sur ce nouveau point.»
The gesture of the fingers forming a cone pointing toward a point — and then quickly withdrawing — fixes the subject's gaze on that point. It is the gesture Donato used to «attract» the subject in a direction.
De Rochas had also documented fascination produced at 150 meters distance with the word «pstt» in a telephone — the acute sensory stimulus worked at a distance because the subject was already in a state of heightened sensitivity.
Implications for Practice
Fascination at a distance is not theater — it is the most convincing public demonstration of the reality of the phenomenon:
- The subject makes visible efforts and fails
- There is no physical contact that could explain the effect
- The effect is immediate and reversible (awakening with a breath)
- It is replicable with different subjects in different contexts
For ISI-CNV: fascination at a distance is the advanced level of work with «educated» subjects (multiple sessions). It is not the entry point — it is the result of progressive magnetic education.
Documented Anecdotes
Action without contact is documented in the same magnetic lineage: Baron du Potet, according to Moréty, «employa les passes à distance sans contact préalable, aidées par l'action du regard». In Donato's sessions, the principle appeared clearly when the magnetist positioned himself behind the subject — outside the field of gaze — and with an imperative gesture still obtained their fall, proving that the action requires neither contact nor necessarily the eye fixed on the subject.
- Source of anecdotes: G. Moréty, Le Magnétisme Triomphant 1886 (Drive ISI-CNV).
Sources
See Also
- Lo Stato Fascinatorio nelle Fonti Primarie — Donato, Morselli, Luys
- Donato — Il Problema della Resistenza e l'Educazione Magnetica
- Tre Stili di Ingresso alla Fascinazione — Donato, Ghigi, Di Pisa
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