Magnétisme et Fascination Triomphants — Moréty e Paret/en

«Magnétisme et Fascination Triomphants — Exposé Historique et Critique de la Question» is a book written by G. Moréty, editor of the magazine Le Magnétisme by Donato, dedicated «To Donato». It is the complete critical history of magnetism from Mesmer to Donato, with Donato's discoveries documented in detail.

The version preserved in the ISI-CNV archive contains additions and modifications by Dr. Marco Paret — particularly on the continuation of Donato's work through Di Pisa and Paret, and on fascination at two levels. This is the version to be used as a reference.

Primary source Drive ISI-CNV: Magnétisme et Fascination Triomphants — Paret version

Marco Paret's additions

In the preface and the concluding chapter, Paret adds four fundamental elements:

1. The chain of transmission: «Dr. Paret has taken up Donato's work, centered mainly on demonstration, and has given them, continuing the work of his master Di Pisa, a depth never seen before.»

2. Fascination at two levels: Paret develops the possibility of working on fascination at two distinct levels — simple fascination and experimental fascination.

3. The parasympathetic system: The possibility of developing states in which the parasympathetic system and the immune system show increased activity.

4. Catalepsy as dissolution of the ego: A system for achieving deep vagal responses, leading to a dissolution of the ego to later create a new personality.

The issue of the percentage of subjects

Moréty/Paret clarifies a fundamental point: the declared percentage of «at least 20%» who enter fascination at the first public attempt is not an absolute limit. Donato writes: «I can magnetize almost everyone, if I can make a series of attempts on people who seemed most insensitive to the first experiences» — demonstrating this by magnetizing at the sixth, tenth, fifteenth time subjects who had felt nothing before.

In a show, 20% is the immediate cold result. Over time, as the letters of «Les Fascinés peints par eux-mêmes» show, all sensitive subjects enter fascination.

The 12 documented discoveries of Donato

Chapter VI lists Donato's specific discoveries with dates:

Catalepsy:

1. Catalectic state from a loud noise on an awake subject (1876) — claimed by Charcot in 1878
2. Demonstration that catalepsy occurs only in people already magnetized
3. Catalectic state from intense and sudden light

Deep states:

1. Almost instantaneous induction — previously required hours
2. First clear distinction between loss of consciousness and «sleep»
3. Almost instantaneous paralysis or catalepsy in the waking state with a glance

Post-magnetism:

1. Awakening with persistent partial contractions
2. Production of normal sleep during somnambulism and vice versa
3. Persistence of the abolition of certain senses after returning to the normal state
4. Cessation of menstruation during somnambulism
5. Demonstrations of deafness, hyperacusis, anesthesia, hyperesthesia, and psychological suggestions
6. Perfect order in the presentation of phenomena

The Appendix: The three periods of fascination

The appendix classifies the effects into three periods:

First period — Conscious wakefulness: Difficulty in detaching the eyes; attraction; motor suggestions; the subject remembers everything.

Second period — Special state of unconsciousness: Violent attraction; increased strength; analgesia; statue-like catalepsy; hallucinations of all types; personality modifications; post-hypnotic suggestions. Subjects do not remember.

Third period — Magnetic wakefulness: The subject seems awake but obeys suggestions on schedule. This is also the level of mental suggestions.

The distinctive characteristic of fascination: subjects do not close their eyes. They keep their eyes open for the entire duration of the experience.

Sources

• Magnétisme et Fascination Triomphants — Paret version (Drive ISI-CNV)
• Donato — La Rivista Le Magnétisme (1880-1886): fasc. 1-50, fasc. 50-104, fasc. 104-154, fasc. 154+
• Study notes on Donato — Marco Paret

See also

• Donato — Il Padre della Fascinazione
• La Tradizione Europea dell'Ipnosi — da Mesmer a Paret
• La Fascinazione come Fenomeno Psicofisiologico — Donato e la Scienza
• Le Magnétisme Expliqué par Donato — Come Tutto Iniziò
• Paret Method

Donato e la Fascinazione — Navigazione ISI-CNV

★ INDICE GENERALE WIKI ★★ CORPUS FONTI DONATO — Riferimento accademico ISI-CNV mondiale Il personaggio Donato (1845-1900) — Vita e opera Come tutto iniziò: il Canonico Mouls (1874) L'autobiografia: come diventò magnetizzatore Cosmopolitan ca.1890: episodi biografici esclusivi Il metodo ★ GUIDA COMPLETA AL METODO Tecnica precisa: l'ébranlement e le fasi La scienza: segni fisiologici non simulabili La rivista 1880-1886 (fonte primaria) Moréty/Paret — Storia critica completa

I protagonisti della rivista Canonico Mouls — lo scopritore di Donato Baron du Potet — il maestro delle passes (1820) Charles Lafontaine — predecessore (1840) Karl Hansen — contemporaneo danese Dottor Marc Dufour — testimone scientifico Losanna 1880 Edouard Cavailhon — primo libro sulla fascinazione (1881) Professor Heidenhain — avversario confutato Dottor Ladame — il plagiario L'eredità Charles Lafontaine — Il Magnetizzatore Franco-Svizzero John Braid — la versione corretta: spettatore di Lafontaine Beauregard -- tradizione egiziana, critica a Lafontaine, loggia in Egitto Tradizione europea: da Mesmer a Paret Erminio Di Pisa → Paret / Paret Method La Palla di Luce — eredità diretta di Donato