{"id":54043,"date":"2020-11-06T05:27:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T05:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=54043"},"modified":"2023-09-10T06:16:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-10T06:16:35","slug":"animal-magnetism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/animal-magnetism\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal magnetism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A theory of Friedrich Mesmer which stated that hysterical disorders are caused by a universal magnetic fluid in the body.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>According to physician Franz Anton Mesmer, the force permeating all animal life, including human. It is the mechanism by which hypnotism acts. The idea that there is some substance or held of force that runs through all nature has been (and still is) very widespread. Although in this form it is a 19th-century Western idea, its essence is found in many other cultures across time and place; for example, the Chinese yin and yang, the constituents of qi, are very similar. The idea was taken up by Mary Baker Eddy and, in an adapted form called malicious animal magnetism, was incorporated into Christian Science.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-23\">\n<div class=\"p-4 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl }\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>The term coined by Mesmer to describe a capability that allows one to induce hypnosis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A theory of Friedrich Mesmer which stated that hysterical disorders are caused by a universal magnetic fluid in the body. According to physician Franz Anton Mesmer, the force permeating all animal life, including human. It is the mechanism by which hypnotism acts. The idea that there is some substance or held of force that runs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Animal magnetism - Definition of Animal magnetism<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A theory of Friedrich Mesmer which stated that hysterical disorders are caused by a universal magnetic fluid in the body.According to physician Franz Anton Mesmer, the force permeating all animal life, including human. 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