“The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”: The Scientific Debate on Hypnosis and Its Legal Implications between the 19th and the 20th Century

Sacchi, Daniel; Belingheri, Michael; Mazzagatti, Roberto; Zampetti, Paolo; Riva, Michele Augusto

doi:10.1159/000507192

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“…In part, the healings operated by the Mesmerists were considered by the Church as spectacles based on the complicity of the magnetist–sleepwalker dyad who feigned illnesses and states of mediumistic trance; on the other hand, the fashion of sleepwalking aroused the concern of the Holy Office, since both necromancy and divination were already condemned in the Mosaic Law as illicit practices that exposed people to the danger of demonic possession (Anon., 1852a; Riva et al, 2010; Riva et al, 2011; Sacchi et al, 2020).…”

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Animal magnetism in Italy during the nineteenth century: the conflicting relationship with the Catholic Church

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This article explores the relationship between the Catholic Church and animal magnetism. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Catholic Church had first tried to stem the rise of animal magnetism in a vague manner, but after a few decades, it eventually put a genuine veto in place. This measure was founded upon the dangers to morality and faith arising from the progressive polarization of the original doctrine in forms related to esotericism. Among the causes of the condemnation by the Congregation of the Holy Office, the primary ones were the naturalist interpretation of the miracles described in the Gospels and in the New Testament, and the possibility of falling under the control of a demonic spirit.

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Section: The Conflict Between Mesmerism and The Catholic Churchmentioning

confidence: 99%