Some of his writings used therefore symbols to represent these and other meaningful concepts. He sees three basic elements: God, Energy (movement), Matter (on the top left in the guide), analog to Sulphur, Mercury and Salt, (Soul, spirit and body) of the alchemists. His way of thinking shows clearly the influence of the alchemists' ideas. ![]() Anton Mesmer used a way of exposing his ideas very similar to the way of writing of the ancient alchemists. Mesmer and his technique are key elements in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's film Cure.Mesmer is mentioned in Edgar Allan Poe's short story A Tale of the Ragged Mountains.Among Mesmer's followers was Armand-Marc-Jacques Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur (1751–1825), who discovered induced or artificial somnambulism.Theory and applications of animal magnetism" / original language: German) (1814). Theorie und Andwendungen des tierischen Magnetismus ("Mesmerism or the system of inter-relations. Mesmerismus oder System der Wechsel-beziehungen.Sendschreiben an einen auswärtigen Arzt über die Magnetkur ("Circulatory letter to a foreign physician about the magnetic cure" / original language: German) (1775).De planetarum influxu in corpus humanum ( Über den Einfluss der Gestirne auf den menschlichen Körper "The Influence of the Planets on the Human Body" / original language: Latin) (1766). ![]()
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