Within 24 hours of my request for info about Abbe Faria, there's already such a cascade! And I'm sure there's still more to come. To those who have already responded, here's a big THANK YOU. It's awesome!
Special thanks to Frederick Noronha for routing my request to the Goanet and for such an abundant mine of information! What can I do for you, Fred? -- I shall attempt to give a gist of the French text you offered us. Having studied French just for one year during my seminary days, I know this cannot be called a literal translation of the text. But I believe it does give an idea of what has been written by Dr. D. G. Dalgado. "Abbe Faria is known in the medical and scientific world, particularly in France, as having signalled the end of the era of animal magnetism and of magnetized trees and the beginning of the era of the lucid sleep or of hypnotism, which is a very interesting branch of knowledge of physiology and psycho-physiology, with practical applications, specially to therapeutics and paediatrics. His book Of the Cause of Lucid Sleep, published in 1819, and to which he owes his scientific reputation, has been out of print for a long time. There are authors - some of them authorities! -- who know about it only through a few quotations cited in other works. I am of the opinion that the reprinting of this book would generate a lot of interest among those who dedicate themselves to the study of hypnotism and whose number is increasing every day." (I can almost see Fr. Renato do Rego -- my French Teacher of 1961 -- giving me one of those frowns he was so famous for! On second thoughts ... do people in heaven ever frown?) Loiola. > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 03:49:23 +0530 (IST) > From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Goanet]Query about Abbe Faria... > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > L'Abbe Faria est connu dans le monde medical et scientifique, surtout en > France, comme ayant marque la fin de l'ere du magnetisme animal et des > arbres magnetises, et le commencement de celle du sommeil lucide ou de > l'hypnotisme, que constitute une branche de science tres interessant de > psysiologie et de phycho-physiologie, avec applications pratiques, > specialement a la therepeutique et a la pediatrie. Son livre, De la cause > du sommeil lucide, publie en 1819, auquel il doit sa reputation > scientifique, a disparu, de puis longtemps, de la circulation courante, et > il y a des auteurs, meme des plus autorises, qui n'en connaissent rien si > ce n'est quelques extraits cites dans d'autres ouvrages. Il me semble, > cependant,, que la reapparition ... ce libre offrirait un grand interet a > ceux que ... livrent a l'etude de l'hypnotisme, et dont... nombre > s'accroit chaque jour. > > Could someone knowledgeable in French give a gist of what's being said > above please? > > ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
