> 8 Facts About Goa That Might Just Blow Your Mind > > by Dielle D'Souza 07/02/2014 > > > 7. One of the great pioneers of modern hypnotism was a Goan > > Abbé Faria, or José Custódio de Faria, a Goan Catholic monk, was one > of the pioneers in the scientific study of hypnotism. He furthered the > work of Franz Mesmer, who believed that hypnotism worked through > âanimal magnetismâ. Abbé Faria was the first to understand that the > phenomenon worked by the power of suggestion. Now known as Fariism, > his idea reigns supreme to this day. Another interesting factoid: > This scientist-monk from Candolim was a revolutionary leader in France > in the 19th century. He was later imprisoned, suffered solitary > confinement, appointed a professor after his release and retired as a > chaplain. A stroke took his life in 1819, and this Goan intellectual > giant lies in an unmarked, unknown grave, somewhere in Montmatre, in > the north of France.
Don't forget the Count of Monte Cristo bit: http://abbefariacountmontecristo.blogspot.it/2010/09/chapter-1-abbe-faria-real-count-of.html
