Baquet-era crisis locus

Schematic anchor for the whole-body crise

The baquet crisis locus is an iconic anchor for the crisis state that could arise during group baquet sessions and their associated crisis-room practice. A crisis was a whole-body event in the historical accounts, so this midline torso coordinate is deliberately schematic rather than a single fixed organ or point.

Head crisis poleÉpigastre — solar pivotRight hand discharge pointLeft hand discharge pointRight foot discharge pointLeft foot discharge pointBaquet-era crisis locusBaquet-era crisis locus

Point 7 of 7 in Animal Magnetism — Poles, Pivot and Crises

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Armand-Marc-Jacques de Chastenet, marquis de Puységur, Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire et à l'établissement du magnétisme animal (secondary)

Historical account and development of magnetic somnambulism and crisis practice in the post-Mesmerian tradition; used to contextualise the baquet-era crisis locus.

Adam Crabtree, From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing (scholarly_modern)

Modern scholarly history of Mesmerism, including crisis and somnambulism and the transition from fluidic explanations to psychological accounts.

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