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Abbé Faria

1756 - 1819

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Abbé Faria (Portuguese: Abade Faria) (born José Custódio de Faria; 31 May 1756 – 20 September 1819) was a Portuguese Catholic priest who was one of the pioneers of the scientific study of hypnotism, following on from the work of Franz Mesmer. Unlike Mesmer, who claimed that hypnosis was mediated by "animal magnetism", Faria understood that it worked purely by the power of suggestion. In the early 19th century, Abbé Faria introduced oriental hypnosis to Paris. Faria was one of the first to depart from the theory of the "magnetic fluid", to place in relief the importance of suggestion, and to demonstrate the existence of "autosuggestion"; he also established that what he termed nervous sleep belongs to the natural order. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbé Faria is the 1,451st most popular religious figure (up from 1,676th in 2019), the 272nd most popular biography from India (up from 326th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Indian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abbé Faria ranks 1,451 out of 3,187. Before him are John Eudes, Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, Sebastiano Baggio, Theodosius the Cenobiarch, Chrodegang, and Marcellin Champagnat. After him are Clemens August of Bavaria, Beatrice of Silva, Adam Rainer, Isaac of Armenia, Cyril Lucaris, and Ahijah the Shilonite.

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Among people born in 1756, Abbé Faria ranks 15. Before him are Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aaron Burr, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, and Joseph Martin Kraus. After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, Wojciech Żywny, James Gillray, Ernst Chladni, Federico Gravina, and Thomas Rowlandson. Among people deceased in 1819, Abbé Faria ranks 14. Before him are Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, and Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne. After him are Sophie Blanchard, John Marshall, Erik Acharius, Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, and Bodawpaya.

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In India

Among people born in India, Abbé Faria ranks 272 out of 1,861. Before him are Ravidas (1450), Godfrey Brown (1915), Jagat Gosain (1573), Balaji Baji Rao (1720), Dhirubhai Ambani (1932), and Lala Lajpat Rai (1865). After him are Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II (1734), Lara Dutta (1978), Dean Mahomed (1759), Tom Kibble (1932), Mohammad Ali Jauhar (1878), and Shahu I (1682).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In India

Among religious figures born in India, Abbé Faria ranks 28. Before him are Mahavatar Babaji (1900), Nirmala Joshi (1934), Parshvanatha (-872), Sai Baba of Shirdi (1835), Jayadeva (1170), and Śāntarakṣita (725). After him are Joseph Coutts (1945), Meher Baba (1894), Guru Amar Das (1479), Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi (1856), Zakir Naik (1965), and Dashrath Manjhi (1934).

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