WOW Chris... my interest in this topic came after reading Aphorisms 288 thru 294 in Dudgeons translation of the 5th and 6th Organon... one quote: "I find it yet necessary to allude here to animal magnetism, as it is termed, or rather Mesmerism (as it should be called in deference to Mesmer, its first founder) which differs so much in nature from all other therepeutic agents. This curative force, often so stupidly denied and disdained for a century, acts in different ways. It is a marvellous, priceless gift of GOD to mankind by means of which the strong will of a well intentioned person upon a sick one by contact and even without this and even at some distance, can bring the vital energy of a healthy mesmeriser endowed with this power into another person dynamically (just as one of the poles of a powerful magnetic rod upon a bar of steel)"
I get the impression Hahnemann approves.... I was not interested in TV evangelists, or whatever... I really was thinking Mesmerism might equate to Healing Touch, or Qi Gong healing...and even laying on of hands in some cases... Hahnemann goes into significant detail on this subject, but I am not certain whether or not he means to keep the therapy seperate from homeopathic treatment.... Denise