Tradition 26 of 35
Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis
Animal magnetism, mesmerism, suggestion, and historical borders between trance science and occult practice.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,857
- Earliest
- 1242
- to 2026
- Read free
- 58%
- 1,071 with public full text
- With covers
- 62%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,784
- Metadata match46
- Query match24
- Source classification (retained through merging)3
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- hypnotism596
- animal magnetism519
- Mesmerism403
- Magnétisme animal341
- Hypnosis336
- Mesmerismus116
- Hypnose110
- Therapeutic use102
- History98
- Parapsychology72
- Suggestive Therapeutics67
- psychology67
- Magnetic healing65
- Sleepwalking63
- Electronic books54
- Social Sciences54
- Spiritualism52
- Magnétisme51
- Early works to 180048
- Fiction45
- Art43
- Philosophy43
- Somnambulism42
- Arts and Humanities40
Top languages
- French753 · 41%
- English639 · 34%
- German283 · 15%
- Italian40 · 2%
- NOT25 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Franz Anton Mesmer48 in this tradition49 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh36 in this tradition71 books
- University of Glasgow. Library18 in this tradition73 books
- Edgar Allan Poe18 in this tradition63 books
- James Braid14 books
- Jules Du Potet de Sennevoy13 in this tradition15 books
- Nicolas Bergasse13 books
- Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach12 books
- France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal10 in this tradition11 books
- James Esdaile10 books
- Benjamin Franklin9 in this tradition16 books
- Joseph Philippe François Deleuze9 in this tradition10 books
1,857 books
- Read free
Die Symbolik des Traumes
Gotthilf Heinrich von Schubert, Friedrich Heinrich Ranke, Johann Friedrich Oberlin
1814German
- Read free
Facts in mesmerism
Chauncy Hare Townshend, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection
1840
- Read free
Letters on mesmerism
Harriet Martineau, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, McManus-Young Collection DLC, YA Pamphlet Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection, Mcmanus-Young Collection, Ya Pamphlet Collection
1845
- Read free
On miracles and modern spiritualism
Alfred Russel Wallace
1875
- Read free
The law of psychic phenomena
Thomson Jay Hudson, Thomson Hudson
1893
- Read free
Theosophy
Henry Steel Olcott
1885
- Read free
Le magnétisme animal
Alfred Binet, Charles Féré, Charles Samson Féré, Serge Nicolas, Paul Richer, Bernard Andrieu, Christine Clozza
1887French
- Read free
Report of Dr. Benjamin Franklin and other commissioners charged by the King of France with the examination of the animal magnetism as now practised at Paris
France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal, Benjamin Franklin, France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal|* Commissaires Chargés par le Roi de l'Examen du Magnétisme Animal, Académie de médecine n 87912798, Paris Descartes University faculty of medicine, French Academy of Sciences, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Faculté de médecine de Paris, Académie des sciences, Royal Society of Medicine
1785
- Read free
Telepathy and the subliminal self
Rufus Osgood Mason, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection
1897
- Read free
Instruction pratique sur le magnétisme animal
Joseph Philippe François Deleuze, Johann Ferdinand Koreff, Thomas Thomas Coles Hartshorn, Pierre Foissac, Thomas C Hartshorn
1825French
- Read free
On the truths contained in popular superstitions
Herbert Mayo
1851
- Read free
Letter to Doctor A. Brigham on animal magnetism
William L. Stone, William William Leete Stone, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Amariah Brigham, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, Sr William Leete Stone, Loraina Brackett, Harry Houdini Collection
1837
- Read free
Hypnotism
Albert Moll
1870
- Read free
How to thought-read
James Coates
1893
- Read free
Vital magnetism: its power over disease
Frederick T. Parson, Frederick T. [from old catalog] Parson
1877
- Read free
Mesmeric experiences
Spencer Timothy Hall, Spencer Spencer Timothy Hall, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
1845
- Read free
Aberglaube und zauberei von den ältesten zeiten an bis in die gegenwart
Alfred Georg Ludvig Lehmann, Alfred Lehmann, -- Petersen, Dominikus Petersen
1898German
- Read free
Mesmer et le magnétisme animal
Ernest Bersot
1853French
- Read free
Neurypnology
James Braid, University of Glasgow. Library
1843
- Read free
Anleitung zur mesmerischen Praxis
Joseph Ennemoser
1852German
- Read free
The rationale of mesmerism
Alfred Percy Sinnett, Harry Houdini Collection DLC, Harry Houdini Collection
1892
- Read free
Animal magnetism and somnambulism
Adolphe Didier, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1856
- Read free
Psychology, Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism and Clairvoyance ..
William Abner Barnes, Harry Houdini Collection DLC
1898
- Read free
Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal
Franz Anton Mesmer
1779French