Tradition 26 of 33
Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis
Animal magnetism, mesmerism, suggestion, and historical borders between trance science and occult practice.
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- Books
- 1,831
- Earliest
- 1242
- to 2026
- Read free
- 57%
- 1,044 with public full text
- With covers
- 63%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,758
- Metadata match47
- Query match24
- Source classification (retained through merging)2
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
- hypnotism577
- animal magnetism516
- Mesmerism395
- Magnétisme animal340
- Hypnosis335
- Mesmerismus116
- Hypnose110
- Therapeutic use100
- History98
- Parapsychology71
- Suggestive Therapeutics67
- Psychology66
- Magnetic healing65
- Sleepwalking63
- Electronic books54
- Social Sciences54
- Magnétisme51
- Spiritualism51
- Early works to 180048
- Art43
- Philosophy43
- Somnambulism42
- Arts and Humanities40
- Fiction39
Top languages
- French754 · 41%
- English639 · 35%
- German281 · 15%
- Italian40 · 2%
- NOT23 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Franz Anton Mesmer47 in this tradition48 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh36 in this tradition71 books
- University of Glasgow. Library18 in this tradition71 books
- Edgar Allan Poe18 in this tradition24 books
- Jules Du Potet de Sennevoy13 in this tradition15 books
- Nicolas Bergasse13 books
- James Braid12 books
- Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach12 books
- France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal10 books
- James Esdaile10 books
- Benjamin Franklin9 in this tradition15 books
- Joseph Philippe François Deleuze9 in this tradition10 books
1,831 books
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Etherology
James Stanley Grimes
1845
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Fascination
John B. Newman
1847
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Hypnotism up to date
Sydney Blanshard Flower
1896
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Hypnotism, its facts, theories and related phenomena
Carl Sextus
1893
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Mind and body
Alvan Cavala Halphide
1899
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On the sentient faculty, and principles of human magnetism
Sigismund Ehrenreich Graf von Redern, Francis Corbaux, Sigismund Ehrenreich Redern
1819
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Physikalisch-physiologische Untersuchungen
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, Karl Reichenbach
1850German
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The physiological effects of artificial sleep
Mathias Roth
1887
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An essay of instruction, on animal magnetism
A.-M.-J Chastenet marquis de Puységur, John King, Armand Marie Jacques de Chastenet Puységur
1837
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Animal magnetism examined
John Martin
1790
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Hypnotism
Jules Claretie
1892
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Hypnotism Or, Animal Magnetism, Physiological Observations
Rudolf Peter Heinrich Heidenhain, Rudolf Heidenhain, George John Romanes, L. C Wooldridge
1888
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Mesmerism in disease
Henry Storer
1845
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Odic-magnetic letters
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, John Scherter Hittel, Karl Reichenbach
1860
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Raphael's private instructions in animal magnetism
Raphael, Raphael. [from old catalog]
1896
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Reincarnation, a study of the human soul in its relation to re-birth, evolution, post-mortem states, the compound nature of man, hypnotism, etc
Jerome A. Anderson
1894
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The remedial uses of hypnotism
Frederic Henry Gerrish
1892
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The science of hypnotism
Lou Ella Young, Lou Ella. [from old catalog] Young
1899
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Underhill on mesmerism
Samuel Underhill
1868
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Vital magnetic cure
Magnetic Physician
1871
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Wonders and mysteries of animal magnetism displayed
George Winter, University of Glasgow. Library
1791
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A lecture on the magnetism of the human body
Robert W. Gibbes, Robert Robert Wilson Gibbes
1843
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On hypnotism and psychic impression in treatment
Alexander Robertson, University of Glasgow. Library
1899
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Reincarnation
Jerome A Anderson
1893