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
Extraordinary Beliefs
Peter Lamont
2013
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Private Instructions in the Science and Art of Organic Magnetism
Chandos Leigh Hunt
1883
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A Review of Dr. Dod's Involuntary Theory of Spiritual Manifestations
W. S. Courtney
1854
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Numerous cases of surgical operations without pain in the mesmeric state; with remarks upon the opposition of many members of the Royal medical and chirurgical society and others to the reception of the inestimable blessings of mesmerism
John Elliotson
1843
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The value of hypnotism as a means of surgical anaesthesia
James James Richard Cocke
1894
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Hypnotism
Foveau De Courmelles, Laura Ensor
1891
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Hypnotism and clairvoyance.
J[ohn] W Weltner
1899
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Hypnotism, and magnetism, mesmerism, suggestive therapeutics and magnetic healing ...
Lauron William De Laurence
1910
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Spiritism, hypnotism and telepathy as involved in the case of Mrs. Leonora E. Piper and the Society of psychical research,
Clark Bell, Thomson Jay Hudson
1902
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The secret of animal magnetism, mesmerism, clairvoyancy and mind reading; how to develop the magnetic power,
John D Barnes
1903
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The elements of hypnotism, the induction of hypnosis, its phenomena, its dangers and value
Ralph Harry Vincent
1893
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Braid on hypnotism. Neurypnology; or, The rationale of nervous sleep considered in relation to animal magnetism or mesmerism and illustrated by numerous cases of its successful application in the relief and cure of disease
James Braid, Arthur Edward Waite
1899
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Dr Orestes Brownson The Spirit Rapper 1854
HumanElectroMagneticPsych
1854
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The trance, and correlative phenomena
La Roy Sunderland
1868
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The unison of the conscious force ... Electro-magnetism and hypnotism. An outline of the secret of the Buddhists
Solomon Heydenfeldt, YA Pamphlet Collection DLC [from old catalog]
1890
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Iconographie photographique de la Salpêtrière v.2
Bourneville
1877French
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Revue de l'hypnotisme et de la psychologie physiologique
Revue de l'hypnotisme et de la psychologie physiologique
1889French
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Magnétisme et hypnotisme
Alexandre Cullerre
1886French
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Le monde des rêves
Paul-Max Simon
1882French
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Le somnambulisme provoqué
Henri Étienne Beaunis
1886French
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De la suggestion et du somnambulisme dans leurs rapports avec la jurisprudence et la médecine légale
Jules Liégeois
1889French
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Geschichte des thierischen Magnetismus
Joseph Ennemoser
1844German
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British and foreign medical review or quarterly journal of practical medicine and surgery
1836
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L' hypnotisme
Jean Pierre F. Schneider, Jean Pierre Abbé Schneider
1894French