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
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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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Rapport des commissaires chargés par le roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal
France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal
1784French
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Suggestion und hypnotismus in der völkerpsychologie
Otto Stoll
1894German
That devil's trick
William Hughes
2015
The Western Esoteric Traditions
Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke
2008
The art of hypnosis
C. Roy Hunter, Charles Tebbetts
1994
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Th©·se pr©♭sent©♭e et publiquement soutenue © la Facult©♭ de m©♭decine de Montpellier, le 17 f©♭vrier 1840
Gustave Tarrés
1840French
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Thérapeutique suggestive, son mecanisme propriétés diverses du sommeil provoque et des états ..
Ambroise-Auguste Liébeault
1891French
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Universal magnetism
Edmund Shaftesbury
1924
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Éloge de Court de Gébelin
Claude-Camille-François comte d' Albon
1785French
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The Penguin Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poë, Will Self
2021
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Animal magnetism and homoeopathy
-1870 Lee Edwin
1838
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Animal magnetism delineated by its professors: a review of its history in Germany, France, and England
George Toynbee
1839
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Animal magnetism. Being the first part of animal magnetism and homoeopathy, with notes illustrative of the influence of the mind on the body
Edwin Lee
1843
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Magic, witchcraft, animal magnetism, hypnotism and electro-biology
James Braid
1852
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New-York dissector
1848
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Objections to animal magnetism, or mesmerism
Charles Vines
1845
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On certain conditions of nervous derangement
William Alexander Hammond
1881
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Painless removal of a female breast in the mesmeric trance
Theodosius Purland
1854
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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. Rapport des commissaires. English, Benjamin Franklin, Académie de médecine
1785
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The Bodie book
Walford Bodie
1905
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The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe in Four Volumes - I - Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
1857
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The electro-hydric practice
J. B. Campbell
1861
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The introduction of mesmerism, as an anæsthetic and curative agent, into the hospitals of India
James Esdaile
1852
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Veritas, or, A treatise, containing observations on, and a supplement to the two reports of the commissioners, appointed by the King of France to examine into animal magnetism
Jean Boniot De Mainauduc, Charles-Nicolas d' Eslon, John de Mainauduc
1785