Tradition 26 of 33
Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis
Animal magnetism, mesmerism, suggestion, and historical borders between trance science and occult practice.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,831
- 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
How to hypnotize yourself and others
Rachel Copelan
1981
Hypnosis
Brian Roet
1986
Hypnosis
Theodore X. Barber
1969
Hypnosis
William W. Hewitt
1987
Hypnosis
Erika Fromm
1979
Hypnosis
Fred H. Frankel
1976
Hypnosis
Hans Holzer
2006
Hypnosis
Irving Kirsch, Michael Heap
2006
Hypnosis
Tony Gibson
1977
Hypnosis and Imagination
Robert G. Kunzendorf, Nicholas P. Spanos, Benjamin Wallace
1996
Hypnosis for the seriously curious
Kenneth S. Bowers
1976
Hypnotherapy
Hellmut W. A. Karle, Jennifer H. Boys
1987
Hypnotherapy
Dave Elman
1964
Hypnotherapy Explained
Assen Alladin
2008
Hypnotherapy for dummies
Mike Bryant, Peter Mabbutt
2006
Hypnotherapy scripts
Ronald A. Havens
1989
Hypnotic Investigation of Psychodynamic Processes
Milton H. Erickson
1979
Hypnotic Realities
Milton H. Erickson, Ernest L. Rossi, Sheila I. Rossi
1976
Hypnotic Writing
Joe Vitale
2003
Hypnotism
George Hoben Estabrooks
1943
Hypnotism
James R. Cocke
1894
Lessons In Hypnotism And The Use Of Suggestion
Leslie J. Meacham
1898
Magnetic therapy
George Burke
1980
Mass dreams of the future
Chet B. Snow
1989