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
Odisch-magnetische briefe
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach, J.G. Cotta'sche Buchhandlung, Karl von Reichenbach, Gustav Theodor Fechner
1852German
Mesmerism and Hypnotism
Shane McCorristine
2021
Spellbound: Studies on Mesmerism and Literature
Maria Tatar
2015
The philosophy of animal magnetism
Gentleman of Philadelphia, Edgar Allan Poe
1837
Vital magnetism
Thomas Pyne, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1845
Advanced Hypnotherapy
John G. Watkins, Arreed Barabasz
2012
Handbook of Self-Hypnosis
Harry Arons
1959
Hypnosis
David Waxman
1981
Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy
David T. Rowley
1986
Hypnotism
Carl Sextus
1893
Mesmerism, its history, phenomena, and practice
William Lang
1843
Miracles on demand
Charles Tebbetts
1987
Self-Suggestion
Max Long
2011
The convoluted universe
Dolores Cannon
2015
The illusion of animal magnetism
Ann Beals
2004
The mysterious odic force
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach
1977
Tierischer Magnetismus entlarvt
Max Kappeler
1975
Cronaca del magnetismo animale
Giuseppe Terzaghi
1242Italian
"Animalischer Magnetismus" oder "Aufklärung"
Anneliese Ego
1991German
Abrégé de l'histoire des magnétiseurs de Lyon
Nouveau converti, Un nouveau converti
1784French
Abwehr von Transzendenz
Andreas Baranowski
2012German
Ars magnetica
Ernst Florey
1995German
Aus uebersinnlicher Sphäre
Gustav Wilhelm Gessmann, Gustav Wilhelm Geßmann
1890German
Captaçāo-Trancetherapie in Brasilien
Marina Spinu, Henry Thorau
1994German