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
Franz Anton Mesmer
Margaret Leland Goldsmith
1934
Full and comprehensive instructions how to mesmerize
J. W. Cadwell
1888
Handbook of cognitive hypnotherapy for depression
Assen Alladin
2007
How to become a clairvoyant
Harry Houdini Collection
1874
How to hypnotize
L. H. Anderson
1896
How to mesmerize
James Ph.D. Coates
1897
How to win by the aid of personal magnetism and hypnotism
L. H. Anderson
1894
Human magnetism
Jacob Baker, Jacob Baker and M.D. Phillips
1843
Human magnetism. Its nature, physiology and psychology
Henry Shipton Drayton
1889
Hypnotic suggestion
Geo. C. Kingsbury
1890
Hypnotism
William Lee Howard
1895
Hypnotism and humbug
J. Milne Bramwell
1892
Hypnotism as it is
Xenophon LaMotte Sage
1897
Hypnotism at home and abroad
A. T. Myers
1890
Hypnotism explained
Louis F. Schlathoelter
1898
Hypnotism made plain
P. H. McEwen
1897
Hypnotism or mesmerism
Charles B. Cory
1888
Intensive spiritual hypnotherapy
Peter Daniel Francuch
1983
Introductory address on animal electricity
William Stirling
1884
Is it hypnotism?
Susie C. Clark
1892
James Braid
J. Milne Bramwell
1896
Library of mesmerism and psychology, in two volumes
William Fishbough
1883
Mental and magical mysteries
McManus-Young Collection
1893
Mesmer and animal magnetism
Frank A Pattie
1994