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
Mesmerism & its apponents
George Sandby
1848
Mesmerism and clairvoyance
James Coates, James Ph.D. Coates
1890
Mesmerism explained as a curative power
William Neilson
1857
Mesmerism in connection with popular superstitions
John William Jackson
1858
Mesmerism the gift of God
G. S
1843
Mesmerism true-mesmerism false
M.D. John Forbes
1845
Mesmerism, (hypnotism)
Sidney Barwise
1888
Mesmerism, spiritualism, witchcraft, and miracle
Allen Putnam
1858
Mesmerism; being the first translation of Mesmer's historic Mémoire sur la découverte du magnétisme animal to appear in English
Franz Anton Mesmer
1948
Mesmerized
Alison Winter
1998
Mind and body :b hypnotism and suggestion applied in therapeutics and education
Alvan Cavala Halphide
1899
Mysteries philosophically explained
George S. Doyle
1843
Observations upon the lactucarium of Auvergne : or "the milky juice of lactuca" ...
E. Fougera & Co
1889
On imperative ideas
J. Milne Bramwell
1896
Pain of body and mind relieved by mesmerism
Thomas Capern
1861
Pathetism; with practical instructions
La Roy Sunderland
1843
Philosophy of electro-biology, or, Electrical psychology
John Bovee Dods, G. W. Stone
1852
Phrenology examined, and shown to be inconsistent with the principles of phisiology, mental and moral science, and the doctrines of Christianity
N. L. Rice
1849
Physico-physiological researches in the dynamics of magnetism, electricity, heat, light, crystallization, & chemism, in their relations to vital force
Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach
1855
Prof. L.A. Harraden's complete mail course of twenty illustrated lessons in hypnotism
L. A. Harraden
1899
Psycho-therapy, or, Hypnotic suggestion in the cure of disease, vices and abnormal habits
Jay Ross De Mude, Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection
1899
Psychography, or, the embodiment of thought
Robert H. Collyer
1843
Report of the experiments on animal magnetism, made by a committee of the medical section of the French Royal Academy of Sciences: read at the meeting of the 21st and 28th of June, 1831, translated, and now for the first time published
J. C. Colquhoun
1833
Report of the sixth annual meeting of the London Mesmeric Infirmary ... held ... the 8th of June, 1855
London Mesmeric Infirmary
1855