Tradition 26 of 35
Mesmerism, animal magnetism, and hypnosis
Animal magnetism, mesmerism, suggestion, and historical borders between trance science and occult practice.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,857
- Earliest
- 1242
- to 2026
- Read free
- 58%
- 1,071 with public full text
- With covers
- 62%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,784
- Metadata match46
- Query match24
- Source classification (retained through merging)3
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
- hypnotism596
- animal magnetism519
- Mesmerism403
- Magnétisme animal341
- Hypnosis336
- Mesmerismus116
- Hypnose110
- Therapeutic use102
- History98
- Parapsychology72
- Suggestive Therapeutics67
- psychology67
- Magnetic healing65
- Sleepwalking63
- Electronic books54
- Social Sciences54
- Spiritualism52
- Magnétisme51
- Early works to 180048
- Fiction45
- Art43
- Philosophy43
- Somnambulism42
- Arts and Humanities40
Top languages
- French753 · 41%
- English639 · 34%
- German283 · 15%
- Italian40 · 2%
- NOT25 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Franz Anton Mesmer48 in this tradition49 books
- Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh36 in this tradition71 books
- University of Glasgow. Library18 in this tradition73 books
- Edgar Allan Poe18 in this tradition63 books
- James Braid14 books
- Jules Du Potet de Sennevoy13 in this tradition15 books
- Nicolas Bergasse13 books
- Karl Freiherr von Reichenbach12 books
- France. Commissaires chargés par le roi de l'examen du magnétisme animal10 in this tradition11 books
- James Esdaile10 books
- Benjamin Franklin9 in this tradition16 books
- Joseph Philippe François Deleuze9 in this tradition10 books
1,857 books
Era
Rapport des commissaires chargé par le roi, De l'examen du magnétisme animal . Imprimé par ordre du roi
1784French
Rapport des commissaires chargée par le roi, de l'examen du magnétisme animal
1784French
Rapporto della commissione nominata dalla sezione medica della Societa d'incoraggiamento di scienze, lettere, ed arti in Milano per l'esame delle memorie di concorso al premio proposto pel 1855 sopra un argomento di magnetismo animale
1856Italian
Teatro del Corso per la sera di giovedi 2 agosto 1860, a ore 8 e mezzo precise
1860Italian
The Zoist.
1843
Traitement par le magnétisme
1842French
Cronaca del magnetismo animale
Date unknownItalian
Mesmer guéri : ou lettre d'un provincial au R. P. N***, en réponse a sa lettre intitulée, Mesmer blessé
Date unknownFrench
cote : 8-TB64-298
Date unknown