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
- 676
- Earliest
- 1687
- to 2026
- Read free
- 28%
- 192 with public full text
- With covers
- 43%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match641
- Metadata match32
- Query match1
- Source classification (retained through merging)2
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Key subjects
- hypnotism178
- animal magnetism158
- Mesmerism153
- Mesmerismus116
- Hypnosis113
- Magnétisme animal99
- History70
- Social Sciences53
- Psychology46
- Therapeutic use45
- Art41
- Arts and Humanities39
- Philosophy39
- Hypnose36
- Literature29
- Electronic books27
- Magnetismus27
- Fiction25
- Spiritualism25
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices24
- Magnetyzm zwierzęcy21
- Magnétothérapie21
- Parapsychology21
- Art history20
Top languages
- English378 · 56%
- French141 · 21%
- German89 · 13%
- Italian19 · 3%
- Latin6 · 1%
Notable authors
All authors- Harry Houdini Collection19 in this tradition84 books
- Franz Anton Mesmer17 books
- Julio Mario Santo Domingo Collection16 in this tradition25 books
- Edgar Allan Poe9 in this tradition15 books
- Dolores Cannon6 in this tradition15 books
- E. T. A. Hoffmann6 in this tradition7 books
- Benjamin Franklin6 books
- James Esdaile6 books
- Milton H. Erickson5 in this tradition6 books
- Joseph W Haddock5 books
- Joseph Meredith Toner Collection4 in this tradition6 books
- Alphonse Teste4 books
676 books
- Read free
Letters on mesmerism
Harriet Martineau, Harry Houdini Collection, Mcmanus-Young Collection, Ya Pamphlet Collection
1845
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Mesmerism and Christian Science
Frank Podmore
1909
- Read free
The law of psychic phenomena
Thomson Jay Hudson
1896
- Read free
Performing Magnetism
Eleonora Paklons, Kristof Smeyers, Kurt Vanhoutte, Hannah Welslau, Kürt Johan André Vanhoutte
2026
- Read free
The Spectral Arctic
Shane McCorristine
2018
- Read free
Psychology, Hypnotism, Personal Magnetism and Clairvoyance ..
William Abner Barnes
1898
- Read free
Letter to Doctor A. Brigham on animal magnetism
William L. Stone, William William Leete Stone, Amariah Brigham, Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection, Harry Houdini Collection
1837
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Facts in Mesmerism, with Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into It
Chauncy Hare Townshend
1840
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Mesmerism and the end of the Enlightenment in France
Robert Darnton
1968
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Mesmerism and its opponents
George Sandby, Harry Houdini Collection, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection
1844
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The Rationale Of Mesmerism
Alfred Percy Sinnett, Harry Houdini Collection
1892
- Read free
Mesmerism unveiled ...
Leslie J. Gee
1885
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The philosophy of electrical psychology
John Bovee Dods
1850
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Le magnétisme animal
Alfred Binet, Charles Féré, Serge Nicolas, Paul Richer, Bernard Andrieu, Christine Clozza
1887French
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Complete hypnotism, mesmerism, mind-reading and spiritualism
A. Alpheus
1903
- Read free
Esoteric Catholicism / Esoterischer Katholizismus
Viktoria Vitanova-Kerber, Helmut Zander
2025
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Fact and fable in psychology
Joseph Jastrow
1900
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Strange Science
Shalyn Claggett, Lara P Karpenko, Lara Karpenko
2016
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The mysteries of the head and the heart explained
J. Stanley Grimes, Harry Houdini Collection
1875
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Six lectures on the philosophy of mesmerism delivered in the Marlboro' Chapel, Boston
John Bovee Dods, Harry Houdini Collection
1843
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How to mesmerize
Harry Houdini Collection, Arthur A. Waite
1887
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Spiritualism and animal magnetism
G. G. Zerffi, Gustav Zerffi
1871
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Von der Dämonologie zum Unbewussten
Maren Sziede, Helmut Zander
2014German
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Mesmer and Swedenborg
George Bush
1847