Facts in Mesmerism, with Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry into It |
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Author:
| Townshend, Chauncy Hare |
Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-511-79293-9 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital download and online |
List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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A passionate defence of Mesmerism, a kind of hypnosis based on the theory of animal magnetism, first published in 1840 by one of its most prominent nineteenth-century practitioners, a friend of Dickens. Townshend includes eye-witness accounts of hypnotic experiments, both from the subject's and the Mesmeriser's viewpoint.
A passionate defence of Mesmerism, a kind of hypnosis based on the theory of animal magnetism, first published in 1840 by one of its most prominent nineteenth-century practitioners, a friend of Dickens. Townshend includes eye-witness accounts of hypnotic experiments, both from the subject's and the Mesmeriser's viewpoint.