Mesmerism

Mesmerism prepares a space, while Mesmerism is the scene of

Notes on ''The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815)' 2008

For Mesmerism is the potential site of a personally and socially radical psychoanalysis that Mesmer himself commodified, but that will return later, for instance in Gilles Deleuze's and Félix Guattari's schizoanalysis of a body without organs (Deleuze and

'The Abyss of the Past': Psychoanalysis in Schelling's Ages of the World (1815) 2008

"The name Mesmerism or Magnetism makes it seem like some awful monster, lurking in every corner, ready to devour us, while, as Mrs. Pearl says, we go our way, quietly denying all appearance of evil, proving the law of Good by recognizing only the Good in thought and speech.

The Right Knock A Story Helen Van-Anderson

Interesting subject as it has only recently been discovered that some of the Pre-Raph painters used hypnotism called Mesmerism then to keep their models in line and in pose.

William Oliver - A thoughtful moment Hermes 2009

It seems that Marat had taken to the idea of “animal magnetism” as propounded by Franz Mesmer, a process also called Mesmerism, and which is now called hypnosis.

Archive 2007-11-01 James Killus 2007

It seems that Marat had taken to the idea of “animal magnetism” as propounded by Franz Mesmer, a process also called Mesmerism, and which is now called hypnosis.

Lavoisier James Killus 2007

The system of therapeutics known as Mesmerism, originated by Friedrich

Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery Robert Means Lawrence

"We recommend its general perusal as being really an endeavour, by one whose position gives him the best facilities, to ascertain the genuine character of Mesmerism, which is so much disputed."

Notes and Queries, Number 82, May 24, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Various 1852

In 1784, a special Royal Commission of the King of France conducted a series of tests to determine the therapeutic utility of the use of "animal magnetism" also called "Mesmerism" on human health.

Another Essay Starting from the Same Place James Killus 2007

It does not differ, however, essentially from the "animal magnetism" which for a hundred years achieved such remarkable success in drawing-rooms without reaching the point of forcing the doors of the scientific academies, nor from the "Mesmerism" or the "Braidism" which will have to be explained in the course of the historical exposition of the subject.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913