mesmerists

Among his pupils, usually called mesmerists, was Puysèyur, who discovered, in 1784, the state which was called artificial somnambulism, a kind of sleep in which the ideas and feelings of the magnetized can be guided by the magnetizer.

Psychotherapy Hugo M��nsterberg 1889

Depend upon it, that is why so many "mesmerists" have mistaken their vocation.

Better Dead 1898

These truths and those given below are no longer based on the mere reports of the "mesmerists," but are the recognised property of legitimate psychology.

The Story of the Mind James Mark Baldwin 1897

It may be that she gave him orders in his sleep, after the accepted manner of mesmerists; but if she did, they never reached him; he was far too fast asleep.

In The Time Of Light dj barber 2010

Rumours fed into the labyrinthine networks of clandestine groups of initiates and acolytes and mesmerists that swarmed beneath the respectable fa-ade of Paris, each obligingly suspicious and in constant fear of betrayal.

Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007

The elder Bhutto, his daughter Benazir, and Mr. Sharif were a trio of political mesmerists -- aristocrats posing as populists -- who enriched themselves and their friends to the tune of billions as they bankrupted the country.

Being Pervez Musharraf 2007

Men and women contend for each other in the lists of love, like rival mesmerists; the active and adroit decide their challenges in the sports of the body; and the sedentary sit down to chess or conversation.

Memories and Portraits 2005

Long before the English founded psychical research in 1882, French “magnetists” and mesmerists were studying mediumship, somnambulism, and the puzzling phenomena of “secondary personality.”

Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

Long before the English founded psychical research in 1882, French “magnetists” and mesmerists were studying mediumship, somnambulism, and the puzzling phenomena of “secondary personality.”

Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

Long before the English founded psychical research in 1882, French “magnetists” and mesmerists were studying mediumship, somnambulism, and the puzzling phenomena of “secondary personality.”

Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004