Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hypnotism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Library of Mesmerism and Psychology
Author: The Philosophy of Electrical Psychology
Author: John Bovee DodsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hypnotism
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Catalogue of the Libraries
Author: Sydney Mechanics' School of Arts, N.S.W.Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Hypnosis
Author: Irving KirschPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351929291
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Modern hypnosis can be traced back to the 18th century and during this period mesmerism, as it was then known, was a healing practice which spread throughout Europe and North America. Since then hypnosis has been treated primarily as a psychological phenomenon and theories about hypnosis are grounded in mainstream psychology and its related disciplines. Most recently it has been subject to extensive clinical trials to investigate its therapeutic effectiveness. In their comprehensive introduction to this invaluable collection the editors trace the historical development of hypnosis, providing an excellent review of the theories that have tried to explain how hypnosis works and reflecting on the cultural and scientific attitudes and practices that prevailed at various times. They have selected the most important previously published papers that reveal how a scientific approach to understanding hypnosis as a psychological phenomenon has emerged over the last 70 years. They have also included a selection of reports on clinical applications and on legal and forensic issues. As such this volume will prove an invaluable reference resource for researchers and students already in the field and new scholars interested in learning more about hypnosis.
Mesmerism and the American Cure of Souls
Author: Robert C. FullerPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512802247
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The story of mesmerism in nineteenth-century America is the story of how, for the first time, a psychological theory arose to meet the everyday religious and intellectual needs of Americans. Robert Fuller gives us the first complete history of American mesmerist philosophy. He traces its development from an obscure scientific hypothesis to a powerful spiritual philosophy that deeply influenced many of the period's emerging Protestant religious sects. He investigates in depth the role of mesmerism in the Mind-Cure movement and New Thought and paints for us the cultural landscape existing at a time when thousands of antebellum Americans turned from their churches to the realm of psychology in search of self-understanding. In the early part of the century, mesmerism was for the most part the territory of carnival showmen. Itinerant mesmerists during the 1830s placed subjects in trancelike states from which they could divulge the contents of sealed envelopes and describe in detail locales to which they had never traveled. Literary figures such as Poe and Hawthorne seized upon mesmerism, depicting its workings at their most sinister and diabolical extreme. But by midcentury, mesmerism was beginning to enter the American consciousness in ways that involved anything but parlor trickery. Straddling a fine line between religious myth and scientific philosophy, mesmerism's spiritual tenets resonated almost perfectly with important currents in contemporary religious life. Universalists, Swedenborgians, and early spiritualists adopted the doctrine of mesmerism as evidence of man's unity with the Almighty. The self-made mind-cure practitioner Phineas Quimby used mesmeric theory to develop his "power of positive thinking," a concept that led eventually to the emergence of the Christian Science movement. But, Fuller shows, mind-cure cultists such as Quimby also helped transform mesmerism into a kind of self-help spirituality. Later writers condensed the principles of mesmeric healing into handy maxims that could be assimilated by a popular reading audience. Thus Mesmerism and the American Cure of Souls presents a paradigmatic instance of the role played by psychology in the American sensibility. In addition, Fuller's study constitutes a rich and hitherto unexplored chapter in American intellectual history.
Catalogue of the Reference Library
Author: Birmingham Free Libraries. Reference DepartmentPublisher:
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Category : Dictionary catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
Book Description
The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health
Author: The Kanzas Region
Author: Max GreeneThe Pioneers of the Spiritual Reformation. Life and Works of Dr. Justinus Kerner, Adapted from the German. William Howitt and His Work for Spiritualism. Biographical Sketches
Author: Anna Mary Howitt WattsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385355044
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
The House, a Pocket Manual of Rural Architecture, Or, How to Build Country Houses and Out-buildings
Author: Daniel Harrison JacquesPublisher:
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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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