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The Theological Vampire Exposed, in a Series of Lectures, Showing that the Miraculous Mythology of Christianity had for Prototype, the Theology of the Ancient Pagans

Ursula N Gestefelds Statement of Christian Science in 18 Lessons

George Oliver – Signs and Symbols 12 Lectures on Freemasonry 1838

George Oliver – The History of Initiation in Twelve Lectures 1841

Charles Caldwell – Facts on Mesmerism and Thoughts on its Causes and Uses 1842

O. S. Fowler – Fowler on Memory or Phrenology Applied to the Cultivation of Memorty 1842

Jerome A Anderson – Reincarnation A Study of The Human Soul 1893

Robert Collyer – Psychography or Embodiment of Thought 1843

K. Dickerson – The Philosophy of Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism 1843

John Bovee Dods – 6 Lectures on of The Philosophy of Mesmerism 1843

S. Gregory – Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism and Its Uses 1843

William Lang – Mesmerism Its History, Phenomena and Practice 1843

James Braid – Neurypnology Or The Rational of Nervous Sleep, Considered in Relation with Animal Magnetism 1843

The History and Philosophy of Animal Magnetism by A Practical Magnetizer 1843

Edwin Lee – Report Upon The Phenomena of Clairvoyance 1843

Charles Morley – Elements of Animal Magnetism or Process and Application for Relieving Human Suffering 1843

Thomas Smethurst – Hydrotherapia or The Water Cure, Being a Practical View of The Cure All Its Bearings Exhibiting The Great Utility of Water As A Preservative of Health and Remedy of Disease 1843

Philemon Stewart – A Holy, Sacred and Divine Roll and Book From The Lord God of Heaven 1843

LA Roy Sunderland – Pathetism with Practical Instructions Demonstrating the Falsity of the hitherto prevalent assumptions in regard to what has been called Mesmerism and Neurology1843

D. Spillan – A Practical Manual of Animal Magnetism Containing An Exposition of The Methods Employed In Producing Magnetic Phenomena1843

Rev Chauancy Hare Townshend – Facts in Mesmerism With Reasons for a Dispassionate Inquiry Into It 1843

James S Olcott – Animal Electricity or Electric Science 1844

George Moore – The Power of The Soul Over The Body Considered In Relation To Health and Morals 1844

James R Newhall – A Lecture on The Occult Sciences Embracing Some Account of The New England Witchcraft With an Attempt to Exhibit the Philosophy of Spectre Seeing, Disease Charming 1845

Charles Southwell – The True Origin, Object and Organization of The Christian Religion 1845

James Wilson, James Manby Gully – The Practice of The Water-Cure 1846

James Manby Gully – The Water-Cure in Chronic Disease 1847

John B Newman – Fascination on The Philosophy of Charming 1847

Anthony Todd Thomson – The Philosophy of Magic, Prodigies and Apparent Miracles, The Occult Sciences 1847

H Werner – Guardian Spirits, A Case of Vision Into The Spiritual World 1847

Anonymous – The Intercourse Between The Soul and The Body 1848

William Andrew Chatto – Facts and Speculations on The Origin and History of Playing Cards 1848

Jean Dubois – The Secret Habits of The Female Sex 1848

Dr Elliotson – Cure of A True Cancer of The Female Breast 1848

L. N. Fowler – Marriage Its History and Ceremonies 1848

Alexander Von Humboldt – Kosmos A General Survey of The Physical Phenomena of The Universe 1848

Edwin Lee – Hydropathy and Homeopathy Impartially Appreciated, The Influence of The Mind on The Body 1848

Rev Gibson Smith – Lectures on Clairmativeness or Human Magnetism 1848

John Dudley – The Anti-Materialist Denying The Reality of Matter Vindicating The Universality of Spirit 1849

Martyn Paine – A Discourse on The Soul and Instinct Physiologically Distinguished From Materialism 1849

Anonymous – The Principle of Health Transferable Or How To Obtain Immediate Relief From Pain and A Speedy Cure From Disease 1849

C. M. Burnett – The Philosophy of Spirits in Relation to Matter 1850

L. Alph Cahagnet – The Celestial Telegraph or The Secrets of The Life to Come 1850

Rev Henry Christmas – The Phantom World, The History and Philosophy of Spirits Apparitions etc.. 1850

J. Ralston Skinner – Key To The Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery 1894

J. Traill Taylor – The Veil Lifted, Modern Developments of Spirit Photography 1894

George D Watson – The Secret of Spiritual Power 1894

Henry M Lazelle – Matter, Force and Spirit or Scientific Evidence of A Supreme Intelligence 1895

Frederick Thomas Elworthy – The Evil Eye An Account of This Ancient and Widespread Superstition 1895

Edward Randall Knowles – The Supremacy of The Spiritual 1895

Mesmerism

Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, was the name given by the German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century to what he believed to be an invisible natural force (lebensmagnetismus) possessed by all living/animate beings (humans, animals, vegetables, etc.). He believed that the force could have physical effects, including healing. He tried persistently but without success to achieve scientific recognition of his ideas.

The vitalist theory attracted numerous followers in Europe and the United States and was popular into the 19th century. Practitioners were often known as magnetizers, rather than mesmerists. For about 75 years from its beginnings in 1779 it was an important specialty in medicine, and continued to have some influence for about another 50 years. Hundreds of books were written on the subject between 1766 and 1925. Today it is almost entirely forgotten.

Mesmerism is still practised as a form of alternative medicine in some countries, but magnetic practices are not recognized as part of medical science, and are considered by many medical scientists and practitioners to work by self-suggestion through the universal process known as response expectancy.

Neurypnology – An alternate, obsolete term from the nineteenth century used to describe the practice of mesmerism, which eventually evolved into hypnotism.