Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

Author(s)

• A. Alpheus

Written in 1903, just sixty years after the word 'hypnotism' was coined, this book explores the contemporary understanding of the nature, uses and dangers of the technique. Hypnotism has been practiced for many centuries, but it was in the mid-to-late nineteenth century that it became a particularly fashionable way to explore the human mind. Although understanding of the subject has evolved considerably over subsequent years, this book remains a fascinating insight into a technique once thought to be at the forefront of medical science.
(summary by Stuart Bell)

1. 01 - Introduction
2. 02 - What is hypnotism?
3. 03 - Theories of hypnotism
4. 04 - How to hypnotize
5. 05 - Amusing experiments
6. 06 - The stages of hypnotism
7. 07 - How the subject feels under hypnotization
8. 08 - Self-hypnotization
9. 09 - Simulation
10. 10 - Criminal suggestion
11. 11 - Dangers in being hypnotized
12. 12 - Hypnotism in medicine
13. 13 - Hypnotism of animals
14. 14 - A scientific explanation
15. 15 - Telepathy and clairvoyance
16. 16 - The confessions of medium