| 单词 | mesmerism |
| 例句 | In Paris in the early 1780s, Franz Anton Mesmer was attracting attention for his showy demonstrations of “mesmerism,” or what would later be called hypnotism. Review: Tony Oursler’s Grand Illusions, Science Left at the Door 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z He even includes a story by Robert W. Chambers — about mesmerism and ancient hieroglyphs — that isn’t taken from that author’s notorious 1895 volume, “The King in Yellow.” Review | Long before ‘Ghostbusters,’ fiction’s detectives were exploring the otherworldly 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Barnum, the vogue for mesmerism, theories of the universe, the birth of the Smithsonian Institution and, not least, the careers of the important early American scientists Joseph Henry and Alexander Dallas Bache. Review | Is Poe the most influential American writer? A new book offers evidence. 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z The solo percussion piece, Dark Ground, performed by Joby Burgess, eschews stick-juggling mesmerism in favour of the layering of complex processes and contrasting timbres. Tansy Davies – review 2013-04-10T17:30:04Z Ada’s enthusiasms nonetheless refused to confine themselves to mesmerism and galvanized frogs’ legs. Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Legacy Left to Byron’s Wife and Daughter 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In the Morgan show a brief section is devoted to Dickens’s fascination with mesmerism, and his pride in his abilities to hypnotize his wife and friends, along with others plagued by afflictions. Exhibition Review: Morgan Library?s ?Charles Dickens at 200? - Review 2011-09-22T21:48:27Z Other scholars have traced this mishmash of mind cures, millennialism, mesmerism, spiritualism, theosophy and other strains of pseudoscience and mysticism. A Tour Through the ‘American Messiahs’ of Our Past 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Richter then turned to the master of musical mesmerism for the movie’s soundtrack, to be performed live by a 14-player chamber ensemble of strings, winds and pairs of vibraphones and pianos. Review: Steve Reich remains as vital as ever with a new composition, recordings, book and more 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z Reflecting on that ideal mental state, I thought of mesmerism, the precursor to hypnosis, conceived in the 1770s by the German physician Franz Anton Mesmer. This Centuries-Old Trick Will Unlock Your Productivity 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z I do think it’s like a kind of mesmerism — it’s a feature of shock. Tilda Swinton is back at Cannes and optimistic about the future 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z A third category of atheism makes a religion out of science through a variety of intellectual fashions such as evolutionary humanism, mesmerism, dialectical materialism and transhumanism. Review | How different really are atheists and believers? 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z When Dods offered to teach mesmerism to his audiences, he was offering to let them in on a powerful secret. Opinion | Donald Trump, Mesmerist 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z His face alight with the excitement of the moment, Liston announced, “This Yankee dodge, gentlemen, beats mesmerism hollow!” How Ether Transformed Surgery from a Race against the Clock 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z Were you not able to realize your dominion? or was it the mesmerism of fear that seized you? A Soldier's Son 2012-04-27T02:00:37.640Z The latter are carried on as are the acts of persons in the state of mesmerism, where actions involuntarily follow the images which the words of other persons suggest to their minds. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z Accordingly mesmerism and its allied manifestations were generally abandoned to the bohemians of science, and to investigators with dogmatic bias. Hegel's Philosophy of Mind 2012-03-07T03:00:14.327Z Or imagine trying to defeat mesmerism by calling it a ridiculous fad that a credulous public deserved. Opinion | Donald Trump, Mesmerist 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z Esdaile, when removing tumours under mesmerism in Calcutta, noticed that patients, who were actually undergoing capital operations without a murmur, complained if a draught blew in upon them from an open window. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Another symptom frequently observed in mesmerism are electric shocks, which produce sometimes a violent trembling in the whole person before the beginning of magnetic sleep and after it has ceased. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z One said it was mesmerism; another that it was magnetism; while the superstitious said there was “a distinct halo about his head” at one place in the speech. Why Lincoln Laughed 2011-12-29T03:00:17.037Z Even as they take place in ordinary health, they may well produce the conviction, that there are mysteries enough for our study in our most common experience, without resorting to mesmerism or spiritual rappings. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z And so "mesmerism" was left for the quacks and traveling showmen. The Book of Life 2011-11-25T03:00:13.343Z This induced analgesia has from the first been one of the main triumphs of mesmerism or hypnotism. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z France, however, abounded more than any other country with impostors, and every kind of deception and cheating was carried on there, at the beginning of this century, under the cloak of mesmerism. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z A pseudo-scientific twist is also given to this novel by the introduction of mesmerism and hypnotic influence, matters in which the author is deeply interested. Essays on Modern Novelists 2011-11-22T03:00:10.817Z I was interested in mesmerism in those days, and highly adept. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Containing the most approved methods of mesmerism; animal magnetism, or, magnetic healing. The Bradys After a Chinese Princess The Yellow Fiends of 'Frisco 2011-09-06T02:00:11.117Z All have heard that mesmerism will stop headaches;—that you can have a tooth out "under mesmerism" without feeling it. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z Since that time mesmerism has been repeatedly, and almost always successfully employed as an an�sthetic; Dr. James Esdall, chief surgeon of the presidency of Calcutta, having reduced the application to a regular method. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Some curious experiments in the production of local anæsthesia were observed by the committee on mesmerism from the Society for Psychical Research. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z HOW TO MESMERIZE.—Containing the most approved methods of mesmerism; also how to cure all kinds of diseases by animal magnetism, or, magnetic healing. The Bradys' Chinese Clew The Secrect Dens of Pell Street 2011-08-17T02:00:26.867Z Lavoisier was a member with Franklin of the commission which investigated the therapeutic value of mesmerism, and exposed the imposture of Mesmer. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z The rivalry between mesmerism and ether, as an�sthetic agents in capital operations, was a conspicuous fact in the medical history of early Victorian times. Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z But it cannot be said that the true nature of the active principle has yet been fully ascertained, and so far the results of mesmerism must be classed among magic phenomena. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Braidism suffered nearly the same fate as mesmerism—it was neglected and tabooed. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z My business is simply to state facts, and I need not here undertake any dissertation upon mesmerism. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z I fear that there must be truth in mesmerism, for I felt from the first that he had some terrible power over me, and could—what shall I say?—there, A Fluttered Dovecote 2011-07-29T02:00:21.880Z The intrepid authoress happened to believe there was some truth in mesmerism. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z He identifies the nervous fluid with galvanism and voltaic electricity, and asserts that by a galvanic battery all the results can be obtained which mesmerism claims as its own. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Then comes the remarkable part of this sort of mesmerism.” Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z Don't you remember how, at that very time, the great dispute on Elliotson's hands was whether any instance could be adduced of cure of organic disease by mesmerism? Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z Odic Lights: Od, the name given by Reichenbach to an influence he believed he had discovered; it was held to explain the phenomena of mesmerism, and to account for the luminous appearances at spirit-rapping circles. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z It was misleading, because mesmerism has no theology. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z It has often been claimed that mesmerism produces exceptionally by rapport what in twins is the effect of a close natural resemblance and contemporaneousness of organization. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Before hypnotism was developed they were cured by mesmerism. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Although mesmerism had estranged her from a sister, and theology from a brother, she made no display of bitter feelings towards them and theirs in her last will. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z As much showman as physician, Charcot gave weekly two-hour lectures to a packed amphitheater, including demonstrations designed to captivate an audience accustomed to staged séances and exhibitions of mesmerism or telepathy. The Pseudoscience of Hysteria 2011-06-17T17:26:49Z The literary men of Dickens’s period were much interested in the action of drugs, in mesmerism, and the like. The Problem of 'Edwin Drood' A Study in the Methods of Dickens 2011-06-05T02:00:15.443Z It is not unlikely, that, in foreign ports, he had witnessed exhibitions of necromancy and mesmerism, which, in various forms and under different names, have always been practiced. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Before mesmerism they were cured by magnets or by the Leyden jar, and during the past century they have been cured by electrical methods or by osteopathy or by Eddyism. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z It may be as well to say that she never wavered in her assurance that her cure was worked by mesmerism, and that the cure was complete. Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z The question in regard to mesmerism is two-fold: first, how is the mesmeric prostration to be accounted for? and secondly, how is it to be disposed of? The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Those who scorn mesmerism received the new claimants, the only change being in name. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z His view is probably in harmony with the conclusion of most minds which have studied carefully the outworkings of mesmerism and Spiritualism. Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism 2011-06-05T02:00:13.200Z Such is the wonderful power of mesmerism, and such and so varied is the peculiar idiosyncrasy of the human frame. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z "One must dispute anything being the cause of anything, if one disputes after reading this statement, that your recovery is due to mesmerism." Harriet Martineau 2011-08-05T02:00:51.493Z The true explanation of mesmerism is to be found, as we have said, in the weakness or infatuation of human nature itself. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, August, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:11.200Z Some drugs have the power of inducing it, and mesmerism is the strongest of all artificial means. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Strange to say, there was not one other operator present who seemed to notice the great discrepancies between the assertions made in our investigations of mesmerism, and the proofs before us. Professor Huskins 2011-03-13T03:00:20.620Z It set forth, as usual; the disinterested nature of his journey, which was to expound to the intelligent citizens of Edinburgh a few of the great truths of mesmerism, illustrated by a series of experiments. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z If there be no mistake in the results, they promise to explain philosophically many popular superstitions, and also the phenomena of mesmerism, without a resort to superhuman agency, either satanic or angelic. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z But he continued the practice of mesmerism, holding s�ances in his home and editing a magazine, The Zoist, devoted to the subject, and in 1849 he founded a mesmeric hospital. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z After years of delay, mesmerism has been accepted under another name, that of hypnotism; but the theory of a “fluid” or specific influence is discarded. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z She used no wiles, practised no arts—her subtle mesmerism was the unseen power of the lodestone. The Great Mogul Nothing that you have said can shake my firm belief in mesmerism in all its stages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z In this view, mesmerism assumes a most interesting aspect, forming, as it were, a link between the present and the future world. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z I examined the tooth, and in the most encouraging manner told the poor sufferer that I had something better than mesmerism, by means of which I could take out his tooth, without giving him pain. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine All the so-called occult phenomena of mesmerism, trance, clairvoyance, mind reading, dreams, visions, thought transference, etc., are correlated to and explained by means of this psychic ether. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z We must then, in fairness, either acknowledge mesmerism as a power, or believe that these persons whom we respect and esteem are practised upon and deluded by others. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 It's a species of mesmerism—or animal magnetism, as some people prefer to call it. The School by the Sea Strong apprehensions have also been excited respecting phrenology and mesmerism. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z About this same period mesmerism was again coming to the front, this time cloaked as a science termed electro-biology. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine The phenomenon of “double presence,” in this manner can be produced, as somnambulism may be, by artificial means; that is through mesmerism or hypnotism. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z Yet there may be some among them who will tell you that they themselves were entirely sceptical until they tried mesmerism, and found they had the power in themselves. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 She must be made up of sympathy and mesmerism. Glories of Spain But this is not because there are any special grounds for such opinions in phrenology or mesmerism. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z An accusation, couched in bitter terms, that Simpson was really a supporter of mesmerism as it was then known, was published in one of the leading professional journals in London. Sir James Young Simpson and Chloroform (1811-1870) Masters of Medicine The process, the cause and effect, are the same under the name of Christian Science as that of mesmerism. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z In the year 1897 an attempt to explain mesmerism is not as necessary as it used to be. The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 Like mesmerism, the system has its antipathies; and thus yesterday Crawley fainted twice after a few minutes' suspension by the arms. The Fortunes Of Glencore The highest mind is an anatomized or dismembered mesmerism, each member whereof has been constituted independent in itself. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z "It must have been done by mesmerism, I fancy," rejoined Mr. Meek. Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) Electricity and magnetism met this fate, and mesmerism was at first thought to be a curative agent for all diseases. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z He could be witty in many tongues; he was an adept in fashionable fads of the day; was supposed to have a gift for mesmerism, and to be something of a sorcerer. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII It had been ordained that his flat should be burgled, and he, Sylvanus Conti, professor of hypnotism and mesmerism, seizing his opportunity, had diverted to his own ends the august decrees of destiny. Bindle Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle Mr. Welton seems to have been a believer in mesmerism, animal magnetism, and similar doctrines, but the coincidence of his story with that of the African sorcerer is none the less remarkable. Custom and Myth New Edition Speaking of mesmerism, Leon, I suppose that you know that its advocates likened it to the power which reptiles are said to have over birds and small animals, whom they fascinate first, and then devour. A Modern Wizard Charlatanism seized mesmerism, as it has everything new, and brought its healing potencies into disgrace by its ignorance and pretensions. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z It was only the name, the mesmerism, so to say, of the personality. Harley Greenoak's Charge Was there a languorous, all-pervading mesmerism in the very force and power of her love, which drew him beneath its spell in spite of himself? A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance Her ministers are the priests of sorcery, necromancy, magic, theosophy, mesmerism, spiritualism and other kindred spiritual powers. The Goddess of Atvatabar Being the history of the discovery of the interior world and conquest of Atvatabar That you should have been startled is natural enough, but how the idea of mesmerism occurred to you, bewilders me. A Modern Wizard The only one I can recollect was when a professor of mesmerism and clairvoyance came down and took the skittle ground at the back of the “George and Dragon.” Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant He dabbled in animal magnetism, which had been called mesmerism, and now is known as hypnotism. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 There are people, Miss Dalton," said he to Kate, "who affect to see nothing in mesmerism but deception and trick, whose philosophy teaches them to discredit all that they cannot comprehend. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life I went to the Residenz, and there mesmerism was in its fullest flower. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Well, then," continued the Doctor, "tell me why you are so sure that mesmerism is not possible. A Modern Wizard He "wondered if mesmerism had anything"—but rejected that explanation with disdain and dismissed the subject. John March, Southerner This new sect devotes itself to a study of the Bible, and a practice of curing disease without mesmerism or spiritualism. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 This means that when the mesmerism is over they each have black marks on their faces, and know nothing about it until they are led to a looking-glass. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes And I beg to be allowed by way of an illustrative note to your confession of faith to add an account of my own experiences in mesmerism. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He tells of wonderful occurrences which he cannot account for, while, in spite of that, he does not hesitate to attribute them to mesmerism. A Modern Wizard It is no reason because we have re-christened mesmerism that we should ignore the merit of those who, as to matters of fact, were in the right, however mistaken their interpretation may have been. Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles The author evidently discards physiology, hygiene, mesmerism, magnetism, and every form of medication, bathing, dieting, etc.,—all go by the board; no medicine, manipulation, or external applications are permitted; everything is done through the mind. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 It is to the development of psychical force, as shown by Planchette, that the phenomena known as mesmerism and the so-called spiritualism are undoubtedly due. The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 My surprise was all the greater, therefore, to learn, after a time, that this very doctor himself was employing mesmerism, though quite secretly, in the lunatic asylum. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. He preferred to leave him wallowing in the mire of mesmerism. A Modern Wizard Where, then, is the reality in prenatal mesmerism and the drag of heredity? Carmen Ariza The mother was recently attacked by mesmerism from the church that believed she was influencing her daughter to leave. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 The victim of this, his first excursion into the fields of mesmerism, tripped with bird-like steps to the chair and sat down. Officer 666 I had no wish to see any experiments besides the one in question, which was so perfect in all its conditions as to remove all doubts of the wondrous power of mesmerism. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. A. Very well known; it is familiar to all students of mesmerism and hypnotism. The Buddhist Catechism But had it shown him using that great wealth to bless his persecutors and turn them from their mesmerism to real life and good––” “Such things don’t happen in this world, Carmen.” Carmen Ariza All mesmerism is of one of three kinds; namely, the ignorant, the fraudulent, or the malicious workings of error or mortal mind. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 It was then that I distinctly recognised one of the asserted phenomena of mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 One day I found, among the spectators, an old doctor, a celebrated man, who was well known as the most strenuous and formidable opponent of, and sceptic concerning, the curative effects of mesmerism. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. On the other hand, strange physical superstitions, such as mesmerism and spirit-rapping, have crept, like astrology under the Roman Empire, into the void left by religious faith. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 It will later manifest hereditary beliefs, showing the results of prenatal mesmerism. Carmen Ariza What should one conclude as to Professor Carpenter's exhibitions of mesmerism? Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 We believe these categories will include all the leading phenomena of mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 It is equally a matter of course that I, for my part, was convinced that everything in the shape of mesmerism was the merest chimeric superstition, and would listen to nothing more on the subject. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Not a few of the most remarkable cases of supposed modern possession are to be accounted for by involuntary or natural mesmerism. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. He, too, had bartered his soul; and in her heart there rose a great sympathy for him in his awful mesmerism. Carmen Ariza Hygiene, manipulation, and mesmerism are not Mind's medicine. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 In the evening, Mackay's book on popular delusions being on the drawing-room table, some one asked if the author had treated of mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 There, also, much was being said about mesmerism, but there was no mention of any experiments on it going on. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. In connection with this astral-current form of clairvoyance, as with others, we find that there are some psychics who are unable to use it except when under the influence of mesmerism. Clairvoyance They, like their poor victims, are deep under the spell of that mesmerism which tells them that evil is good. Carmen Ariza If mesmerism has the power attributed to it by the gentle- man referred to, it should neither be taught nor practised, but should be conscientiously condemned. Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 We have given above as many instances as our space will permit, of the asserted phenomena of mesmerism; and now to return to Mr Townshend's book. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 When I had made his acquaintance, I tried to bring him on to the subject of mesmerism. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. I gathered together all the treatises relating to mesmerism that I could find and shut myself up in the country to study them. Australia Revenged He knew that he loved this simple, ingenuous girl with a tenderness of passion that was wholly free from the dross of mesmerism. Carmen Ariza No. What is commonly called mesmerism could not do this; but there may be a power akin to mesmerism and superior to it—the power that in the old days was called Magic. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories Not so mesmerism, and therefore the more stringent should be, and is, the proof required. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 The doctor convinced himself that some deep-seated affection of the nervous system was the root of the evil, and that mesmerism was clearly indicated as the remedy. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. The spasms continuing, despite the application of the customary rude remedies of the time, it was decided to send for a physician with some knowledge of mesmerism, which was then becoming popular in Germany. Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters Even Paul at times felt its mesmerism and exclaimed: “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” Carmen Ariza These men were students of mesmerism, of spiritualism, and my commonplace contradiction was not over welcome. Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 This we think a most interesting and valuable document, and the best key we have ever seen to the facts of mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 When this is done in the open field it looks like mesmerism or magic. Hints on Horsemanship, to a Nephew and Niece or, Common Sense and Common Errors in Common Riding This friend explained the theory and practice of mesmerism, and Frank soon found that he could also experimentalize successfully. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies And we must do them, if we would throw off the mesmerism of the lie. Carmen Ariza "Oh," people said, "that is nothing but mesmerism." History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II This is certainly a strong proposition; nevertheless it is with the hope that observation may be directed to the facts of mesmerism, that we have written the preceding pages. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Last spring, discovering by accident that I could mesmerize, I took up mesmerism as a diversion for the amusement of myself and friends. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Their equanimity returned, and whether owing to the mysterious influence of mesmerism or otherwise, they afterwards willingly enacted every species of licentiousness with their own children. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies But you are going to throw off the mesmerism, aren’t you? Carmen Ariza We allude to certain experiments in hypnotism—the professional name for mesmerism. Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 Volume 1, Number 11 We so far agree with the last quoted sentence, as to admit that, when experiments fairly tried by competent parties have and do succeed, mesmerism will be established—hitherto they have not succeeded. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Hallucinations that take place under mesmerism are seldom remembered in a subsequent waking state, but are generally recalled with vividness in a subsequent mesmeric state. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 I, too, must confess, now Frank's mesmerism has made us all free with one another, how hard it has often been for me to retain my reputation as a chaste wife. The Power of Mesmerism A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies Your boasted power is only a mesmerism, which you throw like a huge net over your victims. Carmen Ariza Animal magnetism or mesmerism had been involved in mystery and empiricism. Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 At present, we admit some very curious phenomena, which we would willingly see further examined; but we are unconvinced of those facts of mesmerism enounced by its professors, which wholly contradict our previous experience. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 I know of no other thing in which there is so much entertainment as mesmerism. Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Between 1875 and 1888 many of Mrs. Eddy's students left her because in her lectures and conversation she dwelt more upon the malign power of mesmerism than upon the salutary power of truth. McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908 Nice little profit of some two hundred and fifty thousand per cent, and all done by the mesmerism of suggestive advertising. Carmen Ariza They teach nothing of mesmerism or hypnotism at the universities. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 We may class the phenomena of mesmerism, as asserted by its professors, as follows:— 1st. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 “Others here are now experimenting, and I think mesmerism is the coming fashionable ‘fad.’ Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 Supposing it could be done by mesmerism, why does this wonderful mesmerist, hypnotist, or suggestionist limit his powers, marvellous as they are, to making people believe that they see a boy climb up a rope. Indian Conjuring We must break the mesmerism of the belief that the practical application of Jesus’ teachings must be relegated to the realm of death, or to the unattainable. Carmen Ariza About eighteen months ago I was conversing with my friend B., who is an enthusiastic believer in mesmerism, and has repute as an amateur practitioner. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 In the course of a residence at Antwerp, a valued friend detailed to me some extraordinary results of mesmerism, to which he had been an eyewitness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 You know what an excitement there has been about mesmerism in Paris this summer? Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 It is an interesting phenomenon—this strange mesmerism. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath Alas! is it true greatness to detail, over and over again in endless recital, the carnal motives of the human mind, its passions and errors, its awful mesmerism, its final doom? Carmen Ariza Some of my readers may not be aware that ‘hypnotism’ is a word coined by the medical faculty to replace the term ‘mesmerism,’ which they consider disreputably associated with spiritualism. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 Upon this, the gentleman declared that he knew nothing of mesmerism, and that, had he believed there was any thing in it, he would not have attempted the joke. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 It is only among people whose minds have been weakened by a sort of mesmerism that so transparent a trick as that of advertisement could ever have been tried at all. What I Saw in America He was always, as I have said, much interested in mesmerism, and the curious influence exercised by one personality over another. My Father as I Recall Him Crocodiles lay dozing on the playas, with mouths opened invitingly to the stupid birds which were sure to yield to the mesmerism. Carmen Ariza Call it mesmerism, or what you will, she achieved this by degrees, that Wilhelmina thought as she thought, and felt as she felt. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York Thus, then, till the initial step towards a comprehension of mesmerism be taken anew, there is no hope that it will ever be understood or appreciated. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 In conclusion, let me animadvert upon the injustice with which, to its own loss, society has treated mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Then she spoke and her voice was like the voice of a person who speaks under mesmerism. The Ghost Girl The portals of her mind were well guarded against the entrance of radical thought, and her dreamers were yet lulled into lethargic adherence to outworn beliefs and musty creeds by the mesmerism of priestly tradition. Carmen Ariza Within the memory of those of us who are not yet old, the religious fervor of millenarianism and the imitation science of curative mesmerism gave way to spirit-rappings and clairvoyant medical treatment. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York If we are to admit mesmerism as a series of facts apparently inconsistent with experience, it is most hasty and unphilosophical to attempt to generalize it by crude hypotheses. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 I have in my thoughts the invention of ether-inhalation and the induction of trance in mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Her mind, half dazed by all she had gone through, by the mesmerism of his voice, by the brilliant light of the day, was capable of no real decision on any point. The Ghost Girl Was he not really yielding to the mesmerism of human events? Carmen Ariza Brande had often spoken to me of mesmerism, clairvoyance, and similar subjects, and it occurred to me that he had used his sister as a medium, a clairvoyante. The Crack of Doom And yet the facts of mesmerism are to be judged of by the very senses which mesmerism proves to be so fallacious. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 But mesmerism contained two things,—a bold empirical practice and a mystical theory. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Modern mesmerism is in part an effort in the same direction. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 It was because he would know evil, and yield to its mesmerism. Carmen Ariza Mesmerist I am not; for mesmerism implies the throwing of the patient into a mesmeric sleep. Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3 Upon the rule which the author adopts, that "the invisible is the only true," we cannot rely upon our deceptive organs and should disbelieve mesmerism because we see it. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 Returning from serving at the siege of Gibraltar, this young officer found mesmerism the mode at Paris, and appears to have become, for no other reason, one of the initiated. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 It is in effect that the want of healthy training leaves girls in a fit state to be the subjects of mesmerism. The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 1, 1833-1856 Do you heal the sick, raise the dead, and preach the truth that sets men free from the mesmerism of evil? Carmen Ariza Now, however, since eminent physicians at Paris are engaged, and the word hypnotism is substituted for mesmerism and magnetism, their performances are proclaimed by journalists and even by the medical press. Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3 I fancy, as far as any order is traceable in the somewhat erratic course of spiritualistic experiences, that most people arrive at spiritualism viâ mesmerism. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The case of Victor revolutionised the art of mesmerism. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 Braid was a Scottish surgeon, practising in Manchester, where he had already gained a high reputation as a skilful surgeon, when, in 1841, he first began to investigate mesmerism. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He recognized the spiritual law that Jesus employed; and with it he overcame the mesmerism of the lie. Carmen Ariza Magnetic healing has really nothing to do with massage, the induction of sleep, or with any form of mesmerism or hypnotism. Genuine Mediumship or The Invisible Powers I could not for the life of me see the difference between this treatment and simple mesmerism, except that it was much more rapid in its effects than any magnetic treatment I have ever witnessed. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis The use of mesmerism in nervous disorders, its use towards preventing suffering in surgical operations, have been denied and scoffed at in the teeth of positive evidence. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 I.—Pioneers of Hypnotism Just as chemistry arose from alchemy, astronomy from astrology, so hypnotism had its origin in mesmerism. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science He had read a great deal, and thought a great deal; and mesmerism, biology, psychology, somnambulism, and kindred subjects, had each in its turn been considered, and a conclusion reached. In School and Out or, The Conquest of Richard Grant. A more questionable diligence displayed itself in the zealous practice of experiments in animal magnetism and mesmerism. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch He and Joe talked over clairvoyance and mesmerism,—a curious power developed by a learned German, Dr. Mesmer, akin to that of some of the old magicians. A Little Girl of Long Ago To himself he appeared to be largely extending the domain of mesmerism, of which he had, in truth, discovered and gone beyond the limits. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 In the first place, the modern hypnotist can very rarely succeed in cultivating clairvoyance in his subject, whereas the records of mesmerism teem with cases which were developed under the old régime. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal Strategy in one respect resembles mesmerism—the object operated upon must remain perfectly quiet. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac It may be suspected in both cases that their excessive and prolonged devotion to the practice of mesmerism and animal magnetism had tended to relax rather than to brace the natural fibre. Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 3 of 3) Essay 7: W.R. Greg: A Sketch The use of spells and incantations, the practice of laying-on of hands, the cult of relics, mesmerism, and metallo-therapy, have been important factors in the evolution of modern mental healing. Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery It is but a limited number of persons who can be affected by mesmerism; and the good to be obtained from the process is proportionately limited. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 It has always appeared to me highly probable that mesmerism and hypnotism are dependent upon entirely different causes, and were not at all the same in the last analysis. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal This, of course, made the struggle much easier for the opponents of mesmerism, but was largely the fault of the magnetizers. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing "Well, granted that I possess a sort of mesmerism, may I use it for Nora's benefit?" Red Rose and Tiger Lily or, In a Wider World "I suppose you do not believe in actual mesmerism, do you?" Paul Patoff Some of the evils with which she deals are trifling, as, for example, the prevailing mania for mesmerism and fortune-telling. Mary Wollstonecraft It may be thought that this knowledge was not possessed by the ancients to the requisite extent; but there is abundant evidence to show that "mesmerism" has been practised from very ancient times. The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal She then experimented to some extent with mesmerism and clairvoyance. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing We know that hypnotism is not based on any special power of the hypnotizer; there is no magnetic fluid in the sense of the old mesmerism. Psychotherapy The way he could make them do things just out of sheer liking for him almost amounted to mesmerism. Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa "I have heard it said that there isn't any truth in mesmerism." The Wonder Island Boys: Treasures of the Island I then understood, better than by any other demonstration, the influence of the physical upon the moral nature and the method of the subtle contagion often effected by mesmerism. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution In 1840 he began experimenting with mesmerism, and accounts of these experiments were published in the Maine papers of that time. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing I should like to know if the effect of her supposed sorcery could be attributed to mesmerism. Notes and Queries, Number 179, April 2, 1853. A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc C. is a tradesman, middle-aged, has no tendency to mysticism or imaginative reverie—knows nothing of 'mesmerism' or 'electro-biology'—was never suspected of falsehood or imposition. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 Called on Colonel Scribner and wife, where I met also Colonel Griffin and wife; had a long conversation about spiritualism, mesmerism, clairvoyance, and subjects of that ilk. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer To those who thus ridiculed the telegraph it was a chimera, a visionary dream like mesmerism, rather to be a matter of merriment than seriously entertained. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis De Loutherbourg is soon at the feet of the quack Gamaliel; soon he is proclaiming himself an inspired physician, practising mesmerism. Art in England Notes and Studies In one of the passages relating to this method of inducing what is called clairvoyance, we have an illustration of the early acquaintance of mankind with some of the forms of mesmerism. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II The village had heard of mesmerism, in a general way, but had not encountered it yet. Chapters from My Autobiography Why, mesmerism alone covers all sorts of odd and suspicious doings. Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain The study of hypnotism and mesmerism; and an inquiry into the alleged phenomena of clairvoyance. Mrs. Piper & the Society for Psychical Research I believe it is as efficacious as mesmerism. Art in England Notes and Studies After five or six weeks' mesmerism, he began spontaneously to exhibit instances of clairvoyance. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II When the magician's engagement closed there was but one person in the village who did not believe in mesmerism, and I was the one. Chapters from My Autobiography I rarely failed to put her to sleep, and as she never woke when I laid her down, I have since suspected myself of unconscious mesmerism. Six to Sixteen A Story for Girls I refer to such organic forces as are popularly summed up under the words clairvoyance, mesmerism, rhabdomancy, animal magnetism, physical spiritualism. The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America "Laying on of hands" must have been a form of mesmerism, and Greek oracles of Delphi and other places seem to have been delivered by priests or priestesses who went into trances of self-induced hypnotism. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use Strange to say, even this pretension of the Colophonian prophetess is not without something analogous among the alleged phenomena of mesmerism. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II All the others were converted, but I was to remain an implacable and unpersuadable disbeliever in mesmerism and hypnotism for close upon fifty years. Chapters from My Autobiography By such means the spirit is exorcised; the process resembles mesmerism in some points, but of course has no sensible foundation. Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Beginning with his persuasion that health and sickness are phases of belief Quimby discarded mesmerism altogether and addressed himself to the minds of his patients. Modern Religious Cults and Movements You asked whether Miss Martineau made me a convert to mesmerism? Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle "If this isn't superstition, or mesmerism, or deception of some kind, why do you insist on all this mummery of soot and ashes for my friend and me?" Caves of Terror They had written books, scattered through the years, on mesmerism, hypnosis, abnormal mental conditions, the powers of suggestion, even unexplored dimensions and in modern days psychotherapeutics. Robin And is not our enlightened America "the land of spiritualists, mesmerism, soothsaying and mystical congregations"? The First Landing on Wrangel Island With Some Remarks on the Northern Inhabitants She was never able to free herself from a perverted belief in animal magnetism or mesmerism which showed itself in fear rather than faith. Modern Religious Cults and Movements Now of mesmerism, animal magnetism, and its kindred, odylism, we have seen that we have no reliable facts. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Therefore is the Church wise in condemning the indiscriminate practice of hypnotism or mesmerism; and therefore will her children be wise if they leave it alone. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals No one knew how it happened that the conversation had turned upon mesmerism, spiritualism and other themes trenching upon the supernatural. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891 I believe also in a certain mental mesmerism, which rarely fails. The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891 The study of hypnotism and mesmerism, and an inquiry into the alleged phenomena of clairvoyance. Modern Religious Cults and Movements In 1775 he published an account of the medical powers of this animal magnetism, which from his name was afterward called mesmerism. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence He said, "You who have always declared yourself proof against mesmerism have succumbed at last to my friend Richards." The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural At first mesmerism swayed him, but he learned through my forbearance to govern himself. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 31, No. 1, May 1908 If she takes an interest in mesmerism and psychology, she is called visionary. Bohemian Society Now here is a continuation of the line of approach and interpretation which cleared up the whole confused matter of mesmerism. Modern Religious Cults and Movements About 1840 the vaunted claims of the many clairvoyants were exposed before the French Academy of Medicine, which passed a resolution rejecting mesmerism altogether as unworthy of notice on the part of scientific men. Moral Principles and Medical Practice The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence Granting mesmerism, so far carried, to be a fact, you are right. The Haunters & The Haunted Ghost Stories And Tales Of The Supernatural It is not even a case of mesmerism. The House of the Vampire Some people think that electricity is the principal agent; others, mesmerism; whilst others again, are sure they are produced by the devil. The Haunted House A True Ghost Story Notwithstanding that they have the close analogy of mesmerism as an object-lesson to warn them, scientific men as a class are here quite as dogmatic as the straightest sect of theologians. Thoughts on Religion The admirer of Mr. Atkinson and Miss Martineau here reminded the company that the miracles of the New Testament might be true,—only the result of mesmerism. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic And we are generally so made that a regular hour is good, even for so uncertain an influence as mesmerism. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II There was a sort of mesmerism in the very eloquence of Magee which kept my eyes riveted on his lips—rather big, bulgy lips in an expressive, sensitive face. The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent I believe so much of mesmerism, as to give room for the full acting of the story on me ... without absolutely giving full credence to it, understand. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 I don't think I see the streets and the lights, Or hear the answers my questions brought; Yet something guides me, and guides me aright— Is mesmerism the nonsense I thought? Harry And as for morality," continued he, "the knowledge which mesmerism gives of the influence of body on body, and consequently of mind on mind, will bring about a morality we have not yet dreamed of. The Eclipse of Faith Or, A Visit To A Religious Sceptic By the way, what am I to say of Swedenborg and mesmerism? The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Posthumus, buried in the midst of the crowd, was shouting, but over him the splendid mesmerism of the prophetess' voice soared. The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem I class it with mesmerism for that reason. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 I suppose it is what they call mesmerism. The Lighted Way He was talking of it once to a man who was a sharp on things like mesmerism, and the man called it hypnotic suggestion. Judith of the Plains One subject of interest which they had in common was mesmerism, with the attendant mysteries of spiritualism and Swedenborgianism; and references to these are frequent in Mrs. Browning's letters to her. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II "Just a bit of mesmerism," explained the other. Success A Novel Why, are you not aware that these are the days of mesmerism and clairvoyance? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 In my youth we had mesmerism with its cures, then we had and have spiritualism with its like pretensions. Doctor and Patient In this manner I was less under the spell of the mesmerism of the snake, and could to some extent think and act. In the Amazon Jungle Adventures in Remote Parts of the Upper Amazon River, Including a Sojourn Among Cannibal Indians The magical tricks practiced on the epic heroes are doubtless a reflex of the current mesmerism, which deceives so cleverly to-day. The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow For the purposes of physical mesmerism it is good enough; but it can in no way help the development of the psychological faculties, as the thoughtful reader will perceive. Five Years of Theosophy And Miss Martineau is practising mesmerism and miracles on all sides she says, and counts on Archbishop Whately as a new adherent. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 Forget Marr, a queer fish evidently, with possibly a power of mesmerism. Flames Shortly after the marriage her husband is arrested for a terrible murder committed some years before in Russia, under the evil influence of occult magic and mesmerism. Reviews Mr. Welton seems to have been a believer in mesmerism, animal magnetism, and similar doctrines, but the coincidence of his story with that of the African sorcerer is none the less remarkable. Custom and Myth It was thoroughly familiar with what is now commonly known as mesmerism. Five Years of Theosophy An old French friend of mine, a dear foolish, very French heart and soul, is coming presently—his poor brains are whirling with mesmerism in which he believes, as in all other unbelief. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 A man with some knowledge of mesmerism, and living a life with good interests in it, could defy them: such a case has happened. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men War's own mesmerism had made her forget Feller and everything except the gamble, the turn of the card, while the gray figures kept stumbling on over their fallen. The Last Shot But mesmerism meant more than incidental amusement or even scientific experiment to us in those Antwerp and Malines days. In Bohemia with Du Maurier The First Of A Series Of Reminiscences Those having even a superficial knowledge of the science of mesmerism know how the thoughts of the mesmeriser, though silently formulated in his mind, are instantly transferred to that of the subject. Five Years of Theosophy All this I admit to be the fever of the mind—a waking dream—an illusion to which mesmerism or magic is but a frivolity. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 Two English Freemasons in the writer's presence had briefly mentioned mesmerism in Italian lodges. Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men Intoxication of all the senses, of muscles and nerves, with the mesmerism of movement and burning desire which calls the imagination of youth to arms! The Last Shot Becoming interested in mesmerism and spiritualism he aided in founding the Society for Psychical Research, and was joint author of Phantasms of the Living. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature They are taught the uses of magnetism, mesmerism, and psychology, and return to earth to rap, write, and speak, through media, and to bring back the stray lambs to the fold. Strange Visitors I believe," she continued, after a pause, "that the thought-reading and mesmerism were somehow designed to injure you. Weapons of Mystery Second, induced sleep, such as hypnotism, mesmerism or trance. The Secret of Dreams Feller, with the lids of shaded eyes half closed, watched the oncoming squadrons in a staring mesmerism. The Last Shot These traits or predispositions made her a willing listener to all the uncertain science of mesmerism and its goblin brood, which have been rife in recent years. Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, Volume I They are held by the mesmerism of the circular path and follow him round and round till they finally fall from exhaustion. The Art of the Moving Picture "You are a professor of mesmerism and clairvoyance, I believe?" Weapons of Mystery Yes, I use the common phrase in respect to mesmerism, and think 'there is something in it.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) He enjoyed subjects that deal with the occult, such as mesmerism, hypnotism, and subtle suggestions. Short-Stories After studying for many years the real or alleged phenomena of what has been called mesmerism, or electro-biology, or hypnotism, Dr. Gregory published in 1851 his Letters to a Candid Inquirer on Animal Magnetism. The Book of Dreams and Ghosts Though no distinction between mesmerism and hypnotism is taken in popular language, 'mesmerism' is a word implying this theory of 'magnetic' or other unknown personal influence. The Making of Religion I despise the foolish things which these quacks of mesmerism make Billy people do in order to please a gaping-mouthed audience. Weapons of Mystery Mr. Kenyon's is the best distinction, and the immense quantity of humbug which embroiders the truth over and over, and round and round, makes it needful: 'I believe in mesmerism, but not in mesmerists.' The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) To pass a week in this way was not to be thought of, unless by means of ether or mesmerism he could fly from himself and find peace in oblivion. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859 Besides being an infinitesimal homeopathist this man was a devotee to mesmerism. A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia Some thought mesmerism could account for it, and others thought it miraculous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862 It is true I call myself a professor of mesmerism and clairvoyance, but it would be more correct to call me a practical psychologist. Weapons of Mystery The subject of it is the long and hostile comment which appeared in the 'Athenaeum' for December 28 on Miss Martineau's letters on mesmerism. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) As the present Congress had done much to encourage science, he did not wish to see the science of mesmerism neglected and overlooked. Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II He became very friendly towards me, and supplied me with books; telling me that I would not only make a good homeopathic physician, but also an excellent medium for mesmerism, magnetism, &c. A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia Dreams induced by opiates, fevers, mesmerism and ill health come under this class. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Was all this mesmerism so much hocus-pocus and nonsense to deceive me, a credulous fool? Weapons of Mystery She told me so herself, and attributes the change to the agency of mesmerism. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) She abandoned religion for mesmerism, mesmerism for politics, and politics for the melodramatic excitements of philanthropy. Intentions Accordingly, on the 1st of September appeared a statement, which overthrew, in the most complete manner, the delusion of mesmerism. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The tendency is in my blood, together with the faculty of mesmerism, which might have brought me to Gallows Hill, in the good old times of witchcraft. House of the Seven Gables Oh, mesmerism is a vulgar affair; but there was more than mesmerism realized last night. Weapons of Mystery She said of mesmerism altogether that she was inclined to believe it, but had not finally made up her convictions. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) What is the secret mesmerism which friendship possesses, and under the operation of which a person ordinarily sluggish, or cold, or timid, becomes wise, active, and resolute, in another's behalf? Vanity Fair They called it mesmerism, hypnotism, suggestion, I know not what? Selected Writings of Guy De Maupassant His answer was: 'Upon the phenomena of electro-biology, and the psychic phenomena of mesmerism.' Tracks of a Rolling Stone The party evidently forgot mesmerism and thought-reading, and seemingly enjoyed themselves without its assistance. Weapons of Mystery And now I do not like to send you this letter without telling you my impression about mesmerism, lest I seem reserved and 'afraid of committing myself,' as prudent people are. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) "For what, may I ask?" said I. "Well, for mesmerism, for example." The Parasite It was like mesmerism, or the voodoo curse that the negroes talk of. Frances Waldeaux The first portion of the lecture was somewhat commonplace, the lecturer giving tricks of pure legerdemain, with one or two manifestations of mesmerism, performed upon a subject whom he had brought with him. The Captain of the Polestar For example, the effect of mind upon mind, animal magnetism, mesmerism, biology, and kindred subjects are unknown to you. Weapons of Mystery I will confess, then, that my impression is in favour of the reality of mesmerism to some unknown extent. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) There was no mesmerism, but I stayed some time and have only just returned. The Parasite It was quite unintelligible to HIS mind, except that it looked like a piece of trickery, akin to the trickery of mesmerism, clairvoyance, and the like. The Moonstone A glance sufficed to show to myself, at least, that he was in a state of tense nervous excitation, similar to that of a subject of mesmerism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 57, July, 1862 There, in the quiet of my room, all this mesmerism and clairvoyance seemed only so much hocus-pocus, which no sensible and well-educated man should have anything to do with. Weapons of Mystery It is hideous to my imagination, especially what is called phrenological mesmerism. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) It is possible that this course of mesmerism may be a little trying to the general constitution. The Parasite We have nothing whatever to do with clairvoyance, or with mesmerism, or with anything else that is hard of belief to a practical man, in the inquiry that we are now pursuing. The Moonstone The fascination by touch was simply mesmerism, or rather the biology of the present day, in an undeveloped stage. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 He speaks of mesmerism and clairvoyance, and derides the thought of a Saint's being illuminated with radiant light, or exhaling a fragrant odour; you ask him how he explains away the transfiguration of Jesus. The Life of St. Frances of Rome, and Others Not that I feel at all convinced of her having been cured by mesmerism; I have told her openly that I doubt it a little, and she is not angry with me for saying so. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) Never was mesmerism effected with such little trouble. Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece It was Braid, indeed, who caused the name of "hypnotism" to eject that of "mesmerism" in England. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman I have heard of such things at home; they are called mesmerism and clairvoyance. Rujub, the Juggler Woven together with this, there is an exposition of mesmerism, or, as it is now called, Christian Science, with its good and evil features. The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne The following letter relates to the controversy raging round Miss Martineau and her mesmerism. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) He held her closer, looking deeply into her eyes, holding them as he could when he liked, in spite of her efforts to turn them away—a mesmerism she could not resist. The Sheik Your sister's body is so subject to her mind that I do not despair that, either through mesmerism restoring sleep or in some other way, she may rally far beyond her present expectation. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman Happy for her that she was in Protestant and common-sense England, and in a country parish, where mesmerism and spirit-rapping were unknown. Two Years Ago, Volume I I am sure that it belongs, with mesmerism and clairvoyance, to the domain of the higher psychological mysteries. Bits about Home Matters The changes in Mary Minto on account of mesmerism were merely imaginary as far as I can understand. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) In them were practised rites apparently mysterious, but which modern science calls by the names of mesmerism, hydropathy, the use of mineral springs, and other essential elements of empirical science. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03 Ancient Achievements It is, I think, necessary to remember that in 1844, when Miss Martineau tried mesmerism as a cure for her continued ill-health, mesmerism was practically taking its first steps in the English medical world. Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman My cousin yielded to my request with alacrity;—every subject for mesmerism was for him legitimate;—and I relinquished myself to his passes with the docility of a man about to be shaved. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 Ah yes, I believe he is clever enough!—took a good degree, a better one than I did—but horribly eclectic; full of mesmerism, and German metaphysics, and all that sort of thing. Yeast: a Problem In them were practiced rites apparently mysterious, but which modern science calls by the names of mesmerism, hydropathy, mineral springs, and other essential elements of empirical science. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. There are really very few ideas in modern mesmerism not known to Eskimo or Indian Shamans. Algonquin Legends of New England They were simply frightened away by the sudden movement of my chibook, and there was no science and no mesmerism about it. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan To talk of an overpowering mind rouses the same jealousy and defiance which one may observe round a table where anybody is recounting the marvellous anecdotes of mesmerism. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 Greif had always despised persons who professed to dabble in the supernatural, and had laughed to scorn all the so-called manifestations of spiritualism, mesmerism, and super- rational force. Greifenstein One places miracles at a distance, t'other makes them before their eyes, while both are up to mesmerism. Nature and Human Nature He neither dreamed nor was conscious of anything, but slept like a dead man, having fought against her mesmerism harder than he knew. King of the Khyber Rifles Mr. Y—— was a novice in our Society and looked with distrust even on such phenomena as can be pro-duced by mesmerism. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan He did not follow his friend Elliotson into mesmerism, but he had a mesmerism of his own, subduing all terror and sanative like light. Catharine Furze Its blackness lay on forehead, between her eyes, and, in the influence of its mesmerism, she began to hate him. Celibates If the caution about mixing up observations with conclusions, which I ventured to give yesterday, were better attended to, I think we should hear very little either about antiquated sea-serpents or new "mesmerism." Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 There and then he deliberately set himself to resist mesmerism, which is the East's chief weapon. King of the Khyber Rifles "Now this is pure mesmerism, I declare," said the colonel, on whom not a gesture of the Takur was lost. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan As we galloped behind Kagig the mesmerism of respect for custom blew away in the wind. The Eye of Zeitoon Are you grateful for being, as you think, deluded by a trance? … cheated, as it were, into a sort of semi-belief in the life to come by means of mesmerism? Ardath Haji Wali, who, professing positive scepticism, showed the greatest interest in the subject as a curiosity, advised me not to practise pure mesmerism; otherwise, that I should infallibly become a "Companion of Devils." Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 In the power I possess over you and some others, there is neither mesmerism nor magnetism—nothing but a purely scientific fact which can be clearly and reasonably proved and demonstrated. A Romance of Two Worlds So much about the phenomena of spiritualism and mesmerism. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan "I had supposed from what you said of her that she made a profession of clairvoyance, or hypnotism, or mesmerism—whatever may be the right term nowadays." The Witch of Prague Can it be done by anything short of an act of mesmerism on the part of the composer or an act of kindness on the part of the listener? Essays Before a Sonata I'll try the mesmerism of my touch To work a cure: be very quiet now, And let me make some passes o'er your brow. Maurine and Other Poems I saw in her an example of the common multitude, who are more ready to believe in vulgar spirit-rapping and mesmerism than to accept an established scientific fact. A Romance of Two Worlds The evil of mesmerism We say that one human mind can influence another and 402:21 in this way affect the body, but we rarely remember that we govern our own bodies. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures Some shockingly false claims are already made to a metaphysical practice; mesmerism, its very antipodes, is one of them. Christian Science Balzac plunged into the study of clairvoyance and mesmerism, and his mother, interested in the marvelous, helped him in his studies, as she knew many of the celebrated clairvoyants and mesmerists of the time. Women in the Life of Balzac With these appeared the adepts of homoeopathy, of hydropathy, of mesmerism, of phrenology, and their wonderful theories of the Christian miracles! Essays — Second Series One member proposed an amendment to set aside half the amount for experiments in mesmerism, another suggested that the Millerites should have a part of the money, and so on; however, they passed the bill. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest Sleep an illusion Sleep and mesmerism explain the mythical nature of material sense. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures By authority of this astonishing By-law, she has only to say a person connected with that Church is secretly practicing hypnotism or mesmerism; whereupon, immediate excommunication, without a hearing, is his portion! Christian Science Mrs. Bellew raised her eyes, and involuntarily George moved so that his mother could not see the sort of slow mesmerism that was in them. The Country House For the next few days, to her intense relief, Benita heard no more of mesmerism. Benita, an African romance The reader may smile and say, "Impossible;" but I would ask him how the Indian jugglers do their tricks unless it is by mesmerism. Allan's Wife This cringing dependence, this vassalage, this mesmerism we may call it, we all know exists. The Colored Cadet at West Point Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, first graduate of color from the U. S. Military Academy Hitherto we have never, in a single instance of our discovery, found the slightest resemblance between mesmerism and metaphysics. Christian Science You are, I dare say, more or less familiar with the main features of mesmerism and its allies, among which is what is called biology. David Elginbrod At the first break of dawn on the third day after Mr. Clifford's attempt at mesmerism, Benita was awakened by the sounds of shouts and firing. Benita, an African romance As if, according to the believers in mesmerism, the intenseness of her wish gave her power over another, although the wish was unexpressed, Esther felt herself unwelcome, and that her absence was desired. Mary Barton I say that these—which are the laws of mesmerism in its general features—it would be supererogation to demonstrate; nor shall I inflict upon my readers so needless a demonstration; to-day. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 Whatever effect mesmerism or electro-biology produces over the nerves and muscles of animated objects, this young Gy produced by the motions of her slender rod over the springs and wheels of lifeless mechanism. The Coming Race Yet all of this might be nothing more than a mixture of keen observation, clever spying, trickery and mesmerism. Finished But I have read a good deal about this mesmerism, and seen it once or twice, and who knows? Benita, an African romance "Oh, this is really mesmerism, or something," said Rosamund, and burst into tears. Manalive You ask me whether Miss Martineau made me a convert to mesmerism? Life of Charlotte Bronte — Volume 2 Even this idea is not unknown above ground, though it has generally been confined to enthusiasts or charlatans, and emanates from confused notions about mesmerism, odic force, &c. The Coming Race Without believing in mesmerism, it has since struck me that we might unconsciously have had some influence over each other, which may explain what followed. The Two Destinies "I believe in mesmerism for the first time," she said. Man and Wife Barnum kept up this performance for several weeks, till he quite killed Peale's "genuine" mesmerism in the rival establishment. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum For now one enters into a whole fairyland of those very phenomena which are puzzling us so nowadays— ecstasy, clairvoyance, insensibility to pain, cures produced by the effect of what we now call mesmerism. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Dr. Carpenter's views on mesmerism have a nearly similar bearing. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals And in that way, mesmerism would account for my vision as the necessary result of a highly developed sympathy between us. The Two Destinies He can lead on the dance of words till their sinuous movements call forth, as if by mesmerism, the likeness of some adamantine rigidity, time is converted into space, and music begets sculpture. Style |
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