From Mesmer to Freud

Yale University Press

1993

x, 413 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index

9780300055887

Magnetic sleep -- Mesmer -- Animal magnetism in France -- Puységur and the discovery of magnetic sleep -- Early developments in France -- Magnetic sleep and psychotherapy -- Love, sexuality, and magnetic rapport -- Magnetic medicine -- Magnetic healing -- Animal magnetism and hypnotism -- The magnetic psyche -- The paranormal -- Magnetic magic and magnetic spiritism -- The rise of spiritualism -- Table turning : speculations about unconscious mental activity -- Animal magnetism and psychical research -- Psychological healing -- Dual consciousness and dual personality -- Pierre Janet : dissociation and subconscious acts -- Frederic Myers : exploring the second self -- The Mesmeric legacy to Freud -- Postscript : the alternate-consciousness paradigm from Freud to the present day

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