History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism. The evolution of Mesmer's ideas and practices led James Braid (1795-1860) to coin the term and develop the procedure known as hypnosis in 1842. Popularly titled the "Father of Modern Hypnotism", Braid rejected Mesmer's idea of magnetism inducing hypnosis, and ascribed the creation of the 'mesmeric trance' to a physiological process—the prolonged attention on a bright moving object or similar object of fixation. He postulated that "protracted ocular fixation ...

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History of hypnosis, History of hypnosis - Pre-History, History of hypnosis - Indian & Egyptian sleep temples, History of hypnosis - Magnets and Other Healing Objects, History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing, History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner, History of hypnosis - Father Maximilian Hell, History of hypnosis - Franz Anton Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, History of hypnosis - French Revolution in 1789 and oriental hypnosis of Abbe Faria, History of hypnosis - Marquis de Puységur and somnambulism, History of hypnosis - Récamier, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Medical Research, History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism, History of hypnosis - John Elliotson, History of hypnosis - James Esdaile in India, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Psychological Studies, History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot, History of hypnosis - Holy See of 1847, History of hypnosis - American Civil War, History of hypnosis - Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1892, History of hypnosis - Emile Coué and the Laws of Suggestion, History of hypnosis - Modern Applications, History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications, History of hypnosis - Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer and Hypnotherapy, History of hypnosis - Hypnosis in World War I World War II and the Korean War, History of hypnosis - Clark Hull, History of hypnosis - Andrew Salter, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1955, History of hypnosis - André Weitzenhoffer and Ernest Hilgard, History of hypnosis - American Medical Association Approval 1958, History of hypnosis - Recent Innovators and Current Applications, History of hypnosis - Milton Erickson and Authortarian vs. Permissive styles, History of hypnosis - Dave Elman, History of hypnosis - Ormond McGill, History of hypnosis - Jeffery Zeig

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History of hypnosis, History of hypnosis - Pre-History, History of hypnosis - Indian & Egyptian sleep temples, History of hypnosis - Magnets and Other Healing Objects, History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing, History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner, History of hypnosis - Father Maximilian Hell, History of hypnosis - Franz Anton Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, History of hypnosis - French Revolution in 1789 and oriental hypnosis of Abbe Faria, History of hypnosis - Marquis de Puységur and somnambulism, History of hypnosis - Récamier, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Medical Research, History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism, History of hypnosis - John Elliotson, History of hypnosis - James Esdaile in India, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Psychological Studies, History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot, History of hypnosis - Holy See of 1847, History of hypnosis - American Civil War, History of hypnosis - Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1892, History of hypnosis - Emile Coué and the Laws of Suggestion, History of hypnosis - Modern Applications, History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications, History of hypnosis - Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer and Hypnotherapy, History of hypnosis - Hypnosis in World War I World War II and the Korean War, History of hypnosis - Clark Hull, History of hypnosis - Andrew Salter, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1955, History of hypnosis - André Weitzenhoffer and Ernest Hilgard, History of hypnosis - American Medical Association Approval 1958, History of hypnosis - Recent Innovators and Current Applications, History of hypnosis - Milton Erickson and Authortarian vs. Permissive styles, History of hypnosis - Dave Elman, History of hypnosis - Ormond McGill, History of hypnosis - Jeffery Zeig

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History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing. Paracelsus (1493-1541), a Swiss medical doctor who is also known for his discovery of the mercury cure for syphilis, was the first physician to utilize magnets in his work. Many people were healed after he passed magnets (or lodestones) over their body. History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner. An Irishman by the name of Valentine Greatrakes (1628-1666) was known as "the Great Irish Stroker" for his ability to heal ...

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History of hypnosis, History of hypnosis - Pre-History, History of hypnosis - Indian & Egyptian sleep temples, History of hypnosis - Magnets and Other Healing Objects, History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing, History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner, History of hypnosis - Father Maximilian Hell, History of hypnosis - Franz Anton Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, History of hypnosis - French Revolution in 1789 and oriental hypnosis of Abbe Faria, History of hypnosis - Marquis de Puységur and somnambulism, History of hypnosis - Récamier, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Medical Research, History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism, History of hypnosis - John Elliotson, History of hypnosis - James Esdaile in India, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Psychological Studies, History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot, History of hypnosis - Holy See of 1847, History of hypnosis - American Civil War, History of hypnosis - Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1892, History of hypnosis - Emile Coué and the Laws of Suggestion, History of hypnosis - Modern Applications, History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications, History of hypnosis - Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer and Hypnotherapy, History of hypnosis - Hypnosis in World War I World War II and the Korean War, History of hypnosis - Clark Hull, History of hypnosis - Andrew Salter, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1955, History of hypnosis - André Weitzenhoffer and Ernest Hilgard, History of hypnosis - American Medical Association Approval 1958, History of hypnosis - Recent Innovators and Current Applications, History of hypnosis - Milton Erickson and Authortarian vs. Permissive styles, History of hypnosis - Dave Elman, History of hypnosis - Ormond McGill, History of hypnosis - Jeffery Zeig

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Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) discovered what he called animal magnetism and others often called mesmerism. The evolution of Mesmer's ideas and practices led James Braid (1795-1860) to develop hypnosis in 1842. Franz Mesmer - Early life. Mesmer was born in the village of Iznang, Swabia. After studying at the Jesuit universities of Dillingen and Ingolstadt, he took up the study of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1759. In 1766 he published a doctoral dissertation with the Latin t ...

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• Franz Mesmer - Early life
• Franz Mesmer - The advent of animal magnetism
• Franz Mesmer - Trivia
• Franz Mesmer - Works by Franz Mesmer

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The Occult: A History is a 1971 book by English writer, Colin Wilson. Topics covered include Aleister Crowley, G. I. Gurdjieff, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Kabbalah, primitive magic, Franz Anton Mesmer, Gregor Rasputin, Daniel Dunglas Home, Paracelsus, P. D. Ouspensky, William Blake, Giovanni Jacopo Casanova, Cornelius Agrippa, and various others. The book is divided into the following sections: Part One: A Survey of the Subject Magic-The Science of the Future The ...

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History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot. The neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) endorsed hypnotism for the treatment of hysteria. La méthode numérique("The numerical method") led to a number of systematic experimental examinations of hypnosis in France, Germany, and Switzerland. The process of post-hypnotic suggestion was first described in this period. Ext ...

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History of hypnosis, History of hypnosis - Pre-History, History of hypnosis - Indian & Egyptian sleep temples, History of hypnosis - Magnets and Other Healing Objects, History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing, History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner, History of hypnosis - Father Maximilian Hell, History of hypnosis - Franz Anton Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, History of hypnosis - French Revolution in 1789 and oriental hypnosis of Abbe Faria, History of hypnosis - Marquis de Puységur and somnambulism, History of hypnosis - Récamier, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Medical Research, History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism, History of hypnosis - John Elliotson, History of hypnosis - James Esdaile in India, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Psychological Studies, History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot, History of hypnosis - Holy See of 1847, History of hypnosis - American Civil War, History of hypnosis - Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1892, History of hypnosis - Emile Coué and the Laws of Suggestion, History of hypnosis - Modern Applications, History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications, History of hypnosis - Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer and Hypnotherapy, History of hypnosis - Hypnosis in World War I World War II and the Korean War, History of hypnosis - Clark Hull, History of hypnosis - Andrew Salter, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1955, History of hypnosis - André Weitzenhoffer and Ernest Hilgard, History of hypnosis - American Medical Association Approval 1958, History of hypnosis - Recent Innovators and Current Applications, History of hypnosis - Milton Erickson and Authortarian vs. Permissive styles, History of hypnosis - Dave Elman, History of hypnosis - Ormond McGill, History of hypnosis - Jeffery Zeig

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History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications. Russian medicine has had extensive experience with obstetric hypnosis. Platanov, in the 1920s, became well known for his hypno-obstetric successes. Impressed by this approach, Stalin later set up a nationwide program headed by Velvoski, who originally combined hypnosis with Pavlov techniques but eventually used the later almost exclusively. Ferdinand Lamaze, having visited Russia, brought back to France "childbirth without pain through the psychological method," which ...

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History of hypnosis, History of hypnosis - Pre-History, History of hypnosis - Indian & Egyptian sleep temples, History of hypnosis - Magnets and Other Healing Objects, History of hypnosis - Paracelsus and Magnet healing, History of hypnosis - Valentine Greatrakes and Johann Joseph Gassner, History of hypnosis - Father Maximilian Hell, History of hypnosis - Franz Anton Mesmer and Animal Magnetism, History of hypnosis - French Revolution in 1789 and oriental hypnosis of Abbe Faria, History of hypnosis - Marquis de Puységur and somnambulism, History of hypnosis - Récamier, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Medical Research, History of hypnosis - James Braid and Hypnotism, History of hypnosis - John Elliotson, History of hypnosis - James Esdaile in India, History of hypnosis - Beginnings of Formal Psychological Studies, History of hypnosis - Jean-Martin Charcot, History of hypnosis - Holy See of 1847, History of hypnosis - American Civil War, History of hypnosis - Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1892, History of hypnosis - Emile Coué and the Laws of Suggestion, History of hypnosis - Modern Applications, History of hypnosis - Platanov Pavlov and Russian Applications, History of hypnosis - Sigmund Freud Joseph Breuer and Hypnotherapy, History of hypnosis - Hypnosis in World War I World War II and the Korean War, History of hypnosis - Clark Hull, History of hypnosis - Andrew Salter, History of hypnosis - British Medical Association Approval 1955, History of hypnosis - André Weitzenhoffer and Ernest Hilgard, History of hypnosis - American Medical Association Approval 1958, History of hypnosis - Recent Innovators and Current Applications, History of hypnosis - Milton Erickson and Authortarian vs. Permissive styles, History of hypnosis - Dave Elman, History of hypnosis - Ormond McGill, History of hypnosis - Jeffery Zeig

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The roots of medicine by therapy lie in ancient societies even earlier than the Ancient Egyptians and Ancient Indians . Religious rituals were characterized by dancing, music, and masked peoples assuming new identities. In the nineteenth century,Healers like Abbe Faria and practitioners like Franz Anton Mesmer, James Braid, James Esdale,John Elliotson, Ambroise-Auguste Liébault, Emile Coue, and Jean-Martin Charcot met resistance from society and the medical community for their novel i ...

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Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy - History, Hypnotherapy - Relationship, Hypnotherapy - Techniques

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mesmerism (animal magnetism, magnetic healing): Form of hypnotism named after Franz Anton Mesmer (c. 1734-1815), a Viennese physician who had planned to become a cleric. (Writers also refer to Mesmer as Franciscus Antonius Mesmer, Franz Antoine Mesmer, and Friedrich Anton Mesmer.)

Mesmer coined the expression animal magnetism to refer to his concept of a mysterious, magnetic vital fluid that

(a)           permeated the universe and

(b)           was the agent whereby he induced hypnosis (mesmeric sleep) in patients.

He principled that an imbalance between animal magnetism within the body and animal magnetism in the environment caused many illnesses. Use of animal magnetism characterizes mesmerism, which survives only partially, as Magnetic healing

(See also: Mesmerism, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Mesmerism

An 18th century movement begun in France by the Austrian doctor Franz Anton Mesmer, who believed that astrological influence on humans was conveyed through a force or substance similar to magnetism.

He first began treating patients with magnets or charged fluids but quickly modified his position, theorizing that cures were actually coming from an energy or mysterious �magnetic fluid� coming from the hands, voice, or nervous system of the practitioner.

This invisible substance or magnetism was thought to be similar to electro-magnetism and was dubbed �Animal Magnetism. � Mesmer's pupils were later able to induce a �magnetic sleep� (trance state or hypnotic condition) in their patients. The term Mesmerism eventually became analogous with hypnosis .

(See also: Mesmerism, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Mesmerism

An 18th century movement begun in France by the Austrian doctor Franz Anton Mesmer, who believed that astrological influence on humans was conveyed through a force or substance similar to magnetism.

He first began treating patients with magnets or charged fluids but quickly modified his position, theorizing that cures were actually coming from an energy or mysterious �magnetic fluid� coming from the hands, voice, or nervous system of the practitioner.

This invisible substance or magnetism was thought to be similar to electro-magnetism and was dubbed �Animal Magnetism. � Mesmer's pupils were later able to induce a �magnetic sleep� (trance state or hypnotic condition) in their patients. The term Mesmerism eventually became analogous with hypnosis .

(See also: Mesmerism, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul)

Extra-sensory perception, or ESP, is the name given to any ability to acquire information by means other than the five canonical senses (taste, sight, touch, smell, and hearing), or any other sense well-known to science (balance, proprioception, etc). Because the definition of sense is vague, the precise definition of extra-sensory is as well, but the term is generally used in reference to humans, to imply sources of information unknown to modern science. Extra-sensory perception - Types of ES ...

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• Extra-sensory perception - Types of ESP
• Extra-sensory perception - History of ESP
• Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and hypnosis
• Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and technology
• Extra-sensory perception - Ongoing debates about the existence of ESP
• Extra-sensory perception - Difficulties testing ESP
• Extra-sensory perception - The Randi Prize
• Extra-sensory perception - The Zetetic challenge
• Extra-sensory perception - General criticism
• Extra-sensory perception - Independent research organizations

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Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931) is a prolific British writer. Wilson was born and brought up in Leicester. He left school at 16 and worked in factories and numerous other jobs while reading in his spare time. In 1956, at the age of 23, he published The Outsider, which examines the seminal works of various key literary figures and aspects of alienation in their works. The book was very successful and was a serious contribution to the popularization of existentialism in Britain. Wilson was labelled as an Angry Young Man, though he ha ...

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• Colin Wilson - Bibliography

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Clairvoyance is defined as a form of extra-sensory perception whereby a person perceives distant objects, persons, or events, including "seeing" through opaque objects and the detection of types of energy not normally perceptible to humans (i.e. radio waves). Typically, such perception is reported in visual terms, but may also include auditory impressions (sometimes called clairaudience) or kinesthetic impressions. The term clairvoyance is often used broadly to refer to all forms of ESP where a person receives informatio ...

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• Clairvoyance - Clairvoyance through history
• Clairvoyance - Training

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Hypnotherapy is the application of hypnosis as a form of treatment, usually for relieving pain or conditions related to one's state of mind. Practitioners believe that when a client enters, or believes he has entered, a state of trance, the patient is more receptive to suggestion and other therapy. The most common use of hypnotherapy is to remedy maladies like obesity, smoking, pain, ego, anxiety, stress, amnesia, phobias, and performance but many others can also be treated by hypnosis. Hypnotherapy - History. ...

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• Hypnotherapy - History
• Hypnotherapy - Relationship
• Hypnotherapy - Techniques

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With the scientific revolution, and led by the British Royal Society, a distinction came to be made between "natural philosophers" (later to be termed scientists in 1834) and other philosophers. Many of the natural philosophers, including Newton, were adherents of Renaissance magic (alchemy and the like). The period known as the Enlightenment followed the Scientific Revolution, with its apex in the 18th century, and featured the ideas that life should be lead by reason as opposed to dogma or tradition, and the universe as a mechanisti ...

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History of parapsychology, History of parapsychology - The dawn of science, History of parapsychology - Scientific investigation of psychic phenomena, History of parapsychology - Government investigations into parapsychology

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There have been anecdotal reports of clairvoyance and claims of clairvoyant abilities on the part of some throughout history in most cultures. Often these have been associated with religious figures, offices, and practices. For example, ancient Hindu religious texts list clairvoyance as one of the siddhis, skills that can be acquired through appropriate meditation and personal discipline. But a large number of anecdotal accounts of clairvoyance are of the spontaneous variety among the general populace. For example, many people report instanc ...

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Clairvoyance, Clairvoyance - Clairvoyance through history, Clairvoyance - Training

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Proponents of the existence of ESP point to numerous scientific studies that appear to offer evidence of the phenomenon's existence: the work of J. B. Rhine, a botanist at Duke University in the 1930s, and of Russell Targ and Harold E. Puthoff, physicists at SRI International in the 1970s, are often cited in arguments that ESP exists. Those who believe ESP does not exist point to methodological flaws in such studies[1], and point to numerous other ESP studies which have failed to find any evidence of the phenomenon. Many modern scient ...

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Extra-sensory perception, Extra-sensory perception - Types of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - History of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and hypnosis, Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and technology, Extra-sensory perception - Ongoing debates about the existence of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - Difficulties testing ESP, Extra-sensory perception - The Randi Prize, Extra-sensory perception - The Zetetic challenge, Extra-sensory perception - General criticism, Extra-sensory perception - Independent research organizations

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The Hypnotist-Subject relationship has been feared by some due to the practice of stage performers. In a book by Erica Fromm, it has been referred to as "archaic involvement", listing these responses in the "patient": Feeling like a child in relation to the hypnotist. Wanting to please the hypnotist. Feeling guilty at not doing what the hypnotist wants. Worrying the hypnotist will not like you. Wanting to bask in the "power and glory" of the hypnotist. Everything the h ...

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Hypnotherapy, Hypnotherapy - History, Hypnotherapy - Relationship, Hypnotherapy - Techniques

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Specific types of extra-sensory perception include: Perception of events in other places (clairvoyance, clairaudience, clairsentience) and in other times (precognition, retrocognition, second sight) Perception of aspects of others not perceivable by most people (aura reading) The ability to sense communications from, and communicate with, people far away (telepathy), beyond the grave (medium-hood and séancing, spirit wa ...

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Extra-sensory perception, Extra-sensory perception - Types of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - History of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and hypnosis, Extra-sensory perception - Extra-sensory perception and technology, Extra-sensory perception - Ongoing debates about the existence of ESP, Extra-sensory perception - Difficulties testing ESP, Extra-sensory perception - The Randi Prize, Extra-sensory perception - The Zetetic challenge, Extra-sensory perception - General criticism, Extra-sensory perception - Independent research organizations

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