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Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism: How to Hypnotize: Being an Exhaustive and Practical System of Method, Application, and Use

Chapter 1

Preface

Complete Hypnotism
Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

How to Hypnotize:
Being an Exhaustive and Practical System
of Method, Application, and Use

by A. Alpheus

1903




CONTENTS


INTRODUCTION
History of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories
of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theory; 3.
Suggestion Theory