Pseudoscientific theory about force in living things
Not to be confused with magnetoception.
"Mesmerizer" redirects here. For the Vocaloid song, see Mesmerizer (song).
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Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, is a theory invented by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. It posits the existence of an invisible natural force (Lebensmagnetismus) possessed by all living things, including humans, animals, and vegetables. He claimed that the force could have physical effects, including healing.[1]
The vitalist theory attracted numerous followers in Europe and the United States and was popular into the 19th century. Practitioners were often known as magnetizers rather than mesmerists. It had an important influence in medicine for about 75 years from its beginnings in 1779, and continued to have some influence for another 50 years. Hundreds of books were written on the subject between 1766 and 1925, but it is no longer practiced today except as a form of alternative medicine in some places.[2]
^Wolfart, Karl Christian; Friedrich Anton Mesmer. Mesmerismus: Oder, System der Wechselwirkungen, Theorie und Anwendung des thierischen Magnetismus als die allgemeine Heilkunde zur Erhaltung des Menschen (in German, facsimile of the 1811 edition). Cambridge University Press, 2011. ISBN 9781108072694. Foreword.
^Adam Crabtree Animal Magnetism, Early Hypnotism, and Psychical Research, 1766–1925 – An Annotated Bibliography ISBN 0-527-20006-9
Animalmagnetism, also known as mesmerism, is a theory invented by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century. It posits the existence of an invisible...
The Royal Commission on AnimalMagnetism involved two entirely separate and independent French Royal Commissions, each appointed by Louis XVI in 1784,...
occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called "animalmagnetism", later referred to as mesmerism. Mesmer's theory attracted a wide...
by Franz Mesmer and his followers (which was called "Mesmerism" or "animalmagnetism"), but differed in his theory as to how the procedure worked. People...
for which Eddy used terms such as animalmagnetism, hypnotism, or mesmerism interchangeably. "Malicious animalmagnetism", sometimes abbreviated as M.A.M...
called "animalmagnetism" or "mesmerism" (the latter name still remaining popular today). The use of the (conventional) English term animalmagnetism to translate...
on 8 June 2001. Michael O'Sullivan (June 1, 2001). "Schneider's 'Animal' Magnetism". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 19, 2020...
performances to audiences by reference to supernatural powers and animalmagnetism. Ormond McGill, e.g., in his Encyclopedia of the subject wrote in 1996...
have appeared several hundred years ago, linked to the expression "animalmagnetism". The present scientific definition took form in the 1970s, when an...
universe, a creative substratum in all of nature comparable to Mesmer's animalmagnetism (1779), to the Odic force (1845) of Carl Reichenbach and to Henri Bergson's...
Human magnetism is a popular name for the supposed ability of some humans to attract various objects to their skin. People alleged to have such an ability...
years after they married; she believed he had been killed by malicious animalmagnetism. Six years later, when she was 67 and apparently in need of loyalty...
with the East India Company, is a notable figure in the history of “animalmagnetism" and, in particular, in the history of general anaesthesia. The eldest...
Medien. Retrieved 14 December 2011. Peak positions for Canada: For AnimalMagnetism: "RPM: Top Albums/CDs – Volume 22, No. 17, July 19, 1980". RPM. Retrieved...
Lynn, Hypnosis: A Brief History (2009) p. 1 Coates, James (1904), Human Magnetism; or, How to Hypnotise: A Practical Handbook for Students of Mesmerism...
physician, came up with the theory of “animalmagnetism”, later referred to as mesmerism. Mesmer saw “animalmagnetism” as energy that flowed through the...
pointed out that animal magnetism might explain them. Rivail, however, after seeing a demonstration, dismissed animalmagnetism as insufficient to explain...
century was "animalmagnetism", in the theories of Franz Mesmer (1734–1815). However, the use of the (conventional) English term animalmagnetism to translate...