The Secrets of Animal Magnetism: Mesmerism, Clairvoyancy, and Mind Reading - John Barnes - Bog

"Secrets of Animal Magnetism" is a work involved mostly with mesmerism in the sense normally utilized in the era of its manufacture. Containing numerous secondary references, it delves into sociology and behavioral science as well as expressing a general acceptance of hypnotism and similar practices as applied to healing first and foremost, and self improvement in a more general sense, secondly.Some of the claims made here are largely rejected now by science, however it should be noted that the use of mesmerism is, in the case of some individuals, real and potentially of a helpful nature.