Hart E. Hypnotism, mesmerism and the new witchcraft … with chapters on ‘The eternal gullible’ and note on the hypnotism of ‘Trilby’, 1896.

Catalog Record: Hart E. Hypnotism, mesmerism and the new witchcraft … with chapters on ‘The eternal gullible’ and note on the hypnotism of ‘Trilby’, 1896.  

Title: Hypnotism, mesmerism and the new witchcraft … with chapters on ‘The
eternal gullible’ and note on the hypnotism of ‘Trilby’ / by Ernest Hart.

AccessKey: adlt

Author: Hart, Ernest, 1835-1898.

WLM Call Number: WO 391 H325 1896 RB

Accession NO.: 861

Publisher: London : Smith, Elder & Co., 1896.

Edition: 2nd ed., enl.

Physical Descrip: viii, 212 p. : ill. ; 20 cm

Illustration: Illustration

Language: English

Provenance: With bookplate of Joan Emlyn.

Subject: Parapsychology.
Subject: Occultism.
Subject: Hypnosis.
Subject: Animal Magnetism.

Type of Trace: Short Title

Title: Hypnotism, mesmerism and the new witchcraft.

Abstract: A critical treatise on occultism. Hart disputes cases of supernatural
events, arguing that they are the result of the use of suggestion on
persons who are particularly susceptible, hysterical, or under hypnosis.

Content Notes: Hypnotism and humbug — hypnotism, animal magnetism, and hysteria —
Mesmerism and the new witchcraft — Groping after the supernatural —
‘The eternal gullible’ — Appendix (Reply to M. Encausse, letters to
the ‘Times” from the author and Dr. Luys, Eusapia Paladino, the
hypnotism of ‘Trilby,’ automatic writing.

General Notes: “Hypnotism, mesmerism and the new witchcraft”–Spine.

General Notes: Previous call number BF 1141 H325 1896.