EsoteriaA library of sacred & hidden knowledge
The library · Shelves
Cover of Neurypnology, or the Rationale of Nervous Sleep

Cover image: Open Library

Occultism: The Occult Sciences and the Occult Revival

Neurypnology, or the Rationale of Nervous Sleep

by James Braid

The Manchester surgeon's book explaining the mesmeric trance by fixed attention rather than a magnetic fluid, and introducing the term hypnotism. It is a founding text in the medical history of hypnosis.

View on Amazon

Nearby on the shelf

All books on Occultism →
Cover of Aby Warburg: An Intellectual Biography Aby WarburgE. H. Gombrich Ansichten von der Nachtseite der NaturwissenschaftGotthilf Heinrich Schubert Ansichten von der Nachtseite der NaturwissenschaftGotthilf Heinrich Schubert Cover of Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge Athanasius KircherJoscelyn Godwin Authors of the ImpossibleJeffrey J. Kripal Authors of the ImpossibleJeffrey J. Kripal Between Occultism and NazismPeter Staudenmaier Between Occultism and NazismPeter Staudenmaier Cover of Beyond Enlightenment: Occultism and Politics in Modern France Beyond EnlightenmentDavid Allen Harvey Bulwer LyttonLeslie Mitchell Bulwer LyttonLeslie Mitchell Chyromantie ac Physionomie AnastasisBartolomeo della Rocca (Cocles) Chyromantie ac Physionomie AnastasisBartolomeo della Rocca (Cocles) Cover of The Coming Race The Coming RaceEdward Bulwer-Lytton Cover of Concerning the Spiritual in Art Concerning the Spiritual in ArtWassily Kandinsky Cover of A Confusion of Prophets: Victorian and Edwardian Astrology A Confusion of ProphetsPatrick Curry Cover of Contemporary Esotericism Contemporary EsotericismEgil Asprem and Kennet Granholm Cover of The Cosmic Doctrine The Cosmic DoctrineDion Fortune Das Geheimnis der RunenGuido von List Das Geheimnis der RunenGuido von List De naturalium effectuum causis sive de incantationibusPietro Pomponazzi De naturalium effectuum causis sive de incantationibusPietro Pomponazzi Cover of Der Golem Der GolemGustav Meyrink