HYPNOTISM and MESMERISM

HYPNOTISM & MESMERISM

MESMERISM

Mesmerism was coined in the 18th century by Anton Mesmer.

Mesmerism is a bit of medical quackery at those times

•In 1770 Mesmer, met Maximillian Hell, a Viennese Jesuit and healer. Fr. Hell cured people with a magnetic steel plate & explained, it is because of magnetic healing power.

•But Mesmer argued that the curative property is due to the magnetic fluid flowing through everything.

•Mesmer eventually discovered that he got the same results without the magnets. He posited that "animal magnetism" accounted for his ability to correct the flow of the universal magnetic fluid. Today, the term "animal magnetism" means mesmerism or hypnotic power.