Hypnotism
Publisher: Cornell University Library
Published: July 24, 2009
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Health, Mind & Body -- Psychology & Counseling
First sentence: IN order to understand the gradual development of modern hypnotism from animal magnetism, we must distinguish two points: firstly, that there are human beings who can exercise a personal influence over others, either by direct contact or even from a distance; and, secondly, the fact that particular psychical states can be induced in human beings by certain physical processes.