Mesmer, Franz Anton
1734-1815 80 years
1734-1815 80 years
German/French "scientist", famous for working
with "animal magnetism" in humans, closely
associated with the beginnings of the study of
hypnotism in the Western world.
English word mesmerize comes from his name
with "animal magnetism" in humans, closely
associated with the beginnings of the study of
hypnotism in the Western world.
English word mesmerize comes from his name
| It was because of Mesmer that hypnotism became known as mesmerism in the West – it was the same thing as hypnotism, but because he was the first to use it in the West it got his name. He had a beautiful tree in his garden which he had mesmerized – and this is recent; this is not a very ancient thing. He had given the tree the idea that it could cure any kind of disease. That was his work every morning, first thing, to hypnotize the tree and tell it, "People will be coming and you are capable of curing them..." --Osho The Path of the Mystic, ch. 23 |
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