Hidden Depths
The Story of Hypnosis

By Robin Waterfield
Macmillan

Hardcover
September 2002
ISBN: 0-333-77949-5
495 pages, Illustrated, 6 ¼ x 9 ½"
$37.95 hardcover OUT OF PRINT

Paper Edition
December 2004
ISBN: 0330492519
496 Pages, Illustrated, 5" x 7 ¾"
$22.50 Paper

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The history of hypnotism is littered with quirky individuals, remarkable stories, and bizarre incidents. Impeccably researched, this book illuminates with anecdotal charm the theories and thoughts of the way we see hypnosis while stripping away fact from fantasy, truth from the myth.

Contents include: Acknowledgements, Preface, Introduction, Hypnosis in Fact and Fiction, In the Beginning, Franz Anton Mesmer, Magnetic Sleep and Victor's Sister, Crusader's and Prophets in the United States, 'Mesmeric Mania' in the United Kingdom, Murder, Rape and Debate in the Late Nineteenth Century, Psychic Powers and Recovered Memories, Freud and Other Alienists, State or No State: The Modern Controversy, Hypnotherapy: Mind and Body, Mind Control, Self-Improvement and the New Age, A Plea, Appendix: In Mesmer's Footsteps, References, Bibliography, Index of Names, Index of Subjects.

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