Franz Anton Mesmer's Leben Und Lehre: Nebst Einer Vorgeschichte Des Mesmerismus, Hypnotismus Und Somnambulismus [German]

by Karl Kiesewetter

Karl Kiesewetter (1854-1895) was the most influential German theosophical writer of his time, and wrote several books on the history of esotericism and occultism. This biography of Mesmer (1734-1815) was first published in Leipzig in 1893. It begins with two very substantial historical chapters. The first discusses practitioners of 'animal magnetism' before Mesmer, citing evidence dating back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and Babylonian cuneiform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: German
• ISBN: 1108072771
• ISBN13: 9781108072779
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"