Delving into Hypnosis: 5 Insightful Books You Can't Miss
Five Classic Explorations of Mesmerism, Suggestion, Altered Consciousness, and Mind ControlBy Charlotte Rosalys Jones, A. Alpheus, George Du Maurier, George O. Smith, Melvin Powers
Length21h 55m
About this audiobook
Delving into Hypnosis: 5 Insightful Books You Can't Miss gathers five distinct approaches to hypnosis, treating it not merely as a clinical technique but as a literary and cultural figure of suggestion, altered consciousness, persuasion, and desire. Its range moves across imaginative narrative, speculative inquiry, popular exposition, and reflective discussion, allowing hypnotic influence to appear at once mysterious, therapeutic, unsettling, and intellectually provocative. The volume's standout interest lies in the dialogue it creates between sensational motifs of mental control and more practical attempts to explain the mind's responsiveness. The contributors—Charlotte Rosalys Jones, A. Alpheus, George Du Maurier, George O. Smith, and Melvin Powers—bring markedly different literary inheritances to this shared subject. Their assembled voices evoke the long modern history of hypnosis: its emergence from nineteenth-century fascination with mesmerism and psychology, its circulation through popular culture, and its later adaptation within science fiction and self-improvement discourse. Together, they reveal how changing genres reshape the ethical and imaginative stakes of influencing consciousness. This collection is especially recommended for readers of psychological literature, cultural history, and unusual speculative writing. It offers a valuable opportunity to compare styles and assumptions within one compact volume, fostering an instructive conversation about agency, belief, and the powers attributed to the mind.
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology, General Fiction
Length21 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Law of Psychic Phenomena (Annotated)
2Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism
3The Hypnotic Experiment of Dr. Reeves, and Other Stories
4The Hypnotic Experiment of Dr. Reeves, and Other Stories
5II. An International Courtship.
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6III. One Woman’s History out of Many.
7IV. Miss Cameron’s Art Sale.
8V. A Complex Question.
9A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
10FOREWORD
11Chapter 5
12Chapter 10
13THE POWERS HYPNOTIC EYES
14Trilby
15TRILBY
16Part Second
17Part Third
18Part Fourth
19Part Fifth
20Part Sixth
21Part Seventh
22Part Eighth
23Dark recess
24DARK RECESS
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