"Mesmerism" is an old name for hypnosis.
"The father of modern hypnotism is Franz Mesmer, an Austrian physician. Mesmer believed hypnosis to be a mystical force flowing from the hypnotist into the subject (he called it "animal magnetism"). Although critics quickly dismissed the magical element of his theory, Mesmer's assumption, that the power behind hypnosis came from the hypnotist and was in some way inflicted upon the subject, took hold for some time. Hypnosis was originally known as mesmerism, after Mesmer, and we still use its derivative, "mesmerize," today." [1]
For a big page of on-line info, try this:
http://hypnosisonline.com/
For a complete and detailed account, I always check Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnosis
Sorry, I couldn't find any (free) on-line study guides. Try some of the links, though. You'll find lots of good info.
2007-03-18 00:19:36
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