HYPNOTISM - De Laurence, 1st 1900 - MESMERISM, DIVINATION, OCCULT, HEALTH, CURES

HYPNOTISM: A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF METHOD, APPLICATION AND USEBook Details + Condition: Alhambra Book Company (Chicago). First Edition, 1900. Very scarce. Hardcover with beautifully decorated red boards and spine. 188 pages. De Laurence, before becoming a well known occultist and book publisher, was a hypnotist and magnetic healer traveling though the American Midwest. This book was his first published work, a comprehensive guide to all aspects of hypnotism and other occult practices including telepathy, clairvoyance and spiritualism. The manual provides step-by-step instructions on how to hypnotize subjects, demonstrating techniques of suggestibility and venturing into the medical applications of hypnotism. Chapters include:- The Science of Hypnotism- Instructions For Testing Subjects- Inducing Hypnotic Sleep- Celebrated Table Method- Curing Death by Hypnotism- Cataleptic or Rigid State - Curing Disease by Hypnotism - Clairvoyant or Second Sight- Hypnosis: Self Induced- To Hypnotize by