MENTAL MAGNETISM - Shaftesbury, 1924 - MIND MENTAL POWER CONTROL EUGENICS

MENTAL MAGNETISM: A STUDY OF THE SEVEN REALMS OF MIND AND MASTERY IN THE CONFLICTS OF LIFE   Book Details + Condition: Ralston University Press (Meriden, CT). First reprint edition, 1924. Hardcover. Measures 9.75" x 7". 448 pages. Firm binding; lightly rubbed corners and edges; interior is clean and free of markings, save pencilled owner (etc) info on front free endpaper. An unusual volume detailing the step-by-step method on controlling the minds of others, by the founder of the health and utopian movement Ralstonism, Edmund Shaftesbury [pseudonym of Webster Edgerly]. Ralstonism was a social cult movement in the 19th century, and the brainchild of Edgerly (1852–1926). Ralstonism began as the Ralston Health Club, which published Edgerly's writings. He offered pseudo-scientific advice on everything from sex and marriage, to walking. Edgerly became well known – even counting Queen Victoria among his readers. Unfortunately, he was also a proponent of eugenics, attempting to “improve” th