(a) a supposed force or emanation to which the action of mesmerism is attributed; (also) = mesmerism, n. (now historical); (b) natural charm or…

Mesmerism; = animal magnetism n. at animal, n. compounds 2. Now archaic.

A therapeutic doctrine or system, first popularized by Mesmer, according to which a trained practitioner can induce a hypnotic state in a patient by…

The condition of being magnetized; the process or action of magnetizing something.

a supposed invisible force having physical effects, considered to emanate from a living being and to account for the action of mesmerism (mesmerism…

An influence or principle thought of as pervading the natural world and responsible for the phenomena of animal magnetism; animal magnetism regarded…

The process of hypnotizing, or artificially producing a state in which the subject appears to be in a deep sleep, without any power of changing his…

Mesmerism, hypnotism.

as in zoistic magnetism = animal magnetism.

Mesmerism, esp. as inducing a state of suggestibility or as attributed to an electro-vital force.

Mesmerism (cf. electrobiology, n. 2). Now historical.

= electrobiology, n. 2. Obsolete. rare.

A state of trance brought about by one's own efforts; self-hypnosis.

= statuvolism, n.

The process of producing sleep or trance by causing the patient's attention to be intensely concentrated on some visual object; this process, which…

Artificially produced sleep: esp. that induced by hypnotism; the hypnotic state.

= mesmerism, n. Now historical and rare.