Occult Literature
Sleep Induced by Mesmeric Passes: Historical Photograph
A seated woman leans back with closed eyes while an operator extends both hands towards her face and upper body. Their separated arms and opposed postures make the suggested action visible across the space between them. The caption identifies Sleep Induced by Mesmeric Passes. The posed image belongs to de Laurence’s historical photographic sequence on hypnotism and mesmerism.
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Photographer not identified. "Sleep Induced by Mesmeric Passes: Historical Photograph" [editorial title]. In Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing, L. W. de Laurence. Original scan, 1910, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 95. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0072
Source details
- Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing
- Mesmeric passes in a staged photograph
Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
A staged historical demonstration from the book, reproduced as a period photograph; the accompanying therapeutic claims have not been clinically verified here.
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Photographer not identified. Sleep Induced by Mesmeric Passes: Historical Photograph. Hypnotism: Magnetism, Mesmerism, Suggestive Therapeutics and Magnetic Healing. Scan leaf 95. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0095-0072