Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your mother or your father and people would go into these trance states and you could introduction autosuggestions tot hem or as some people saw it, you could cure them of illnesses.
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas. - Mitch Horowitz
Science, as it reaches the public mind, has both served to discredit and unintentionally reaffirmed mystical ideas.
- Mitch Horowitz
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your… - Mitch Horowitz
Americans were in love with mesmerism because it was something that you could do in your own home. You could mesmerize or hypnotize your aunt or your…
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows. - Mitch Horowitz
Everybody has different stories about where I came from. Nobody really knows.
When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums. - Mitch Horowitz
When spiritualism dawned, suddenly women who wanted to engage in the civic and religious and political culture were becoming transmediums.
America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that bega… - Mitch Horowitz
America became a special source of attraction to people who were fleeing the aftereffects of the 30 Years War and the religious persecution that bega…
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent. - Mitch Horowitz
All the quantum physics experiments have occurred chiefly on the atomic scale and we are taught to believe that nature's laws are consistent.
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs. - Mitch Horowitz
Even back in its colonial days, America developed a reputation as a safe harbor for people with unusual or radical religious beliefs.
People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas. - Mitch Horowitz
People need doorways to explore universal religious and ethical ideas.
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu… - Mitch Horowitz
Once the social and spiritual opening was created for women in the form of spiritualism, suddenly ambitious women who wanted to participate in the cu…
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