{"product_id":"mesmerism-and-christian-science-a-short-history-of-mental-healing-paperback-9781108072465","title":"Mesmerism and Christian Science; A Short History of Mental Healing (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108072465","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMesmerism and Christian Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Short History of Mental Healing\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1909, Mesmerism and Christian Science explores the relationship between science and spiritualism through history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Podmore (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108072465, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 May 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFor most of his life a clerk in the post office, Frank Podmore (1856–1910) was a prolific author on psychical research. As an undergraduate Podmore became interested in spiritualism, and he joined the British National Association of Spiritualists. Eventually disillusioned by that society, Podmore co-founded several organisations: the Progressive Association (in 1882); the Fellowship of the New Life (1883); and, spurred by his desire to see political change, the Fabian Society (1884). Podmore's membership in the Society for Psychical Research influenced his activities and interests, and he spent the next twenty years investigating and writing on psychical phenomena. Podmore's two-volume Modern Spiritualism (also reissued in this series) is a source for this 1909 work, which 'constituted the most scholarly history of mesmerism and its offshoots to that date', according to one reviewer. This work will interest historians of science and medicine, and scholars of Victorian religious movements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Healing by fluid\u003cbr\u003e 2. The magnetic system\u003cbr\u003e 3. The first French commission\u003cbr\u003e 4. The discovery of Somnambulism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Healing by suggestion\u003cbr\u003e 6. Later French commissions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mesmerism in England\u003cbr\u003e 8. The fluidic theory\u003cbr\u003e 9. Clairvoyance\u003cbr\u003e 10. Spiritualism in France\u003cbr\u003e 11. Spiritualism in Germany\u003cbr\u003e 12. The coming of the prophets\u003cbr\u003e 13. Thomas Lake Harris\u003cbr\u003e 14. The rise of mental-healing\u003cbr\u003e 15. Mary Baker Eddy\u003cbr\u003e 16. Christian science\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266180272408,"sku":"9781108072465","price":27.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108072465i_a6294ab1-920e-47ae-a473-a3270bcfcd0f.jpg?v=1696748913","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/mesmerism-and-christian-science-a-short-history-of-mental-healing-paperback-9781108072465","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}