"You are at the head of the committee which the government sent to M. d'Eslon's house, in order to witness the evidenc…"

"Theophrastus Paracelsus rediscovered the occult properties of the magnet—“the bone of Horus” which, twelve centuries …"

"The church of Rome has never been either credulous or cowardly, as is abundantly proved by the Machiavellism which ma…"

"I have had occasion recently to look into the history of animal magnetism and hypnotism, and have been greatly struck…"

"In the large curative establishment founded by Mesmer at Vienna, he employed, besides magnetism, electricity, metals …"

"The secret of healing, he maintained, lies in the knowledge of correspondences and affinities between kindred atoms."

"Find that metal, wood, stone, or plant that has the most correspondential affinity with the body of the sufferer; and…"

"In 1774 he too happened to come across the theurgic secret of direct vital transmission; and so highly interested was…"

"About 1780, Mesmer settled in Paris, and soon the whole metropolis, from the Royal family down to the last hysterical…"

"When Mesmer arrived, Paris divided its allegiance between the Church which attributed all kinds of phenomena except i…"