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ESCHENMAYER, C. A. V. (1768-1852), Versuch die scheinbare Magie des thierischen Magnetismus aus physiologischen und psychischen Gesetzen zu erklaren.
Vienna: In der Haas'chen Buchhandlung, 1816. 1st Austrian Edition. 136pp. Original drab blue wrappers. Wrappers worn with some splitting to the lower front joint, sheets foxed and lightly browned, old paper label to the top of the spine and small bookplate of a Dr. Fr. J. Moschner (dated 1875) to the verso of the title. A very good copy, as issued. Scarce. Also published the same year in Stuttgart by Cotta. A German physician and philosopher who was professor of philosophy at Tubingen and both a follower and critic of Schelling, Eschenmayer edited the _Archiv fur den thierischen Magnetismus_ (1817-1824). Following in the footsteps of Kluge he wrote two major books describing his animal magnetic practices and mystical concerns: this work and _Mysterien des innern Lebens_ (1830). Crabtree 258; Gauld _History of Hypnotism_, p. 144; not in Wellcome. 6.0 ounces = 171 grams. 8.0 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches = 20 x 12 x 1cm. Eschenmayer's "writings on animal magnetism contain much that is derived from Schelling, but also elements from sources as diverse as Paracelsus, Stahl, and Reil. Central to Eschenmayer's thnking are the notions of an 'organic ether', concentrated especially in the brain and nervous system, and of polarities in the nervous system, the brain being usually positive, the ganglion system negative, and the sphere of indifference somewhere between" [Gauld, p. 144]. "Influenced by the nature philosophy of Schelling, Eschenmayer had a special interest in the ancient occult traditions. Here, as well as in later works, he seeks out the parallels between those traditions and the contemporary phenomena of animal magnetism" [Crabtree]. Binding: PB. Very Good
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