He later revised his theories by stating that individuals transmit universal forces to other individuals in the form of "animal magnetism."
While a student at the University of Vienna, he attempted to rationalize a belief in astrological influences on human health as a result of a subtle, invisible fluid transmitted by planetary forces. He later revised his theories by stating that individuals transmit universal forces to other individuals in the form of "animal magnetism." Accused of practicing magic, he was forced to leave Austria in 1778, and settled in Paris only to have his practice destroyed with the onset of the French Revolution. FTP, who was this early "psychologist," whose system of therapeutics was the forerunner of the modern practice of hypnotism?
While a student at the University of Vienna, he attempted to rationalize a belief in astrological influences on human health as a result of a subtle, invisible fluid transmitted by planetary forces.
Franz Anton {Mesmer}