# The Mechanics of Magick: Hypnosis — The Occult Science That Became Psychology Part 1

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-occult-rejects-4241641/the-mechanics-of-magick-hypnosis-the-occult-science-that-became-psychology-part-1
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-occult-rejects-4241641/the-mechanics-of-magick-hypnosis-the-occult-science-that-became-psychology-part-1.md
Podcast: [The Occult Rejects](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-occult-rejects-4241641)
Published: 2026-07-06T09:00:17+00:00
Episode link: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOccultRejects
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72632457/hypnosis_audio.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-occult-rejects-4241641/episodes/the-mechanics-of-magick-hypnosis-the-occult-science-that-became-psychology-part-1
Duration seconds: 3847

## Resource

Links For The Occult Rejects https://linktr.ee/theoccultrejects Occult Research Institute https://www.occultresearchinstitute.org/ Substack https://substack.com/@theoccultrejects?r=7auau0&utm_campaign=profile&utm_medium=profile-page Cash App https://cash.app/$theoccultrejects Venmo @TheOccultRejects Buy Me A Coffee buymeacoffee.com/TheOccultRejects Patreon https://www.patreon.com/TheOccultRejects Condensed Bibliography for Part One Franz Anton Mesmer. Memoir on the Discovery of Animal Magnetism. Franz Anton Mesmer. Aphorisms of M. Mesmer. Report of the Commissioners Charged by the King with the Examination of Animal Magnetism, commonly associated with the Franklin Commission. Jean-Sylvain Bailly. Secret Report on Mesmerism / Rapport secret. Robert Darnton. Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France. Henri F. Ellenberger. The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry. Adam Crabtree. From Mesmer to Freud: Magnetic Sleep and the Roots of Psychological Healing. Adam Crabtree. Animal Magnetism, Early Hypnotism, and Psychical Research, 1766–1925: An Annotated Bibliography. Alan Gauld. A History of Hypnotism. Frank A. Pattie. Mesmer and Animal Magnetism: A Chapter in the History of Medicine. Alison Winter. Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain. James Braid. Neurypnology; or, The Rationale of Nervous Sleep, Considered in Relation with Animal Magnetism. James Braid. The Power of the Mind over the Body. Abbé Faria. De la cause du sommeil lucide. Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis de Puységur. Mémoires pour servir à l’histoire et à l’établissement du magnétisme animal. James Esdaile. Mesmerism in India, and Its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine. James Esdaile. The Introduction of Mesmerism as an A…

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-occult-rejects-4241641/episodes/the-mechanics-of-magick-hypnosis-the-occult-science-that-became-psychology-part-1/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-occult-rejects-4241641/the-mechanics-of-magick-hypnosis-the-occult-science-that-became-psychology-part-1.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.