Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis - Softcover

Waterfield, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330492519 ISBN 13: 9780330492515

Verlag: Pan Books, 2004

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Book by Robin Waterfield

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Reseña del editor:

With wit and verve Robin Waterfield brings the bizarre story of hypnotism to life. A lively mixture of popular history, science and psychology, Hidden Depths is the definitive work on hypnosis. From its origins as animal magnetism, as practised by Franz Anton Mesmer, to its modern day use as a health cure and a form of entertainment, hypnosis encompasses many different facets of humanity. Always controversial, the outlandish claims that its zealous believers make are only matched in intensity by the howls of derision that they provoke from sceptics. Hypnotism exists on the periphery of the scientific community, much as it has since its inception, and Robin Waterfield approaches the issues with an open mind, carefully stripping the fact from the fancy and the truth from the myth. Vividly written, compellingly readable, this is a fascinating insight into one of the more esoteric branches of science. `Hidden Depths is a highly readable, wide-ranging and informative account of a fascinating topic' Observer 'Fascinating' Daily Telegraph

Biografía del autor:

Robin Waterfield is the author of over twenty-five books, ranging from children's fiction to biography and translations of ancient Greek texts. Hidden Depths is the product of a lifelong interest in human potential and psychology. At present he is Writer in Residence at the University of Sussex.

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• Verlag: Pan Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0330492519
• ISBN 13: 9780330492515
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 496