# Popular Superstitions, and the Truths Contained Therein With an Account of Mesmerism

Author: Mayo, Herbert, 1796-1852

Genre: Category: History - Modern (1750+)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58197

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Popular+Superstitions%2C+and+the+Truths+Contained+Therein+With+an+Account+of+Mesmerism+Mayo&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

always sensorial illusions—The truth of their communications accounted for—Zschokke’s seer-gift described, to show the possibility of direct mental communication—Second-sight—The true relation of the mind to the living body, 70

## Chapters

- [LETTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/29/index.md)
- [Letter X. M. Petetin made a chain of seven persons holding hands, the](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/27/index.md)
- [LETTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/16/index.md)
- [LETTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/24/index.md)
- [LETTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/15/index.md)
- [LETTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/22/index.md)
- [LETTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/23/index.md)
- [LETTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/17/index.md)
- [LETTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/18/index.md)
- [LETTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/30/index.md)
- [LETTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/19/index.md)
- [LETTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/21/index.md)
- [LETTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/28/index.md)
- [Letter X. describes the method of inducing trances artificially,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/26/index.md)
- [LETTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/20/index.md)
- [LETTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/25/index.md)
- [LETTER VIII. TRANCE-WAKING.—Instances of its spontaneous](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/8/index.md)
- [LETTER XIII. THE SOLUTION.—Examination of the genuineness](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/13/index.md)
- [LETTER IX. RELIGIOUS DELUSIONS.—The seizures giving](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/9/index.md)
- [LETTER X. MESMERISM.—Use of chloroform—History of](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/10/index.md)
- [LETTER IV. TRUE GHOSTS.—The apparitions themselves](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/4/index.md)
- [LETTER V. TRANCE.—Distinction of esoneural and exoneural](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/5/index.md)
- [LETTER VI. TRANCE-SLEEP.—The phenomena of trance](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/6/index.md)
- [LETTER XI. SUPPLEMENTAL.—Abnormal neuro-psychical](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/11/index.md)
- [LETTER II. VAMPYRISM.—Tale exemplifying the superstition—The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/2/index.md)
- [LETTER I. THE DIVINING-ROD.—Description of, and mode](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/1/index.md)
- [LETTER XII. THE ODOMETER OR DIVINING-RING.—How](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/12/index.md)
- [LETTER VII. HALF-WAKING TRANCE, OR SOMNAMBULISM.—The](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/7/index.md)
- [LETTER XIV. HYPNOTISM. TRANCE-UMBRA.—Mr. Braid’s](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/14/index.md)
- [LETTER III. UNREAL GHOSTS.—Law of sensorial illusions—Cases](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/popular-superstitions-and-the-truths-contained-therein-with-an-ded74e86/chapters/3/index.md)