Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading
Alpheus, A. Complete Hypnotism, Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spirituality is a fascinating and vintage book on the subject of occult science by A. Alpheus.
This classic book of the occult contains this snippet:
There is no doubt that hypnotism is a very old subject, though the name was not invented till 1850. In it was wrapped up the "mysteries of Isis" in Egypt thousands of years ago, and probably it was one of the weapons, if not the chief instrument ...