{"product_id":"swedenborg-mesmer-and-the-mind-body-connection","title":"Swedenborg, Mesmer, and the Mind\/Body Connection","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eComplementary and alternative healing encompass a wide range of practices that share a common ground: the belief that our physical well-being is inextricably linked to an unseen world beyond our physical senses. Our view of that world can be traced to two key thinkers: Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Anton Mesmer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho were these men, and what shaped their thought? How did their ideas capture the public imagination? How did they speak to movements as diverse as utopianism, Spiritualism, psychic healing, and homeopathy? Historian John S. Haller traces the threads of Swedenborg’s and Mesmer’s influence through the history of nineteenth-century medicine, illuminating the lasting impact these men have had on concepts of alternative healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur ideas of complementary and alternative healing are the legacy of two key thinkers: Emanuel Swedenborg and Franz Anton Mesmer. This book traces the influence of these two men through the nineteenth century as their ideas were embraced by utopians, psychic healers, spiritualists, homeopaths, and ultimately by the modern inheritors of those traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Swedenborg Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":49060410163442,"sku":"9780877853312","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":49060410196210,"sku":"9780877856085","price":25.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1690\/4178\/files\/e3664ad4adfe29ac250871cf620ab82a_218b1536-d68b-4e4c-aade-0f2c2ccdc132.jpg?v=1788773078","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.swedenborg.com\/products\/swedenborg-mesmer-and-the-mind-body-connection","provider":"Swedenborg Foundation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}