Mesmerism

Articles related to Mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotic influence, altered states, magnetic imagination and hermetic interpretation.

09 September 2026

The Colour of the Olive Leaf: Pigment, Matter and the Alchemical Imagination

A reflection on the colour of the olive leaf, chlorophyll, molecular structure and the ancient alchemical intuition that visible colour may reveal an invisible transformation of matter.

24 June 2026

Mesmeric Arts

An essay on Mesmerism, animal magnetism, hypnotic influence, hermetic imagination and the uncertain border between science, ritual and Western esotericism.

23 June 2026

Mesmerism and Magnetic Imagination

Mesmerism occupies a distinctive place in the history of Western esotericism, medicine, psychology and symbolic imagination.