WAIS - WILD HIPNOTISM, 1st edition, leather

WAIS Kazimierz

THE WONDERS OF HYPNOTISM

in the light of the latest scientific research

Przemysl 1899, published by the Editorial Board of "Echa Przemyskiego", pp. 507, [2];format 11.5x18.5 cm

First edition!

Rev. Prof. Kazimierz Wais was a professor of philosophy and rector of the Jan Kazimierz University in Lviv. He is the author of dozens of works and scientific treatises, including Cosmology and Ontology, which had a special influence on the philosophical thought of Karol Wojtyla. The young Wojtyla recalls studying this work as follows: "I can say that in my life I had such two philosophical illuminations. One was Thomism and the other was Scheler. So first there was Wais. It started in such a way that Fr. Klosek gave me Wais and told me to take an exam from it. But I couldn't handle it. And at times I literally cried over this book. Only after two months, so in December and January, I began to understand something. Finally, the whole world opened up to me. I found with its help the questions that were somewhere in me, but not yet very realized. A new way of approaching reality was revealed to me."

Cont. among others: History of hypnotism, How one is hypnotized and awakened from hypnosis, Retrograde hallucinations, On made-up, uncertain, mysterious or mistranslated hypnotic phenomena, Hypnosis vs. therapy, Hypnosis vs. morality, Hypnosis vs. miracles.

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