How To...Read Heads, Read Faces, Thought-Read, Mesmerize.

Originally published in the late nineteenth century, How To... Read Heads, Read Faces, Thought-Read, Mesmerize by James Coates serves as a fascinating guide to the pseudo-scientific and psychological curiosities that once captivated the popular imagination. Combining elements of phrenology, physiognomy, telepathy, and mesmerism, Coates offers readers practical instruction in the art of interpreting the hidden workings of the human mind through physical expression and mental influence.

With its blend of scientific speculation, stagecraft, and moral philosophy, the book reveals a world in which character and thought were believed to leave visible traces upon the body, and where the mind itself could be read, influenced, or subdued through the mysterious forces of animal magnetism.

Part curiosity manual, part psychological handbook, this work captures the spirit of the Victorian fascination with mind, magnetism, and mystery, bridging early psychology, occult science, and performance art.

Complete edition of James Coates’s 19th-century manual on mental and magnetic phenomena

Explores the practices of phrenology, physiognomy, thought-reading, and mesmerism

A key document in the popular history of psychology and occult science

Essential for readers of pseudoscience, mesmerism, and Victorian esoterica