Vienna Archives - Bone and Sickle

The Mesmerist

April 20, 2024 boneandsickle EPISODE, folklore, Franz Mesmer, Gothic, gothic literature, history, literature, magic, medicine, mesmerism, Svengali

Our understanding of hypnotism, once known as “mesmerism,” has radically evolved over the centuries. This episode looks at where it[…]

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A Journal of the Plague Year

April 17, 2020 boneandsickle ballads, Black Death, Britain, England, EPISODE, Great Plague of London, history, medicine, prophecy, visions

The Great Plague of London of 1665 to 1666 is vividly portrayed in Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year,[…]

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