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2. The Emergence of Dynamic Psychiatry
Suuper cool chapter. Kicks off with Anton Mesmer (Mesmer -> mesmerize) suggesting that exorcism is actually a state of 'animal magnetism', crazy idea but his main contributions is in shifting attention onto the rapport between patient and healer, disregarding the ritualistic elements of exorcism and possession. Spiritism and 'magnetic sleep' from Puysegur also covered (hypnosis)

Will do an update for each of the 9 chapters for this tome, just as a way to remember + encourage paying attention.
1. Ancestry of Dynamic Psychiatry
Covers pre-englightenment psychotherapeutic methods and their modern correlates, all the way from the early paleolithic period where neuroses were considered the 'intrusion of a disease object' to more recent therapeutic ideas like exorcism or healing through confession

Extremely dense, but sooooo good (so far)