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Societies of Harmony

Associations formed for the practice of magnetism by the pupils of F. A. Mesmer. The first Society for Psychical Research Société de l' Harmonie was formed at Paris, and its members seem to have acted in a manner that was anything but harmonious, for, after some quarrelling among themselves they at length broke their contract with Mesmer, whereby they promised before being admitted to his lectures, that they would not practice on their own account, or give away the secret of his methods, without his consent. Other Societies of Harmony soon sprang up, the most important being that of Strasbourg, founded in 1785 by de Puységur. Society for Psychical Research: (See Spiritualism, Psychic Research.) Solanot, Viscount: (See Spain.)