Collection: L. H. Anderson

L. H. Anderson (1857–1914) was an American writer, hypnotist, and lecturer whose books explored personal magnetism, suggestion, mental and physical power, self-mastery, health, and human potential during the formative years of Mental Science and New Thought.

His work belongs to the transitional literature connecting mesmerism, hypnotism, physical culture, occult philosophy, and early self-improvement. This collection brings together rare original books, archival PDFs, and handmade Holographic Pagan Press editions of Anderson’s surviving writings.

Where to Begin with L. H. Anderson

• Ancient Magic, Magnetism and Psychic Forces (1895) — the broadest introduction to Anderson’s ideas on magnetism, occult forces, psychic phenomena, and human influence.
• The Key to Mental and Physical Power (1897) — the strongest starting point for self-mastery, vitality, willpower, and personal influence.
• How to Hypnotize (1896) — for readers interested in hypnosis, suggestion, and the hidden capacities of the mind.
• Scientific Suggestion: The Secret of Success (1909) — a later, practical treatment of suggestion, purpose, and achievement.

New to Anderson? Start with Ancient Magic for the full range of his magnetic and occult thought, or The Key to Mental and Physical Power for his most direct approach to practical self-development.

Some works appear more than once because rare original copies and Holographic Pagan Press editions are listed separately.

Continue the Research

Read L. H. Anderson and the Lost Science of Personal Power for the historical context behind these works. Continue through the writings of William Walker Atkinson and the earlier tradition of Franz Mesmer and animal magnetism.