Franz Mesmer theorized that a natural energetic transference occurred between all animated and inanimate objects and called it animal magnetism. How was it later referred to?

Franz Friedrich Anton Mesmer was a German physician with an interest in astronomy, who theorized that there was a natural energetic transference that occurred between all animated and inanimate objects that he called animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as mesmerism. The theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the century.