noun. A strong or spellbinding appeal; fascination.

noun. Hypnotic induction believed to involve animal magnetism.

noun. Hypnotism.

noun. The doctrine that-one person can exercise influence over the will and nervous system of another, and produce certain phenomena by virtue of a supposed emanation, called animal magnetism, proceeding from him, or simply by the domination of his will over that of the person operated on.

noun. The influence itself; animal magnetism.

noun. An earlier name for hypnosis or hypnotism, the art of inducing an extraordinary or abnormal state of the nervous system, in which the actor claims to control the actions, and communicate directly with the mind, of the recipient. It is believed to be a state between sleep and wakefulness, in which a person is more susceptible to suggestion than when awake. See Animal magnetism, under magnetism.

noun. The method or power of gaining control over someone's personality or actions, as in hypnosis or suggestion.

noun. the act of inducing hypnosis

"It were impossible, in a space like ours, to give even an outline of the different species of waren and their strange practices, part of which would seem to be akin to what we call mesmerism and clairvoyance, with the addition of spells and sacrifices."

hypnosis  somnolism  

mesmeric  mesmerist  mesmerize  

influence  

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