hypnotism

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Unlike previous Family Leadership Summits, which had speakers like David Noebel, the author of the 1965 classic Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles, this was a relatively restrained gathering.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2015

Hypnotism appears to be effective in reducing pain.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

Then, in the late 1990s, Bachmann began reading David A. Boebel, an actual John Bircher Society member and minister who wrote in insane pamphlets for crazy people with names like "Communism, Hypnotism, and the Beatles."

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2011

Hypnotism has been inspiring public interest and noisy argument ever since the days, in 18th Century Paris, when Franz Anton Mesmer developed his controversial technique.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypnotism and Waking Suggestion.—Occasionally hypnotism is effective in these cases, but there is likely to be a relapse unless there is some discipline before and after its use.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)