Complete Hypnotism: Mesmerism, Mind-Reading and Spiritualism

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is in these performances it would be hard to say. It is probable that a bird is fascinated to some extent

en released will continue to hold her head in the same position for some time, finally walking slowly away, as if roused from a stupor. Farmers' wives often try a sort of hypnotic experiment on hens they wish to transf

es that a method of hypnotizing horses named after its inventor as Balassiren

otization. It may be the result of training, however. Certainly real charmers of wild beasts usually end by being bitten or inj

gnetizer, some thirty years ago held public exhibitions in Paris in which he reduced cats, do

nake the appearance of a stick by pressure on the hea

arming by the Aissouans of the province

ew out a cobra de capello, or else a haje, a fearful reptile which is able to swell its head by spreading out the scales which cover it, and which is thought to be Cleopatra's asp, the serpent of Egypt. In Morocco it is known as the buska. The charm

whirling more and more rapidly in constantly narrowing circles, plunged his hand once more into the basket, and pulled out two of the most venomous reptiles of the desert of Sous; serpents thicker than a man's arm, two or t

he movements of the dancer. * * * Hindoo charmers are still more wonderful; they juggle with a dozen different species of reptiles at the same time, making them come a

s is to be compared to hypnotism is doubtful. Other animals, called hibernating, sleep for