Group of eight people under the influence of a rotary mirror apparatus (after Luys), from ‘Hypnotism and the New Witchcraft’ by E.A. Hart (1893) (all images ...

The prospect of being hypnotized scared me. All I knew about it was from what I saw on TV. But the possibility of losing weight by somebody whispering into my ear drowned those worries away. So I ...

Hypnotherapy doesn%27t involve pocket watches or put people to sleep Some use it to lose weight or stop smoking Amy Lavieri's New Year's resolution for 2013 was to finally lose the extra weight she'd ...

Snap out of it! No, really — snap out of it! A fledgling hypnotist's demonstration at a Québécois school wound up embarrassing when he proved unable to bring several girls out of a trance — and had to ...

At St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Dr. Alfred P. Solomon, neurologist, last week, hypnotized a young woman. During the hour she lay so, Dr. Harold G. Jones of Chicago opened her abdomen and removed ...

When a loved one is diagnosed with a debilitating illness, you may face the modern-day nightmare: How can you access the person’s computer where the bills were paid, investments made and post-death ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. When you hear the name Tyzen, an image of spellbinding performances, riotous laughter, and mesmerizing hypnotism might come to mind.