[yarddog]

Hypnotism is a fascinating subject. I am not certain that anyone really understands what it really is.

I once read that Franz Mesmer could hypnotize many people almost instantaneously.

[Aliska]

I started to write about Mesmer, but the ancients probably knew about it.

So many good comments, can't respond to them all. How can they directly tie the 3 cases to what the principal did? However, he was told to stop and didn't.

[Mamzelle]

Sometimes I think Obama hypnotized his more feeble minded audience. I read an article that talked about the way he gestured and repeated himself contained some kind of suggestive power. Actually, those who kept swooning over his supposed eloquence makes me think that this is as reasonable an explanation for his success as any.