hypnotist

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The state of mind that the hypnotist is able to achieve is very similar to the way a person feels just before falling asleep.

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  1. One who hypnotizes, or believes in hypnotism. Attention has been frequently called to the affinity between transference of impressions obtained when the “subject” is in a normal state, and those results which have been held to indicate a special sympathy or “rapport” between a hypnotist or mesmerist and a sensitive “subject.” Proc. Soc. Psych. Research, II. 12.

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  • Both women encounter a weird hypnotist, are stunned by the murders of colleagues, and troubled by shared visions of a serial killer, but Karen's apparently homemade hell drags Susan down into utter madness. —  BlackStaticHorrorMagazine#1
  • The state of mind that the hypnotist is able to achieve is very similar to the way a person feels just before falling asleep. —  Quit Smoking Tobacco
  • While the subject is in this state, which is very similar to that of dreaming, the hypnotist is able to incorporate on the power of suggestion to influence the mind of the patient. —  Quit Smoking Tobacco
  • He was a master hypnotist, and like John L. Sullivan he had his adversary--the audience--conquered before he struck a blow. —  Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques
  • She was a trickster and auto-hypnotist--uncanny as the fabled women who were fair on one side but utterly foul and corrupt on the other. —  The Tyranny of the Dark
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