Hypnosis
From Kook Science
"HANDS RESTING IN LAP. PERFECT RELAXATION." Plate from E. Virgil Neal and Charles S. Clark's Hypnotism and Hypnotic Suggestion (Rochester, N.Y.: New York State Publishing Co., 1900), pg. 34.
Hypnosis (from Ancient Greek: ὑπνος hypnos, "sleep", + -ωσις, -osis) is an altered conscious state marked by focused attention and elevated suggestibility.
Reading
- Neal, E. Virgil; Clark, Charles S., eds. (1900), Hypnotism and Hypnotic Suggestion: A Scientific Treatise on the Uses and Possibilities of Hypnotism, Suggestion and Allied Phenomena, Rochester, N.Y.: New York State Publishing Co., https://www.loc.gov/item/01029356/