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"It has not animated them," replied Pan; "it has hypnotised them so that they have conceived virtue as repression and self-sacrifice as an honourable thing instead of the suicide which it is." "Indeed," said the Philosopher; "this is very interesting, and if it is true the whole conduct of life will have to be very much simplified."
Oh yes, hypnotism is genuine enough, make no mistake about that; and the hypnotic practitioner can do many wonderful things by its employment. For instance, do you suppose that old villain, Sekosini, would have revealed all the details of his precious plot to-day had I not hypnotised him?" "No, I don't suppose he would," acknowledged Grosvenor.
Their initiation into their professional careers was a part of a religious ritual. During the revels of great festivals, apprentices to the trade, wrought up by certain traditional songs and music, would be hypnotised into a frenzy, run amuck, throw off every garment, and, snatching up swords, deliberately placed in convenient spots, castrate themselves at one blow.
"You mean hypnotised," interrupted Grandmother. "There ain't no such word as 'psychologised." "Well, if there ain't, there ought to be." "The pink has come out in the blood, too," Grandmother remarked, adjusting her spectacles firmly upon the ever-useful and unfailing wart. "She was wearin' pink roses on her bonnet and pink ribbon strings.
Gurney's cases are, however, very interesting, if only as indicating the absolute certainty which a hypnotised patient can be made to feel as to the objectivity of sights and sounds: "S. hypnotised Zillah, and told her that she would see him standing in the room at three o'clock next afternoon, and that she would hear him call her twice by name. She was told that he would not stop many seconds.
The most careful observations seem to prove that an individual immerged for some length of time in a crowd in action soon finds himself either in consequence of the magnetic influence given out by the crowd, or from some other cause of which we are ignorant in a special state, which much resembles the state of fascination in which the hypnotised individual finds himself in the hands of the hypnotiser.
This done, he administered a soothing and fever-allaying draught; after which, upon being informed by the young officer that he would probably have no opportunity of seeing his patient again, he hypnotised the man and subjected him to a powerful mental suggestion that all danger was now past, that no complications of any kind would arise, and that he would rapidly get well without further attention.
"Understand!" he cried, starting to his feet, "this is madness, Evelyn. I see! I suppose you think it wrong to have two lovers at the same time. Grace has come to you through sin. You are going to get rid of both of us." Evelyn sat quite still as if hypnotised. She was very sorry for him, but for no single moment did she think she would yield.
'What do you think of her? murmured Edith to Landi. Hypnotised and slightly puzzled as she was by her guest, she was particularly curious for his opinion, as she knew him to be the best judge of character of her acquaintance.
"Passionately." "So am I." And his eyes continued, 'It's ripping to like what you like, for, hypnotised, they could not tear themselves away from that creamy face, with its full lips and the clear, faintly smiling eyes above the high collar of white fur. At the terminus his services were refused, and rather crestfallen, with his hat raised, he watched her walk away.
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