An entertainment where a hypnotist uses several people from an audience. After they are hypnotized, they perform in numerous skits for the entertainment of the audience. “Stage Hypnotism” is a term used to differentiate the entertainment from hypnotherapy,which is the practice of hypnosis to help people change behavior or unwanted thought patterns.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Sandra Kynes, author of several books, including The Herb Gardener's Essential Guide, Plant Magic, and the new Witches' Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, among many others.
Although a few old books...