Hypnosis is often portrayed as something supernatural, a gimmick performed onstage by a snake oil salesman for entertainment.

When a loved one is diagnosed with a debilitating illness, you may face the modern-day nightmare: How can you access the person’s computer where the bills were paid, investments made and post-death ...

At St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Dr. Alfred P. Solomon, neurologist, last week, hypnotized a young woman. During the hour she lay so, Dr. Harold G. Jones of Chicago opened her abdomen and removed ...

For this edition of Flashback Friday, we have John A. Keel’s 1981 article: “Hypnotism: Learn Animal Magnetism at Home in Your Spare Time and Enslave the World.” As you read this literary masterpiece ...

Hypnotherapy doesn%27t involve pocket watches or put people to sleep Some use it to lose weight or stop smoking Amy Lavieri's New Year's resolution for 2013 was to finally lose the extra weight she'd ...

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Snap out of it! No, really — snap out of it! A fledgling hypnotist's demonstration at a Québécois school wound up embarrassing when he proved unable to bring several girls out of a trance — and had to ...