![]() ![]() But for the general public, even today, there is a left-over supernatural feel – to the phenomenon – owing in part to the the strangeness of the phenomenon itself, and in part to Poe’s stories about it.Įtymologically the word itself, “hypnosis”, takes its name from Greek – “Hypnos” meaning “sleep” and the suffix “-osis” meaning “disorder” or “abnormal state”.īy Edgar Allan Poe Read by Gregg Margariteġ | MP3| – Approx. For those in the know “mesmerism” and “animal magnetism” had, by the time of Poe, lost most of their occult mystique. It arose from the proto-psychological work of the 18th century physician Franz Mesmer. Hypnosis itself is a somewhat mysterious psychological phenomenon. I point to Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts In The Case Of M. Rowling didn’t invent these names in a vacuum. ![]() Rowling chose this name carefully, even pointing out that “Voldemort is pronounced with a silent ‘t’ at the end, as is common in French.” I point out that Draco Malfoy’s name too, is just as connotatively powerful. They usually have, and that’s when I point out that they know, just from the sound of his name, that Voledemort is a bad guy. ![]() I start by asking them if they’ve read any Harry Potter. ![]() Valdemar as part of a set lecture I give, explaining to my students why root words are important. Valdemar was possibly the first account of suspended animation. In my reading about The Frozen Pirate, back in 2010, I discovered that Edgar Allan Poe’s The Facts in the Case of M. ![]()
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