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 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''
-In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Crossing]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", 2012)
+In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two prominent South African examples are the figure of "Maestro" in the play ''[[Crossing]]'' (1993/2000) by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] as portrayed in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", 2012)
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 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''
-In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", 2012)
+In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Crossing]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", 2012)
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 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''
-In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", )
+In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", 2012)
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 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''
-In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in Katinka Heyns's award-winning film, Die  )
+In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in [[Katinka Heyns]]'s award-winning film, ''[[Die Wonderwerker]]'' ("[[The Miracle Worker]]", )
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 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''
-In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard.)
+In addition, many literary, dramatic and cinematic works also feature [[hypnotist]]s as characters and/or and the (mis-)use of [[mesmerism]] or [[hypnotism]] as part of the plot of the particular work. (For example the name of "Svengali" and various stage and film versions of Gerald du Maurier's famous novel ''[[Trilby]]'' come to mind in this regard. Two South African examples are "Maestro" in the play ''[[Drif]]'' by [[Reza de Wet]], and the [[Afrikaans]] writer, [[Eugene N. Marais]] in Katinka Heyns's award-winning film, Die  )
 =''[[Animal Magnetism]]'' as the name of a play=

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 =Mesmer and the term Animal magnetism=
-[[Animal magnetism]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism] is the English version a German term "Lebensmagnetismus", a concept evolved by the German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century to refer to what he believed to be an invisible natural force possessed by all living things, including humans, animals, and vegetables, a force that could have physical effects, including healing. He tried unsuccessfully to achieve scientific recognition of his ideas. However, his treatments, referred to a "mesmerism", were to become the forerunner of the more acceptable practice of [[hypnosis]] as a medical tool.
+[[Animal magnetism]][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism] is the English version a German term "Lebensmagnetismus", a concept evolved by the German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century to refer to what he believed to be an invisible natural force possessed by all living things, including humans, animals, and vegetables, a force that could have physical effects, including healing. Based on sub-conscious suggestion, the healing practice was often seen by the public as a "laying on of the hands" by a supernaturally or mystically endowed person.
 The terms "neuro-hypnotism" (nervous sleep) and thus "hypnosis" and "hypnotism" (all derived from the ancient Greek word for sleep: "ὑπνος" or "hypnos") were first coined in French by Étienne Félix d'Henin de Cuvillers in 1820 and popularized in English by the Scottish surgeon, James Braid, in response to an 1841 exhibition of "animal magnetism", by Charles Lafontaine, in Manchester[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism#Mesmerism_and_hypnotism].
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 The term is of course the source of the notion of someone being "mesmerised" and the colloquial reference to  an individual's sexual attractiveness or charisma as his/her "(animal) magnetism".[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism_(disambiguation)]
-The term is also found as a reference to ''Magnetoreception'', the animal sense which detects magnetic fields to perceive direction, altitude or location, or metaphorically and colloquially, an individual's sexual attractiveness or charisma.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism_(disambiguation)]
+The term is also found as a reference to ''[[Magnetoreception]]'', the animal sense which detects magnetic fields to perceive direction, altitude or location, or metaphorically and colloquially, an individual's sexual attractiveness or charisma.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_magnetism_(disambiguation)]
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 Exhibitions of [[Animal magnetism]] by "mesmerists" were presented as [[theatrical event]]s by showmen over the years, from the very inception, in much the same way as various hypnotists would travel and display their skills at what later became known as [[hypnotism]], in staged events and public performances, even to this day. Often part of [[vaudeville]] and [[music hall]] programmes, as well as afterpieces to plays.
-The practice of specifically using [[mesmerism]] and [[hypnosis]] as a stage act, evolved out of the early shows conducted by [[Mesmerist]]s and other performers in the 18th and 19th centuries, employing a variety of contrived names for their "powers" or the "science" they were displaying, including "[[Magnetic Demonstrations]]" (by the travelling Swiss showman Charles Lafontaine, 1803–1892),  "[[Electro-biologism]]" (e.g. by the American, George W. Stone), "[[Stage Hypnosis]]" (in the late 19th and 20th centuries),
+The practice of specifically using [[mesmerism]] and [[hypnosis]] as a stage act, evolved out of the early shows conducted by [[Mesmerist]]s and other performers in the 18th and 19th centuries, employing a variety of contrived names for their "powers" or the "science" they were displaying, including "[[Magnetic Demonstrations]]" (by the travelling Swiss showman Charles Lafontaine, 1803–1892),  "[[Electro-biologism]]" (e.g. by the American, George W. Stone), "[[Stage Hypnosis]]" (in the late 19th and 20th centuries).
 '''See the [[Wikipedia]] article on ''Staged Hypnosis'' for more details on this[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stage_hypnosis]'''

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 # Any of several exhibitions of [[Mesmerism]], [[Animal magnetism]] or [[Hypnotism]] presented as [[theatrical event]]s by showmen over the years.
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-# A play by Elizabeth Inchbald
+# A stage play by Elizabeth Inchbald
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