Franz Mesmer and the charismatic healing power of suggestibility. Francine Stock attempts to pin down the alluring yet elusive quality of charisma. The 18th century medical doctor, Franz Mesmer, was a ...

The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from ...

And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: March 5th, 1815, 202 years ago today … the day German-born Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer died at the age of 80. Mesmer believed he could harness a force he ...

Your Vox Membership goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership, we’ll give one to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you to support Vox’s journalism and ...

It is rare for an individual’s name to be adopted into language as a common term, but such is the case with “mesmerism.” Synonymous with “hypnotism,” it refers to the method of gaining control over ...

Last week, in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall, an audience that had come to watch a demonstration of hypnosis got more than it bargained for. The star attraction, Franz Polgar, was illustrating his powers ...

If you’ve ever made friends with an unwieldy textbook or spent the night trawling through online libraries for journal papers to support a soon-to-be due essay, you’ve probably lamented the boring and ...