Mesmerizing (Measuring Magic Tricks)
excerpt from a work in progress
MESMERIZING Animal Magnetism makes
All submit to the great Magnetizer; even though they appear to be asleep, his voice, a sudden look, a signal launched with the flick of the wrist, pulls them out of it. We cannot help but acknowledge the magnetic presence of a great power which moves and controls patients, never placebo, always
electric—and which resides in the MAGNETIZER
PLACEBO of invisible fluids, to subject to mesmerism, also hypnotize, spellbind [lacking taste, color, or scent]
Whether hypnotist, magician, or psychiatric practitioner--
A MAGNETIC CHARM OR APPEAL residing
in the practice of therapeutic hypnosis IT [the placebo effect] of a Birthday Party Magician, Magnetizer, charms the day with its
Abracadabra
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sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.
-Virgil Aeneid I.462
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Comments (5)
All the comments are full of what I wanted to say. I really REALLY enjoyed this. I’m currently stretching my micro faction/ flash fiction wings and this is inspiring me!
Whoaaaa, I totally agree with Katherine and Mackenzie! This was so mesmerising and I felt like I was put under a spell! You executed this so brilliantly!
This explains so much--linking magic with hypnotists & therapists &... I'm not sure what else, but I'm sure they are there.
Wow -- outstanding! It feels like a magic spell, this microfiction, and I'm all here for it. Your mind strikes me as being on quite a different level, my friend. The words you used here are perfect and, as Katherine said, mesmerizing. Now I am contemplating the use of placebos and hypnosis, whether they are simply pathways into self-healing, or lies that ought to be dismantled. I've never liked magicians (never can trust them); hypnosis freaks me out.
the grammatical construction of the poem actually does the mesmerizing... keep up the amazing work.