An object gazed at by a subject to induce hypnosis. In a hypnotic induction that uses fascination, this object can be anything from a spot on the wall to the archetypal swinging pocket watch. Today, the fascination method of hypnotic induction is not as widely used as in the past.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...