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By what fatuous self-hypnotism has he whipped himself and his people into such a false move?

From Time Magazine Archive

The same may result from self-hypnotism by artificial methods which appeal powerfully to the imagination.

From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Leland, Charles Godfrey

This slow and awful self-hypnotism of error is a process that can occur not only with individuals, but also with whole societies.

From A Miscellany of Men by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Thus in all the old magical operations, which were, in fact, self-hypnotism, a perfect fast is insisted on with reason.

From The Mystic Will A Method of Developing and Strengthening the Faculties of the Mind, through the Awakened Will, by a Simple, Scientific Process Possible to Any Person of Ordinary Intelligence by Leland, Charles Godfrey

Under the circumstances it requires self-hypnotism of a high order, and plenty of it, to make an American think he is enjoying himself.

From Europe Revised by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)