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druidic sleep en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The act or art of hypnosis as practised by ancient Druids.
    • The process of animal hypnosis has been called catatonia, catalepsy, thanatosis, akinesis, and action inhibition; in man it has been known as mesmerism, animal magnetism, somnambulism, reverie, and druidic sleep. 1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page vii. 213: