Quotes:Tharana

H. P. Blavatsky

Tharana. “Mesmerism”, or rather self.induced trance or self‐hypnotisation ; an action in India, which is of magical character and a kind of exorcism. Lit., “to brush or sweep away” (evil influences, thârnhan meaning a broom, and thârnhan, a duster); driving away the bad bhûts (bad aura and bad spirits) through the mesmeriser’s beneficent will.

Source: H. P. Blavatsky, The Theosophical Glossary, art. Tharana