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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|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. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|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. | ||
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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