Hypnology???

[Bob Haas]

Thanks, Lynne, and Margaret and Robert.  I was looking specifically for
"hypnologist's subject," and the answer was "REM."  Evidently, hypnology is
the study of dreams; since I didn't find it very quickly nor very easily,
I'm saying that it's archaic.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Lynne Murphy wrote:

> Bob Haas wrote:
>
> > So there I was, calmly attempting the NY Times crossword in the Rhino
> > Times, living dangerously, doing the puzzle in ink, and I come across
> > the term "hypnologist."  What the hey?  Does anyone know what this is?
> > It's not in the American Heritage, and it's not to be found at Mirriam
> > Websters online.  I must know!!!
>
> But it is in Roget's Thesaurus, under "inactivity":
>
> http://www.thesaurus.com/roget/V/683.html
>
> And the school of Natural Health Sciences in London offers a diploma in
> Hypnology, the study of hypnotism:
>
> http://www.trinityuni.org/snhs/hypno.htm
>
> The Roget's entry makes it seem like it's more the study of sleep (since
> it's in the 'sleep' paragraph).
>
> Lynne
>
> --
>
> M. Lynne Murphy
> Assistant Professor in Linguistics
> Department of English
> Baylor University
> PO Box 97404
> Waco, TX 76798

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Bob Haas
Department of English
University of North Carolina at Greensboro

                     "Shun the frumious Bandersnatch!"