>>>>>There was a scene where Charles Laughton (his character, a senator of rome) gave ohms to a peasant ...
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>>>>That must have been electrifying !
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>>>Charles is always spell bound. But, when a well dressed man or women in a position of powers accepts your check with a "the diety blesses you" - ask yourself - why are they saying that - is the diety channeling through them - thus assuring their power over you. I though good dieties usually talked directly to the end user:)
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>>Speaking of witch, what's a good diet for a deity?
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>My best guess is hemoglobin. And the diety guy seems might hungry now!
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>witch? WITCH? WiTcH? Clever guy Mr. Nedeljkovich - thought you'd catch me snoooooozing bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. :)

In your case, "spell bound" can be understood as "bound by spelling" :)

But your not the only one, its definately a common thing around hear.