Hypnotizing Maria

This philosophical novel “mines the same territory as The Secret ” but is “far richer, raising provocative questions” ( Publishers Weekly ). Flight instructor Jamie Forbes guides a woman to landing her plane safely after her husband loses consciousness, then flies on to his own destination unimpressed by his act . . . flight instructors guide students every day. Only after she tells reporters that a stranger appeared in an airplane alongside hers and hypnotized her into landing, a