One idiomatic saying for this is spellbinding

Spellbinding : holding the attention as if by a spellbinding

: holding the attention as if by a spellbinding : holding the attention as if by a spell binding : holding the attention as if by a spell binding. Another idiomatic saying for this is spellbinding Spellbinding : holding the attention as if by a spellbinding, and then doing a spell on the soul : calling the