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Hypnosis
A state or
condition in which an individual becomes highly responsive to suggestions,
and may also
exhibit enhanced psychic abilities. The hypnotized person seems to follow instructions in
an uncritical, automatic fashion and to attend closely only to those aspects of the
environment indicated by the hypnotist.
A profoundly responsive
subject hears, sees, feels, smells, and tastes in accordance with the hypnotist's
suggestions, even though they may be in direct contradiction to the actual stimuli
impinging upon the subject. Further, memory and awareness of self can be altered by
suggestions. All of these effects may be extended posthypnotically into the individual's
later waking activity.
Austrian physician Anton
Mesmer discovered hypnotism in the 1770s, calling it 'animal magnetism'. As a therapeutic
technique, animal magnetism — or mesmerism — spread throughout Europe. It was
discovered that subjects felt no pain under surgery, and that in some cases side effects
of a deep magnetized trance included
clairvoyance,
telepathy,
remote viewing and eyeless vision.
In the 1840s, Scottish
surgeon James Braid, who coined the term 'hypnosis' from the Greek word for sleep, advanced the study of the
subject. He developed more precise methods and discovered that a hypnotic trance could be
induced by merely staring at a bright light or by suggestion alone. Subsequent physicians
in the nineteenth century elaborated the theory that in a hypnotic trance a patient's will
was paralyzed and that unconscious mental processes could be observed. This led to the
concept, developed by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and others, that through hypnosis a
patient's repressed thoughts and desires could be revealed. This concept remained dominant
until well into the twentieth century, when alternative theories arose: that hypnosis is
nothing more than a deep form of relaxation, or that patients under hypnosis are merely
'role-playing', or that the hypnotic state is only one more level of the human system of
cognition. In fact, while much is now known about the physiology of the hypnotic trance,
its precise causes are still little understood.
Hypnosis has been shown to
be effective in enhancing memory and learning, and in treating various physical and
psychological disorders. Hypnosis and relaxation exercises have been integrated into many
alternative treatments. Some mediums use
self-hypnosis to communicate with spirits during channeling,
and during parapsychological experiments it has been used to enhance the abilities of
those psychics who specialize in remote viewing.
Related
audio:
1 Proven Method
of Losing Weight - HYPNOSIS.
1 Proven Method
of Quitting Smoking - HYPNOSIS.
Body Centered
Hypnosis for Pregnancy, Bonding and Childbirth.
Related
books:
Fun With Hypnosis
: The Complete How-To Guide.
How to Hypnotize
Yourself and Others.
Hypnosis for
Beginners : Reach New Levels of Awareness & Achievement (Llewellyn's Beginners Series).
Hypnotism Made
Easy.
The Art of
Hypnosis : Mastering Basic Techniques.
The Complete Book
of Self-Hypnosis.
Click
here for more related
books.
Further
info:
Hypnosis.
Hypnosis in the UK.
Hypnosis.com.
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