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Learn Hypnosis: Practice Makes Perfect
When you learn hypnosis or any skill, the more you practice, the better you become. It’s the same with hypnosis. If done incorrectly, hypnosis will not work. You must become skilled in the art of Read more...
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The History Of Hypnosis & The Trance State
As far back as we can trace the history of the human race there has been some sort of used and different forms of hypnotic healings reported. Many different forms and techniques have been employed as tools to motivate, relax, inspire and heal. In modern times it has been shown that is, in fact, an extremely effective tool for influencing bodily functions and mental processes.
Through a process that relaxes and focuses a subject's attention a skilful hypnotist can regulate blood flow, create very real sensations in the body and skin, create skin blemishes and burns with no outside stimuli by actually changing the skins temperature and implant urges, thoughts and even memories in the mind of the subject.
The modern form of that we know of today is actually a derivative of mesmerism named after its creator Anton Mesmer. In the latter part of the 18th Century Mesmer claimed he could manipulate the energy system of anyone to induce a deep state of trance. He called these energies ‘animal magnetism' and said that by manipulating them you could achieve astounding results and physical phenomenon. It is reported that practitioners of mesmerism could merely look or point at a subject in order to make them go into an involuntarily deep trance immediately!
Due to its popularity in stage theatres and its apparent successes in healing Mesmerism was subject to a great amount of public scrutiny. Although there is evidence to suggest that it was successfully used to cure almost every disorder and illness known at the time very little else is known about the actual techniques. Due to intense public curiosity and governmental scrutiny an investigation was launched by the French Government, under Louise XVI, in 1784 to investigate Mesmer and his claims. This French commission, which had the American Benjamin Franklin as one of its members, concluded that there was no such thing as animal megnetism and it was therefore impossible to manipulate which meant that mesmerism was a fraud. However, they did not dispute the healings and concluded that the obvious therapeutic benefits of the techniques were due in some manner to the imagination and mental processes of the subjects. They believed it was due to the power of suggestion.
Although Mesmerism and its techniques are now lost to antiquity its legacy lives on in the form of modern hypnosis. Due to the French Government's findings scientists who were interested in the therapeutic and mind altering capabilities of mesmerism decided to continue their research into it but felt they needed to create a new name for the phenomenon to avoid the negative connotations with the fraud allegations.
Hypnos, in Greek mythology, represented sleep. Hypnos (sleep) and his twin Thanatos (death) were born of the goddess Nyx (night). Hypnos lived in a palace which was in a dark cave where the sun could never shine. At the entrance to his cave was a selection of hypnogogic plants that caused hallucinations and mind altering visions. It was said that Hypnos would make offerings to people in dreams. Thus scientists had found a perfect representation of the phenomenon that they were studying and thus the term "hypnosis" was born
Probably the one person who brought to that attention of the public the most was Sigmund Freud. He used in the very early 20th Century to gain access to the unconscious parts of his patient's minds and delve deeper into the hidden aspects of their character, personalities and personal history.
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