Hypnosis: From Wariness to Acceptance – Part 2

13 Jun 2022
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Hypnosis: From Wariness to Acceptance – Part 2

What Hypnosis Is Not In the previous blog post “Hypnosis: From Wariness to Acceptance – Part 1“ the commonly posed question about stage hypnosis was raised: Do subjects choose to play along or do the hypnotic suggestions they receive compel them to comply? The fact is, being hypnotized is not relinquishing your power to the hypnotist.  You can’t be made to do, say, or experience anything you don’t want to when in a hypnotic state. Your will is not paralyzed and you don’t lose your autonomy.  Moreover, the depth to which you go into hypnosis and how quickly you go in, is really up to you and whether you believe.

Hypnosis: From Wariness to Acceptance – Part 1

06 Jun 2022
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Hypnosis: From Wariness to Acceptance – Part 1

Hypnosis as Unscrupulous For many years, the general public was very wary of hypnosis.  A long history of books and movies associating hypnosis with evil doings was likely the reason. In 1894, Svengali, a nefarious hypnotist, seduces a young, naive girl in George du Maurier’s book and silent horror movie “Trilby”. In the silent zombie film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” (1919), Caligari uses hypnosis to manipulate Cesare to commit murder. Over time hypnosis found its way into other cinematic genres, such as the spy comedy “Zoolander” in 2001.  Fashion model Ben Stiller falls prey to an evil fashion designer whose plan is to hypnotize Stiller to assassinate the Prime.