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A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO SELF-HYPNOSIS

by Melvin Powers

Published by

Melvin Powers WILSHIRE BOOK COMPANY 12015 Sherman Road No. Hollywood, California 91605

Telephone: (213) 875-1711

Copyright 1961

Wilshire Book Company

Printed by

HAL LEIGHTON PRINTING COMPANY P.O. Box 3952 North Hollywood, California 91605

Telephone: (213) 983-1105

All Rights Reserved

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-10664

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-0-87980-122-0

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

1. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SELF-HYPNOSIS 11

2. WHAT ABOUT THE DANGERS OF HYPNOSIS? 21

3. IS HYPNOSIS THE ANSWER? 29

4. HOW DOES SELF-HYPNOSIS WORK? 37

5. HOW TO AROUSE YOURSELF FROM THE SELF-HYPNOTIC STATE 45

6. HOW TO ATTAIN SELF-HYPNOSIS 49

7. DEEPENING THE SELF-HYPNOTIC STATE 57

8. WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT BECOMING AN EXCELLENT SUBJECT 67

9. TECHNIQUES FOR REACHING THE SOMNAMBULISTIC STATE 79

10. A NEW APPROACH TO SELF-HYPNOSIS WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS 91

11. PSYCHOLOGICAL AIDS AND THEIR FUNCTION 103

12. THE NATURE OF HYPNOSIS 113

13. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS 119

FOREWORD

All of us like to think that our actions and reactions are a result of logical thought processes, but the fact is that suggestion influences our thinking a great deal more than logic. Consciously or unconsciously, our feelings about almost everything are largely molded by ready-made opinions and attitudes fostered by our mass methods of communication. We cannot buy a bar of soap or a filtered cigarette without paying tribute to the impact of suggestion. Right or wrong, most of us place more confidence in what "they" say than we do in our own powers of reason. This is the basic reason why psychiatrists are in short supply. We distrust our own mental processes and want an expert to tell us what to think and feel.

Table of contents (by pages)

• 1: A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis by Powers
• 2: Self hypnosis can alleviate distressing symptoms
• 3: It is known as hetero hypnosis
• 4: Titled How To Attain Self Hypnosis
• 5: Many believe that once the subject is hypnotized
• 6: He may never achieve hypnosis with this particular hypnotist
• 7: Once you couple hetero hypnosis with self hypnosis
• 8: Has nothing to do with hypnosis
• 9: Fear of hypnosis takes different forms
• 10: A methodology is only scientific when it works
• 11: 86th president of the American Psychiatric Association
• 12: Have profited from psychotherapy
• 13: Self hypnosis and self suggestion or auto hypnosis
• 14: Which is an essential part of hypnotherapy
• 15: Hypnosis will not work with skeptics
• 16: The dictionary defines the word placebo as
• 17: Aren't these books really talking about self hypnosis
• 18: He was a good hypnotic subject
• 19: If the hypnotist firmly suggests
• 20: Once you have achieved eye closure
• 21: This is another example of an ideomotor action
• 22: In testing the depth of hypnosis
• 23: You have achieved the lethargic state of hypnosis
• 24: You practice the technique of visual imagery
• 25: You have reached the cataleptic stage
• 26: I shall fall into a deeper and sounder state of hypnosis
• 27: And posthypnotic suggestions will be extremely effective
• 28: I invariably place the hypnodisc on a spinning
• 29: The hypnotist is seated near him
• 30: The hypnotist becomes omnipotent
• 31: He never lets go sufficiently to attain hypnosis
• 32: For those of you interested in hypnotherapy
• 33: The mistake they make is in trying to achieve amnesia
• 34: And then note the effects of the posthypnotic suggestions
• 35: This is used frequently to test the depth of hypnosis
• 36: This is probably the most widely used test in hypnosis
• 37: Prior to testing subjects under hypnosis
• 38: With each subject carrying out a posthypnotic suggestion
• 39: Hypnosis is a conviction phenomenon
• 40: Let us mention the word hypnosis
• 41: If you have tried diligently to achieve self hypnosis
• 42: Self hypnosis involves the same procedure
• 43: Even before you begin to use the hypnodisc
• 44: The greater flexibility of the hypnotic procedures
• 45: The voice of the hypnotist induces hypnosis
• 46: Both names loom large in the history of hypnosis
• 47: Others agree that it is a transference process
• 48: It is obvious a therapist is needed
• 49: This is comparatively easy with hypnosis because
• 50: Regardless of the reason for overweight
• 51: Although patients usually start with hetero hypnosis
• 52: Psychologists know this is possible
• 53: Dahl and be treated specifically with hypnosis
• 54: American Psychological Association 1333 16th St
• 55: A ten inch chain is secured to the crystal ball
• 56: As you concentrate on the revolving hypnodisc spiral
• 57: The COLORED HYPNODISC sells for $3
• 58: MELVIN POWERS 12015 Sherman Road North Hollywood
• 59: 00 BRIDGE CONVENTIONS Edwin B
• 60: 00 NATURAL FOOD COOKBOOK Dr
• 61: 00 HYPNOTISM TODAY Leslie LeCron and Jean Bordeaux
• 62: 00 COSMOPOLITAN'S NEW ETIQUETTE GUIDE Fwd
• 63: 00 RACQUETBALL MADE EASY Steve Lubarsky
• 64: Melvin Powers 12015 Sherman Road
• 65: Care Handling Margaret Cabell Self 3