"In Britain, in 1952, a Hypnotism Act was instituted to regulate stage hypnotists' public entertainments."

"Studies show that people who combine diet and exercise with hypnosis lose more weight than they do with diet and exer…"

"You're doubtless well aware that most of the great hypnotic patients wind up referring to themselves in the third per…"

"I define hypnotism as the induction of a peculiar psychical [i.e., mental] condition which increases the susceptibili…"

"...a peculiar condition of the nervous system, induced by a fixed and abstracted attention of the mental and visual e…"

"...the real origin and essence of the hypnotic condition, is the induction of a habit of abstraction or mental concen…"

"...during a period in history psychology was still a branch of academic philosophy. The psychological concepts develo…"

"Freud called rapport transference. He believed it was a revival of the original parent-child relationship. Psychoanal…"

"You use hypnosis not as a cure but as a means of establishing a favorable climate in which to learn."

"[Hypnosis] can also be applied to improving study habits, stress reduction and raising self-esteem...If you are havin…"