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HYPNOSIS IS A LIMITED CONSCIOUS STATE

Unfortunately the art of hypnosis was used a great deal by the stage hypnotists and magicians to entertain audiences. Hypnosis became a magical act and the magicians liked to let the audience believe that they possessed supernatural powers. Because of this the medical profession distanced itself from it, and hypnosis was not used for medical purposes for many years. At the time of Freud and Charcot in Vienna, at the end of the nineteenth century, however, intense interest in the subject was developed. Hypnosis was used on patients, and with good results.

Nowadays hypnosis is used more and more by doctors and psychologists. In 1958, hypnosis was formally accepted as a form of medical treatment by the American Medical Association, and three years later by the British Medical Association. Hypnosis is now no longer a magical act, but a well-respected science. Much research is conducted on hypnosis, and some medical journals are devoted entirely to hypnosis. The International Society of Hypnosis has thousands of members from all over the world, all of whom are doctors, dentists, and psychologists. Its headquarters is situated in the Austin Hospital, Melbourne.

Now back to the top hat magician and the lady. The lady went into a hypnotic state, commonly known as a trance. She was not sleeping; if we carried out an EEG recording on her, the brain waves would not be characteristic of sleep. She was aware of what was happening, but the scope of awareness would have been abnormally small. She was only aware of what the magician (hypnotist) was suggesting to her and was not aware of the presence of the audience. She was still thinking for herself and normally would not accept any suggestion from the hypnotist if it contradicted with her conscience or belief. When she was woken up from the trance, she remembered what happened, and this is generally the case with hypnotized subjects.

Hypnosis is not a magical act, but a special state of awareness, and everyone has the ability to go into this state. We are familiar with the other states of awareness, the conscious state and the unconscious state.

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