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NINEPENCE NETHYPNOTISMSIMPLIFIEDA Practical and EasyGuide to MesmerismBy STEPHEN MARTINThis explains in simple languagejust what Hypnotism and Mes merism are; how to mesmeriseand hypnotise ; the various won derful results which may be ob tained from both ; how to usehypnotism safely ; and, finally, itgives directions for the use ofhypnotism as applied to oneself tostrengthen the will and attainone's desires.LONDON : W. FODLSHAM & CO., LTD.,SIXTY-ONE,J1LEET STREET, E.C. 4/?i1irc)mL l : ; 3 nf' l i- oirr
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HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIED
HYPNOTISMSIMPLIFIEDA PRACTICAL AND EASYGUIDETOMESMERISMBYSTEPHEN MARTINLONDONW. FOULSHAM & CO., LTD.SIXTY-ONE, FLEET STREET, E.C. 4
WOOD LIBRARY-MUSEUMAccession nomiHi83First Published November, 1916Reprinted July, 1919Reprinted July, 1920
CONTENTSCHAPTERPREFACEPACK-I. WHAT HYPNOTISM IS----"9II. WHAT IT DOES---l6---24IV. CREDULITY---29-" 3 3-VI. SOMNAMBULANCE, LUCIDITY AND TRANCEVII. PRACTICAL DIRECTIONSVIII. AWAKENING THE SUBJECTKsKvuQ-TviiIII. SUGGESTIBILITYV. L E T H A R G Y A N D C A T A L E P S YK—IX. SELF-HYPNOTISM-37--46-"54-' 5 7
It)EDMUND H. PEERIN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HELP, ADVICEAND ENCOURAGEMENT
PREFACEIF any excuse were needed for another book onthe subject of Hypnotism and Mesmerism thebest, perhaps, that could be urged would be theone of price. Although there are many bookswritten on this very interesting subject, there arenone at the popular price of ninepence.But another good reason for the writing andpublication of this one is the fact that it affordsa simple guide to the practice of Hypnotism,and an explanation in language easily under stood, of a subject that is generally treated fartoo technically. The present writer has him self experimented in Mesmerism and Hypno tism, so that the reader is assured of practicalhelp.Use has been made in the preparation of thislittle work of material from the works of Heidenhain, Bramwell, Coates and Lawrence, andacknowledgments are tendered accordingly tothe authors. Readers who require a moreextended survey of the subject might refer tosome of the books mentioned in the bibliographyon page viii of this work. These can be obtainedat the prices quoted from the publishers of'' Hypnotism Simplified.''
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDCHAPTER IWHAT HYPNOTISM ISUNTIL quite recently there have been two verydecided opinions about Hypnotism and Mes merism in the popular mind. One was thatHypnotism was just quackery, used by knavesto impose upon fools. The other opinion wasthat Hypnotism and Mesmerism were inven tions of the Devil and had best be left severelyalone.Now it is perhaps almost unnecessary to saythat both these opinions were wrong. Hypnotismis neither quackery nor the art of the Devil appliedby human means.Hypnotism, as a label, a term, comes fromthe Greek word "hypnos "—sleep. And this isjust, in a word, what it means—sleep. But itis a sleep of a particularly wonderful sort, allow ing hitherto unknown powers of the mind or soulto become apparent. These powers of the mindare varied and usually become evident in a definiteorder. Each corresponds to a particular stageof the hypnotic sleep, and the subject passeseasily from one stage to the other after becom ing influenced by the operator.9
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDIt is not proposed here to mystify the readerby a long scientific dissertation. But some refer ence to the scientific reasons which underlie Hyp notism and Mesmerism will make what followsthe easier to grasp.It is a matter of common knowledge that theold distinction of man, as a trinity of body, soul,and spirit, is beginning to be recognised as truein science. For a long time the materialistictheory was that man was merely a physical massthat dissipated at death into the chemicalelements.But even the materialist was compelled todistinguish between the mass of the body;—thematter—and its movements and the forces thatcaused them. He had to admit of the existenceof energy as well as of that of matter. Thenhe began to see that in addition to the physicalmovements of the body there were mental move ments, reflections of the mind or ideas, as wellas feelings and sensations.If for that mysterious something that sciencecalls energy we substitute the term spirit, andfor that entity, or consciousness, the part ofman that thinks, reflects, idealises, and judges orwills, we substitute the term mind or soul, weshall have the trinity of man complete.Now the body of man is undoubtedly theservant of his mind or soul. Man thinks firstand then he acts. Every action is at first athought or an impulse of some kind. It is, there fore, true to say that as a man thinks so hebecomes. We take advantage of this by hold-
WHAT HYPNOTISM ISuing up as examples to our young people idealsof what we wish them to become. We do thisbecause we know that if they think aright theywill act aright.Psychology is the study of these mind pro cesses and reactions to impulses or suggestions.The study of psychology takes into account notonly our waking states of consciousness, but alsodreaming and other kinds of mental conditions.One of the first axioms of philosophy, which isthe science of sciences, is that "That which isnot cannot act." Now, we know that in dream ing we certainly think and feel that we are doingthings, even if we do not do them in what we callactuality.No one doubts that in dreaming he is doingsomething—that is, dreaming; and the fact ofdreaming establishes not only the existence ofthe mind as something which we may think aboutas acting independently of the body at times,but it also establishes the fact that the mind pos sesses powers which the body does not. As anexample we may instance the limitations of timeand space. For the body to get from onepoint to another in space takes time. Thegreater the distance the longer is the timeoccupied.In dreaming space does not seem to existfor the mind. It traverses distance as thoughit were not appreciable. Now, the body alsoknows only one direction in time—it passessteadily forward or onward through the pre sent. The body ages steadily. It cannot go
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDbackward. It cannot get younger. It cannotget to the future suddenly. It is always actingin the present.Here, again, the mind is different. Timedoes not exist for it in this manner. The mindcan go back in time. It can go forward as faras it desires. The mind is not limited to thepresent. It is free to travel, at a jump, into thefuture or into the past. As a matter of fact, themind is constantly doing this. It is continuallyreferring to and reflecting on all the time thathas passed. And it is also constantly idealisingabout the future and future states of mind andbody.Science admits that all this mental action isdue to impulses or stimuli from the outside. Ourideas are the result of certain external activitiesproducing in us certain states of mind or feelings.The feelings are the result of sensations causedby impacts from outside. Another thing thatscience in psychical research admits is the actionof mind upon mind in telepathy. This has beencalled, in simpler language, thought trans ference.That the thought of one individual can affectanother may appear strange. It may even seemto be impossible. But yet we know from a greatnumber of experiments that ordinary persons intheir ordinary consciousness may be so affectedby the thought of another. This fact is, in ameasure, the basis of Hypnotism. For bothin Hypnotism and Mesmerism it is the thoughtof the operator in suggestion that begins the
WHAT HYPNOTISM IS13train of the wonderful effects that may be wit nessed.But Hypnotism and Mesmerism offer muchmore than the mere imposition of the will of oneperson upon that of another. In the higherphases of Hypnotism the powers of the mind—the subconscious mind—are exhibited. But firstwe must make clear what is meant by the sub conscious mind.In addition to its admission of the reality ofthe soul or mind in man, science now agrees toaccept a subdivision of the mind into two dis tinct phases of activity. The first is theordinary, normal, or waking mind conscious ness. The second phase is that of the mind thatdoes not often come into contact directly with theouter world. It is called, as was said, the sub conscious mind, or the subliminal conscious ness.It would seem as though there were a secondor higher set of apparatus in the brain for regis tering all the impressions that it receives, andstoring these in case they may be required atsome time, whilst the ordinary consciousness isconcerned only with the more dominant impres sions, and even these fade as newer ones come toreplace them. It has been said that "the sub conscious mind never forgets."But much more than this, the subconsciousmind seems to be in touch with much largerissues than the ordinary consciousness. It seemsto possess distinctive and singular powers ofexercising judgments not based on logical deduc-
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDtion but accepted as final. It feeems also able tofunction at a distance from the body—to see andhear things at great distances. It is also able tosee into the future, and to look back into andreconstruct the past.Now, Hypnotism brings into activity thesepowers and makes them accessible at the desireof the operator. They are usually exerqised,too, without the subject's awareness of them.That is, when the subject sees, in clairvoyance,what is going on at a distance, and describes thisin detail to the operator, the subject himself, whenrestored to normal consciousness, knows nothingof what has happened.For the time being the subject is, as it were,an extension of the mind of the operator, thinkingas he wishes, seeing what he desires to see, or tobe seen ; hearing what he wishes to hear, or whathe wishes to be heard; providing the operatorwith a new and unique set of senses of wonderfulpower.Mesmerism has been referred to above morethan once. This, like Hypnotism, is just a labelfor a set of similar phenomena, which are pro duced in a somewhat different manner, however.Mesmerism takes its name from the notoriousDoctor Mesmer, who, in Paris more thana century ago, became famous for his won derful powers. His theories were rejected atthe time of their presentation (1784), but sincethen the validity of his powers have beenre-established.Two things may; now be noted that are of
WHAT HYPNOTISM IS15importance. Science recognises that Hyp notism is merely an abnormal condition which isproduced by an unharmful physiological strainof different kinds. Its immediate result is acondition of sleep, deeper in its character thanordinary sleep, and accompanied by catalepsy—that is, death-like rigidity of the limbs—andanaesthesia.The other important thing to note is thatHypnotism may be practised by a skilled operatorwithout danger to the subject, if proper precau tions be taken.It is as well here to emphasise the latterpoint. The operator should be skilled. Heshould know the subject from A to Z before hebegins to experiment.
16HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDCHAPTER IIWHAT IT DOESIN the previous chapter some slight indicationswere given of what might be expected from thehypnotised or mesmerised subject. In thischapter we propose to deal more in detail withthe phenomena, but still in general terms.Then each well-marked phase of the phenomenawill be treated separately. Practical directionswill then be given for the production of the variousstates.This line of treatment has been well con sidered. It is thought to be of more importancefirst to define the states and their sequence andthen to follow on with the instructions how toproduce them, so that the experimenter mayhave a grip of the subject, however slightly, inits completeness before he begins, rather thanto give instructions first which the novice mightattempt to practise.Some of the stages in Hypnotism are notparticularly well marked, and some subjectspass easily and without very definite indicationsfrom one to another. And it might place anoperator in a difficulty if he found his subjectgetting beyond control. The present writer hadan experience of this kind. From this he learnedthe lesson that it is well to be au fait with the
WHAT IT DOES17subject as a whole before beginning experiments.It was another illustration of the danger of a littleknowledge.Initially, Hypnotism or Mesmerism producesin the subject operated upon an artificial sleepof greater intensity or degree, rest, or uncon sciousness than normal sleep. Yet the hypno tised subject may be awakened by the merethought suggestion of the operator. Thehypnotic sleep is much deeper than ordinarysleep and seems to produce a much greaterrelaxation of the nervous and muscular systems.A subject who is extremely tired or fatiguedphysically, or nervously excited or nervouslyworn, may be awakened quite fresh after a fewminutes' hypnotic sleep. One knows how achange of position, from standing upright, say,to a reclining position, will ease, almost instan taneously, the tired physical system. Oneremembers how delightful is the feeling of reliefto the nerves after sleep for an hour or so. Thisis mainly because of the complete change ofcondition.In Hypnotism it would seem that the rate ofchange of state is immensely accelerated. Ifwe think of two different individuals we shallfind that whereas one may take quite a long timeto apprehend an argument, or to take a newview-point, the other will see it almost at firstglance. The difference between those two indi viduals illustrates the difference between Hypno tism and ordinary sleep.But there is more in it than just the time
18HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDperiod. There is the intention, the suggestionof the operator that this change shall take place.It is this that shortens the time, or acceleratesthe pace.A subject may have a nervous headache or atoothache, for example. As soon as he is hyp notised it is suggested to him that his head ache or toothache has gone. And it has. Butif the subject is quite normal—-that is, if he feelsno pain in his waking state—it may be suggestedto him when hypnotised that he has headache ortoothache, and he will immediately feel thepain.Now, the explanation of this is that nearlyall pain is mental. We feel pain in the mind.Feeling is different to sensation; the body hasthe sensation, the mind transmutes it into feel ing. If, therefore, to the mind is given the feel ing of pain, the body responds to that sugges tion. We may illustrate that in this way. If aperson of an affectionate disposition is told thathe has lost a near relative he immediately feelsgreat grief. And this is so even if he has notlost the relative, whether the news be true ornot.Sensation and feeling are reflex. The sen sation produces the feeling. The feeling pro duces the sensation. If one is angered—feelsanger—he places his body into a particular posi tion more or less unconsciously. In Hypnotism,if the body is placed in a position which it wouldassume when the individual was angry he willbecome so.
WHAT IT DOES19A problem that is sometimes argued inpsychology is, " Does one cry because one feelsgrief?" or "Does one feel grief because onecries?" Our usual experience in the higheremotions or feelings is that the mental changeof state precedes the physical effect. Onehears the news, feels grief, and then cries.Great actresses of strong emotional powersshed real tears. They feel the parts they actso strongly that the feeling necessarily givesrise to the physical effect. It must be evident,then, that if it is possible for one to give thefeeling the physical result will follow. In thecase of the actress the feeling is produced byherself. In the case of the hypnotised subjectthe feeling is produced by the operator.Now, if one does not think of the personwho gives us news as reliable and trustworthythe news itself does not worry us. If we aretold by a quite unreliable individual that we havelost a relative we feel little consternation or grief.We have to feel first of all that the news is truebefore it moves us.This is the case with the hypnotised subject.Unless he trusts in the operator's power toproduce effects there will be little result worthspeaking about. It is almost a sine qua non,a condition precedent, that the mind of the sub ject shall be impressionable. This is mainly thecase only for the earlier stages of hypnosis.For once the hypnotic sleep is produced thesubject becomes very amenable to the will of theoperator.
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDReference was made above to the subjectlosing the feeling of pain, or the feeling of painbeing imposed upon him. This opens up at oncethe whole question of curative and anaestheticHypnotism. If the feeling of pain can be re moved by suggestion, it must be obvious thatpain may be inflicted by sensation which is notfelt. A limb may be removed, a cut inflicted,or any lesser injury inflicted with the patientbeing conscious of it at the time.Curative Hypnotism is the basis of ChristianScience practice, which is either Hypnotism byanother operator, or self-Hypnotism. Anaes thetic Hypnotism, for conducting operations, isused extensively abroad.As a matter of fact, nearly all good physiciansuse, consciously or unconsciously, Hypnotismin their treatment. The doctor who gets thebest results is the optimist who insists, cheer fully, that the patient is already better. Hebrings with him into the sick-chamber sostrong an aura of health and power that thepatient responds at once to his suggestion, andis better.The word "aura," perhaps, requires someexplanation. Although not generally admittedby scientists—some of them, quite eminentscientists, too, do admit it—every individualpossesses a radiation from his body of this im palpable material which is closely related to theetheric body.Clairvoyants can see this etheric body—athin, filmy substance which extends all round
WHAT IT DOES21and within the physical body. It is, roughly,egg-shaped, and extends, perhaps, to twice orthree times the diameter of the physical body.The aura shoots rays of light of various coloursthrough this etheric mass.The colours represent the rates of vibrationof the etheric body and the impulses of feeling,of emotions, or of thought, from moment tomoment, as the will sways them in this directionor the other. It is considered to be the potentinfluences of this nervous aura which are thecause of those instinctive likes and dislikes whichanimate us from time to time.It is the aura, too, which is used in Mes merism to produce the same phenomena bypsychic action as are produced in Hypnotism byphysiological action. It is the case of the mindinfluencing the body, instead of the body in fluencing the mind. To put a familiar example :if the body becomes fatigued, the powers of themind respond to this fatigue and become lessand less active. Drowsiness overcloudsthe brain and the mind ceases to operatenormally.On the other hand, if the mind be power fully stimulated it will react upon the body. Aman may be immensely fatigued, too tired tomove, too drowsy to think. His mind may bealmost a blank. Now, let someone suddenlysay to him, " Your child's life is in danger—youcan save her 1" and the mind is at once stimu lated, galvanised into action. The body loses its
HYPNOTISM SIMPLIFIEDsense of fatigue. It responds at once to the callmade upon it.It is here we see the possibilities of Hypno tism, the exercise of mind control over the bodyof another. Pain may be removed, or pain maybe inflicted. An action may be arrested, or anaction may be initiated and continued almostindefinitely at the word of command. The sub ject may have his pe
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