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Hypnosis or hypnotic states have been known about for many centuries and probably for much further back into time as well.

Holy men, witch doctors, priests and shamans either isolated themselves in the desert, induced trances in themselves or chanted and danced rhythmically to achieve what would now be recognized as a hypnotic state.

While in this state, they would focus, visualize and return to their people with messages from their gods or prophecies for the future.

Common to all these early self-hypnotists was use of methods to focus their attention intensely to move the person out of his normal way of operating into different ways. The resulting change meant the holy man or witch doctor experienced himself so differently that it was considered to be a mystical or divine experience.

In modern times, the first person to use hypnosis significantly as a healing medium was the Frenchman, Franz Mesmer in the 17th century. Other French, English and Scottish medical people including neurologists subsequently used it and experimented with it.

The chief finding was that under the influence of a hypnotic state, people apart from being detached consciously, were more suggestible to new ideas regarding behavior change. Read more…