CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONHistory of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theory; 3. Suggestion TheoryCHAPTER IHow to Hypnotize—Dr. Cocke’s method-Dr. Flint’s method—The French method at Paris—At Nancy—The Hindoo silent method—How to wake a subject from hypnotic sleep—Frauds of public hypnotic entertainments.CHAPTER IIAmusing experiments—Hypnotizing on the stage—“You can’t pull your hands apart!”—Post-hypnotic suggestion—The newsboy, the hunter, and the young man with the rag doll—A whip becomes hot iron—Courting a broom stick—The side-showCHAPTER IIIThe stages of hypnotism—Lethargy-Catalepsy—The somnambulistic stage—FascinationCHAPTER IVHow the subject feels under hypnotization—Dr. Cocke’s experience—Effect of music—Dr. Alfred Warthin’s experimentsCHAPTER VSelf hypnotization—How it may be done—An experience—Accountable for children’s crusade—Oriental prophets self-hypnotizedCHAPTER VISimulation—Deception in hypnotism very common—Examples of Neuropathic deceit—Detecting simulation—Professional subjects—How Dr. Luys of the Charity Hospital at Paris was deceived—Impossibility of detecting deception in all cases—Confessions of a professional hypnotic subjectCHAPTER VIICriminal suggestion—Laboratory crimes—Dr. Cocke’s experiments showing criminal suggestion is not possible—Dr. William James’ theory—A bad man cannot be made good, why expect to make a good man bad?CHAPTER VIIIDangers in being hypnotized Condemnation of public performances—A commonsense view—Evidence furnished by Lafontaine; by Dr. Courmelles; by Dr. Hart; by Dr. Cocke—No danger in hypnotism if rightly used by physicians or scientistsCHAPTER IXHypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habitsCHAPTER XHypnotism of animals—Snake charmingCHAPTER XIA scientific explanation of hypnotism—Dr. Hart’s theoryCHAPTER XIITelepathy and Clairvoyance—Peculiar power in hypnotic state—Experiments—“Phantasms of the living” explained by telepathyCHAPTER XIIIThe Confessions of a Medium—Spiritualistic phenomena explained on theory of telepathy—Interesting statement of Mrs. Piper, the famous medium of the Psychical Research Society
INTRODUCTIONHistory of hypnotism—Mesmer—Puysegur—Braid—What is hypnotism?—Theories of hypnotism: 1. Animal magnetism; 2. The Neurosis Theory; 3. Suggestion Theory
CHAPTER IHow to Hypnotize—Dr. Cocke’s method-Dr. Flint’s method—The French method at Paris—At Nancy—The Hindoo silent method—How to wake a subject from hypnotic sleep—Frauds of public hypnotic entertainments.
CHAPTER IIAmusing experiments—Hypnotizing on the stage—“You can’t pull your hands apart!”—Post-hypnotic suggestion—The newsboy, the hunter, and the young man with the rag doll—A whip becomes hot iron—Courting a broom stick—The side-show
CHAPTER IIIThe stages of hypnotism—Lethargy-Catalepsy—The somnambulistic stage—Fascination
CHAPTER IVHow the subject feels under hypnotization—Dr. Cocke’s experience—Effect of music—Dr. Alfred Warthin’s experiments
CHAPTER VSelf hypnotization—How it may be done—An experience—Accountable for children’s crusade—Oriental prophets self-hypnotized
CHAPTER VISimulation—Deception in hypnotism very common—Examples of Neuropathic deceit—Detecting simulation—Professional subjects—How Dr. Luys of the Charity Hospital at Paris was deceived—Impossibility of detecting deception in all cases—Confessions of a professional hypnotic subject
CHAPTER VIICriminal suggestion—Laboratory crimes—Dr. Cocke’s experiments showing criminal suggestion is not possible—Dr. William James’ theory—A bad man cannot be made good, why expect to make a good man bad?
CHAPTER VIIIDangers in being hypnotized Condemnation of public performances—A commonsense view—Evidence furnished by Lafontaine; by Dr. Courmelles; by Dr. Hart; by Dr. Cocke—No danger in hypnotism if rightly used by physicians or scientists
CHAPTER IXHypnotism in medicine—Anesthesia—Restoring the use of muscles—Hallucination—Bad habits
CHAPTER XHypnotism of animals—Snake charming
CHAPTER XIA scientific explanation of hypnotism—Dr. Hart’s theory
CHAPTER XIITelepathy and Clairvoyance—Peculiar power in hypnotic state—Experiments—“Phantasms of the living” explained by telepathy
CHAPTER XIIIThe Confessions of a Medium—Spiritualistic phenomena explained on theory of telepathy—Interesting statement of Mrs. Piper, the famous medium of the Psychical Research Society