It has been demonstrated again and again that persons can and do frequently hypnotize themselves. If a person will gaze steadily at a bright fire, or a glass of water, for instance, he can throw himself into a hypnotic trance exactly similar to the condition produced by a professional or trained hypnotist. Complete insensibility to pain may be induced by hypnotism, and it has been used as an anaesthetic.
It has been noticed that persons in the hypnotic state seem to have certain of their senses greatly heightened in power. They can remember, see and hear things that ordinary persons would be entirely ignorant of. There is abundant evidence that a supersensory perception is also developed, entirely beyond the most highly developed condition of the ordinary senses, such as being able to tell clearly what some other person is doing at a great distance. It is on power of supersensory, or extra-sensory perception that what is known as telepathy and clairvoyance are based.
Persons in the hypnotic condition have been able to tell what other persons were doing in distant parts of a city; could tell the pages of the books they might be reading and the numbers of all sorts of articles. Such facts as these have stimulated experiment in the direction of testing thought transference. These experiments have usually been in the reading of numbers and names, and a certain measure of success has resulted….”
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
eBook Format: Adobe PDF
Platform: Windows and Macintosh
Download Format: Compressed .ZIP
File Size: 700 KB
Master Resell Rights: Yes!
You will get an instant download of this product in your account area after purchase when paying with credit card.
