Hypnotism and hypnotic suggestion; a scientific treatise on the uses and possibilities of hypnotism, suggestion and allied phenomena (1900)
Clark, Charles S. (Charles Samuel), Neal, E. Virgil · Rochester, N.Y., New York state publishing company · leaf 52
following. Ask the subject to think of falling backward, or better,to repeat to himself the words, I am falling backward, I am 36 HOW TO CONTBOL PEOPLE IN THE WAKING STATE. falling backward/ etc. Hold your hands still for thirty secondsand then say in slow but positive… … HAND ON FOREHEAD, FALLING BACKWARD. Hemove the right hand so slowly at first that its motion ishardly perceptible. While you are withdrawing your righthand say to the subject,—You are falling backward—you arefalling backward. Be sure to catch the subject when, he falls,so that he will not hurt…
Hypnotism · Therapeutics, Suggestive
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