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Self hypnotherapy is a passion of mine, I believe hypnosis can be a great tool for self development and a great tool to use to access your subconscious mind, so I want to share a brief history of hypnosis here with you.
The Beginnings
Hypnosis has a long history that reaches back for ages. In one form or another, hypnosis has arguably been around since the dawn of humanity. We’ll be taking a look at where it all started, while highlighting some major discoveries that have helped shaped modern hypnosis. Of course, it’s impossible to cover everything in a brief article, but you can consider this a crash-course on the history of hypnosis.
First of all, it’s worth mentioning that hypnosis itself hasn’t changed. What has changed, however, are the ways that we are able to harness hypnosis, along with our understand of it as a whole. While hypnosis has gained a lot of popularity lately, it’s still seen as something that exists on the fringe. Some people treat it like some kind of occult power, however modern hypnosis is based on science rather than superstition. As our understand of hypnosis grows, along with studies to support it’s effectiveness, hypnosis moves higher and higher into the mainstream.
Mesmer’s Animal Magnetism
Animal magnetism is an early precursor to hypnosis based on theories by Franz Mesmer (1734 – 1815). Interestingly enough, his name is the root of the word “mesmerize”. Animal magnetism refers to an intangible force, a sort of “magnetic fluid” what exists within living creatures. The word “animal” was chosen to represent that this magnetism exists within all creatures that have breath. Mesmerism can be considered as an archaic predecessor to hypnotism.
Hypnosis is Science
An opponent of Mesmerism was a man named James Braid (1795 – 1860). Rather than trying to harness some mystical force such as animal magnetism, James Braid introduced a scientific approach when he coined the term hypnotism, which is based instead on the power of suggestion. It is due to this that James Braid is generally considered as an influential researcher and a pioneer of modern hypnosis.
The Birth of Modern Hypnosis
Moving into the 20th century, Milton Erickson (1901 – 1980) is widely considered to be one of the most influential figures in hypnotism. There is a style of hypnotherapy named after him, which stems from his use of indirect methods rather than direct methods of hypnotism. Milton Erickson found that using indirect methods could be much more effective than direct methods at times.
This was the period where hypno-therapy really came into play – it became an actual therapy and started to be used for treating addictions, fears phobias and improving health. The real story and evolution into its current modern form is a whole other essay, but now hypnosis is used all around the world for areas as broad as you can imagine, even including developing a millionaire mindset, or as use during surgical procedures for surgery without anesthetic.
This is why I love hypnosis – there is so much possibility!! I hope you found this article interesting and hope you give it a try 
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Hey Thomas
Thank you for sharing this awesome post.
This was awesome man!
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Hi Thomas
When you hear the word hypnotist, what comes to mind? If you’re like many people, the word may conjure up images of a sinister stage-villain who brings about a hypnotic state by swinging a pocket watch back and forth.
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Ha, fair enough, I have a different image – of relaxation, peace and possible growth. I love hypnosis
I guess from 1980, and onwards 2012, hypnosis has been used for entertainment. We see people being hypnotized into thinking they’re chicken. I think it is a very small percentage of people who can be hypnotized this way. And as people see these hypnotism on tv, I think most people have a wrong perception about hypnotism.
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I agree, if only more people would try it for personal growth, to help them improve their mindsets, lose weight and bring some positivity into their minds..
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Not only that, but I think many sincere Christians of an evangelical persuasion (and possibly those of other faiths) see hypnosis as a dangerous tool that messes with people’s spiritual life. There needs to be more education, and a more enlightened view of the science of hypnosis.
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Sorry – forgot to add: maybe the word “hypnosis” needs a makeover. A couple of other people have commented about its negative connotations. NLP doesn’t sound so scary – I know it’s not exactly the same thing, but hopefully you follow my thinking…
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Hi Thomas,
I believe Hypnosis is Science. In my country, hypnosis is used as a therapeutic tool to cure some diseases caused by the habit. In my country is also known as “black hypnosis” and “White hypnosis”
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Thankyou for your sharing. Hypnosis also very useful for health especaially to overcome psychological disease. This therapy is safe to use and no side effect like drugs.
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I’ve seen people use the power of hypnosis to quit smoking, with varying degrees of success. Doesn’t always work though. Btw, that’s an strange picture, dare you to try looking at it for more than a few seconds!
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I know for sure that hypnosis is a powerful treatment. My brother who is an educated hypnotherapist has helped several hundred patients with many different mental problems ranging from quit smoking to coping with stress etc.
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Hypnosis is not a treatment. However, people can use hypnosis as a means for doing treatment. I hope that makes sense to you. If you have any questions, then feel free to ask.
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Yes that makes perfectly sense. My brother would probably also have corrected me.
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Now here is a topic I can definitely get into completely. I have to say that this is not that bad of a general write up on the history hypnosis. However, as we both know it goes back way more than this, but it always has. Hypnosis has always been around as long as things have existed. Many think hypnosis is some esoteric thing. Many do not realize hypnosis (Trance) is a naturally occurring phenomena. Hypnosis is how we learn when it really comes down to it. Sure, it is much more than that. However, in its simplest form that is exactly what it is.
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I have always been a skeptic when it come to hypnosis. Maybe because I have seen a bunch of fakes at the circus and side shows. Does it really work???
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Yes, it does. Otherwise I would be out of business. It is not something I make you do either. It is something I would do with your permission. It is a naturally occurring phenomena. You have already experienced naturally occurring forms of hypnosis and trance. A hypnotist pretty much just amplifies a naturally occurring phenomena, which we call hypnosis or trance and use it as a tool to teach you or so on in a way that is very quickly and is used for whatever it is you want it to be used for. I hope that makes sense.
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A great overview of what hypnosis is! As a hypnotherapist myself I found the article well written and informative. It’s great that people like you are out there educating people on what hypnosis really is rather than what they THINK it is! Big difference
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A great article, much informative. Glad to know what hypnosis really is.
Thank you.
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Thankyou for your sharing. Hypnosis is also very useful for health especaially to overcome psychological disease. This therapy is safe to use and no side effect like drugs
very nice share thomas! thanks for the information about hypnotism, i’ve heard it’s use in medicine as well, all i know about hypnosis is it’s use to hypnotize someone and then do something with him/her haha
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Hi Thomas,
Great post.
I have some experience with hypnosis and I have to agree with you the power of hypnosis for self development. In my line of business, I rely on hypnosis to keep myself going.
However, I personally think the media coverage about hypnosis has given people the wrong image of the technique. To start, we have a protective mechanism which protect us from doing things we don’t want even when we are being hypnotized.
Again, thanks for people and article like yours that do justice to hypnosis.
Cheers…
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Hi Thomas,You know, at first, I thought hypnosis was just some form of trick that magicians used to do, but thanks to the Internet, I get to know more about the power of hypnosis and it actually has many benefits, and what’s more interesting about it is that you can do it all by yourself! Self-hypnosis can actually be beneficial to anyone. I did not know that this age is the period of hypno-therapy. I absolutely believe that hypnosis can actually help in getting rid of addictions, phobias and even improve the quality of our health and wellbeing. Thanks for sharing!
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I’ve been using self hypnosis along with meditation since I was about 12 and discovered a book on it. I found it a great way to deal with bullying and other problems as well as a great aid to studying. Meditation has helped me focus and retain information and I truly believe it needs to be taught in public schools – I’ll bet grades would improve a LOT! Thanks for the history of hypnosis – I didn’t know a lot of this and it’s great to know.
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I think that Moderm Hypnosis can use technology to gets more efective. I have read some books of hypnosis technics but i had no experience yet. In my point of view, hypnosis is more brain and mental activity than spiritual or meditation.
first thing that came to my mind when i read your post was the tv show ‘The Mentalist’ how i wish i could hypnotise people and make them do things and stuff. now that would be fun
thanks for the amazing post Allan!
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Yes, I’ve already heard about that , hipnosis can cure a disease . In my country in Indonesia there are a lot of hipnosis , anyway I thanks to you for share this good article
sweet article thomas,
ive not had much experience personally with hypnosis, but honestly ive been hearing some good things.
Is hypnosis one of a cure method recommended by WHO or other well known oragisations? I need a scientific proof before I’ll decide to use hypnosis.
I would definitely try hypnosis once. It is so interesting to me. A friend of mine tried it once, and he really enjoyed it. Nice article, it was good to read about the history of it!
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Hi Thomas,
first off great picture,I found myself lost in it for minutes, so maybe that was a little hypnosis in itself. I think it s come a long way, and now used for smoking, addiction, and tons of other things. Nice post…
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i see good to know thanks you did research on this topic otherwise i was never about to go on wikipedia.
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Hey Thomas
Thank you for sharing this awesome post.
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Thank you for your post. Its worth being gien a try most especially for fitness and weight loss patients.
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ok in india lots of people making money on the name of hypnotism but in reality no one knows the truth.thanks for the real knowledge
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I use hypnosis audio mp3s nearly every night before I go to sleep. I have heard that I need to use them during the day when I am more awake and not inclined to fall asleep during the session. Do you agree with this?
Hypnosis is really just the shift in focus from the conscious mind to the unconscious mind. I think a lot of people get confused about hypnosis and think it is this woo hoo mystical practice. The reality is is a very common and effective approach for dealing with a variety of psychological issues and traumas.
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Since the childhood, i heard a lots about Hypnosis through television but never meet someone real practically..!
But still, after reading yours article its conformed that “Hypnosis” is not a mere illusion rather it has a long drafted history behind its existence.
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