Hypnosis is normally preceded by a " hypnotic induction " technique.

" Hypnosis is a valid subject for scientific study and research and a proven therapeutic medium.

Because the induction takes place during the course of a normal conversation, Ericksonian hypnosis is often known as Covert or Conversational Hypnosis.

Hypnosis is rarely a ' battle of wills '.

** A transcription from an original pamphlet is given at Volgyesi, ( Winter 1955 ), " Discovery of Medical Hypnotism: Part 2 ", and another at Tinterow ( Foundations of Hypnosis ), pp. 317 – 330.

* The Institute of Clinical Hypnosis & Counselling established in Kerala state of India is a memorial to Abbot Faria.

Hull is the author of a work entitled Hypnosis & Suggestibility, and is not only one of the chief oracles of American psychology, but perhaps the world ’ s greatest oracle on matters pertaining to hypnotism.

He is a lecturer and supervisor at the Swiss Medical Society for Hypnosis ( SMSH ).

The 2008 edition of the album does contain the hidden keyboard solo that was originally at the end of " Touch Like Angel of Death ", but it is at the end of the bonus song " Mass Hypnosis ".

Spirits Fly is largely in the slower style of Hypnosis of Birds.

* In a 1997 episode of Friends, " The One with the Hypnosis Tape ", Chandler borrows from Rachel a smoking-cessation audiocassette, to which he listens while he is asleep.

Hypnosis is an increasingly popular practice for power exchange couples that focus on practical psychology and mental BDSM.

Drowzee, known as the Hypnosis Pokémon, is a bipedal Pokémon that is based on the Baku, so it resembles a tapir.

Hypnosis is a process to assist focus and dissociation.

Even at this early stage in the band's history, they were already becoming known for their incredible song lengths ; 019: Hypnosis, Drugs, and Mind Control ( The Beginning: A Touch ) is eight hours long, 028: Even to the Edge of Doom is twenty-four hours long, 044: A Corpse in My Arms on Awakening breaks the one day mark at thirty-seven hours long, but is surpassed by 045: The Wicked Cease From Struggling which is one-hundred and sixty-eight hours long.

The American Society of Clinical Hypnosis is a professional organization dedicated to the use of hypnosis in clinical settings.

ASCH ( American Society of Clinical Hypnosis ) is the largest U. S. organization for health and mental health care professionals using clinical hypnosis.

Hypnosis can be defined as: a special psychological state with certain physiological attributes, resembling sleep only superficially and marked by a functioning of the individual at a level of awareness other than the ordinary conscious state.

He led many courses for physicians and wrote in 1964 the classic book: ' Findings in Hypnosis ', later to be re-titled ' Hypnotherapy ' ( published by Westwood Publishing ).

Books by stage hypnotists sometimes explicitly describe the use of deception in their acts, for example, Ormond McGill's New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnosis describes an entire " fake hypnosis " act that depends upon the use of private whispers throughout.

Hypnosis, which was pioneered in the late 18th century by Franz Mesmer and Armand-Marie Jacques de Chastenet, Marques de Puységur, challenged Locke's association of ideas.

* Trance-Formations: Neuro-Linguistic Programming and the Structure of Hypnosis by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, ( 1981 ).

* A Guide to Trance Land: A Practical Handbook of Ericksonian and Solution-Oriented Hypnosis by Bill O ' Hanlon ( WW Norton & Company: New York, 2009 ).

* Solution-Oriented Hypnosis: An Ericksonian Approach by Bill O ' Hanlon and Michael Martin ( WW Norton & Company: New York, 1991 ).

* Resolving Sexual Abuse: Solution-Focused Therapy and Ericksonian Hypnosis for Adult Survivors by Yvonne M. Dolan ( WW Norton & Company: New York, 1991 ).

* Taproots: Underlying Principles of Milton Erickson's Therapy and Hypnosis by Bill O ' Hanlon ( WW Norton & Company: New York 1981 ).

* Beyond Erickson: A Fresh Look at " The Emperor of Hypnosis ", Milton H. Erickson by Alex Tsander ( Summitother, Bristol, 2005.

* Gurdjieff and Hypnosis: A Hermeneutic Study, by Mohammad H. Tamdgidi, foreword by J. Walter Driscoll, Palgrave / Macmillan, 2009 ( HC )/ 2012 ( PB ), ISBN 978-0230615076 ( HC ), ISBN 978-1137282439 ( PB )

The 2009 publication of Robertson ( Discovery of Hypnosis ) contains all of Braid's major works and many letters and articles by him, including " On Hypnotism ".

& Landes, J., " A Study of the Braid Effect: Hypnosis by Visual Fixation ", Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied, Vol. 47, ( January 1959 ), pp. 67 – 80.

Hypnosis as a cause of source amnesia involves carrying out hypnosis and having the subjects remember post-hypnotically, experiences they had during hypnosis as tested by asking the individuals about esoteric knowledge that they learned during hypnosis.

Shortly after the release of The Sound of Souls Graham Hall was replaced on bass by classical guitarist and long time friend of the band Iain McKenzie, who remained in the line-up during the writing and rehearsal of Hypnosis of Birds, before finally leaving to teach music.

The group's first two releases under the name of Banya were Ignition Starts and Hypnosis, although Bee, Solitary and The Final Audition had been already recorded by Yahpp as an independent artist.

* Antisocial or Criminal Acts and Hypnosis: A Case Study, by Paul Reiter

Salter's hypnotic and relaxation techniques were first explained in his book, " What Is Hypnosis?

Clark L. Hull, an eminent American psychologist, published the first major compilation of laboratory studies on hypnosis, Hypnosis & Suggestibility ( 1933 ), in which he proved that hypnosis and sleep had nothing in common.

In Pokémon Stadium, Drowzee featured in its own mini game called " Snore War ", in which players must use Hypnosis when the pendulum hits the center of its swing to put the other Drowzee to sleep.

Hypnosis for IBS has received moderate support in the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance published for UK health services.

The International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis found that hypnosis relieved the pain of 75 % of 933 subjects participating in 27 different experiments.

Hypnosis may be useful as an adjunct therapy for weight loss.

Hypnosis would remove some control from the conscious mind, and the individual would respond with autonomic, reflexive behaviour.

In 1973, Dr. John Kappas, Founder of the Hypnosis Motivation Institute, wrote and defined the profession of a hypnotherapist in the Federal Dictionary of Occupational Titles:

In 2001, the Professional Affairs Board of the British Psychological Society ( BPS ) commissioned a working party of expert psychologists to publish a report entitled The Nature of Hypnosis.

* " Hypnosis and the practice of self-hypnosis may significantly reduce general anxiety, tension and stress in a manner similar to other relaxation and self-regulation procedures.

( Flammer & Bongartz, " On the efficacy of hypnosis: a meta-analytic study ", Contemporary Hypnosis, 2003, pp179 – 197.

Hypnosis, used in psychoanalysis for retrieving forgotten memories, was eventually tried as a means of studying the phenomenon of past life recall.

He was founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Psychopathological Association.

Weitzenhoffer displays a clear, and explicitly stated, bias against Ericksonian Hypnosis in his book, in favor of what he terms the semi-traditional, scientific, approach.

* Experiencing Hypnosis ISBN 0-8290-0246-4 ( With Ernest L. Rossi )

* The Practical Application of Medical and Dental Hypnosis ISBN 0-87630-570-2 ( with Seymour Hershman and Irving I. Secter ) ( out of print )

* Time Distortion in Hypnosis ISBN 1-899836-95-0 ( With Linn F. Cooper )

* Collected Papers on Hypnosis: Volume 1-Nature of Hypnosis and Suggestion ISBN 0-8290-1206-0 ( Ernest L. Rossi, Editor )