First I will start with a brief history of the art of Hypnosis and what it is. Hypnosis is the term for a state of the body where the mind is subconsciously active but the conscious mind and the body are in a sleep like state (although many consider it sleep, it actually isn't) (Hunter). The change in these states is from "Beta" into "Alpha". Beta and Alpha are different terms used to describe the brain waves given off during these states. When the subconscious (subcon) or "Alpha" mind is responding, different commands, or suggestions, can be implemented into the mind. The subcon mind can then execute these imbedded commands without any intervening of the conscious mind and bod

Hypnosis was first confirmed to be real by a Swedish therapist named Anton Mesmer around 1775. After publishing papers describing the Alpha Mind State, he named the entire process "Mesmerism". When a person was hypnotized, they were considered "Mesmerized" (Hyde 84). He would mesmerize them by swinging a watch in front of them while implementing the suggestions that send someone into a hypnotic sleep. More on this will be explained later on. It wasn't until 1841 that a doctor name James Baird gave the process the name "hypnotism". "Prior to the time of Mesmer, any practice of hypnosis would have qualified... as witchcraft or blackmagic" (Hyde 85).

"Suggestion" is the term given to a command implemented into a person's subcon while they are in hypnosis. The mind will instantly accept this suggestion and command the body to respond to it, just as it would tell the heart to beat. If the hypnotist suggested that the person act like a chicken after the hypnotist snaps his fingers, the suggestion will instantly be registered as an involuntary reaction. When the snap occurs, the subcon will instantly cause the body to start, well, acting like a chicken (Hypnotebook: Show Skits)!

I hope now you, the reader of the report of this report, have a better understanding of the many stages, steps, and uses of hypnosis. You now grasp a better understanding of the phoneme that is hypnosis. You realize that on the stage, in the therapy office, and in the mass public, Hypnosis does exist and is capable of changing our behavior and that it is a very delicate process and not a power to be taken lightly.

Aaron's Hypnosis Notebook. Collected from Alt.Hypnosis, 1999

Mental Misdirection combine imaginative imagery with a body movement caused by a physical touch by the hypnotist. This confuses the mind out of reality.

Another unwanted form of hypnosis can be accidental self-hypnosis (self-hypnosis is a whole other form of hypnosis that is like this kind only administered on one's self using special methods). If you always say, "Oh... I'm terrible with names" well then you will forget people's names. You create a belief that you cannot remember people's names, therefore, your subcon will intercept this and send it into your conscious mind (Hyde 93-95).

Mental Confusion methods are used to confuse the mind with so many imaginary things to think about that it drifts off.

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