power of hypnosis

The power of hypnosis has been used by every culture in one form or another throughout civilisation. Those who employed the power of hypnosis were known by many names; medicine men, wizards, high priests, witch doctors, shamans etc. Today we call it hypnosis as hypno is the Greek word for sleep, but it is not sleep in the normal sense, it is just a convenient expression. Europe was exposed to the power of hypnosis by Franz Anton Mesmer, who did much like the shamans, he dressed himself up in a flashy style used dimly lit rooms with mirrors and used magnetism as his medium. People sat around in tubs filled with iron filings and held iron bars. Mesmer made suggestions to them individually and those who believed in the suggestions were cured. People who entered into a trance state were "Mesmerized!"

In the 1950’s hypnosis began it’s modern rebirth when researchers found that the power of hypnosis had a very potent therapeutic value. The so called trance state induced through the power of hypnosis was a safe and effective tool for changing behaviour. Entering a state of hypnosis is as natural as eating, sleeping, mating or going to the bathroom. It is a simple state that people go into several times a day. You do it when you drive a car, you do it when you watch TV, you do it when you fantasise or daydream. Children do it all the time when they play their games. The power of hypnosis has been used to assist weight management; stopping smoking; improved motivational levels; stress reduction; control of phobias; ability to speak or act in public; cure insomnia; preparation for tests and exams and enhancing sporting performances.