A course of practical psychic instruction.

  • Psychic Research Co.
Date:
1901,
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Credit: A course of practical psychic instruction. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    you to remember is that the power is always real. It is there, and by whatever means it may be called into action, it is the same ^Inducing Passive Somnambulism to Allay Pain.-H you are called upon to induce analgesia in a patient who is to under- go a painful surgical operation, at least two weeks beforehand the patient Should be daily hypnotized, and it is well to repeat prac- SaS tt same suggestions every day. These suggestions should take the following form: When your patient is m a pro- found sleep you should say to him: I think it would please you to-da/to take a trip into the country, and we will now go downstairs and enter the carriage which is waiting for us. We are now being driven out through the streets of the town a long distance into the fields; far away from all noise^and bustle We are now close to the edge of a magnificent orest. You see the trees in front of you; you hear the birds singing; you see the flowers iowing at the edge of the forest, and the whole scene im- pS you as one of wonderful beauty. We will get out here, Sd leave the carriage, and enjoy ourselves -ming through the forest. You will take this path to the left and I will take this one to the right and we shall meet again later on. You wil then tell me wn re you have been and what you have seen during your wanderingl You will feel a sense of great contentment and happiness within you, a feeling of freedom, as if you had at last cast away all suffering and pain, and were thoroughly enjoying yoursdi Nothing will hurt you. You wil feel absolutely no pain You are incapable of feeling any pain whatever at this time Experiencing a Dream-activity.-You have now_ induced in your patient a condition of passive somnambulism, m which ate he fully believes himself to be wandering m the forest Th not a dream to him, but a reality, and the expressions of delight which escape his lips and the alteration in show how firmly he holds the idea presented to h m He is tor ne Sne being, as you have suggested, completely happy. At this ame ™™S> * { [ • minor tests, such as forci- time it is best to subject 1im^to ^ ^ tTeRepIt.t.on oe the Dream. By repeating this same
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