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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    ing of the eyelids was almost immediately followed by somnam- bulism. Another Method Equally Successful.—Another method of speedily inducing sleep is brought about by requesting the sub- ject to squint downward at the point of the nose, thus inducing a strabismus of the eyes which is fatiguing to the optic nerve. Self-hypnosis.—Another method, and one which you may test for yourself with advantage, in the matter of Auto-Hyp- nosis, for putting yourself to sleep at night, is to close, the eyes FIG. 22 . ROLLING THE EYES UP UNDER THE LIDS until they are almost but not quite shut. Then permit the eyes to squint as they naturally will, but be careful not to close the eye- lids entirely. The lids should be lowered to the point of almost complete closing, and the head thrown slightly back, permitting the glance to be directed to the feet. The result is corresponding heaviness in the eyelids which is the sure precursor of drowsiness and sleep. Rolling the Head.—A frequent practice among stage hyp- notists who wish to influence a refractory subject quickly is, after giving the subject a bright object to hold in the hand to gaze at for a short length of time, to roll the head round in a
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