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    Editor: Mike Coyle

    Assistant Editor: Rick Lawler

    Research: Darrell Bross

    Editor's Note:

    The "Greenbaum Speech" referred to below cannot be made
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    A PRIMER ON HYPNOSIS AND MIND CONTROL

    By Darrell Bross

    May 1995

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       The purpose of this paper is to provide some primary
    research tools for the layman to explore the many myths about
    hypnosis (is hypnotic mind control feasible -- absolutely!) and
    where, in the scientific literature, can I go to find out about
    it.
       Some months ago I stumbled across a transcription of a talk
    given by D. C. Hammond at the Fourth Annual Eastern Regional
    Conference on Abuse and Multiple Personality, June 25,1992. If
    you are unfamiliar with mind control or have not heard of this
    speech, also know as the Greenbaum Speech, stop now and read it.
    It is very frightening in its implications.
       On October 30, 1993 I had the opportunity to observe, what
    amounted to, a stage demonstration of a UFO abduction
    regression. My domestic partner was the "volunteer from the
    audience" who was placed under hypnosis as part of this
    demonstration. I was sitting in about the fifth row and was
    observing the proceedings intensely. I walked away from that
    with significantly more questions than when I had started.
       I went to my nearest teaching hospital library with two
    fundamental questions in mind. What exactly is the mechanism
    of hypnosis and is the process that Hammond (and now others)
    describes feasible, on the level and quantity that Hammond
    intimates? I think from your own perusal of the readily
    available resources you will be able to make a quick judgement.

    Methodology

       I went backward through the two primary journals that
    professional hypnosis therapists and researchers use to
    publish their papers. In the American Journal of Clinical and
    Experimental Hypnosis I was able to cite not only significant
    papers but abstracts of relevant articles that appeared in
    other journals. These abstracts consisted of, two paragraphs,
    reviews of papers that had appeared in other publications.
    Obviously some of these publications may not be in your
    particular library but your librarian can certainly tell you
    how to get copies of the complete paper. It has certainly been
    my experience that the authors are more than happy to send you
    reprints if you can't get hold of the publication. These
    abstracts should be looked at first before you go to the
    trouble of tracking down these, sometimes hard to find,
    journals. I did have the opportunity to at least glance at all
    of the articles in sufficient depth to say that each of them
    would contribute to your knowledge about the feasibility of
    mind control. I feel fairly comfortable in stating that anybody
    who spent a couple of weeks reading this material would know
    how to do what Hammond describes and realize that the basic
    knowledge was available as early as the late 1940's.

    History of the Journals

       The two primary journals (and their associated professional
    societies) the American Journal of Clinical and Experimental
    Hypnosis, and the International Journal of Clinical and
    Experimental Hypnosis date back to the 50's. Milton Erickson
    started the AJCEH ostensibly as a separate vehicle for his ideas
    about the fundamental mechanisms of hypnosis. George Estabrooks
    was instrumental in the initial formative years of the IJCEH.
    Volumes could be (and have been) written about the scientific
    disagreements over the causes of the hypnotic state and the
    papers appearing in both journals are not coherently shedding
    much light on the controversy particularly in the early years.
    Unfortunately in the later years (1990+) the issues have
    polarized, often along political lines, so that now the IJCEH
    (in  particular) seems to be a strident voice siding with the
    False Memory Syndrome crowd. Oddly enough, Estabrooks, who was
    the principle proponent of "The Government Has Created
    Manchurian Candidate Super-Spys" would certainly feel more
    comfortable publishing/editing for the alternate AJCEH. In
    short...it  may, or may not, be significant to be aware of who
    is writing for what journal at what time. Part of the problem
    lies in the radically different interpretation one can put on
    some of the tests described. As an example one of the early
    demonstrations involves implanting a real time suggestion that
    the subject will not be able to hear anything going on around
    him -- cutting off his sense of hearing. Subsequently the,
    still hypnotized, subject will be asked if he can hear and his
    reply will be "no." People who lean toward the theory that
    "hypnosis is not a state at all" seize on this as conclusive
    proof. The other end of the spectrum... people who believe
    in a dissociative, neo-dissociative, trance mechanism, or
    altered state of consciousness will conclude that either the
    psyche has dissociated and another "personality" has answered
    the question (and is still able to hear), or the "hidden
    observer" mechanism of the trance state is doing the talking.
       It is easier, oddly enough, to start reading the journals
    backward in time to get a better understanding of how the
    polarizing occurred and what shape it is in at various stages.
    It is also important to understand how the politicizing
    of these issues has come about and it is therefore important
    to observe who, consistently, are the major players in the
    hypnosis arena -- particularly the publishing one. There is
    also the interesting element, if you can spot it, of the
    cross-overs -- the players who jump from one side to the other.
    There are only a few but watch for them -- they are significant.

    What IS Hypnosis

       I can, and will, be a little flip here. I don't know what
    hypnosis is and I can't definitively point to anything that I
    would call proof that it is one thing or another. Hypnosis seems
    to be a "results driven" science in that you have people
    exhibiting behavior and providing results while being "under
    hypnosis." Behavioral scientists then attempt to draw
    conclusions about the causal mechanism. A lot of people have
    spent a lot of research time proving; from one end of the
    spectrum that hypnosis is not a state at all and consists merely
    of varying degrees of suggestible people "going along with it,"
    all the way to the other end of the spectrum where people argue
    that hypnosis is a distinct "altered state of consciousness."
    "Deeply" hypnotized subjects, however, do not seem to measure
    marked differences on standard physiological instrumentation
    (EEG, GSR, etc.). There is a distinct methodology for induction
    into this "condition" which is too lengthy to go into here but
    is readily available through the enclosed literature citations.
    Suffice it to say that it seems to involve the subjects shutting
    down several of their informational input mechanisms (sight,
    sound, feeling etc.) so that a state of dependency upon the
    hypnotist for sensory input begins to occur. Subjects reach a
    state where the hypnotists voice appears to originate inside
    their own head and they think that the commands (suggestions)
    are originating with themselves. Obviously, if you think  a
    little bit about this mechanism you can imagine that it
    wouldn't take much to attain an induction using elements other
    than a one on one operator to subject relationship. Thusly we
    then can open the door to some of the darker suggestions
    about the feasibility of mind control.

    A History of My Involvement with "Adverse Hypnosis"

       I should have followed the preceding section with another
    entitled "What Hypnosis Isn't," but I think it is more helpful
    to include this personal narrative not just because it tells you
    where I'm coming from but to try to pass on a little of my own
    investigative enthusiasm. If you posit a mind control scenario
    then you certainly aren't going to be able to go to a single
    source like the CIA and ask to see their research materials
    (manual). So we have to develop our own reasoning and
    methodology and following is how I developed mine.
       When UFO abduction phenomena first appeared I began to have
    a deductive unease about the veracity of what I was hearing. I
    had just come out of a four year experience in criminal
    investigation which tangentially had gotten me into
    investigating a case of spontaneous human combustion. My primary
    avocation was that of an accounting auditor. All of this has
    given me a lot of practise in using my logic skills. In the
    spontaneous combustion case I was forced to explore similar
    phenomena and came into contact with, among others, the UFO
    subculture. As I got into "that side of things" I began to
    notice that whenever I went "into the field" investigating
    practically anything, I would stumble over disinformation
    operations, particularly in the UFO community. Very little UFO
    material is real. In fact there is a strong suggestion that
    abduction regressions have remarkable parallels to the phenomena
    associated with mind control. Once the reader has digested this
    information please go back and think about what you know about
    UFO abduction or read any recent book on the subject (John
    Mack's bestseller would be a good one).
       In a casual conversation that I had a few  years ago with a
    scientologist friend of mine, he happened to mention that L. Ron
    Hubbard had done some research with Manuchurian Candidate
    type Korean War veterans and had been involved in deprogramming
    them, in addition either offering or actually working
    with the government on this subject. I subsequently found
    out that Hubbard had been deeply involved in Satanic circles
    in the 40's and that woven through scientology were the same
    techniques that Aleister Crowley and Jack Parsons had
    codified. So Hubbard's expertise came as no surprise. All my
    friend could tell me was that PDH (pain, drugs, hypnosis)
    was involved. I got the distinct impression that if I wanted
    to find out what the Church of Scientology had on this I would
    have to become either highly placed in the organization or
    spend big bucks or both. Shortly after I came upon the Greenbaum
    speech by Hammond, whose validity (the fact that he did give
    the speech and that he is extremely well credentialled) was
    verified. Within just a few months other clinicians popped up
    with verification and now there are conferences, videotapes
    and at least five books slated to appear on this subject.
    One can certainly wonder how and why all the sudden
    fervor\exposure of this subject has suddenly appeared but that
    particular question is a whole other ball of wax...just keep it
    somewhat in mind.
       In the first flush of material appearing on this subject I
    noticed that people kept referring to George Estabrooks book
    on hypnosis and for awhile had trouble finding anybody who
    carried it. When I did find it (in the reference section at
    the San Francisco Public Library) the mystery was somewhat
    lessened when I discovered it had been printed in 1952. This
    book is actually a collection of papers given at a conference
    on, what was then, state of the art in hypnosis. I have
    included, in a separate section, the titles of some of these
    papers. I think the reader will be as astounded as I was that a
    good deal of the technology was available as early as this.
    Of course the citations that each of the presenters listed
    after their own articles  was, if anything, even more
    interesting.

    What Hypnosis ISN'T

       Hopefully, by now, you will be less surprised than I was, to
    find that almost everything you had been led to believe about
    hypnosis is untrue. And I use the word "led" in as emphasized a
    fashion as I can because most of these lies were knowingly
    being foisted back, at least, to the time of Estabrooks book.
    Following are as many of the lies as I can think of offhand:

    "You can't be hypnotized against your will." Not only can you,
    but once hypnotized you can be hypnotized again -- over the
    phone. Also you can be passed around.

    "You can't be made to do anything against your morals." Indeed
    you can -- directly, immediately and up front.

    "Things you are told to forget will eventually come back." Not
    true -- see Greenbaum.

    "You cannot create multiple personalities." Not only can you
    easily do so, many theorists contend that the mechanism of
    hypnosis is a form of dissociation in itself. Some researchers
    have stated in the literature that you can wipe out the
    primary personality and replace it with one or more
    different personalities. NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
    has some connection with this subject but is too complex to
    be included in a paper of this length.

       Some people are not hypnotizable. True but only in a limited
    sense. Hypnotizability is an easily learned "skill." The
    nature of hypnotism is that it gets easier (reinforceability).
    There is also a large body of information in the journals
    about ascertaining the hypnotizability of subjects by
    administering written questionnaires (see references below).
    Much work has been done to identify personality types and a
    whole host of other criteria as to their hypnotizability
    (schizophrenics are considered unhypnotizable). Studies have
    been done relating performance on the MMPI to
    hypnotizability (most of the prisoners incarcerated within
    this country in the last 40 years have had the MMPI
    administered to them).

    Other Misconceptions

       Scientists, therapists, hypnotists, indeed it seems anybody
    who publishes on this subject, seems to like to argue about
    definitions. The arena of hypnosis is no exception. I will
    not attempt precise definitions myself because I believe it
    is an integral part of the readers own investigation to see how
    each of the hundred or so principles that you come across
    handles this particular problem...some of them deliberately
    use the terms to mislead the reader. But a couple of the terms
    need to be flagged as particularly troublesome because some
    writers will use an incorrect term for a period of time and
    then invent another term, some writers will continue to use an
    incorrect term because they feel public acceptance of that
    term is too ingrained. The principle troublemaker you'll
    run across is the term Multiple Personality Disorder. True
    MPD is a disorder, quite rare, that occurs "naturally" in
    mentally disturbed patients. Its chief distinguishing feature
    compared to "artificially" (hypnotically) induced phenomena is
    that the different personalities (alters) cannot usually be
    produced on demand. The term "dissociation" (dissociative
    identity disorder) came into favor and enjoyed popularity
    for awhile but it too has its problems. Suffice it to say that
    when reading the literature the terminology has to be examined
    in a special context and one has to be always on guard to
    understand the context that the writer intends.

    Notes on the Literature

       Obviously not all researchers will agree with my choices nor
    do all of these titles reflect the nature or depth of the
    material therein. I do think that most are relevant.

    _American Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis_

    Vol. 37, No. 3, January 1995, Pseudomemories: The Standard of
    Science and the Standard of Care in Trauma Treatment, Daniel
    Brow.

    Vol. 37, No. 2, October 1994, Abstract: Intensity of amnesia
    during hypnosis is  positively correlated with estimated
    prevalence of sexual abuse and alien  abductions: Implications
    for the false memory syndrome, Michael A. Persinger,
    (_Perceptual Motor Skills_, 77(3, Pt 1), 895-898).

    Vol. 37, No. 4, April 1995, Abstract: Forgetting sexual trauma:
    What does it mean when 38% forget? (_Journal of Consulting &
    Clinical Psychology_, 62(6) 1177- 1181); Abstract: Recall of
    childhood trauma. A prospective study of women's memories of
    child sexual abuse (_Journal of Consulting and Clinical
    Psychology_, 62(6) 1167-1176).

    Vol. 34, No. 1, July 1991, Abstract: Non-rational guilt in
    victims of trauma. (_Dissociation_, 3, 160-164).

    Vol. 34, No. 2, October 1991, Abstract: Selective hypnotic
    amnesia. (_Journal of Abnormal Psychology_, 100(2) 133-143,
    Abstract: Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: A
    clinical syndrome. (_Child Abuse & Neglect_, 15(3) 181-189).

    Vol. 34, No. 3, January 1992, Abstract: Animal alters - Case
    Reports, (_Dissociation_, 3(4), 218- 221), Abstract: Fantasy
    proneness, amnesia, and the UFO abduction phenomenon.
    (_Dissociation_, 4(1), 46-54.

    Vol. 34, No. 4, April 1992, Hypnosis, Ericksonion Hypnotherapy,
    and Aikido, Rod Windle & Michael Sanks, Abstract: Can hypnosis
    compel people to commit harmful, immoral and criminal acts? A
    review of the literature. (_Contemporary Hypnosis_, 8(3)
    129-140; Abstract: Psychosomatically induced death: Relative to
    stress, hypnosis, mind  control, and voodoo: Review and
    possible mechanisms. (_Stress Medicine_, 7, 213-232); Abstract:
    Dissociative experiences in the general population (_Hospital
    and Community Psychiatry_, 4(3), 297-301).

    Vol. 33, No. 1, July 1990, Dissociation and Displacement: Where
    Goes the Ouch?, John G. Watkins and Helen H. Watkins;
    Abstract: The dissociation theory of Pierre Janet (_Journal of
    Traumatic Stress_, 2(4), 397-411) .

    Vol.33, No. 2, October 1990, Abstract: Multiple personality
    disorder and satanic ritual abuse. The issue of credibility.
    (_Dissociation_, 3(1) 22-30); Abstract: Contemporary interest
    in multiple personality disorder and child abuse (satanic) in
    the Netherlands (_Dissociation_, 3(1), 34-37).

    Vol. 34, No. 4, April 1990, Abstract: Multiple disorder and
    homicide: Professional and legal issues. (_Dissociation_, 2(2),
    110-115); Abstract: Multiple personality disorder: An analysis
    (_Canadian Journal of Psychiatry_, 34(5), 413-418).

    Vol. 33, No. 3, January 1990, Abstract: Satanism: Similarities
    between patients accounts and preinquisition historical
    sources. (_Dissociation_, 2(1) 39-44).

    Vol. 31, No. 2, October 1988, Abstract: The BASK (behavior,
    affect, sensation, knowledge) model of dissociation.
    (_Dissociation_, 1(1), 4-23).

    Vol. 31, No. 4, April 1989, Abstract: Treating phobias rapidly
    with Bandler's theater technique. (_Australian Journal of
    Clinical & Experimental Hypnosis_, 16, 153-160).

    Vol. 30, No. 1, July 1987, Abstract: Restraints in the
    treatment of a patient with multiple personality disorder.
    (_American Journal of Psychotherapy_, 40(4), 601-606).

    Vol. 30, No. 4, April 1988, Contrasting Stage & Clinical
    Hypnosis, Lennis G. Echterling.

    Vol. 29, No. 1, July 1986, Abstract: Child abuse and hypnotic
    ability. (_Imagery Cognition and Personality_, 5, 211-218).

    Vol. 29, No. 2, October 1986, A Brief History of Dissociation,
    Shirley Sanders and James A. Hall.

    Vol. 21, No. 4, April 1979, A Rapid Induction Technique,
    George Mathison and John F. Grehan.

    Vol. 20, No. 2, October 1977, Abstract: Hypnotically Induced
    Multiple Personality: An experimental study. (_Psychiatria
    Fennica_, 1974, 201-209).

    Vol. 20, No. 4, April 1978, Hypnotherapy at a Distance Through
    Use of the Telephone, H. E. Stanton, PhD, Abstract: Rapid
    hypnotic induction using relative analgesia. (_Australian
    Journal of Clinical Hypnosis_, 1977, 5, 30-34) p73.

    Vol. 17, No. 4, April 1975, Abstract: More on drugs, hypnotic
    susceptibility and experimentally controlled conditions.
    (_Bulletin of the British Psychological Society_, 1973, 26,
    95-103).

    Vol. 16, No. 4, April 1974, Impact of Psychoactive Drugs on
    Hypnotizability, John Beahrs MD, Albert Carlin PhD, & Janice
    Shehorn R.N.

    Vol. 16, No. 1, July 1973, Abstract: Analysis of a non-verbal
    induction procedure in hypnosis. (_British Journal of Clinical
    Hypnosis_, 1972, 3(3), 118- 123).

    Vol. 16, No. 4, April 1973, Abstract: Electric approaches to
    hypnotherapy. (_American Journal of Psychotherapy_, 26, 1972,
    511-520).

    Vol. 14, No. 4, April 1972, Open Ended Distance Hypnotherapy,
    Andre M. Weitzenhoffer D.D.

    Vol. 14, No. 3, January 1972, Abstract: Toward an explanation
    of stage hypnosis. (_Journal of Abnormal Psychology_, 1971,
    77(1), 61-70).

    Vol. 13, No. 2, October 1970, Abstract: Crime and hypnosis.
    (_Parapsychology Review_, 1970, 1(1), 1-2, 22-24), Abstract:
    The validity of the polygraph with hypnotically induced
    repression and guilt. (_American Journal of Psychiatry_, 1970,
    126, 143-146).

    Vol. 12, No. 4, April 1970, An Analysis of Induction Procedures
    in Hypnosis, Paul Sacerdote M.D., PhD.

    Vol. 11, No. 2, October 1968, A Proposed Definition of Hypnosis
    with a Theory of Its Mechanism of Action, Esther E. Bartlett
    M.D., Abstract: Hypnosis: the technique of programmed hypnosis
    as applied in the general practice of medicine. (_Medical
    Proceedings_, 1967, 13/14: 369-372).

    Vol. 9, No. 1, July 1966, Abstract: Control of pain motivation
    by cognitive dissonance. (_Science_, 1966, 151, 217-219).

    Vol. 9, No. 1, July 1965, Abstract: The use of Hypnosis to
    interrupt and to reproduce an LSD-25 experience. (_Journal
    Clinical Experimental Psychopathology_, 1964, 23, 11-16).

    Vol. 6, No. 3, January 1964, The Confusion Technique in
    Hypnosis, Milton H. Erickson M.D.; Rapid hypnosis by Using
    Nitrous Oxide, George D. Binghman DDS.

    Vol. 5, No. 3, January 1963, Some Dangerous Techniques of
    Hypnotic Induction, Boris Kaim M.D.

    _International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis_

    Note: Those articles marked with an * are rabidly
    anti-repressed memory. They are included not only for balance,
    but also because they serve to show the polarization and to
    jog the thinking processes.

    * Vol. 42, No. 4, 1994, Satanism, Ritual Abuse, and Multiple
    Personality Disorder: A Sociohistorical Perspective,
    Sherrill Mulhern; Recovered Memory Therapy and Robust
    Repression: Influence and Pseudomemories, Richard J. Ofshe &
    Margaret Singer.

    * Vol. 40, No. 3, July 1992, Inadvertent Hypnosis During
    Interrogation: False Confession Due to Dissociative State:
    Mid-Identified Multiple Personality and the Satanic Cult
    Hypothesis, Richard J. Ofshe.

    Vol. 40, No. 4, October 1992, Hypnosis: Wherefore Art Thou?,
    William C. Coe; Theorizing About Hypnosis in Either/Or
    Terms, Campbell Perry; Imagination and Dissociation in
    Hypnotic Responding.

    Vol. 39, No. 3, July 1991, Dissociation in Hypnosis and
    Multiple Personality Disorder, Kenneth S. Bowers.

    Vol. 38, No. 2, April 1990, 40h EEG Activity during Hypnotic
    Induction and Hypnotic Training, Vilfredo DePascalls &
    Pietronilla M. Penna.

    Vol. 34, No. 1, January 1986, Hypnotherapy in a Case of
    Dissociated Incest, Arnold Miller.

    Vol. 34, No. 2, April 1986, Finding the Hypnotic Virtuoso,
    Patricia A. Register and John F. Kihlstrou; Beliefs About
    Forensic Hypnosis, Leanne Wilson, Edith Greene and
    Elizabeth Loftus.

    Vol. 34, No. 4, October 1986, Duality, Dissociation, and
    Memory Creation in Highly Hypnotizable Subjects, Jean-Roch
    Laurence, Robert Nadon, Heather Nogrady and Campbell Perry.

    Vol. 33, No. 4, October 1985, An Empirical Evaluation of the
    Neurolinguistic Programming Model, William C. Coe & Joseph
    A. Scharcoff.

    Vol. 32, No. 1, January 1984, Adult Hypnotic Susceptibility,
    Childhood Punishment and Child Abuse, Michael Nash, Steven
    Lynn, and Deborah Givens.

    Vol. 32, No. 2, April 1984, The Bianchi (LA Hillside
    Strangler) Case: Sociopath or Multiple Personality, John G.
    Watkins. Difficulties Diagnosing the Multiple Personality
    Syndrome in a Death Penalty Case, Ralph B. Allison; On The
    Differential Diagnosis of Multiple Personality in the
    Forensic Context, Martin Orne, David Dinges, Emily Orne;
    Diagnosis of Multiple Personality During Hypnosis: A Case
    Report, Colin Ross.

    Vol. 24, No. 3, July 1976, Hypnotically Induced multiple
    personality: An Experimental Study, Resima Kampsman.

    Vol. 22, No. 2, April 1974, Persistence of a Hypnotic
    Dissociative Reaction, Steven Starker.

    Vol. 22, No. 4, October 1974, The Grade 5 Syndrome: The Highly
    Hypnotizable Person, Herbert Spiegel.

    Vol. 20, No. 1, January 1972, Hypnosis By Video Tape, George
    Ulett, Sevkat Akpinar and Turan Itil.

    Vol. 20, No. 2, April 1972, Is Hypnosis Really Dangerous,
    Jacob Conn; The Production of Antisocial Behavior Through
    Hypnosis: New Clinical Data, Milton Kline; Antisocial
    Behavior Under Hypnosis: Possible or Impossible, John
    Watkins.

    Vol. 17, No. 4, October 1969, The Effects of Sensory
    Restriction on Susceptibility To Hypnosis: A Hypothesis,
    Some Preliminary Data and Theoretical Speculation, Ian
    Wickromasehra.

    Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1968, A Brief Non-Threatening
    Procedure For the Evaluation of Hypnotizability, Julio
    Dittborn.

    Vol. 15, No. 2, April 1967, An Experimental Indirect
    Technique for the Induction of Hypnosis Without Awareness,
    Frederick Evans.

    Vol. 13, No. 2, April 1965, Trance Inductions Under Unusual
    Circumstances, Hallock McCord.

    Vol. 10, No. 2, April 1962, Hypnosis Without Hypnosis, Arthur
    Kuhner.

    Vol. 10, No. 3, July 1962, The Use of Hypnosis With Unconscious
    Patients, Harold Crasilneck and James Hall .

    Vol. 10, No. 4, October 1962, Personal Identity, Multiple
    Personality, and Hypnosis, J. P. Sutcliff and Jean Hones.

    Vol. 9, No. 4, October 1961, Note on an Hypnotic Induction
    Device, Richard Skemp PhD.

    Vol. 7, No. 2, April 1959, An Electronic Aid For Hypnotic
    Induction: A Preliminary Report, William Kroger M.D. & Sidney
    Schneider P.E.

    Vol. 6, No. 4, October 1958, Clinical note: The Niagara Deep
    Massage Table, A Mechanical Aid to Hypnotic Induction
    Procedure: Indications and Contra Indications, Walter
    Edmundson.

    Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1957, Clinical Use of Drugs in Induction
    and Termination of the Hypnotic State, Irwin Rothman.

    Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales

    Note: The first two listed are the "industry standards."

    * Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale
    * Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility
    * Stanford Profile Scales of Hypnotic Susceptibility
    * Children's Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale
    * Hypnotic Induction Profile
    * Barber Suggestibility Scale

    Must Read Books

    _The Encyclopedia of Genuine Stage Hypnotism_, O. McGill,
    1947, Colon, Michigan, Abbott's Magic Novelty Co.

    _Divided Consciousness_, Ernest Hilgard, 1978, New York, Wiley
    Press.

    _Hypnosis Induction Technics_, Myron Teitelbaum, 1969,
    Springfield, Illinois, Charles C. Thomas.

    _Theories of Hypnosis: Current Models and Perspectives_, New
    York, 1991, Guilford.

    _What Is Hypnosis? Current Theories and Research_, Peter L.D.
    Naish, 1986, Philadelphia, Open University Press.

    _The Induction of Hypnosis_, William E. Edmonston, New York,
    Wiley & Sons.

    _Multiple Personality, Allied Disorders, and Hypnosis_, Eugene
    L. Bliss, 1986, New York, Oxford University Press.

    _Psychiatric Clinics of North America Symposium on Multiple
    Personality_, Vol. 7, Bennett G. Braun, 1984, Philadelphia,
    Saunders.

    _Hypnosis: Questions and Answers_, Bernie Zilbergeld, M.
    Gerald Edelstein, David L. Araoz, 1986, New York, Norton.

    _Personality and Hypnosis_, Josephine Hilgard M.D., 1970,
    University of Chicago Press.

    _Methodologies of Hypnosis_, Peter W. Sheehan & Campbell W.
    Perry, 1976, John Wiley & Sons.

    _Hypnosis For The Seriously Curious_, Kenneth S. Bowers, 1977,
    New York, Jason Aronson Inc.

    _Handbook of Hypnosis For Professionals_, Roy Udolf, J.D. PhD.,
    1981, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.

    (*Negative Book) _They Call It Hypnosis_, Robert A. Baker,
    Buffalo, NY, Prometheus Books.

    _Deep Hypnosis and Its Induction, Experimental Hypnosis_,
    Milton H. Erickson, 1952, New York, MacMillan.

    Additional citations from: _Hypnosis_, George Estabrooks:

    Process of Hypnotism and the Nature of the Hypnotic, L. S.
    Kubie & S. Margolin (_American Journal of Psychiatry_, 1944,
    100, 611-622).

    Ability to Resist Artificially Induced Dissociation, W. R.
    Wells (_Journal of Abnormal Psychology_, 1941, 11, 63-102).

    A New Approach to Multiple Personalities, P. L. Harriman
    (_American Journal Orthopsychiatry_, 1943, 13, 638-644).

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