A Critical History of Hypnotism
ISBN-10: 1436330157
ISBN-13: 9781436330152
$23.99
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Xlibris
Published on
Aug 1, 2008
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.00x1.24x9.00 Inches
Weight
1.78 Pounds
About the Book
Despite more than two centuries of having tacitly recognized its enormous potential utility, the phenomenon of hypnosis has always been commonly regarded with outright Fear and Loathing. How is it possible that something as beneficial to humanity as hypnosis ever came to be viewed in such a horrible manner? I intend to show that the history of hypnotism provides us with the clue to this unfortunate legacy; and I've neither spared anyone's feelings nor pulled any punches in this quest to reveal the shamefully appalling level of incompetence and ignorance that has characterized the (mis)use of this phenomenon since its discovery by Mesmer more than two hundred years ago.