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The Origins Of Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy has been in use by humans for
therapeutic (and other) reasons for a very long
time.
According to the expert in Celtic archaeology
Anne Ross, the Druids of ancient Britain and
Ireland are likely to have practiced hypnosis as
part of their repertoire of healing and other
abilities.
However, in the Western world, the use of
hypnotherapy was pushed back into the fringes and was
viewed with suspicion and mistrust, with many
considering that the ability of one person to put another into a hypnotic trance was
“casting a spell”,
meaning that the hypnotherapist was possibly a witch or
warlock, who may have malign intentions.
Hypnotherapy came back into
focus in the 18th century, during
the period known as the
Enlightenment.
The earliest named pioneer of hypnotherapy was Franz Mesmer, who
gave his name to “mesmerism”, which has
been used as an alternative term for
hypnosis.
Magnetism had just been discovered, and it was believed
by Mesmer and others of his kind that there was a form of
“animal magnetism”, similar to the “animal electricity” that
had been discovered by Galvin in his famous experiment
involving frogs’ legs on copper wire during a thunderstorm.
Everyone could see that metals could affect each
other via “mineral magnetism”; was it
possible for living beings to influence and affect each other via “animal
magnetism”?
Later on, the term “hypnosis” was coined and Mesmer’s name fell out of favour, similar to the way Galvin’s name had been dropped and the word “electricity”
used instead.
The word was based on the Greek hypnos,
meaning “sleep”, as a hypnotic trance was
considered to be a form of sleep, the only other
alternate state of consciousness known (or at least accepted) at the
time.
The general public was intrigued by this new form of therapy and
often came to sessions where they could
experience “instant sleep” and all its
purported benefits.
As was the case with all new therapies, the topic
of hypnotherapy was highly debated.
On the one hand, some practitioners claimed that an individual in a hypnotic trance could
diagnose their own illness with extreme
accuracy.
Others claimed that health could be
transmitted from the hypnotherapist to the patient using “animal
magnetism” as a medium – a sort of
beneficial infection.
However, others dismissed this new form
of therapy as simple quackery and put the
cures down to the placebo effect.
Today, Hypnotherapy has gained acclamation in the field of alternative medicine or therapy.
It is dubbed as a natural, relaxed and focused state of mind that creates an access
to the powerful resources of a persons subconscious mind.
Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic application of hypnosis to create positive
remedial outcomes for people.
Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic application of hypnosis to create positive
remedial outcomes for people.
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