Process of Hypnotizing Once you have made up your mind to hypnotize a subject, be sure that there exists between you the relationship of prestige-and-faith. Furthermore, ascertain yourself that the subject is in good health. If you are not a physician, make him undergo a preliminary medical examination. Finally, take a written consent of your subject that he is willing to be hypnotized. This latter precaution is necessary mainly for your own protection. When you, or still better your assistant or secretary, are through with these preliminaries, everything is ready for hypnotizing. How will you go about it ?
Let it be understood that there exist countless techniques, all of which are equally good so long as they give confidence to the practician and faith to the subject. The only purpose of any method of hypnotizing is to concentrate the subject's attention and thus to eliminate most of the disturbing influences while leaving but a single channel of suggestion, which is usually the voice of the hypnotist and the ear of the subject.
