The habits of exact observation and logical thinking are being slowly established among men, and field after field begins to be studied with a scientific attitude of mind. And research men gradually learn to trace phenomena of suggestion into the tissues of the organism. More and more, they comprehend the ways of the body and of the mind, in their mutual dependence. As one of these research men, I am anxious to help in transforming the art of suggestion into a science and in providing a scientific foundation for the study of hypnosis. I do not believe that I have retained many prejudices of the past. And I am quite certain that no mysticism vitiates my thinking. So I wrote this book. As to positive results attained in the course of my studies, the following summary is offered for consideration:
1. Most people, in getting acquainted with hyp-nosis, usually take a prejudicial attitude to it: they are aroused either to idle curiosity and enthusiasm or to unjustified contempt and disregard of the phenomena.
2. The truth is, however, that hypnotic phenomena are as natural as those of physics, biology, or economics.
Monday, October 1, 2007
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