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Hypnosis, like electricity, is always there. Sometimes, you just cannot see it. Sometimes you could, but you just aren't looking.

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How many times have we heard the tale of woe about the individual who went to get hypnotic help to stop smoking or over-eating, but sadly failed completely in their attempt, even after several long and drawn out efforts to try again and again. Why is that, if hypnosis has this mysterious ability to control minds and make others do our bidding?

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Here's a new way you need to start thinking about hypnotism. It's easy, it's fun, and it's all around you all the time. Hypnosis is everywhere. It is not something to be afraid of, or amazed by, or thought of as confusing or complicated. It is all around you.

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Today, hypnosis is emerging both as a science and an art; however, the fact that it has slowly become considered a science by the scientific community is because many proponents have become more scientific in their approaches.

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Mesmer is probably the most famous name in the entire history of hypnosis, even though he never heard of the art or the science by that name. As the first man ever to try to explain scientifically what he was doing, he is often given credit for being the "Father of Hypnosis". Even today we speak of "mesmerizing" someone, and the hypnotherapy community still bears many references to him and his work, as an undeniable tribute.

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Father Gassner, a Catholic priest, was contemporary with Mesmer, and was also very active in hypnosis. He apparently worked briefly with Mesmer, according to at least one historian. Gassner mastered the art of suggestion as a means of faith healing and was perhaps of the modern faith healers.

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John Elliotson, born in 1791, was a professor of theory and practice at University Hospital in London, England. He became interested in magnetism through Richard Chenevix, a student of Faria's, and learned it from Baron de Potet.

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James Braid (1795-1860), a prominent Scottish surgeon, is most famous for coining the word "hypnosis" (derived from the Greek word hypnos, meaning sleep). His work helped advance hypnosis greatly, as he was the first man to be recognized for scientific experimentation into the "whys" of mesmerism.

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Rapport is the glue that binds friendship, it is the chemistry of love and, most importantly, it is the easy to learn, fascinating area of communication excellence that is going to turn you into a confident, competent and extremely successful hypnotist!

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In one form or another, hypnosis has existed since the beginning of time. For example, animals that hibernate are practicing one type of hypnosis. They are practicing self-hypnosis by closing down their bodies while allowing their mind and physical being to renew.

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