Deeper and Deeper: A Brief History of Hypnotic Trance

by G.E. McNally

Overview

This is a short eBook examining the history of hypnotic trance and how the concepts and beliefs attached to the process are effected by the times and the culture in which the phenomena occurred. It begins with the sleep temples of the Ancient Egyptians and the Greeks and extends through to the teachings of NLP and conversational hypnosis. On the way we learn of how different eras conceived of new developments and understood the nature of those developments within the historical context of the zeitgeist.
In particular, the contributions of Franz Anton Mesmer, the originator of the process of mesmerism from which get the word 'mesmerized', James Braid, the Scottish physician who was to give hypnosis its modern name and Milton H. Erickson, the founder of conversational hypnosis, are examined in some depth.
This book should be ideal for anyone wanting a brief, concise, yet reasonably comprehensive introduction into the world of hypnosis and how it has developed over time through the various contributions of its most illustrious practitioners.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940046576207
Publisher:	G.E. McNally
Publication date:	12/31/2014
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	108 KB

About the Author

I tend to travel a lot these days and have recently spent time in China, Thailand and the UK. If all goes well this year there are further plans for extended trips to Spain, Turkey, China (again) and maybe France. Essentially, I seem to have become the character in my blog - the nomadic flaneur: http://www.nomadicflaneur.blogspot.com . Much of my earlier life was spent on fire stations, initially due to my father's career as an officer in London Fire Brigade and secondly because, in my mid twenties, I chose to follow him into the profession. Due to ill health, I had to leave some years ago and change my focus in life. It was during this period that I started to write. I had always loved travel and had done so extensively during my brigade career but, for several years, this became something of a challenge owing to various ongoing injuries and illnesses. Of recent times these problems have improved greatly and I now find myself able to travel once more. During this time of my life there is a strong desire is to make up for lost time and spend much of my life on the road experiencing the world directly and reflecting this in my blog and my books.

Update,
Due to the challenges of Covid, much of the above is no longer the case. My travelling has been severely curtailed but, by a happy coincidence, this has allowed me to focus my attention on a newly acquired wife and son. In between the duties of nappy changing and educating my son, I have managed to do some writing, however. Most of this is contained on my www.ketopensioner.com site, though I am presently branching out into substacks and medium, just for the fun of writing shorter articles.