e count of ten, I shall
feel a fly crawling on the back of my right hand. This illusion will
seem very real to me. One ... My right hand is completely relaxed. Two
... I feel completely at ease. Three ... I am beginning to feel a
pleasant tingling feeling on the back of my right hand. Four ... This
feeling is becoming strong. Five ... It feels as though a fly is moving
on the back of my hand. Six ... I have had this same feeling before.
Seven ... I can feel the fly. Eight ... The feeling is very definite.
Nine ... As I flick my hand the fly will disappear (If you have felt the
fly, move your hand). Ten ... It is gone."

Test No. 7 is known as the "cigarette" test and naturally is only for
those of you who smoke. In this test, you give yourself posthypnotic
suggestions during the hypnotic state, awaken yourself, and then note
the effects of the posthypnotic suggestions. If the cigarette tastes
bitter or has a repugnant taste or odor, and if you furthermore find it
impossible to smoke more than three puffs, necessitating your putting
out the cigarette, you know the posthypnotic suggestions are working
perfectly and that you are an excellent hypnotic subject. Here are the
suggestions to give yourself while you are under hypnosis:

"When I count to three, I shall open my eyes and wake up feeling
wonderfully well and shall have a strong desire to smoke a cigarette.
Upon lighting the cigarette, I shall notice that there is a very bitter,
strong and repugnant taste to the cigarette. As I continue to smoke the
cigarette, the distasteful effect will become stronger and stronger.
Even though I realize that I have given myself these posthypnotic
suggestions, they will exert a strong force outside of my conscious
control, and I shall find it necessary to extinguish the cigarette after
three puffs. As I now count to three, I shall open my eyes and wake up
feeling fine. One, two, three."

Test No. 8 is called the "sun" test. In this test, you picture yourself
in a bathing suit, shorts or playsuit at the beach or some other
familiar place taking a sunbath. You imagine that it is a beautiful
summer day. As you see yourself relaxed, you imagine that a cloud is
blocking out the sun, but as you count to three, the cloud will move
away and you will feel the warm, pleasant glow of the sun's rays on your
face and hands. Here are the suggestions you can use:

"As I count to three, I shall feel the warm, pleasant rays of the sun on
my face