world who practice hypnosis and
would be pleased to refer you to doctors located in your locality.
The following national organizations maintain a specialized list:
American Academy of Child Psychiatry
335 S. Franklin St.
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
American Academy of Psychoanalysis
750 Park Avenue
New York 21, N. Y.
American Group Psychotherapy Association
2 E. 103rd St.
New York 29, N. Y.
American Psychiatric Association
1700 18th St., N. W.
Washington 9, D. C.
American Psychological Association
1333 16th St., N. W.
Washington, D. C.
American Speech and Hearing Association
10801 Rockville Pike
Rockville, Maryland 20852
National Association for Mental Health
10 Columbus Circle
New York 19, New York
National Association for Retarded Children, Inc.
99 University Place
New York 3, New York
National Council on Alcoholism, Inc.
2 E. 103rd St.
New York 29, N. Y.
National Health Council
1790 Broadway
New York 19, N. Y.
National Institute of Mental Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Bethesda 14, Maryland
Veterans' Administration
Psychiatry & Neurology Service
Department of Medicine
THE POWERS HYPNOTIC EYES
[Illustration]
Here is an original technique that can be used very successfully in
inducing hypnosis. The technique consists of using two glass eyes with
eyelashes that close as you rotate the mechanism that holds the eyes in
place. This action is similar to closing your eyes when falling asleep.
You suggest to the subject as you hold these two eyes between your thumb
and first finger that his eyes will become extremely heavy and tired as
the eyes that you are holding begin to close. You then gradually begin
to rotate your hand which causes the eyes to partially close. The
subject, finding it extremely difficult to look at the eyes, begins to
close his own eyes in unison with those that you are holding. You
continue giving suggestions of hypnosis and before you know it the
subject is under hypnosis. The eyes are the size of human eyes and are
colored blue with brown eyelashes in order to give the exact effect of
looking into real eyes.
The advantage comes in the fact that the subject begins to blink his
eyes immediately and you suggest to him that this is the beginning of
the hypnosis. It is just about impossible to look into anyone's eyes
without blinking and this technique accomplishes this purpose.
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