The origins of hypnotherapy

The Origins Of Hypnotherapy

Hypnotherapy has been in use by humans for

therapeutic (and other) reasons for a very long

time.

According to the expert in Celtic archaeology

Anne Ross, the Druids of ancient Britain and

Ireland are likely to have practiced hypnosis as

part of their repertoire of healing and other

abilities.

However, in the Western world, the use of

hypnotherapy was pushed back into the fringes and was

viewed with suspicion and mistrust, with many

considering that the ability of one person to put another into a hypnotic trance was

“casting a spell”,

meaning that the hypnotherapist was possibly a witch or

warlock, who may have malign intentions.

Hypnotherapy came back into

focus in the 18th century, during

the period known as the

Enlightenment.

The earliest named pioneer of hypnotherapy was Franz Mesmer, who

gave his name to “mesmerism”, which has

been used as an alternative term for

hypnosis.

Magnetism had just been discovered, and it was believed

by Mesmer and others of his kind that there was a form of

“animal magnetism”, similar to the “animal electricity” that

had been discovered by Galvin in his famous experiment

involving frogs’ legs on copper wire during a thunderstorm.

Everyone could see that metals could affect each

other via “mineral magnetism”; was it

possible for living beings to influence and affect each other via “animal

magnetism”?

Later on, the term “hypnosis” was coined and Mesmer’s name fell out of favour, similar to the way Galvin’s name had been dropped and the word “electricity”

used instead.

The word was based on the Greek hypnos,

meaning “sleep”, as a hypnotic trance was

considered to be a form of sleep, the only other

alternate state of consciousness known (or at least accepted) at the

time.

The general public was intrigued by this new form of therapy and

often came to sessions where they could

experience “instant sleep” and all its

purported benefits.

As was the case with all new therapies, the topic

of hypnotherapy was highly debated.

On the one hand, some practitioners claimed that an individual in a hypnotic trance could

diagnose their own illness with extreme

accuracy.

Others claimed that health could be

transmitted from the hypnotherapist to the patient using “animal

magnetism” as a medium – a sort of

beneficial infection.

However, others dismissed this new form

of therapy as simple quackery and put the

cures down to the placebo effect.

Today, Hypnotherapy has gained acclamation in the field of alternative medicine or therapy.

It is dubbed as a natural, relaxed and focused state of mind that creates an access

to the powerful resources of a persons subconscious mind.

Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic application of hypnosis to create positive

remedial outcomes for people.

Hypnotherapy is the therapeutic application of hypnosis to create positive

remedial outcomes for people.

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