Hypnosis was used by the Ancient civilisations of Egypt, China and Tibet, every culture has used hypnosis in one form or another. From these ancient civilisations there are references to what they called â€oethe deep sleep―, [the very earliest evidence was found among Shamans who are sometimes referred to as Witch Doctors, medicine men or Healers].
In Africa the Sagoma [Witch Doctor] plays a very important roll and is recognised by both the community and the government as a legitimate healing organisation.
As a result of traders from the West exploring in the East the practice of hypnosis was brought back to the West in the 18th century.
It was a Austrian Doctor named Franz Anton Mesmer [1733-1815] that first used the hypnotic trance in curing …show more content…
Dr Mesmer called this phenomenon Animal Magnetism, he used dimly lit rooms which had hanging mirrors, soft music played while the patients sat in a circle around a vat, which typically contained elements such as powered glass or iron filings, the patients held onto iron rods that came out of the vat, which was to transmit the healing force to the patients, he believed that an Acosmic fluid could be stored in inanimate objects then transferred to patients to cure illness. Mesmers first big success was a 29 year old woman, she suffered with convulsive malady, her symptoms were blood rushing to her head, a tremendous pain in both ears and head, delirium, rage, vomiting and fainting. During one of these attacks Mesmer applied three magnets to her stomach and legs, in a short time her symptoms subsided, when she next had a recurrence of her symptoms he treated her the same way again, Mesmer believed that the megnets held the acosmic energy, which when placed on the body directed energy through the body thus healing it.
Eventually Mesmer discarded the magnets , he came to regard himself as the magnet, which life energy flowed through and could be passed onto a patient as a healing force, this he called …show more content…
A new twist was introduced during this period by a disciple of
Mesmer, a man Called Marquis de Puysegur, he was of the opinion that the acosmic energy was actually electric, and he believed that this electrical fluid was generated in all living things, plants as well as animals. Puysegur used the natural environment to fill his patients with this electric energy, this he expected to end their suffering. He sat people down around a large oak tree outside, with ropes attached to the tree and wrapped around the affected area of his patients, with each patient touching the one next to them with there thumb, in the belief that the electric energy would flow through the ropes to the patients and around all the patients through the thumb, thus healing. It was at this time that Puysegur noticed some of his patients entering into a deep sleep, as a result of being mesmerised, he discovered that the patients were responsive to suggestions in this state, could still communicate and be lucid, Puysegur had discovered the hypnotic trance, but as yet had not identified it as
In Africa the Sagoma [Witch Doctor] plays a very important roll and is recognised by both the community and the government as a legitimate healing organisation.
As a result of traders from the West exploring in the East the practice of hypnosis was brought back to the West in the 18th century.
It was a Austrian Doctor named Franz Anton Mesmer [1733-1815] that first used the hypnotic trance in curing …show more content…
Dr Mesmer called this phenomenon Animal Magnetism, he used dimly lit rooms which had hanging mirrors, soft music played while the patients sat in a circle around a vat, which typically contained elements such as powered glass or iron filings, the patients held onto iron rods that came out of the vat, which was to transmit the healing force to the patients, he believed that an Acosmic fluid could be stored in inanimate objects then transferred to patients to cure illness. Mesmers first big success was a 29 year old woman, she suffered with convulsive malady, her symptoms were blood rushing to her head, a tremendous pain in both ears and head, delirium, rage, vomiting and fainting. During one of these attacks Mesmer applied three magnets to her stomach and legs, in a short time her symptoms subsided, when she next had a recurrence of her symptoms he treated her the same way again, Mesmer believed that the megnets held the acosmic energy, which when placed on the body directed energy through the body thus healing it.
Eventually Mesmer discarded the magnets , he came to regard himself as the magnet, which life energy flowed through and could be passed onto a patient as a healing force, this he called …show more content…
A new twist was introduced during this period by a disciple of
Mesmer, a man Called Marquis de Puysegur, he was of the opinion that the acosmic energy was actually electric, and he believed that this electrical fluid was generated in all living things, plants as well as animals. Puysegur used the natural environment to fill his patients with this electric energy, this he expected to end their suffering. He sat people down around a large oak tree outside, with ropes attached to the tree and wrapped around the affected area of his patients, with each patient touching the one next to them with there thumb, in the belief that the electric energy would flow through the ropes to the patients and around all the patients through the thumb, thus healing. It was at this time that Puysegur noticed some of his patients entering into a deep sleep, as a result of being mesmerised, he discovered that the patients were responsive to suggestions in this state, could still communicate and be lucid, Puysegur had discovered the hypnotic trance, but as yet had not identified it as