Episode Synopsis "Hypnotism"
The experience awakened in me an interest in hypnotic trance. I began to read up on the practice, checking out library books on the subject. I learned that not all people are susceptible to hypnotic suggestion. Even in a clinical setting, the practice of hypnotism is an uncertain science and the only way a clinical hypnotist can determine the suggestibility of a subject is to administer the hypnotic suggestibility test. In essence, this simply means that a person trained in hypnotic technique attempts to induce trance in a subject. A subject’s susceptibility to hypnotic suggestion is determined by the success or failure of the procedure, it is no more scientific than that.