ABSTRACT
This title, originally published in 1920, second edition in 1924, has been largely forgotten in the history of hypnosis. Charles Baudouin’s first book, it is an important account of the early theories of the New Nancy School, widely recognised as the founding school of modern day hypnosis. The author provides a detailed discussion of autosuggestion, as well as providing some practical suggestions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |12 pages
Introduction What is Suggestion?
part |88 pages
Spontaneous Suggestion
chapter |3 pages
Why do we Ignore Autosuggestion?
chapter |5 pages
Typical Examples
chapter |15 pages
Representative Suggestions
(Images, Judgments, Hallucinations, Hallucination by Compromise and by Transfer)
chapter |11 pages
Active or Motor Suggestions
(Habits, Mediumistic Phenomena; Sayings And Doings, Happenings)
chapter |14 pages
Motor Suggestions (continued)
(Functional and organic Modifications, maternal Impressions, Cures)
chapter |6 pages
Conditional Suggestions
chapter |5 pages
The Action of Sleep
part |78 pages
Reflective Suggestion
chapter |7 pages
The Law of Reversed Effort
chapter |7 pages
The Outcropping of the Subconscious: Relaxation.
chapter |4 pages
Education of the Outcropping: Collectedness
chapter |7 pages
A Psychological Equivalent for Attention: Contention
chapter |7 pages
Autohypnosis
chapter |18 pages
General Rules for the Practice of Autosuggestion
chapter |19 pages
Examples and Special Rules
chapter |7 pages
Autosuggestion and Moral Energy
part |76 pages
Induced Suggestion