Excerpts from The Discovery of Hypnosis, The Complete Writings of James Braid, dealing with childbirth and infants.
Read MoreJames Braid: The Founder of Hypnotherapy
Articles about James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy.
“On Esdaile and Hypnotic Anaesthetic” from The Complete Writings of James Braid
“On Esdaile & Hypnotic Anaesthetic”: Letter to The Medical Times (1847) Excerpt from The Discovery of Hypnosis: The Complete Writings of James Braid [This small study could be considered to show, at best, either 30% or 60% “success” for Esdaile’s Mesmeric anaesthesia, depending on whether subjects who acted as if suffering pain but denied feeling […]
Read MoreEssential Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy Information
A short article addressing five common fallacies about hypnosis and hypnotherapy, still all-too-common among hypnotherapists.
Read MoreHypnotism versus Homoeopathy in the Writings of James Braid
Excerpts from the writings of James Braid showing the founder of hypnotherapy highlighting the contradictions between hypnotism and homoeopathy, which he attacks as a pseudoscientific and nostrum (“quack”) remedy.
Read MoreKey Figures in the History of Hypnosis
Short article, with links to Wikipedia, with notes on some of the most influential figures in the history of hypnotism.
Read MoreJames Braid on Suggestion and Childbirth
This brief excerpt shows James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, employing suggestion with a hypnotic subject to induce labour.
Read MoreAn Early Hypnotic Subject Speaks
Dr. James John Garth Wilkinson was an early Victorian hypnotist. He was hypnotised by James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy, observed many of his experiments, and became a hypnotist himself. Wilkinson was also a popular writer and describes the subjective experience of being hypnotised in colourful and expressive language, e.g., as a “diamond glare” of focused attention, etc.
Read MoreJames Esdaile writes to James Braid about Mesmerism and Hypnotism
Excerpt from a letter by the Mesmerist James Esdaile to fellow Scotsman James Braid, the founder of hypnotherapy.
Read MoreJames Braid on Self-Hypnosis and Hindu Yoga
Excerpt from James Braid’s collected writings, The Discovery of Hypnosis, in which the founder of hypnotherapy discusses the relationship between hypnotism and yogic meditation, from a sceptical perspective.
Read MoreWhat Bernheim Really Said about Hypnosis
This short article provides some little-known quotations from Hippolyte Bernheim’s later writings in which the father of 20th century hypnotism makes it clear that he does not consider hypnosis to be in any way related to sleep but rather to be a general state of heightened suggestibility.
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