12∞ · Question 8.3.7
Is hypnosis real or stage trickery?
It is real and widely misunderstood. A royal commission in the 1780s dismissed its forerunner as imagination, and it carried that reputation for two centuries.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
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- Part
- 8: Hidden, Suppressed, Forgotten, or Misunderstood
- Gate
- 8.3: Consciousness Research at the Margins
- In print
- Page 261
- ← 8.3.6 · Why was the placebo effect treated as a nuisance for so long?
- 8.3.8 → · What does the story of lucid dreaming teach about “impossible” claims?
- All of Part 8
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