MODERN HYPNOTISM.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 25 September 1928, Page 9

MODERN HYPNOTISM.

REMARKABLE CLAIMS HARLEY STREET SPECIALISTS. LONDON, Sept. 12. The claim was made by Dr. D. Buchanan, of Cambridge, at the congress of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Glasgow, that by the use of hyptonism, he had enabled university students brilliantly to pass their examinations. The “Evening News” says this is ■only one glimpse of the wonders of modern hypnotism. Harley Street specialists are declared to be periormmg many marvels. Patients cannot, however, be _ induced to commit crime or act against their better nature. One girl emerged .screaming from a seance intended to induce her to forsake her lover! The paper says Harley Street specialists are turning into painters and musicians persons who, previously, hacl not (minted or played. They are also curing drugtakers, removing morbidity and restoring memories lost in accidents.

A famous practitioner explains that it must not be imagined that by pnotism gives people knowledge which they do- not possess. It merely removes anxiety which was preventing clear thinking, iancl which had left students helpless and frightened in the presence of examiners. Moreover, it removes excessive anxiety, which causes most of life’s failures, and assists in the removal of the inferiority complex. The same practitioner says latent talent, such as that involved in composing music, can he developed under hypnotic influence. It is not always necessary to send ai patient to- sleep. His attention is simply distracted from other things and concentrated upon the: essential subject Man, it is claimed, can therefore learn to hypnotise himself, thus enabling him to face a task with absolute concentration. Practitioners scoff at the idea that people, can he forced t-o commit crime and declare that it is impossible to make a patient act against his better nature, nor can they eradicate memories.