CHAPTER II

Amusing experiments—Hypnotizing on the stage—“You can’t pull your hands apart!”—Post-hypnotic suggestion—The newsboy, the hunter, and the young man with the rag doll—A whip becomes hot iron—Courting a broom stick—The side-show

The stages of hypnotism—Lethargy-Catalepsy—The somnambulistic stage—Fascination

How the subject feels under hypnotization—Dr. Cocke’s experience—Effect of music—Dr. Alfred Warthin’s experiments

Self hypnotization—How it may be done—An experience—Accountable for children’s crusade—Oriental prophets self-hypnotized