The Haunting of Toby Jugg
“Bramwell’s book on Hypnotism and reread some parts of it several times, so I have now got a pretty good grasp on the theory of the business. It remains to be seen whether I can apply it in practice. The fact that I succeeded with those two chaps in the Mess at Nether Wallop cannot be taken as an indication, since they lent themselves willingly to the experiment, whereas here I must attempt it without the co-operation of my subject.
Dr. Bramwell says that although it is not impossible to hypnoti...se a person against his will, it is very difficult to do so. Unfortunately he gives no information about the relative difficulty of hypnotising a person without their knowledge; and the two are obviously very different matters. In the first case, the subject having refused to play naturally sets up a strong mental resistance if he is seized, his eyes held open, and the experiment proceeded with; in the second, it seems to me that if the subject can be caught unawares, and proves susceptible, he might be got under with comparative ease—and provided, of course, that the operator could catch the subject’s glance and hold it for long enough to do the trick without him suspecting what was being attempted.MoreLess
Dr. Bramwell says that although it is not impossible to hypnoti...se a person against his will, it is very difficult to do so. Unfortunately he gives no information about the relative difficulty of hypnotising a person without their knowledge; and the two are obviously very different matters. In the first case, the subject having refused to play naturally sets up a strong mental resistance if he is seized, his eyes held open, and the experiment proceeded with; in the second, it seems to me that if the subject can be caught unawares, and proves susceptible, he might be got under with comparative ease—and provided, of course, that the operator could catch the subject’s glance and hold it for long enough to do the trick without him suspecting what was being attempted.MoreLess
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