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Article #67Re: hypnosis to quit smoking
From: George B. Clark
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:24
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:24
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In article <1992Dec12.173351.19050@netcom.com> friday@netcom.com (Carol Anne Ogdin) writes: >Did he train a successor, George? Is there anyone else who now >continues his methods? He was a consultant to the Georgetown University Medical School. He had a few disciples floating around after his death from old age, but I no longer recall their names. >Can you give us any more details on the procedures he used? Do >you have any further information about the specific *ways* he got >the group to visualize the appropriate images? Were there other >post-hypnotic suggestions he made that might've been powerful >interventions, too? > Sixteen years have past, so I remember very little. I did purchase several of his cassettes, which I still own, and I can tell you that listening to an audio cassette is not as effective as being there in person. The personal interaction is important. >If the individual's needs and wants are unique from the other members >of the group, how would group hypnosis work? And, I'm wondering, >did Mr. Michaluk observe you (along with 29 others), or did he >only have a specific pattern of induction he used, irrespective >of the group? My eyes were closed most of the time. I knew he was observing me, though, because I heard his voice move to different areas of the room, so nobody felt isolated. B A >In other words, I wonder if he could've done the >same thing with a drapery hanging between him and the group of >subjects? I doubt it. The relation was one of leader and follower, or teacher and student. Had there been a physical barrior, the influence would have been reduced to that of a pre-recorded cassette tape.
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Newsgroups: alt.hypnosis Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!enterpoop.mit.edu!mojo.eng.umd.edu!georgec From: georgec@eng.umd.edu (George B. Clark) Subject: Re: hypnosis to quit smoking Message-ID: <1992Dec13.202427.398@eng.umd.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 92 20:24:27 GMT Organization: University of Maryland References: <1992Dec12.125615.5196@eng.umd.edu> <1992Dec12.173351.19050@netcom.com> Lines: 42