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The Golden Ages of Hypnosis · The Hypnotist

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  Welcome to The Hypnotist, the show that gives you inside
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  access to cutting edge hypnosis with real clients facing
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  genuine. Issues.
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  Brought to you by The Hypnotherapist, demanded by
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  celebrities CE OS and even royalty Adam Cox, these
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  recordings took place live from Evans Clinic in London's world
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  famous Harley Street. So get yourself comfortable and
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  enjoy today's episode of The Hypnotist.
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  Hi, it's Adam here, and you're about to listen to a hypnosis
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  session that actually didn't come from a client session.
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  It actually comes from some material that I've prepared for
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  a talk that I'm doing tomorrow, actually on the golden ages of
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  hypnosis. So I'm going to be a keynote
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  speaker at an event which is the ABH Hypnosis conference.
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  So it's the American Board of Hypnosis, very honoured to be
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  their keynote speaker. And there's going to be lots of
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  other speakers there as well. I'm going to put a link in the
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  description. So if you are a hypnotherapist
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  or you like learning about hypnosis, you can still get
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  tickets to see that event. But what you're about to listen
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  to is something quite different. I'm going to be talking about
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  the fourth golden age of hypnosis, which I believe is
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  right now. And therefore it makes sense to
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  talk about the three different golden ages.
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  So in terms of a little bit of history, one of The Pioneers of
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  hypnosis is Mesmer. That's where the name mesmerism
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  comes from. So we're going to use a bit of
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  metaphor and regression to imagine being in one of the
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  rooms, the Paris salons, where Mesmer's actually doing his
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  animal magnetism. And then we go forwards to the
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  age of science where Braid, who actually coined the term
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  hypnosis, is actually kind of doing his studies and then
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  Esdale actually doing hypnosis in hospitals, actually doing
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  surgery without any anaesthetic. And then forward to what many
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  modern day hypnotherapist consider the key influences and
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  that is people like Milton Ericsson and Dave Elman.
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  But also what came from that is NLP and NLP were inspired by
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  many of the therapist of that time.
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  But Milton Ericsson was a real influence that led to some of
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  the hypnotic language patterns, particularly the Milton model
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  that came from that. So I get to weave all of this
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  into a short hypnosis session and then alluding to how right
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  now someone like me or if you're a hypnotherapist, you have the
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  ability to have more impact and more reach and access to more
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  science than Mesma or Ericsson or Braid or any of these flag
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  bearers of these golden ages. So if you like hypnosis and want
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  to learn more, check out the link to see the conference.
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  But you might actually get some kind of a mini hypnosis history
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  lesson just by listening to this very short hypnosis session.
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  It's only about 30 minutes long, but that might give you some
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  insight. And if you want to hear my full
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  talk, then certainly join me at the ABM H Hypnosis Conference
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  tomorrow, OK? Find a nice, quiet, relaxing
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  place where you're not going to be disturbed and enjoy.
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  Take a deep breath in, breathing in that long, deep breath of
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  resourceful relaxation. And as you exhale, feel that
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  wonderful sense of release as your eyes close, releasing
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  tension in your outward breath. As you breathe in that feeling
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  of pure relaxation. And continue to exhale any
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  stress, worries or tension of the day.
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  Each breath takes you deeper, relaxed.
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  So the deeper you breathe, the more relaxed you become.
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  And the more relaxed you become, the deeper you breathe.
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  And as your body relaxes, your imagination awakens.
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  And I wonder if you could imagine an old yet impressive
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  library. Imagine walking by the books and
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  one catches your attention. An old leather bound book, the
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  title fascinating the golden ages of hypnosis.
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  And nearby you see a comfortable chair, perfect for reading.
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  So you take the book and sink deep into that chair and open
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  the pages. And the first chapter is the
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  first golden age of hypnosis, the age of wonder.
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  And I want you to imagine seeing a picture of an old Parisian
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  salon. The year is the late 1700s.
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  Crystal chandeliers glow above velvet curtains.
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  And I want you to see aristocrats and noble powerful
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  people in powdered wigs and gowns, waiting with
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  anticipation. And at the centre is friends
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  Anton Mesmer. And in his hand a magnetic wand
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  glimmers as he speaks of unseen forces, animal magnetism,
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  invisible currents flowing through every living thing.
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  And I want you to imagine stepping into the picture in the
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  book and finding yourself there, in that grand salon in Paris,
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  and notice how the room feels alive with mystery, curiosity
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  and wonder. And I want you to get a sense of
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  how charismatic, congruent, how Mesmer believes every word he's
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  saying. And you might even feel
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  mesmerized in that moment. And then imagine stepping into
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  Anton Mesmer. And I want you to feel that
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  congruency, that belief that somehow you have the ability to
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  make wonderful changes by harnessing the power of this
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  animal magnetism. And you realize in this moment,
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  this is hypnosis as fascination, A spectacle, the birth of the
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  hypnotic imagination. And then imagine drifting in
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  your mind, forwards in time to the 1800s and no longer in
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  Paris, find yourself in the second Golden Age, the age of
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  science. There in Scotland, you can see
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  James Braid peering through the lamplight, coining a new word,
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  hypnosis. And observe Braid as he studies
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  the mind with the eye of a scientist measuring, defining,
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  seeking to move hypnosis from mystery into science.
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  Step into James Braid's body with all of that scientific
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  knowledge and then stare into the lamplight drifting off in
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  your imagination all the way to Calcutta, India, finding
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  yourself in the heat of the day there in a hospital operating
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  theatre where you observe James Isdale preparing for surgery.
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  But there is no chloroform, no gas.
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  Instead, the patient lies deeply calm in hypnotic trance.
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  The surgery commences and yet no cry, no pain.
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  And around him, surgeons and assistants watch in
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  astonishment, just as royalty were astonished by Mesmer.
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  And you realise this is hypnosis as medicine, as credibility, as
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  science. Imagine leaving that hospital,
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  staring into the Indian skies, staring into a cloud, and then
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  drifting in your imagination, forwards in time and in space,
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  and finding yourself in a quiet, intimate therapy room in
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  Phoenix, AZ. And observe a man in a
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  wheelchair, leaning slightly forward, voice calm and
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  deliberate, telling a story that seems simple.
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  Messages and commands are slipping past the conscious mind
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  into something deeper. The client reacts, shifts,
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  transforms. But you are not alone.
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  Observing in the corner two young men, Richard Bandler and
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  John Grinder, taking notes, fascinated, absorbing the genius
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  and patterns and decoding language that will shape NLP.
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  This is hypnosis as artistry, creativity and therapy.
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  And then step into the body of Milton Ericsson, feeling that
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  you are activating and amplifying your creativity,
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  enhancing your ability for powerful, profound metaphor.
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  And then find yourself drifting into a trance like state where
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  you drift off to a different place.
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  Yet around the same time, perhaps a decade or so earlier,
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  finding yourself in front of a demonstration and you were
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  surrounded by dentists and doctors.
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  And you see Dave Ellman demonstrating a rapid induction
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  where the subject's eyes close in seconds, body deeply relaxed,
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  open to suggestion, and the audience again astonished in the
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  same way that Mesmer's was. But Elman explains that this is
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  not mysterious. This is hypnosis, and it can
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  help with childbirth and surgery and dentistry.
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  And you are observing hypnosis as speed, practicality, and
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  legitimacy. I want you to get a feeling that
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  you're leaving this third golden age and drifting forwards in
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  time to your time. And I want you to get a sense
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  that you have this intuitive insight that you living in the
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  time where you are now capable of reaching more people than
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  Mesmer ever did. And you can access science and
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  studies more accurate and faster than Braid ever could.
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  And while Ericsson and Elman could influence rooms full of
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  people, you are able to impact millions.
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  And I want you to get a sense that you are now living in the
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  new golden age of hypnosis. But as you drift back to that
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  library in the chair, looking at the book, you realize the pages
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  of the 4th Golden Age are blank, unwritten, waiting to be filled
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  in. And as you hold that thought,
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  find yourself connecting and recalibrating back into your
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  present as you take a deep breath in through your nose and
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  out through your nose. Wiggle your fingers and wiggle
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  your toes. Connect and calibrate into the
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  here and the now as I count from 1:00 to 10:00 to awaken you.
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  Starting to count. 123 Waking up. 456 more alert. 7-8.
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  Open your eyes. Open your eyes. 910 Wide awake,
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  wide awake, wide awake. Thank you so much for joining me
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