When people talk about hypnosis, they often mean something almost supernatural. In this case, the influence of one person on another is explained by the expiration of this force in the form of a so-called fluid from the ends of the fingers or from the eyes hypnotizing during sessions of hypnosis a. And so far, this view is especially willingly supported by the so-called magnetisers, who use the phenomena of hypnosis and for self-serving purposes of exploiting trusted persons. But science has long ago abandoned these and similar unfounded theories...

Hypnosis is a unique phenomenon that attracts special attention and is often surrounded not only by a halo of mystery, but also by numerous prejudices. The history of the study of hypnosis is full of drama: periods of keen interest in him numerous studies were replaced by periods of cooling and even denial of its existence. Increased interest in hypnosis arose at the end of the XVIII century in France thanks to the Viennese doctor F. Mesmer, who created the doctrine of "animal magnetism". The twentieth...