When planning a series of hypnotic suggestions, first write them down. Then you can pick them apart more easily for their actual significance. You can rearrange the wording to see the advantage of placing one phrase or one clause first and the other one second; you try to analyze your suggestion for the purpose of placing a pause in any particular location to emphasize a specific word so that one word stands out.

The suggestion you give the patient during hypnosis session is only a suggestion that he do something, possibly produce hand levitation. Just possible. If there is something else he prefers to do, let him do it. Do not try to restrict him to hand levitation. That is false and that is wrong to do during hypnosis.

Since the time of Mesmer there has been a general attitude of prejudice against, and fear of, hypnosis. Mesmer´s own attitude did much to clothe the phenomenon in mystery and occultism and to awaken strong criticism against his discovery.

The easiest of all inductions is asking your subject if he/she as ever been under hypnosis before and have him re-experience the trance state again. If he has, you ask him to recount in great detail the sequence of events that took place the last time he went into trance.

When you realize the awesome power of your subconscious mind you begin to recognize the advantage of being able to consciously program it to achieve the things you desire from life. On the most basic of levels you can use hypnosis to remove phobias and bad habits, when you begin experimentation with more advanced hypnotic abilities you will astound yourself as to what is possible.