We have just seen that the subliminal state of the hypnotised subject may be approached by ways subtler than…
- Date of account
- Published 1903
- Source
- Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death
- Reference
- Human Personality and Its Survival of Bodily Death · selected passage 206
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
We have just seen that the subliminal state of the hypnotised subject may be approached by ways subtler than mere verbal suggestion--by telepathic impacts and perhaps by some effluence of kindred supernormal type
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyWe have just seen that the subliminal state of the hypnotised subject may be approached by ways subtler than mere verbal suggestion--by telepathic impacts and perhaps by some effluence of kindred supernormal type. We have now to trace the supernormal elements in the hypnotic _response_. Whether those elements are most readily excited by a directly subliminal appeal, or whether they depend mainly on the special powers innate in the hypnotised person, we can as yet but imperfectly guess. We can be pretty sure, at any rate, that they are not often evoked in answer to any rapid and, so to say, perfunctory hypnotic suggestion; they do not spring up in miscellaneous hospital practice; they need an education and a development which is hardly bestowed on one hypnotised subject in a hundred. The first stage of this response lies in a subliminal relation established between the subject and his hypnotiser, and manifesting itself in what is called _rapport_, or in _community of sensation_.
Historical context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThis comes from historical psychical research. Methods, witness handling and standards of evidence differ from present-day research and should be assessed from the cited passage and edition.
Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyThe passage can support a history of claims and recurring descriptions. It does not establish a paranormal mechanism, and competing psychological, social and physical explanations remain relevant.
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