Reddit reviews Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis

Because hypnosis is fun and can be used to do more things than stage shows, and because scopolamine has to be administered in very small doses, and could kill if the dose would be just a little bit higher. Also, imagine the logistics of beeing an hypnotist and having to buy an ilegal drug for 30 years to give your shows when you could just learn hypnosis.


You got great responses, and I don´t have much to add. But yes, it is all true and when you study hypnosis you see those things all the time. It´s pretty easy to make peole fell cold, heat and even have an orgasm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p9wYVXLbTY

See just how fast is to hypnotize someone in the streets:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LHuKqEwh-8

You can hypnotise someone without trance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B2hxw7LVhI

You can say that what you saw was more intense and all, but bear in mind that people who go on a stage want to have those things happen to them, so they are more compliant.

If you want to know more about hypnosis, there is a great book on hypnosis history writen by an historian who isn´t a hypnotist, so, he has no reason to lie and also has his reputation as a published historian to maintain.

https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-Depths-Hypnosis-Robin-Waterfield-ebook/dp/B005E8A8FU/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=