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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
An excellent book for anyone interested in hypnosis., 22 Jan 1998
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Hypnosis for Beginners is an excellent book for anyone wishing to learn more about self-hypnosis and the hypnosis of others. It includes complete scripts on regression, self-regression, self-hypnotism, and a full six session script for weight loss, teaching you routines for induction and deep relaxation that can be used for any purpose you desire. Hewitt breaks every session into routines which can be modified to meet your specific needs. The author thoroughly explains the state of hypnosis, many useful applications of it, and includes a full chapter of suggestions you can use to broaden your mind and improve yourself in many ways, all worded in an easy-to-read fashion. I have read this book several times and have found it extremely useful. Anyone interested in hypnosis, especially those who wish to begin using it to enhance the lives of themselves and others, should consider this book a must.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
An excellent, practical guide to hypnosis., 5 Mar 1999
By A Customer
I found this book easy to read, and easier to follow. It was wonderful to be able to put the techniques into practice as I learned them. If you are looking for a hands on guide to hypnosis, this is the book. It not only teaches you what hypnosis is, but exactly how to apply it to help others, and better yourself. For the first time in my life, I was relaxed in the dentist's chair.
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
Excellent Starter Book, 5 Mar 2003
I've bought quite a few Hypnosis books recently... I should have got this one first !!.Its straightforward and to the point !.
Its full of Hypnosis Scripts which is the ONE thing you need if you want to hypnotise someone !. You can read the scripts into a tape recorder (or mini disc even better!) and use them to hypnotise yourself. Theres also section on Self Hypnosis, regression and some interesting case histories. All in all and excellent buy.
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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
i've read a lot better, 11 Jan 2001
I have read quite a few books by william Hewitt and have found that most of his books aren't too bad but this book was different. In this book there is more writing about his past memories than there is writing on the excercises that you should perform if you want to improve your hypnotic abilities. I'm not a skeptical person, but even some of the stories are far fetched. If you want a book that is easy to understand, yet goes into detail, I would recommend you buying ''The thory and practice of hypnotism'' by William J Ousby or for those who wish to do stage hypnotism there is ''The new encyclopedia of stage Hypnotism''
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
One of the most useful and inspiring books I have read., 10 April 2001
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The book itself has tought me much about not only the human mind, but opens up new ideas and perspectives on the realm of ESP as well as expanding the limitations of the human mind. It is definately a good read where you won't even want to put the book down.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
A great way to start, 3 Jul 2004
I read this book having had no experience with hypnosis but very interested to learn. I got the book and was very impressed, clearly laid out and easy to follow. The scripts for hypnosis were excellent and although my first attempt was not 100% successful my 'victim' said that it did make them feel extremely relaxed and at some points unable to open their eyes or lift their arms after I had given the suggestion that they couldn't! It's well worth the money for a first time interest!
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
A Great Starter Book, 16 Oct 1998
By A Customer
As the title indicates, this is a great way to get started in self hypnosis. The author writes with great knowledge of the subject and is interested in using hypnosis for the good of his reader. I found it leaving me with a desire to learn more about hypnosis. The only downfall with this book is that it seems to give the reader the routines instead of teaching how to make routines for yourself. Still, I have read it more than once and would highly recommend it to any one who is interested in getting started in self hypnosis. A GREAT book for beginners.
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24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
Good in parts... but flawed in others, 23 Jan 2005
Oh dear.
The first thing to say is that there is useful material in this book. Really. However, it's surrounded by an awful lot of tedious nonsense which at times makes it hard to know what to take seriously and what to ignore.
The author is one of those who freely mixes hypnotism in with "psychic abilities" and "past-life regression". In amongst the somewhat patronizing instructions on how to run your own hypnotism business (for that's what this is; a how-to book) you'll find believable case histories mixed with the downright charlatanesque (apparently it's possible to heal wounds with self-hypnotism).
There's almost nothing for the rational or scientifically-minded reader looking for information on how and why hypnotism works. The "explanation" of brainwave rhythms reads as though the author once saw a brief article that mentioned stages of sleep and worked up an entire theory based on little or no understanding of actual physiology.
The tone of the book is like listening to a rather self-important uncle who feels that he's in the position of teaching a Young Nephew how to succeed in life. At times hectoring, at others dull, Hewitt tell you how you too can succeed as a freelance hypnotherapist without (apparently) requiring any qualifications or experience. However, he does at times let it slip that he earned most of his living as a technical writer.
So what is useful? Well, the majority of the book is made up of hypnotic scripts which, if you like to copy-and-paste without understanding, can serve as a very useful and comprehensive set of reference material. But jeez, it's hard going at times if you have any sort of sceptical mind.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Hypnosis For Beginners..., 27 Sep 2005
By A Customer
This is a GOOD book. William Hewitt was a rather unique and somewhat spiritually minded therapist who's induction techniques mix a variety of styles. If you're just curious about hypnosis and would like to learn a set method of self hypnosis then this book is a very good buy... Hewitt's scripts are well set out and make a good starting point for learning yourself the art of self hypnosis. If however you're a therapist (or trainee therapist) you probably won't find much use for it. Hewitt doesn't really explain his scripts, which is fine if you just want to use them for personal use, but not if you're hoping for a comprehensive introduction to hypnosis as a whole... In conclusion, this is a GOOD book if your only intention is to learn the very basics of hypnosis. Spiritually open-minded folks like myself should enjoy the chapter on past-life regression and may even wish to further their awareness on such things by reading Hewitt's other works...
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
I was very disapointed, 1 Mar 2006
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As I picked up this book and began to read I found the information on basic hypnosis so obvious that it didn't need saying really and anybody who had done some reading in the subject would already know this, probably before picking up any books.The author then gives no real explanation of the theory of hypnosis and just launches into a single script designed to hypnotise the subject. It didn't take into account different variations in people at all. After that he starts to describe how to help people with their problems in the most rudimentry manner. Once they are in a trance he simply tells them how they should think and feel that might work on somepeople but is no means a catch all solution. And on a personal note the stuff about trances and astral projection was so out of left field that I felt it seriously damaged the credability of author. All in all disapointing
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