FOLLOWING A RECENT HOME OFFICE REVIEW IN ENGLAND, THERE HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE NO SIGNIFICANT DANGER FROM STAGE HYPNOSIS.
FURTHERMORE THE HOME OFFICE HAS NOW REMOVED OR REDUCED MANY OF THE LICENSING CONDITIONS THAT MADE IT DIFFICULT TO PUT ON A HYPNOSIS SHOW IN SOME VENUES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
If you would like to read the home office report cut and paste the following link into your browser.
http://www.popan.org.uk/policy/documents/ReviewofHypnotismAct1952.pdf
SOME COMMON MYTHS ABOUT HYPNOSIS PUT TO REST.
Hypnosis isn’t real.
Wrong, it is a totally natural state.
Hypnosis will cause mental illness.
Wrong, the NHS & Psychiatrists use it a lot, do you honestly think they want to increase their workload.
Hypnotists can make you do all manner of embarrassing things.
Wrong, we can’t make anybody do anything that is against his or her own social & moral values.
It is impossible to Hypnotise someone against their will
Correct, (Shame really, I can think of a few prime candidates, eg. my wife, kids, bank manager etc.)
NO two shows are ever the same!!!!!!
Correct.