Doc 0000190562
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This document details experiments conducted on August 21, 1951, involving two subjects who were placed in a trance and given post-hypnotic suggestions to achieve anesthesia in their arms, as a preliminary step towards automatic writing or drawing.
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Ask the archive about this →.. e ~ ·. >'--- ··· To:· Files ........ .. '·' L. . ~ , : • · : ., Subject: SI and H Experilltentation 21 August 1951 (Roorn 3). ·.' , . . . .. l ~ , ~ t , 1 . . ..' On Tuesday, 21 Aur,ust l95l,~nd the : ~ments l·etween 6~9:00 ~~·.ti. . f' ..•.. ~as subjects and~ and •' ·~I o " ' servers only. . · · · , .... •\l•,\ :'1 ...... Note: ·~and~ have withdrawn ".f'i-orn ·I· t.~: further~rticipat~·on ur the experiments at this '·''· 'l . 1 ~ ''..J..,' time due to external circumstances. I ~.•. i.~: !:{!;: ~ The. writer u.sed the first 1~ hours of this session to completely . ~ ·~: . review the work to date and to explain n.nd descrihe some future work ""i1 to ~11 present. The reason for the work, its backg. round and future '\'ji ... ":. . . · ;:it · . · potential were discussed. . • ~~·> ,!. l .. :'.•.:.J~ ·. Since 8 had for some time been inl~erMted in the phenomena of . f~\(~r.·~·:., "auto!lTatic writin~" ns a possihle in o. n t.ec~ ~· .. :.:,•·: were rer,un in this direction. roth nd~. were, ~;t A , · at separ~te t.imes, placed in a deep trance s e. After tests for ii1, .W ) ·' . depth had been made, contplete anesthesia of their arms were obtained. J.?:k./.• ·.'·.::~~;Thereafter., both subjects were given post H sur~~estions that upon .~{rk, '.. ·. ·': •: awakeninf; their ri~ht arJTls would be completely insensitive. In each · )~::~:~'.''i "'::":~case, 'after subjects were awakened, an almost complete anesthesia J'• 1J:. .. ::·· J,: wasobtained in their right arms, although it was felt that an even t<J·_t ·1 ..... ·;:more positive anesthesia could have been attained if more positive !; i . • . •. ·. and repeated post H suggestions had been made on each subject. -~· '~~ I ' J , ~ • ~ ' i'·s~,l,·.: ~· ·These tests, however, served as a good heginning to later work · j ·:~\. along :the llne3 of automatic writing or drawing. '(' ( '/ . I . ·. :· :·· I -~. ··. : ". ', ' '. -~· ',_. ' I ·~~--; " t ·• ~ I ~ ·.' ''! ... /: ·.-···.1' \ ,, ' ..... ,1 ' . l·.i
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