Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis (64 page)

[154] Irving Kirsch and Steven Jay Lynn, ‘The Altered State of Hypnosis: Changes in the Theoretical Landscape',
American Psychologist
, 50 (1996), 846 –58

[155] Theodore Sarbin and William Coe,
Hypnosis: A Social Psychological Analysis of Influence Communication
(New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972)

[156] Peter Sheehan and Campbell Perry,
Methodologies of Hypnosis: A Critical Appraisal of Contemporary Paradigms of Hypnosis
(Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 1976)

[157] Nicholas Spanos and John Chaves (eds.),
Hypnosis: The Cognitive– Behavioral Perspective
(Buffalo, NY: Prometheus, 1989)

[158] Graham Wagstaff,
Hypnosis, Compliance, and Belief
(New York: St Martin's Press, 1981)

[159]——— ‘The Semantics and Physiology of Hypnosis as an Altered State: Towards a Definition of Hypnosis',
Contemporary Hypnosis
, 15 (1998), 149–65

[160] André Weitzenhoffer,
Hypnotism: An Objective Study in Suggestibility
(New York: Wiley, 1953)

On the neurophysiology of hypnosis:

[161] David Concar, ‘You Are Feeling Very, Very Sleepy',
New Scientist
, 4 July 1998, 26–31

[162] Helen Crawford, ‘Brain Dynamics and Hypnosis',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 42 (1994), 204–32

[163] Vilfredo DePascalis, ‘Event-related Potentials During Hypnotic Hallucination',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 42 (1994), 39–55

[164] John Gruzelier, ‘A Working Model of the Neurophysiology of Hypnosis: A Review of the Evidence',
Contemporary Hypnosis
, 15 (1998), 3–21

[165] Jean Holroyd, ‘Hypnosis Treatment of Clinical Pain',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 44 (1996), 33–51

[166] Paul Jasuikaitis
et al
., ‘Relateralizing Hypnosis: Or, Have We Been Barking Up the Wrong Hemisphere?',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 45 (1997), 158–77

[167] Stephen Kosslyn
et al
., ‘Hypnotic Visual Illusion Alters Color Processing in the Brain',
American Journal of Psychiatry
, 157 (2000), 1279–84

[168] William Ray, ‘EEG Concomitants of Hypnotic Susceptibility',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 45 (1997), 301–13

[169] David Spiegel, ‘Neurophysiological Correlates of Hypnosis and Dissociation',
Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
, 3 (1991), 440 –5

[170] David Spiegel and Paul Jasuikaitis, ‘Hypnosis: Brain Basis' in G. Adelman and B.H. Smith (eds.),
Elsevier's Encyclopedia of Neuroscience
, 2nd edn (Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1999), 924–7

[171] David Spiegel
et al
., ‘Hypnotic Hallucination Alters Evoked Potentials',
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
, 94 (1985), 249–55

[172]——— ‘Hypnotic Alteration of Somatosensory Perception',
American Journal of Psychiatry
, 146 (1989), 749–54

Most of the general books on hypnosis listed at the start of this bibliography will cover the topic, so I list here, out of hundreds of works, just a few that will help a general reader understand the present state of the art. I haven't found a
really
outstanding introductory book, but this one is pretty good:

[173] Brian Roet,
Hypnosis: A Gateway to Better Health
(London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986)

A standard clinical textbook is:

[174] John Hartland,
Medical and Dental Hypnosis and Its Clinical Applications
, 3rd edn, ed. David Waxman (London: Baillière Tindall, 1989)

Two excellent scholarly books are:

[175] Daniel Brown and Erika Fromm,
Hypnotherapy and Hypnoanalysis
(London: Lawrence Erlbaum, 1986)

[176] H.B. Gibson and Michael Heap,
Hypnosis in Therapy
(London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1991)

Then see also:

[177] Joseph Barber,
Hypnosis and Suggestion in the Treatment of Pain
(New York: Norton, 1996)

[178] E. Thomas Dowd and James Healy,
Case Studies in Hypnotherapy
(New York: Guilford Press, 1986)

[179] Robert Lindner,
Rebel Without a Cause: The Hypnoanalysis of a Criminal Psychopath
(New York: Grune and Stratton, 1944)

On the possible after-effects of hypnosis:

[180] Lennis Echterling and David Emmerling, ‘Impact of Stage Hypnosis',
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
, 29 (1987), 149–54

[181] Moris Kleinhauz and Ilana Eli, ‘Potential Deleterious Effects of Hypnosis in the Clinical Setting',
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
, 29 (1987), 155–9

[182] Moris Kleinhauz
et al
., ‘Some After-effects of Stage Hypnosis: A Case Study of Psychopathological Manifestations',
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
, 27 (1979), 219–26

[183] Frank MacHovec, ‘Hypnosis Complications: Six Cases',
American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
, 29 (1987), 160–5

[184] Tracie O'Keefe,
Investigating Stage Hypnosis
(London: Extraordinary People Press, 1988)

[185]
Louis West and Gordon Deckert, ‘Dangers of Hypnosis',
Journal of the American Medical Association
, 192 (1965), 9–12

Closely related to the topic of hypnotherapy is the topic of mind–body interaction. Again something of interest will often be found in academic journals, especially the following:
Advances: Journal of the Institute for the Advancement of Health
;
International Journal of Psychosomatics
;
Journal of the American Society of Psychosomatic Dentistry and Medicine
;
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
;
Psychosomatic Medicine
.

If you were to read only one book on the subject it would have to be:

[186] Robert Sapolsky,
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: An Updated Guide to Stress, Stress-related Diseases, and Coping
(New York: Freeman, 1998)

But it would be a crime to omit the following too, which are all excellent:

[187] Franz Alexander,
Psychosomatic Medicine: Its Principles and Applications
(London: Allen and Unwin, 1952)

[188] Herbert Benson,
Timeless Healing: The Power and Biology of Belief
(London: Simon and Schuster, 1996)

[189] Howard and Martha Lewis,
Psychosomatics
(New York: Pinnacle Books, 1975)

[190] Steven Locke and Douglas Colligan,
The Healer Within: The New Medicine of Mind and Body
(New York: Dutton, 1986)

[191] Robert Ornstein and David Sobel,
The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987)

[192] Robert Ornstein and Charles Swencionis (eds.),
The Healing Brain: A Scientific Reader
(New York: Guilford Press, 1990)

[193] Ernest Rossi,
The Psychobiology of Mind–Body Healing
(New York: Norton, 1986)

On the placebo effect in particular, see:

[194] Arthur and Elaine Shapiro,
The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician
(Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997)

[195] Margaret Talbot, ‘The Placebo Prescription',
New York Times Magazine
, 9 Jan. 2000, 34–9, 44, 58– 60

On mind control in general:

[196] Albert Biderman and Herbert Zimmer (eds.),
The Manipulation of Human Behavior
(New York: Wiley, 1961)

[197] James Brown,
Techniques of Persuasion
(Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963)

[198] William Sargant,
Battle for the Mind: A Physiology of Conversion and Brainwashing
(London: Heinemann, 1957)

[199] Charles Tart,
Waking Up: Overcoming the Obstacles to Human Potential
(Boston: Shambala, 1986)

On advertising and selling:

[200] Wilson Bryan Key,
Subliminal Seduction: Ad Media's Manipulation of a Not So Innocent America
(New York: New American Library, 1973)

[201] Naomi Klein,
No Logo
(London: Flamingo, 2000)

[202] Donald Moine and Kenneth Lloyd,
Unlimited Selling Power: How to Master Hypnotic Selling Skills
(Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1990)

[203] Vance Packard,
The Hidden Persuaders
(New York: David McKay, 1957)

On tyranny, gurus and cults:

[204] Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad,
The Guru Papers: Masks of Authoritarian Power
(Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1993)

On the notorious CIA experiments:

[205] Donald Bain,
The Control of Candy Jones
(Chicago: Playboy Press, 1977)

[206] William Bowart,
Operation Mind Control
(New York: Dell, 1978)

[207] John Marks,
The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA and Mind Control
(New York: Times Books, 1979)

[208] Alan Scheflin and Edward Opton,
The Mind Manipulators
(New York: Paddington Press, 1978)

[209] Gordon Thomas,
Journey Into Madness: The True Story of Secret CIA Mind Control and Medical Abuse
(New York: Bantam, 1989)

Several of the practices surveyed in this chapter are associated with the movement known as ‘New Age', on which an outstanding book is:

[210] Paul Heelas,
The New Age Movement
(Oxford: Blackwell, 1996)

A good anthology of essays covering a number of topics in this chapter is:

[211] Charles Tart (ed.),
Altered States of Consciousness: A Book of Readings
(New York: Wiley, 1969)

On the neurophysiology of trance states, see:

[212] Barbara Lex, ‘The Neurobiology of Ritual Trance' in Eugene d'Aquili
et al
. (eds),
The Spectrum of Ritual: A Biogenetic Structural Analysis
(New York: Columbia University Press, 1979), 117–51

[213] Michael Winkelman, ‘Trance States: A Theoretical Model and Cross-cultural Analysis' in
Ethos
, 14 (1986), 174–203

Of the many books on self-hypnosis, here are just a couple:

[214] Leslie LeCron,
Self-hypnotism: The Technique and Its Use in Daily Living
(New York: Prentice-Hall, 1964)

[215] Wolfgang Linden,
Autogenic Training: A Clinical Guide
(New York: Guilford Press, 1990)

On channelling:

[216] Michael Brown,
The Channeling Zone: American Spirituality in an Anxious Age
(Harvard University Press, 1997)

[217] Wouter Hanegraaff,
New Age Religion and Western Culture: Esotericism in the Mirror of Secular Thought
(Leiden: Brill, 1996)

On affirmations:

[218] Charles Baudouin,
Suggestion and Autosuggestion
(London: Allen and Unwin, 1920)

[219] Emile Coué,
My Method
(1923; Santa Fe: Sun Books, 1983)

[220]———
How to Practice Suggestion and Autosuggestion
(1923; Santa Fe: Sun Books, 1992)

[221]
Norman Vincent Peale,
The Power of Positive Thinking
(1953; London: Ebury Press, 1998)

On visualizations:

[222] Shakti Gawain,
Creative Visualization
(New York: New World Library, 1978)

[223] Mike and Nancy Samuels,
Seeing with the Mind's Eye: The History, Techniques and Uses of Visualization
(New York: Random House, 1975)

[224] Anees Sheikh (ed.),
Imagination and Healing
(Farmingdale, NY: Baywood, 1984)

On recreational drugs:

[225] Theodore Barber,
LSD, Marihuana, Yoga and Hypnosis
(Chicago: Aldine, 1970)

On neurolinguistic programming (NLP):

[226] Richard Bandler and John Grinder,
Frogs into Princes
(Moab, UT: Real People Press, 1979)

[227] Joseph O'Connor and John Seymour,
Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming
, 2nd edn (London: HarperCollins, 1993)

On meditation (not that this is something you can study through books):

[228] Herbert Benson,
The Relaxation Response
(New York: William Morrow, 1975)

[229] Joan Borysenko,
Minding the Body, Mending the Mind
(New York: Addison-Wesley, 1987)

[230] Deane Shapiro,
Meditation: Self-regulation Strategy and Altered State of Consciousness
(New York: Aldine, 1980)

[231] Deane Shapiro and Roger Walsh (eds.),
Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives
(New York: Aldine, 1984) See also the massive bibliography in [101].

On shamanism:

[232] Mircea Eliade,
Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy
(New York: Pantheon Books, 1964)

[233] Michael Harner,
The Way of the Shaman
(New York: Harper & Row, 1980)