The First Time with Gary Noble
I remember well the first time I hypnotized another person. It was in the evening and my wife and I had been invited to a party. We had driven to the party in my ‘62 Buick Skylark. The party was being given for a friend’s birthday celebration.
It must have been winter, because it was dark. I don’t remember the year, or month, but I do remember the situation.
We were sitting next to each other in the front seat when we pulled up to the house. Al, Jimmy and their friends were inside waiting. They always had good parties, and we were looking forward to this one.
I had sent away for a book on hypnosis a few weeks earlier, and I’d gotten it in the mail just in time for the party. It was Harry Arons “Master Course on Hypnosis”, and I’d read a few chapters. So I thought what the heck, I’d try it out on my wife. That’s right, right here in the car in front of Al and Jimmy’s place, in the dark, before we go in. So I asked her if it she’d like to try it, and of course she said “Oh. I suppose so”.
Now I’m not saying these were ideal conditions, but who ever said they had to be. I reached up and turned on the overhead light, found a good chapter on induction and started to read, aloud. Presto. I was amazed. So was she, but like I was.
It’s just a good thing I’d read enough of the book before we got there to know what to do next. It was great. The induction went smoothly, and the part about how to awake a subject was just like the book said it should be. Of course, there was no deep trances achieved, but even a light state was more then I had hoped for.
After she awoke, we headed on in and we enjoyed ourselves to the fullest.
