The Transparent Hypnotist

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 I am going to take three puffs on this cigarette. With the first puff your eyes are going to get tired, the second puff you’re going to want to close your eyes, but wait until the third puff, at which time close them – from Dave Elman during a teaching session (pre-1967).

Well, I could not really let this week go by without providing you with a few more hammers, screwdrivers, and saws for the old hypnosis tool box. As Ramone reminded us last Friday in his answer to the most fabulous technique that he uses, we must consider the work of hypnotist Dave Elman. Elman is a magic work among hypnotists because he pioneered inductions or ways to help clients access a state of hypnosis.

I am having some trouble actually finding a link to a pure Elman script (I have them in my records, but I must respect the copyright on them). Instead, I though it would be useful to bring back Ellie’s Favorite Five and share with you some decent adaptations of the Elman inductions.

1. David Mason, a transparent hypnotist guest blogger and 10 Question alumni member, has a delightful and concise version of a multi-stage trance induction.
2. Howard Hamilton’s Two Finger Elman Induction (on Joseph Bennett’s web site).
3. Donald Robertson’s Elman Induction.
4. Zali Segal’s The Modified 7 Steps Dave Elman Induction.
5. James Ramey’s Subconscious Override and Complete Anesthesia (I cannot find where I found it, but I read that this induction is based on an Elman). This is a PDF file, by the way.

*Elman quotation from daveelman.com.