Mount Readmore Book Review, 2018 6/200
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis By Melvin Powers
eBook Edition
Finished on 12/2/2017
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Genres: Psychology, Self Help, Hypnosis
Not the best.
Spoiler-tastic review
As I’m a man with a scientific background, this book felt as substantial as a house made out of cardboard. Originally published in 1956, this book contains references to Freud and crystal balls and all sorts of pseudo-science. I was willing to suppress my disbelief, but this was a bridge too far.
This book was advertised as being a how-to guide for hypnotizing oneself… and it didn’t really do an excellent job of that. It talked more about how to hypnotize other people, which I found to be boring.
I got this for free on my Kindle years ago, and am reading it now to remove it from my collection. Was it worth the $0 I spent on it? Yes. I did learn a thing or two in terms of how a person can hypnotize themselves. But it was still disappointing. I will be keeping an eye out for a guide which has been approved by the AMA or another reputable medical organization.
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