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Hypnotic Realities

Hypnotic

Realities

The Induction of Clinical Hypnosis

and Forms of Indirect Suggestion

Milton H. Erickson Ernest L Rossi Sheila I. Rossi

With a Foreword by Andre M. Weitzenhoffer

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Erickson, Milton H. Hypnotic Realities

Bibliography: p.

1. Hypnotism — Therapeutic use. I. Rossi, Ernest Lawrence, joint author. II. Rossi, Sheila I., joint

author. III. Title

RC495.E72 615'.8512 76-20636

ISBN 0-8290-0112-3 (Formerly ISBN 0-470-15169-2)

Printed in The United States of America 15 14 13 12 11

Reprint Edition 1992

Dedicated to an ever progressing understanding of the total functioning of the individual

person within the self separately and simultaneously in relation to fellow beings and the total

environment.

MHE

Dedicated to those clinicians and researchers who will further explore some of the

approaches to enhancing human potentials described herein.

ELR

Dedicated to all those persons learning through hypnotherapy for personal growth and

professional development.

SIR

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We wish gratefully to acknowledge the help we received from the following friends and

colleagues: Roxanne Erickson, Christie Erickson, John Hedenberg, Jack A. Oliver, M.D.,

Robert Pearson, and Kay Thompson.