Levels Of Hypnotic Trance
There are three ‘levels’ of hypnotic trance: light, medium and deep (there is also a fourth known as plenary trance but it is exceptionally rare and impossible to attain through self-hypnosis). The characteristics of light trance are relaxation, tendancy not to move, fluttering eyelids, listlessness, and partial limb catalepsy (heavy limbs). In medium trance there is complete body catalepsy, greater relaxation, partial manesia, greater lassitude, and control over some organic functions. Under medium trance, partial age regression is possible. The last depth, deep trance, is characterized by the ability to have complete age regression (ability to return to an earlier age with total change of personality and loss of awareness of present identity. Also called revivification), ability to open eyes without awakening, complete anesthesia, complete amnesia, full control of body functions, positive or negative hallucinations of all five senses, and a distorted sense of time. Of the three, medium is the ideal depth for self-hypnosis. It is deep enough to do most of what you’d want to do without being so deep that you’d need help coming out of the trance or controling what happens during it.
You may during this medium trance deliver suggestions to yourself, regress partially in time (e.g., return to that wonderful night you had last month with your new love interest, reliving it with all five senses! Or simply return to a few hours ago to see where you left your car keys.)
When you have finished with your session, simply think to yourself, “now I want to wake up” and it will be so. You should wake up refreshed, filling more rested than a full night’s sleep. After about four or five such experiences, you might want to test yourself. One test is to first induce yourself into a trance. Once there think to yourself, ‘my hand is lighter and lighter.’ Continue to repeat this thought to yourself but do not make any voluntary decision to move. Make sure that you articulate these thoughts clearly and slowly, giving your subconscious time to register them. If your hand starts to rise of its own accord, then you have succeeded. This is called the hand levitation test. Another test is to suggest to yourself that your eyelids are becoming gradually glued together. Repeating this over and over, each time increasing the severtiy of the bond. Make sure that you think to yourself, ‘my eyelids are no longer two; they are now part of the same flesh’, or something in that vein. Now try to open your eyes voluntarily. If you can not, you have succeeded in hypnotizing yourself. Do not be frightened. Simply undo the process when you want to reopen your eyes, and it will be so.
Conclusion
I hope you have enjoyed this guide as much as I have had writing it. Take advantage of the wonderful benefits that hypnosis can bring to your life whether it be for fun, curiosity, self-improvement, enrichment or any combination of the above. Remember hypnosis is like anything else, the more you do it the better you will be at it. And the better you get at it, the more helpful it will be in your life and the more powerful a tool it will become. For best results the more playful your are the better. Any anxiety in trying to make it work ‘right off the bat’ will only hinder your progress. Hypnosis is not a magic bullet and should not be considered a fix-all for the problems of your life, but should be seen as one of the many techniques to enhance your life. Good luck and enjoy your adventure!
