Hypnosis - Theory, Practice an [Paperback]

RAPHAEL H RHODES (Author), Raphael H. Rhodes (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806511192
• ISBN-13: 978-0806511191
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,196,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I hoped., September 14, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Hypnosis: Theory, Practice and Application (Hardcover)

I was really looking forward to reading this book and didn't even finish it all the way. I don't know very much about the author and I am not sure where he gets his information but it seems very outdated and not some of the information seems wrong. I am glad I didn't pay full price for this book. I am sure there is a better book on hypnois then this one. My advice is to not waste your money on this book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Hypnosis: Theory, Practice and Application, July 21, 2002

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Sybil Behrenbrinker (Birch Run, MI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hypnosis: Theory, Practice and Application (Hardcover)

I obtained this book from the local library. The copyright date is 1950! That may explain why it seems so dated. It is! On the other hand, that very fact made the book interesting. While I don't intend to purchase this book, it was worth a quick scan--especially for the inductions-- to see how hypnosis was viewed over fifty years ago compared to today.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sure, I could agree with the other reviewers I read, but:, June 27, 2006

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Josh Clayton "Clayton" (Inglewood, CA, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hypnosis: Theory, Practice and Application (Hardcover)

This, in my humble opinion is a very good hypnosis book. The fact that he simplifies Thomson Jay Hudson's complexities into a couple of laws or "theories", makes it very worth reading. He starts from there and then shows how the imagination makes hypnosis genuinely work. That SHOULD be the purpose of any good hypnosis book, to show how hypnosis works. Not to show silly case histories or be a map that "is" the territory. But rather, a map that defines the territories like any good map should. This is what this book is, a map that defines the territory and not "is" the territory. Now sure, it seems oversimplified to some of my fellow reviewers, okay, but if you're going for cutthroat working result; what works, works. And this works, period. It has what is neccessary. Period. That's all I'm saying. The simplified and neccessitated "It Works by RHJ" of hypnosis law and theory. Sure. Whoever you are, Rhodes, thanks.

Captain Josh.