Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion [Facsimile] [Paperback]

Emile Coue (Author)

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Publication Date: April 1996

1922. Contents: Thoughts and Precepts; Observations on What Autosuggestion Can Do; Education as it Ought to Be; A Survey of Seances; Letters From Patients Treated by Coue's Methods; The Miracle Within; and more.

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Originally published in 1922, Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion caused a stir throughout the scientific and religious communities. Émile Coué's assertions that the repetition of certain phrases, or mantras, can have a positive effect on the health and happiness of an individual challenged the existing reliance on chemicals and clergy.

However, his theories, which are laid out in straightforward detail in his work, were solidly based on his firsthand experiences with patients, including such stalwart methods as conditioning therapy and the placebo effect. Often invited to lecture on the subject, he finally was motivated to commit it to writing by his desire to help people help themselves. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing; Facsimile edition edition (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564597210
• ISBN-13: 978-1564597212
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,739,990 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great hands-on book for quick, personal reinforcement., June 17, 1999

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[e-mail], Tudi (Cape Cod) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (Paperback)

Upon first reading, I believe what impressed me most about this text was the constant reminder that it is our imagination, not our will, that dictates the direction of our actions. With the latest barrage of psychological doctrines focused on finding the person(s) responsible for the rash of killing sprees and murders; this book was a refreshing reminder that it is indeed within us to determine what we do, how we do it, and even why. Emile Coue allows us the chance to enhance a function that we are born with and utilize unwittingly everyday, only not usually to our advantage. He gives us the simplest of all principles: conscious use of our own innate awareness, and proves to us that pure autosuggestion really can work to drastically change our lives for the better. Once the premise of conscious autosuggestion is mastered through practice, using it to aid students or clients is shared as a simple and effective means of effective and long term treatment.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Unsung Milestone in the History of Psychology, January 1, 2003

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Charles E. Joubert (Florence, AL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (Paperback)

Emile Coué was a French druggist who pioneered the method of self-hypnosis called autosuggestion. It was popular during the 1920's; but the combination of Coué's death and the fact that he was out of then-mainstream psychology led to its being eclipsed.

Poor Coué was a little too far ahead of the Zeitgeist. It would have fit in better today with the development of cognitive psychology and the development of cognitive therapies.

Esstentially, Coué in this work emphasizes the role of positive thinking in self-improvement. In this way he implicitly proposed bridging the gap between behavior and cognition, a concept offered over 250 years earlier by Blaise Pascal. But can reciting a mantra involving positive thoughts improve one's outlook? There is some evidence that it can.

Emile Coué offers a number of practical suggestions for cognitive self-improvement in this very readable work. It is equally recommended for both the scholar in the history of psychology as well as the everyday reader seeking practical suggestions in management of thoughts.

So: "Each day, and in every way, I am getting better and better." Putting a different cognitive spin on things can improve one's life.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better., October 15, 1998

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This review is from: Self Mastery Through Conscious Autosuggestion (Paperback)

Emile Coue explains the value of repeated self-talk, like repeating the same self-talk forty times a day, twenty times in the morning and twenty times in the evening. Emile Coue is very honest in explaining why hypnotism works for a few people and why hypnotism does not work for others. Apparently scores of people have been helped by Coue's method.