"The Bynum Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility," by Therial L. Bynum, M.D.

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**The Bynum Scale Of Hypñotic Susceptibility**
Depth of Trance	Level	Objective Symptoms
Insusceptible	0	No Objective Change
^«Hypñoidal Trance^»	1	' No Objective Change '
	2	' Relaxation '
	3	' Fluttering of Eyelids '
	4	' Closing of Eyes '
	5	' Complete Physical Relaxation '
^«Light Trance^»	6	' Catalepsy of Eyelids '
	7	' Limb Catalepsies '
	10	' Rigid Catalepsies '
	11	' Anesthesia (stocking/glove) '
^«Medium Trance^»	12	' Partial Amnesia '
	14	' Personality Changes '
	16	' Post-Hypnotic Anesthesia '
	18	Simple Post-Hypnotic ' Suggestions '
	20	' Kinesthetic Delusions, Complete Amnesia '
^«Deep Trance^»	22	Ability to open eyes without affecting Trance, ' Self-Hypnosis '
^«Deep Trance^»	24	Bizarre Post-Hypnotic ' Suggestions '
^«Moderately Deep Trance^»	25	' Complete Somnambulism '
	26	' Positive Visual Hallucinations ' (Post-Hypnotic)
	27	' Positive Auditory Hallucinations ' (Post-Hypnotic)
	28	Systematized Post-Hypnotic ' Amnesias '
^«Profoundly Deep Trance^»	29	' Negative Auditory Hallucinations '
^«Profoundly Deep Trance^»	30	' Negative Visual Hallucinations, ' Hyperaesthesias

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Figure B

Divisions Of The Nervous System
Primative Brain Stem Divisions	Portion of fully developed Human Brain	Functional Divisions
Prosencephalon (Forebrain)	Neocortex Basal Ganglia Limbic System Olfactory Bulb Lateral Ventricles	Forebrain
Diencephalon	Thalamus Epithalamus Hypothalamus Pineal Body Third Ventricle	Brain Stem
Mesencephalon (Midbrain)	Tectum Tegmentum Cerebral Aqueduct	Brain Stem
Rhombencephalon (Hindbrain)	Cerebellum Pons Fourth Ventricle Medulla Oblongata	Brain Stem
		Spinal Cord

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last update: March - 2010.

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