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BORIS SIDIS (1919)
believed the Hypñoidal State to be
the most primitive kind of rest-state out of which
conditions of waking, normal sleep, and Hypnosis have become differentiated. He characterized it as a highly fluid and volatile transitional state, which fluctuates between waking on the one hand and sleep or Hypnosis on the other. There are therefore varying degrees of access to the subconscious mind! And notably, attitudes of criticism and resistance are suspended during
Hypñoidal States.
PROGRESSION FROM NORMAL WAKING THOUGHT
to that of daydreaming, hypnagogic hallucinoses and dreaming involves the gradual increase in visual imagery, multiple implicit connotations, and the use of mechanisms of condensation, symbolization and displacement. At the same time; verbal, rational, reality-oriented Secondary Process Thinking is diminished, as is reflective awareness (awareness of self) and one's ability to extend effort (...to willfully act).
(SeeThe Hypnotic States )
In the Hypnagogic State, while lying on a couch; the ego activity of the muscular as well as the perceptual apparati is diminished. One lies quiet, still, with eyes closed, in a dark and quiet room, thus there are few perceptual stimuli or motor tasks with which to interact. A shift then occurs in one's cognative apparatus (Hypñoidal Level 5). From Secondary Process, reality-oriented, mostly logical thinking; one drifts into thinking mainly in the fleeting pictures; pictorial, prelogical, imagenative thinking. Primary Process thinking takes over. Hence associations flow more freely than they do in the normal waking state. 
(SeeTrance Phenomena )
There are several ways of producing the Trance state, directly and/or indirectly! While some clinicians prefer the use of medications, the basic elements of trance induction usually include the following:
- Setting
up an Emotional Relationship
between the hypnotist and subject.
- Limitation
of Sensory intake and Motor output.
- Fixation
of Attention. &
- Repetition of Monotonous Stimulation!
The Induction Technique: |
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Establishing An Emotional Relationship
With The Subject |
EMOTIONAL RELATIONSHIPS can be accomplished in a variety of ways. In this setting, and for this type of Hypnosis, it is preferable to set the subject at ease by having a comfortable couch for him to lay on. This should be in a room that is quiet and free from any out side noises or visual distractions. The lighting should be subdued, but not too dark, so as not to invite sleep. And make sure the room temperature is at a pleasant setting.
Once the subject is laying comfortably on the couch, a brief discussion about Hypnosis is in order. Try to determine what the subject already knows about Hypnosis, and if he has had any prior experiences (good and/or bad), with Hypnotic inductions. Also a brief explanation of what not to expect or to be worried about would be in order.
Hypnosis typically requires an initial agreement to cooperate in the generation of the behaviors that are expected without, however, requiring a play-acting of the roles to please the hypnotist.
This initial agreement to cooperate, to let happen what happens is referred to as the Hypnotic Contract. Initial cooperation is needed also in a memory experiment if recall is desired that goes beyond what would be found in uninstructed incidental memory. The difference between intentional and incidental memory provides acceptible and important objective information in the session.
(See  Mïsconceptiöns )
Finally (and not necessarily in this order), ask the subject if he would like to use your rest room facilities prior to the session, so as not to disrupt the session in mid-progress. (Any bodily needs should be cared for on your own part as well before the session!)
 You have selected a time when you know you will not be disturbed, and have taken the phone off the hook! Once you are satisfied that you have established a good pre-hypnotic rapport, and have made the subject comfortable on the couch, you may then proceed.
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Limitation of Sensory intake and Motor output. |
ENCOURAGE The Subject to make himself as comfortable as he possibly can, but without inviting sleep. He should be relaxed and correct any areas of noticeable strain or pressure on his body. Reassure him that it is acceptable for him to adjust his position on the couch as often as is necessary.
Now you can instructed him to stare at an object on the wall. He should focus on the object as close as possible. As he stares his eyes are becoming tired and soon will be closing. With closed eyes, remain as still and quiet as possible.
This familiar eye-closure technique illustrates the role of the double-bind in which the suggestion to keep looking at the target conflicts with the suggestion that the eyes are tired, and soon will be closing of themselves. The resolution is that I am holding my eyes open but They are closing involuntarily. This division of the two control systems is itself a manifestation of dissociation, and provides a readiness for further dissociative experiences.
Stress on muscular relaxation assists in disorientation, because one of the ways in which we keep oriented is to know where our hands and feet are. People are usually moving a little, adjusting their clothing, putting their hands on their faces, changing positions in a chair. With immobility, these ties to reality are weakened, and dissociations are readily accepted.
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Fixation Of Attention |
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CONCENTRATION on a single stimulus provided by you the hypnotist, such as music, reading, or listening to the repetitive beat of a metronome, is encouraged. This should continue for at least one or two minutes. When the source of his focused attention is discontinued, the subject with his eyes still closed, is asked to repeat what he remembers of it and tell what came into his mind during the reading, during his repetition of the reading, and/or after it. It is during this time that the subject reclines on the couch in a half-darkened room, very much like the «Sleeping Method.» After a short time of recounting his experience, the subject will gradually drift into an Hypnagogic State resulting in a free and vivid flow of free associations, which generally gravitate to early experiences that may be of an intensely emotional nature. 
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It is the Hypnagogic State in which dream-hallucinations hold sway (Hypñoidal Level 5). This experience could be called a dream without distortion. It differs from a dream in that there is less elision of the remote and recent past, and far less use of symbolic representation.
This is due to two facts: First, since the reverie does not attempt to say as much as a dream, it does not need to depend upon condensed hieroglyphics to express multiple meanings. And second, when the «Hypnagogic Reverie» is artificially induced (by the Hypñoidal method) for therapeutic pruposes, guilt and anxiety seem to play a less active role than in a dream, with the result that the content of the reverie can come through with less disguise. Through the induction of states of hypnagogic reverie, by the use of the Hypñoidal method, significant information about the subject's past can be made readily and directly accessible, without depending upon the interpretations which are required in the translation of dreams.
Many people can readily produce seemingly dreamlike, bizarre, child-like and/or primitive ideation using the intellective capacities of everday life. The emergence into consciousness of such fanciful ideation is necessary (but not sufficient condition), for determining the break through of repressive barriers and/or the return to primary process mentation. Additionally, what is needed is the subject's conviction that, (A) the fanciful ideation was alien to his usual imaginal capacities and that, (B) it bore the stamp of long forgotten emotionally charged memories and ways of thinking.
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