Hidden Depths

Robin Waterfield is the author of over twenty-five books, ranging from children's fiction to biography and translations of ancient Greek texts. Hidden Depths is the product of a lifelong interest in human potential and psychology. At present he is Writer in Residence at the University of Sussex.

"Robin Waterfield's Hidden Depths: The Story of Hypnosis, is undoubtedly the most thorough and informative book about hypnosis on the market today. Written in an engagingly intelligent and entertaining style, this book details the history of the field of hypnosis. The author's descriptions of a remarkable cast of charlatans, eccentrics, and dedicated professionals eventually leads us from Egypt though Mesmer and up to the present, where the author provides a remarkably clear picture of the current state of the field. Professionals and non-professionals alike will come away from this book with a more complete understanding of the history, controversies, applications, and potentials of hypnosis than they could acquire anywhere else." -- Ronald A. Havens, co-author of Hypnotherapy Scripts"Hidden Depths is, without any doubt, the single most informative and exciting treatise regarding hypnosis and hypnotherapy I have ever seen. I suggest you memorize it!" -- Stephen Lankton, MSW, DAHB

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface Introduct ion 1. Hypnosis in Fact and Fiction 2. In the Beginning 3. Franz Anton Mesmer 4. Magnetic Sleep and Victor's Sister 5. Crusaders and Prophets in the United States 6. 'Mesmeric Mania' in the United Kingdom 7. Murder, Rape and Debate in the Late Nineteenth Century 8. Psychic Powers and Recovered Memories 9. Freud and Other Alienists 10. State or No State: The Modern Controversy 11. Hypnotherapy: Mind and Body