Second Test. Drawing Backward. Preparation
Do not, under any circumstances, undertake this test until you have succeeded with the first test. Unless you master the tests in the order given we cannot be responsible for your success.
The Subject
For the second test select some person whose hand fell quickly when you counted three, as explained in the first test, some one who is able, completely, to relax his muscles. A person whose hand remained in the air when you made the first test is not a fit subject for the second.
Position
After having selected the subject for the second test, ask him to stand up, with his feet together, his head up, hands at his sides, and to close his eyes and relax his muscles. To ascertain if he is so doing put your hand on his shoulder and pull him back slightly. If he comes back easily he is doing as you direct; if he is standing with his limbs stiff and it is difficult to pull him back, he is not obeying instructions.
A Word To The Subject
Explain to the subject that he should not resist the influence, but that when he feels an inclination to fall backward he should let himself go and that you will catch him so that he will not actually fall.
Process
If the subject is standing with his eyes closed and muscles relaxed, put the palm of your right hand against the back of his head at the base of the brain and ask him to rest his head upon your hand, as in the illustration.
Now put your left hand on the subject's forehead and push his head against your right hand slowly, as in the illustration following. Ask the subject to think of falling backward, or better, to repeat to himself the words, "I am falling backward, I am falling backward," etc. Hold your hands still for thirty seconds and then say in slow but positive tones, - "When - I - draw - my - hand - from - you - you - will - slowly - fall - backward." Now remove your left hand from the subject by drawing it backward across the side of his head above the ear, after which slowly withdraw your right hand.
HAND ON FOREHEAD, FALLING BACKWARD
Remove the right hand so slowly at first that its motion is hardly perceptible. While you are withdrawing your right hand say to the subject, - "You are falling backward - you are falling backward." Be sure to catch the subject when he falls, so that he will not hurt himself. If he does not fall backward at first, repeat the test. In making this test most persons remove the right hand much too rapidly. The more slowly you remove the hand the more likely you are to affect the person. Your manner of speaking will also have much to do with your success. Do not speak loud, but speak positively.
THE MANNER IN WHICH THE HANDS ARB WITHDRAWN,
SHOWING SUBJECT FALLING BACKWARD
Important
After you have used the test of falling backward on those whose hands fell in their laps, use this same test on those whose hands did not fall, as you may affect a large number of those who do not even try to comply with your directions.
DRAWING SUBJECT FORWARD WITH HANDS
Third Test - Drawing Forward. Process
For this test select some one whom you have affected on the second test, - some one who fell backward very readily. Ask him to stand up in front of you and relax his muscles as indicated for the second test. Place your fingers on his temples, as shown in the illustration above. Hold your fingers on the temples for from ten to fifteen seconds. Ask the person to look directly into your eyes and you should look directly at the root of his nose between his eyes, with a firm and steady gaze. After holding your fingers on the subject's temples and looking at the root of the nose, as directed, for about ten seconds, say to the subject in slow but positive tones: "Now-when-I-withdraw-my-hands-you-will-fall-forward." Withdraw your hands very slowly from the subject and as you withdraw them say to him: "You-are-falling-forward; you-are-failing-forward; you-are-falling-forward." The illustration below represents the manner of withdrawing the hands.
When the subject falls forward be sure to catch him so that he will not hurt himself. Do not give up if you fail on the first trial. Nothing is accomplished without perseverance. Explain to the subject that he must not resist the influence.
WITHDRAWING HANDS
Fourth Test - Fastening Hands Together. Process
Do not attempt this test until you have been successful with the three:preceding. For this test select someone with whom you were successful on the third test - same one who fell forward quite readily. Ask him to stand up and put his hands together with the fingers crossed. Ask him to push his hands very tightly together, to make his arms stiff and rigid, and to think he cannot take his hands apart, Or better, to repeat mentally the words, "I can't get my hands apart, I can't get them apart, I can't get them apart," etc. The subject must not laugh nor treat the matter frivolously, but he must make up his mind that his hands are actually fastened together. The operator should now place his hands on those of the subject and ask the latter to look him straight in the eyes. Let the subject be impressed that he must not look away, and if he attempts to do so the operator should command him to look into his eyes, the operator meanwhile should look at the subject between the eyes, at the root of the nose, with a firm and steady gaze, never removing his gaze at any time for the slightest moment.
FOURTH TEST-FASTENING THE HANDS
Now say to the subject in a positive tone: "You will find your hands are sticking together, tight, tighter, tighter, tight, and you can't take them apart." The operator should now remove his hands from those of the subject, so that the subject may have an opportunity to attempt to pull his hands apart. While the operator's hands are on those of the subject, he should move them around continually and gently press the subject's hands together, but at no time pressing hard enough to hurt the subject's hands in the slightest degree, as this would destroy all the effect.
If the operator prefers, instead of pressing the subject's hands, he may make passes down the subject's arms, commencing at the shoulders, passing down the arms and off at the hands, and repeating the operation until ready to give the suggestions that the subject cannot take his hands apart.
After the operator's hands are taken from those of the subject, he should keep telling him that he cannot take his hands apart, as the suggestion gains and holds its strength by repetition.
In giving the suggestions the operator should say in a positive tone, not very fast, "Now you will find your hands are sticking together tightly," and keep getting more positive and throwing more energy in subsequent suggestions until the climax is reached, when the subject is told that he cannot take his hands apart.
The First Test May Be Omitted
After you have been successful with the fourth test, and have fastened the hands of a number of subjects together so that they are unable to take them apart, you may omit the first test and thereafter commence with the second test, but never omit any test except the first, and if you wish to affect a large percentage of people it is usually better to commence with the first test. After you become experienced you can perform the tests very quickly. You will get so that you can fasten a person's hands together almost instantaneously. Do not attempt anything beyond this point until you have thoroughly mastered all the preceding lessons.
How To Remove Hypnotic Influence. Process
As soon as the subject tries hard to pull his hands apart and is unable to do so, the operator should strike his own hands together quickly so as to make a sharp noise and say very positively, "All right, wake up, wide awake, all right," and continue repeating these suggestions, occasionally striking his hands together until the influence is entirely removed, which result will ordinarily be accomplished very quickly.
POSITION IN AWAKENING SUBJECT
Should the subject's hands not come apart quickly, the operator should take hold of them, push them together closely, and say to the subject, "Now stop trying, stop pulling," and when the subject has done so, say "Now when I count three your hands will come apart." Then the operator should count "One, two, three," and just as he says "three" he should strike his hands together quickly so as to make a loud noise, and say, "Now take your hands apart, all right, wake up," etc.
ref. Hypnotism and Suggestion by E. Virgil Neal and Charles S. Clerk