催眠术是一种古老而又年轻的充满“神秘”的技术。说它古老是因为在古希腊和古埃及就有催眠术,而在15世纪以前催眠术是被神职人员作为一种“法术”来呼神祛魔的,那时不可能用科学来解释催眠现象。说它年轻是在19世纪之后才开始对催眠术进行科学研究,并在精神治疗中应用。如19世纪初英国医生雷德提出“视神经疲劳”学说,引用希腊语“HYPNUS”(睡眠)改为“HYPNOTISM”(催眠术);19世纪后期法国建立了两个催眠研究中心。研究的结果,认为催眠术是由于暗示的心理过程造成的,其本质是暗示性增高状态。著名的精神病学家弗洛伊德在对精神病患者的治疗中应用了催眠术,并在大量的 Hypnosis is an ancient and young technology full of “mystery.” It was ancient because of hypnosis in ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and hypnosis was used by clerics as a “spell” to exorcise magic until the 15th century when it was impossible to explain hypnosis science . It was only after the nineteenth century that it was young to begin scientific research on hypnosis and to apply it in psychotherapy. For example, the British doctor Reid put forward the theory of “optic nerve fatigue” in the early 19th century, referring to the Greek word “HYPNUS” (sleep) to “HYPNOTISM” (hypnosis). In the late 19th century, France established two hypnosis research centers. The results of the study, that hypnosis is due to the implied psychological process, its essence is the implied state of increase. The famous psychiatrist Freud used hypnosis in the treatment of psychiatric patients, and in a large number of