Hypnotism Daily News

Excitation through suggestion and auto-suggestion can be best exemplified by the phenomena of appetite and sex (and other reactions based on "unconditioned reflexes," in Pavlov's terminology). Have you ever experienced a sudden flow of saliva, as you looked at somebody consuming his lunch with manifest relish right before you? If you have, then you know that various bodily activities, visible as well as invisible, which are connected with normal appetite, can be precipitated by suggestion. Have you ever seen young boys straighten their backs and look brighter, as a pretty girl comes into their presence? Or, if you still are young and healthy, have you observed introspectively that, in such cases, a feeling of increased vitality passes through you, to accelerate your thoughts and to enlighten your wits?