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A little experience will enable the practician to recognize easily the oncoming hypnotic state. The typical sign is the closing of the eyes, sudden or gradual. Often it is accompanied by a peculiar quivering of the lids, that usually ceases in a minute or two. Or the eyes may be closed tightly. This symptom cannot be regarded, however, as certain, sufficient, or even necessary. It is most common, because the hypnotist suggests it almost invariably from the beginning. But it is quite possible for the subject to enter the trance with his eyes half-shut or fully open, and it is easy also to make him open his eyes during the state, without disturbing him in the least. Among other symptoms that are observable, we find the upward movement of the eyeballs, the deepening of the breathing, general facial relaxation, etc.

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