who, through the powers of persuasion and hypnotic suggestion, can do infinite good to his fellow-human beings.
The Master Course differs from others in that it contains detailed instruction for inducing hypnosis, as well as a large number of methods. Thus the course in its present form includes the original teachings of the old masters, the results of the investigations of prominent European and American psychologists, some advances made in the past two decades and also the fruits of the author's own active practice and experimentations.
This Course differs in yet another respect. It is scientific and strictly true-to-fact. Hypnotism is presented stripped of its heritage of hokum and mysticism. Even such things as Animal Magnetism, Magnetic Healing and similar bugaboos are pointedly ignored. Every statement made is authoritative, every belief expressed represents the consensus of opinion; the methods explained have been tried and proven, and sensationalism and exaggeration have been studiously avoided. In concise yet complete form, Hypnotism is presented truly as a science. The wheat, in short, is here separated from the chaff.
Since this Course is primarily for beginners, it is to them that the author wishes to address a few pertinent remarks: It is easy to learn to hypnotize, but only by dint of persistent practice and application may one become an expert hypnotist. The author suggests that these lessons be studied-not just read-in the order and sequence in which they appear. The Preliminary Tests should be thoroughly mastered; the Psychology of Suggestion must be well understood; the student should in particular be quite familiar with the attendant conditions and possible dangers, and have at his finger-tips the means for meeting any emergencies