Does the Bible Address the Use of Hypnosis?

Hank Hanegraaff, the host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, talks with Ron who wants to know if Scripture addresses the use of hypnosis.

Hank indicates hypnosis a modern term coined by James Braid, an English doctor. He talked about the idea of suggestion. Those who preceded him were called mesmerists. They believed through an indwelling force called animal magnetism that they could cause their subjects to manifest uncontrollable laughter, jerking, so forth. Hypnotists, on the other hand, believed that the manifestations were not the results of a power within the hypnotists but the result of a heightened state of suggestibility. So, the subjected is then induced into a hypnotic trance. In principle, we never want to work ourselves into an altered state of consciousness, set aside our critical thinking, or exercise our will. This is a very dangerous state to be in.

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