Opinions of Experts on the "So Called" Dangers of Hypnotism

In his book Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Dr. William S. Kroger,MD 
states, "Platonof, an associate of Pavlov, who used hypnosis over 50 years
in over fifty thousand cases, reports as follows: "We have never observed
any harmful influences on the patient which could be ascribed to the 
method of hypno-suggestion therapy, or any tendency toward the development
of unstable personality, weakening of the will or pathological urge for 
hypnosis."

Dr. David Cheek, MD, who has vast experience in the field, writes, "We can
do more harm with ignorance of hypnotism than we can ever do by 
intelligently using hypnosis and suggestion contructively."

Dr. Julius Grinker states, "The so-called dangers from hypnosis are 
imaginary.  Although I have hypnotized many hundreds of patients, I have 
never seen any ill effects from its use."

Pierre Janet, a student of Sigmund Freud who became an ardent practitioner
of hypnosis, writes, "The only danger in hypnotism is that it is not 
dangerous enough."

Psychologist Rafael Rhodes in his book, Therapy Through Hypnosis, writes,
Hypnotism is absolutely safe.  There is no known case on record of 
harmful results from its therapeutic use."

Dr. Louie P. Thorpe, Professor Emeritus, Univ. of Southern California, in
his book, The Psyshology of Mental Health, writes, "Hypnotism  is a 
natural phenomenon, and there are no known deleterious effects from its 
use."

Dr. M. Gerald Edelstein says, "The contraindications of hypnosis that they
were taught during my psychiatric residency proved to be gross 
exaggerations."