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  2. Fraser spiral illusion - Wikipedia

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    Fraser spiral illusion. The Fraser spiral illusion is an optical illusion that was first described by the British psychologist Sir James Fraser (1863–1936) in 1908. [1] The illusion is also known as the false spiral, or by its original name, the twisted cord illusion. The overlapping black arc segments appear to form a spiral; however, the ...

  3. Self-hypnosis - Wikipedia

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    Self-hypnosis or auto-hypnosis (as distinct from hetero-hypnosis) is a form, a process, or the result of a self-induced hypnotic state. [ 1 ] Frequently, self-hypnosis is used as a vehicle to enhance the efficacy of self-suggestion ; and, in such cases, the subject "plays the dual role of suggester and suggestee".

  4. Talk:Self-hypnosis - Wikipedia

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    A common tool for anyone to experiment with the effects of self hypnosis is a Hypnotic Spiral also used by Hypnotists the world over. As a novice editor may I please suggest that many readers could benefit from an impartial ( but subjective ) experiment to see for themselves how self hypnosis "feels". Much more could and should be said as you say.

  5. Psi wheel - Wikipedia

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    Psi wheel example. There are several designs for the shape of the psi wheel, but the most common is an inverted funnel-shaped pyramid. This psi wheel shape may be constructed by creasing a small (around 2 inch by 2 inch) square of paper or foil lengthwise, height wise, and diagonally both ways, then bending the square slightly along the creases to reach the desired shape.

  6. Hypnotic induction - Wikipedia

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    James Braid in the nineteenth century saw fixing the eyes on a bright object as the key to hypnotic induction. [3]A century later, Sigmund Freud saw fixing the eyes, or listening to a monotonous sound as indirect methods of induction, as opposed to “the direct methods of influence by way of staring or stroking” [4] —all leading however to the same result, the subject's unconscious ...

  7. Microcosmic orbit - Wikipedia

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    Microcosmic orbit. The history of the microcosmic orbit dates back to prehistoric times in China, and the underlying principles can be found in the I Ching which according to legend was written by the Emperor Fu Xi approximately five thousand years ago or at least two centuries before the time of the Yellow Emperor.

  8. Hypnosis in works of fiction - Wikipedia

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    Lucas Hyde, Hypnosis (2005). Donald K. Hartman, Death by Suggestion: An Anthology of 19th and Early 20th-Century Tales of Hypnotically Induced Murder, Suicide, and Accidental Death . Gathers together twenty-two short stories from the 19th and early 20th century where hypnotism is used to cause death—either intentionally or by accident.

  9. Retuinskih's System ROSS - Wikipedia

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    Retuinskih System ROSS (Russian: РОСС, short for Росси́йская Оте́чественная Систе́ма Самозащи́ты; English transliteration: Rossiyskaya Otechestvennaya Sistema Samozashchity; translated as Russian Native System of Self-Defense) is a martial system trademarked by Alexander Retuinskih related to Systema.