Part one of term paper
, is an altered state of consciousness and heightened responsiveness to suggestion; it may be induced in normal people by a variety of methods and has been used in medical and psychiatric treatment. Most frequently hypnosis is brought about through the actions of an operator, the hypnotist, who engages the attention of a subject and assigns ...

Part two of term paper
... philosophical, and religious systems.(Fire walking, or meditation) Characteristics Hypnosis results in the gradual assumption by the subject of a state of consciousness wholly dissimilar to either wakefulness or sleep, during which attention is withdrawn from the outside world and is concentrated on mental, sensory, and physiological experiences. When a hypnotist induces a trance, a close relationship or rapport develops between operator and subject. The responses of subjects in the tranc ...