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Exposition Press, New York. Published date: 1961. Hardcover; 40 pp; 21 cm. First edition. An Exposition-Banner Book.
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In good condition with acceptable dust jacket. Green cloth boards with red lettering on spine show light edge wear and mild scuffing and toning to edges. Binding sound. Pages lightly toned with age but clean and unmarked. Dust jacket present with edge wear, small chips and tears along edges, creasing, and general surface soiling, scuffing, and toning; price of 2.50 present on front flap. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Concise mid twentieth century popular psychology work presenting self hypnosis as a practical method for habit change, emotional regulation, improved health, and personal effectiveness, including financial success. Contents include: Power of the Mind; Methods; Conclusions. [From jacket flaps] It is the authors contention, vigorously and convincingly pursued in the pages of this book, that every man has a source of virtually unlimited power in his subconscious mind. "Our entire system of education and training seems to dwell only on the education of the conscious mind ... and nothing, absolutely nothing, is done to educate the unconscious ... still the unconscious is vastly more potent." Dr. Adams shows how the reader can hope to achieve success in business and personal relationships, exile fears and anxieties, cure many psychogenic and psychosomatic ailments, break annoying habits, and generally enjoy every moment of living more through proper harnessing of the powers of the unconscious mind. Crammed with practical advice, the book offers a concrete, step by step procedure for achieving the state of self hypnosis necessary for effective functioning of the unconscious ... answering such questions as what atmosphere is conducive to hypnosis, whether mechanical devices help, what phrases bring about proper effect, and how self hypnosis may be applied to problems such as alcoholism, excessive eating or smoking, habitual failure, and stage fright ... concluding that "Wishing wont make it true, but self hypnosis will."