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Comment author: sixes_and_sevens 30 August 2013 11:31:01AM 4 points [-]

Based on the descriptions of thoughtful, educated people who practise hypnosis, it seems useful to think of it as a "suite" of psychological effects such as suggestion, group conformity, hype, etc., rather than a single coherent phenomenon.