The asclepian dream healings and hypnosis: A critique
- 31 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
- Vol. 30 (1) , 9-22
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207148208407254
Abstract
The present paper critically evaluates the popular contention that the dream healings which occurred in antiquity at the Asclepian temples resulted from the unwitting use of hypnosis. This contention is found wanting and it is argued instead that these reported healings can he understood better by considering them in their cultural context.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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