Legend:

• Hypnotism is a safe practicee
  
  
• Hypnotism is not safe and may be demonic

Discussion:

• It increases you ability to memorize. Hypnotized boys were read a poem once and were later able to recite the whole thing from memory. (Hypnotism divine or demonic p30)
  
  
  • We do not need this. The holy spirit helps us to remember. John 14:26
    
    

• Hypnotism come from the god Hypnos. "He lived in a cave with his brother the God of death Outside flowed the River of Forgetfulness, one drink of which was reputed to erase all memories."
  
  

• A person under hypnosis is extremely susceptible to suggestion from the hypnotist. Just go to a show and watch. Control of mind and will-power is one of the greatest gifts of God. We are told to have self control (Galatians 5:22-23) and to be of sound mind(2 timothy 1:7).
  
  

• It makes you open up your mind to the devil like drugs
  
  

• Your "reasoning processes are rendered helpless." (Hypnotism divine or demonic p27)
  
  

• Leviticus 19:31 tells us not to seek wizards. These people would be like wizards to them.
  
  

• Hypnosis is a deceiver. It just makes you think something doesn't exist. There is no cure.
  
  
  • The AMA tells of a women chain smoker. She was cured but then became a compulsive eater. cured again and became an alcoholic. (Hypnotism divine or demonic p36)
    
    
  • One guy had back pain from depression. He was cured of back pain. Overcome with depression he killed himself. (Hypnotism divine or demonic p36)