To: File Subje' HExperimentation) Wednesda 17 October 1951. ct: SI and yy On 'elednesday, 17 October 1951., Messrs. the writer co g@-tld ex ts in SI and and In view of the fact thal, 2 capacity for gttaining a true SI.&tat6e.@@ee consi tently questioned for some time by n@( Mes @and the writer, it was decided-that the- entire voted toward obtaining at least a light ts pri 2 SI tate ii. tes ma ly to 9 ence. ability in obtaining deep !@f-an ntly maintaining such has been pre- viously established. Accordirkgly in the first a t t d ch"iy2t directe?full attention @o obt ining a complete body cataleps spond at all to these suggestions, obta ing n e ver and coming awake in a standard "fallin te t n the other hand, while not fijlly completing h ngif s nevertheless maintained a complete 'OI state through2out. After some discussion and follpy.La&,pr arranged plans, the ,.e writer then working dire sed a v very ctly wit ery, Slow "hand lpv-itation" test with The results of wh2ich .apparently produced i easonably good SI sleep w state. @g_qame ti or r er 9,-the,2ger At th ation of the technique o LL. cted .-ho 2 -b a- as into an SI 3@t&te d If bac letely engross'e?wln th,-, write Is p2-MLng c np a writer thereaf-ter-awakened slow tlie- 12-1 thn ol, 2 InWand both ed ti tained a g s t'at,,e this te repeated the same test with both n sing again a very slow technique a awak ni was entirely sudccssf2ul both from tlio ob3arver!s point or view,and according to botki participants. -de,a third slow induction of both Ftnall) subjecta, with a al kening.'.! After giving a standard post hypnotic -to' the arf cc t that both subjects would go to3 sleep 4hen ho,rappod,on his,'.shoe'L With' a'pencil,which he held.in his hand.! Al 4 I, After both-. -nd ere awakened, the poat hypnotic was-'tii-ed and each su ec responded very easily to the post.hypnotic suggestion. Since the induction had been in a very slow and deliberate manner, consuming from 15-20 minutes during each test, it-was decided to ;onclude the evening's work. 2 CO@TENT: not Slow inductions are/necessary on the part of nce she is capable of obtaining quite rapi@ I"llVent deep SI and the only reason for_cpAO4.auing this work with her is to assist in helpin gain 251" confidence in her ability to attain a true SI condition. IMJlt is believed, regained a great deal of lost ground during this session and her three inductions appeared entirely successful. She, herself, adnitted that -deeper state than she had she had, in each case, atta9ined a in many sessions previously. Further work along this line of slow deliberate induction technique appears necessary before she can be tried on more advanced experimentation 40