{"id":333,"count":2,"description":"The history of hypnosis dates back to ancient civilizations such as Egypt and Greece, where trance-like states were used for healing. In the 18th century, Franz Mesmer advanced the concept of \u201canimal magnetism,\u201d which was later refined by James Braid in the 19th century into hypnosis as we know it today. Braid saw hypnosis as a psychological phenomenon rather than something mystical. In the 20th century, figures such as Sigmund Freud and Milton Erickson further refined the practice, and today hypnosis is recognized and used worldwide in both therapeutic and self-development contexts.","link":"https:\/\/hypnosementor.nl\/en\/category\/history-of-hypnosis\/","name":"History","slug":"history-of-hypnosis","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypnosementor.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypnosementor.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypnosementor.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/hypnosementor.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}