George Estabrooks

George Hoben Estabrooks (December 16, 1895 – December 30, 1973) was a Canadian-American psychologist and an authority on hypnosis during World War II. He was a Harvard University graduate, a Rhodes Scholar, and chairman of the Department of Psychology at Colgate University. By the 1920s, a handful of scientists, Estabrooks claimed, “had learned how to split certain complex individuals into multiple personalities like Jeckyl-Hydes.” This technique was the most “fascinating and dangerous applications of hypnosis...used in military intelligence.”[1]

Estabrooks joined the First Canadian Division before he turned 20 becoming the youngest commissioned officer at that time. Years later, he became a 32nd degree Knight Templar Mason. He wrote 6 books throughout his life: Spiritism (1927), Man: The Mechanical Misfit (1941), Hypnotism (1943), The Future of the Human Mind (1961), Hypnosis: Current Problems (1962), Death in the Mind (1945).

Estabrooks consulted with the FBI regarding the effectivness of hyposis in interrogations of juvenile delinquents.[2] During WWII, he helped the US military create "hypnotic couriers"—agents who could carry secret information in their subconscious without knowing they were doing so, making them "un-interrogatable." [3]

In an interview with the Village Voice, Jane Roberts revealed that "Dr. Instream" was a pseudonym for Estabrooks in the Seth Material.[4]

Bibliography

Articles

Estabrooks, G. H. (1960). "The Future of Hypnosis". American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. 3 (1): 49–54. doi:10.1080/00029157.1960.10404347.

"Hypnosis Comes of Age". Science Digest: 44–50. April 1971. Retrieved 2024-02-19.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

Books

Hypnotism. New York: E.P.Dutton & Co. 1943.

Spiritism. New York: E.P.Dutton & Co. 1947.

Conference proceedings

  • Estabrooks, George, ed. (1962). Hypnosis: Current Problems — Theory and Research Methodology in Specific Fields. Harper's Psychological Series. New York, NY: Harper & Row. OCLC 14619894. 285 pages. Papers of a symposium titled “Theory and Research Methodology in Specific Fields”, held at Colgate University on April 1–2, 1960.[5]

Articles by other authors

References

  1. ^ Estabrooks, G. H. (April 1957). "Hypnosis Comes of Age" (PDF). Science Digest. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  2. ^ Correspondence with J. E. Hoover. Declassified FBI documents 1364377-1
  3. ^ Estabrooks, G. H. (April 1957). "Hypnosis Comes of Age" (PDF). Science Digest. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  4. ^ Village Voice Interview excerpt
  5. ^ "1962, English, Conference Proceedings edition: Hypnosis: Current Problems". Trove. National Library of Australia.


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