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. He claimed to have used hypnosis to help spies have split personalities to not actually know they were spies in case of capture. He stated it was easy to create and easy to cure using hypnosis.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}

He joined the First Canadian Division in his teens and at the age of 19 became the youngest commissioned Officer. Later in life, he became a 32nd degree Knight Templar Mason and wrote various articles and books including these four publications: The Future of the Human Mind, Hypnotism, Spiritism, and Man - The Mechanical Misfit.Ross, Colin A., MD. The C.I.A. Doctors. (2006). Manitou Communications Inc., Texas, USA. pg. 44.

Estabrooks did experiments on children. He exchanged correspondence with then FBI Director Edgar Hoover about using hypnosis to interrogate juvenile delinquents.[https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/fbifiles/scientists/georgeestabrooks-fbi2.pdf Correspondence with J. E. Hoover. Declassified FBI documents 1364377-1] It is possible{{According to whom|date=May 2023}} he used Manchurian Candidates in children.{{Cite web |title=CIA The Secrets of Mind Control {{!}} CSGlobe |url=https://csglobe.com/cia-the-secrets-of-mind-control/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731215017/http://csglobe.com/cia-the-secrets-of-mind-control/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 31, 2013 |access-date=2022-04-12 |language=en-US}}

Bibliography

=Articles=

{{cite journal

| date = 1960

| title = The Future of Hypnosis

| journal = American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis

| volume = 3

| issue = 1

| pages = 49–54

| doi = 10.1080/00029157.1960.10404347

| last1 = Estabrooks

| first1 = G. H.

}}

{{cite journal

| date= April 1971

| title= Hypnosis Comes of Age

| journal= Science Digest

| pages= 44–50

| url= http://www.whale.to/b/estabrooks.html

| access-date= 2024-02-19

| archive-date= 2019-07-04

| archive-url= https://archive.today/20190704132835/http://www.whale.to/b/estabrooks.html

| url-status= bot: unknown

}}

=Books=

{{cite book

|date=1943

|title=Hypnotism

|url=

|location=New York

|publisher=E.P.Dutton & Co

|isbn=

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{{cite book

|date=1947

|title=Spiritism

|url=

|location=New York

|publisher=E.P.Dutton & Co

|isbn=

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=Conference proceedings=

{{cite book

|editor1-last=Estabrooks

|editor1-first=George

|date=1962

|title=Hypnosis: Current Problems — Theory and Research Methodology in Specific Fields

|location=New York, NY

|publisher=Harper & Row

|series=Harper's Psychological Series

|oclc=14619894

|author-link=

}} 285 pages. Papers of a symposium titled “Theory and Research Methodology in Specific Fields”, held at Colgate University on April 1–2, 1960.{{cite web |title=1962, English, Conference Proceedings edition: Hypnosis: Current Problems |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/21178993 |website=Trove |publisher=National Library of Australia |language=English}}