First Three Chapters

The book's first three chapters—by Sheehan and Robertson; Wagstaff; Council, Kirsch, and Grant—conclude that three different factors turn imagination into hypnosis.

Next Three Chapters

The next three chapters—by Lynn, Neufeld, Green, Rhue, and Sandberg; Rader, Kunzendorf, and Carrabino; and Barrett—explore the hypnotic and the clinical significance of absorption in imagination.

Subsequent Three Chapters

Three subsequent chapters—by Coe; Gwynn and Spanos; and Gorassini—examine the role of compliance and imagination in various hypnotic phenomena.

Chapters on Hypnotic Hallucinations

Pursuing the possibility that some hypnotic hallucinations are experienced differently from normal images, the following two chapters—by Perlini, Spanos, and Jones; and Kunzendorf and Boisvert—focus on negative hallucinating, which reportedly "blocks out" perceptual reality.

Remaining Three Chapters

The remaining three chapters—by Wallace and Turosky; Crawford; and Persinger—pursue other physiological differences, and possible physiological connections, between hypnosis and imagination.