Vladimir Bekhterev was the first to invade the holy of holies of man - his consciousness. And he was able not only to cure the most serious diseases, but also to control people through suggestion and hypnosis. He conducted hundreds of unique experiments in hypnosis, after which people were miraculously revived and got rid of their bad habits: alcoholism, smoking, drug addiction. This book reveals the essence of suggestion as a mental phenomenon, the mechanisms of occurrence of mental epidemics and the role of various types of suggestion in their origin and spread during crisis situations in society.