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Friedrich Hayek’s starting point is the scientific observation of a natural order within environmental chaos, from which laws are formalized by the human mind. These laws are constructed from the identification of differences and repetitions between phenomena perceived by sensoriality. It classifies, by itself, the best adaptive strategies for the species, according to situations experienced and those yet to come. This classification is unconscious, or according to Hayek, “super-conscious,” i.e., below or beyond our awareness as such. A phenomenology of hypnosis draws on the importance of the cognitive process of attention to paradoxically reach this “super-consciousness”—which we believe is achieved by imagination and suggestion—and to better deploy an internal sensoriality hampered by psychopathological issues. Two clinical cases are presented for illustrative purposes.