Saturday, December 22, 2012

Study The Tricks Of Covert Hypnosis

By George Turner


A man who fancied himself as a Lothario once dreamed that he could master the art of covert hypnosis. He imagined that he could seduce a string a beautiful women by engaging them in conversation, gaining their confidence and then commanding them to do his will. He might have succeeded in some cases. If so, his victims might never have known how or why the fell under what they thought was his charm. There are also instances of coquettes who have made men behave inexplicably, unless hypnosis can explain them.

When viewed from fifty years of hindsight films from the Second World War era might seem to depict a whole nation behaving extraordinarily. People strut about, responding to signs and sounds in what seems to be an irrational manner. They cheer en mass and on cue when a demagogue addresses them and refer to him as though he is a god. Irrationally, intelligent people express hatred of others who were their countrymen a few months earlier. A nation seems to have been hypnotized.

Though there are many instances if inexplicable human behavior not all can be explained in terms of hypnosis. There are distinctions. A flock of chickens may act in panic when a fox enters their house but the chicken which is laid on the floor with its eyes directed at a spot will remain motionless because it is in a hypnotic state. Its behavior is induced by specific techniques.

The nature of hypnosis places considerable responsibility on those who master the art. Online training and books are available so that anyone with tenacity and determination can learn. It is possible that much can be explained about human actions in terms of hypnosis. It is a means of power that can be used for good or evil.

Some people may be able to wield hypnotic influence over others whilst hardly realizing their power but intentional hypnosis is more intense and powerful. In both forms rapport is an essential first phase. A person who comes on stage during a public performance and one who gently subsides under the lilt of conversation have willingness and cooperation in common.

In the case of covert hypnosis the rapport between the subject and the hypnotist must be attained without the subject being aware of it. This makes the whole process more subtle and also more difficult. A person who willingly submits for entertainment or medical reasons retains some ultimate control over a situation but the person who is hypnotized without consent or knowledge is extremely vulnerable.

In literature there is a process known as the suspension of disbelief. This is when a reader knowingly 'suspends' his awareness that he is reading fiction and imagines that he is experiencing real life. A writer must be skilled to achieve this state just as a hypnotist must be skilled to induce a state of willing participation in a subject. The reader and the subject must both set aside their critical awareness during the process.

The crucial phase of covert hypnosis is getting the subject to do something that he or she would not do under normal circumstances. Some wealthy and powerful men have been known to give up their families, careers and money for a mistress. This illustrates the power that one person may have over another when a rapport exists and critical judgment has been thrown out of the window.




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