But that’s for another article.Īnd it is even possible to induce hypnosis without words. Hypnosis can be induced in normal sounding conversations, using everyday words, without ever saying ‘relax’, ‘deeper’ or ‘sleep’.
People often have the idea that there are special hypnotic words to induce trance. For example, have you ever driven somewhere and when you reach your destination you don't remember much of the journey? You were in a trance! People often drive in trance states, where their eyes are fully open and functioning! If they see someone in front of them braking, there is no difficulty braking themselves and doing what is necessary to prevent accidents. It is not necessary to have your eyes closed to be in a trance. This is a very subtle but potent idea.Īnother thing to keep in mind is that hypnosis is not always a closed eye process. When we make our own decisions, we believe more firmly and are more committed to the result, and the actions and effects of our decisions last longer. Secondly, implicit in the idea is that if the person does something they are doing it of their own volition it is their own decision to do so. Therefore they will tend to accept this idea. There are two important issues here.įirst of all, the members of the group are programmed to accept whatever the leader says. It's interesting that many cult leaders will often claim that people cannot be made to do things against their will, even using mind control hypnosis. This is a bonus for cult leaders who, after all, do not want the members thinking for themselves!Īdd to mind control hypnosis and its effects, and you have an incredibly powerful set of tools to manipulate others, even to manipulate them to do things that violate their own morals and ethics. Rational analysis, conscious decision making and independent judgment are suspended. This means that even strong willed people can be hypnotied and made to do things that they would not normally do.
This means that people in hypnotic trance are suggestible they accept uncritically any suggestions given to them. They tend to simply accept any information that is given to them, without thinking if it is rational and reasonable or not. One important factor here is that in trance states people's ability to think logically and critically diminishes. Normally, it is very pleasant for most people, very relaxing and enjoyable. So you become much more aware of your own thoughts, internal images and feelings, and less aware of things going on in your environment. This is typical of hypnotic trance states, more and more of your attention becomes focused on what's happening inside and less on what's happening outside.
What happens is your attention becomes more and more focused and your awareness of your surroundings diminishes. Another example is staring at the movements of fish in a big fish tank. This is an altered state of consciousness, or a trance state. For example, if you are lying in a warm bath you feel a little bit sleepy, your mind might begin to wander, drifting lazily from one idea to another. And we have different states of consciousness throughout the day. Everybody has a waking state, a state when they know they're awake, they're alert, alive and in the world. It's more useful to think of hypnosis in terms of states of consciousness. Many people think of swinging watches and hypnotists on stage getting people to do weird things like barking like a chicken! Later we will uncover the specific ways cults and sects use hypnosis to manipulate members. Before we consider how, let's be clear about what hypnosis is so that you can better protect yourself against its unethical use. To amplify and speed up the effects of mind control hypnosis is often used.
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