| The word hypnosis is such an awkward word... It | | | | Secondly, nobody is going to do something without first |
| literally means "sleep" and it comes from the first | | | | imagining it in their minds and feeling good about it! This |
| generations of hypnotists that thought hypnosis was | | | | is where some covertly suggestive techniques are |
| some sort of sleep and they often used this word to | | | | used to make a person do exactly that in their |
| get their subjects in a trance. | | | | imagination and thus tilting their decision toward our |
| This tradition has been kept until today and many | | | | desired goal. |
| stage hypnotists still use it in many forms of trance | | | | These two effects are easily accomplished by, for |
| inductions because people usually respond to it very | | | | example, a proper form of storytelling and metaphor |
| powerfully in this context. | | | | utilization. In one of his courses, Kevin Hogan explains |
| But with the art of secretly hypnotizing people, a simple | | | | various techniques and simple rules to do this |
| everyday conversation is transformed in a powerful | | | | extremely efficiently. |
| persuasion and mind-altering concert of techniques and | | | | Another way to quickly and secretly hypnotize a |
| strategies that create a more or less permanent | | | | person is by using memorized passages of text (a |
| change in a person in a deliberate and completely | | | | sort of a script) to conversationally bring a person in a |
| unconscious way. | | | | suggestive state. Such "scripts" are termed "language |
| The term "covert hypnosis" was coined by Kevin | | | | patterns" (= "patterns") in NLP (= Neuro Linguistic |
| Hogan, Psy.D. where covert means "secret, | | | | Programming). |
| concealed" and "hypnosis" means, well, hypnosis. The | | | | Such patterns utilize certain linguistic structures that are |
| term is inappropriate, though, but it sounds mysterious | | | | designed to bring a person in a trance and start |
| and was a good name for marketing purposes. | | | | experiencing the world through guided imagination. |
| In one of covert hypnosis strategies, we're capturing | | | | Such patterns can be included in stories which make |
| and leading a person's imagination (trance) and -- in | | | | them even more powerful. I've given an example |
| their minds -- taking them from "here and now" to the | | | | pattern in my previous article How Does Covert |
| desired place and time thus giving them the experience | | | | Hypnosis Work? |
| before they actually experience it in the real world. | | | | There are many more techniques to quickly and easily |
| Why is this so powerful? | | | | secretly hypnotize people and none of them have to |
| The thing is that first, our subconscious mind doesn't | | | | do with any special powers -- contrary to common |
| distinguish between reality and imagination. This is | | | | belief. |
| perfectly demonstrated when you get scared while | | | | So... now I hope I've demystified hypnosis at least a bit |
| watching a movie and the character is in a dangerous | | | | and as you begin to learn more about this fascinating |
| situation. While you consciously KNOW that "this is just | | | | subject, you'll realize that it's a powerful tool in any |
| a movie", when you identify with the character in the | | | | persuader's "bag of tricks". And, as we all know, |
| movie (IMAGINATION), your subconscious mind takes | | | | persuasion goes on every day in every conversation, |
| it quite seriously and your physiology changes | | | | thus you can begin to see now why it's not only wise, |
| according to what's going on in the movie -- you get | | | | but necessary to learn this trade to be exponentially |
| scared for real. | | | | more successful in life. |