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