How to Secretly Hypnotize People

The word hypnosis is such an awkward word... ItSecondly, nobody is going to do something without first
literally means "sleep" and it comes from the firstimagining it in their minds and feeling good about it! This
generations of hypnotists that thought hypnosis wasis where some covertly suggestive techniques are
some sort of sleep and they often used this word toused 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 manydesired goal.
stage hypnotists still use it in many forms of tranceThese two effects are easily accomplished by, for
inductions because people usually respond to it veryexample, 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 simplevarious techniques and simple rules to do this
everyday conversation is transformed in a powerfulextremely efficiently.
persuasion and mind-altering concert of techniques andAnother way to quickly and secretly hypnotize a
strategies that create a more or less permanentperson is by using memorized passages of text (a
change in a person in a deliberate and completelysort 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 Kevinpatterns" (= "patterns") in NLP (= Neuro Linguistic
Hogan, Psy.D. where covert means "secret,Programming).
concealed" and "hypnosis" means, well, hypnosis. TheSuch patterns utilize certain linguistic structures that are
term is inappropriate, though, but it sounds mysteriousdesigned 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 capturingSuch patterns can be included in stories which make
and leading a person's imagination (trance) and -- inthem even more powerful. I've given an example
their minds -- taking them from "here and now" to thepattern in my previous article How Does Covert
desired place and time thus giving them the experienceHypnosis 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'tdo with any special powers -- contrary to common
distinguish between reality and imagination. This isbelief.
perfectly demonstrated when you get scared whileSo... now I hope I've demystified hypnosis at least a bit
watching a movie and the character is in a dangerousand as you begin to learn more about this fascinating
situation. While you consciously KNOW that "this is justsubject, you'll realize that it's a powerful tool in any
a movie", when you identify with the character in thepersuader's "bag of tricks". And, as we all know,
movie (IMAGINATION), your subconscious mind takespersuasion goes on every day in every conversation,
it quite seriously and your physiology changesthus you can begin to see now why it's not only wise,
according to what's going on in the movie -- you getbut necessary to learn this trade to be exponentially
scared for real.more successful in life.