Practical Hypnotism Ed Wolff Pdf
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This short work has been written with a dichotomy of purpose; on the one hand to entertain and on the other to inform. You, as reader, are best placed to decide upon the success of the former purpose. My wish here is to guide you as to the latter, specifically, the reading of the text. Where spoken words should be emphasised to enhance their hypnotic effect, by changes in tonality, or pauses in speech, a sentence to inform the reader will follow.
My advice to those readers whose narrow focus of interest concerns matters of hypnosis and hypnotism solely, is to ignore the Preface and Afterword entirely; since their thoughts and analyses concerning the wider society we live in today (in which you may intend to use your new found hypnotic skills), will be of little interest to you. The information and instruction such readers will require, has been divided into chapters, to enable an in-depth study of each section of interest, allowing them to dip into the text to extract information and meaning without having to undertake the labour of re-reading the whole.
Those one-up, somehow manage to gather the wealth of their nation in a disproportionate manner to others, often inverting pay scales to unduly reward their pen-pushing indolence, or worse still, by occupying a managerial position that avoids all manner of work entirely; thereby empowering them to steal the life chances of those one-down. These cynical acts are accompanied with the lofty expectation that, those so affected will tacitly stand aside, in unthinking acquiescence of the subterfuge. The criteria for calculating levels of financial remuneration, having been turned upside down, dictate that a man digging holes in the street in all weathers, with rain running down the cleft of his posterior, must be content to earn a miserly amount compared to the man who idly pushes a pen over paper or adds up columns of figures for a living.
And so, dear boy (or girl, should you be so), it is with this current, lamentable, situation in mind, that I proffer this humble volume to you, the reader, in the earnest hope that a prodigious study and practice of its contents may provide (at least in part), a remedy; or on less happier occasion, a panacea, for the ills which must befall us all below the half way mark.
In chapter two, I describe the concept of Convincers, used to demonstrate and explain the hypnotic context to your prospects, gaining rapport, compliance and testing susceptibility to suggestion, before moving on to trance formation before an eager audience.
In chapter three, I discuss Leverage, describing how some convincers avail themselves as a platform for leverage into the full hypnotic trance state, either by moving on to trance from a previous phenomenon or by the use of shock, introduced at the end stage of a convincer routine, where compliance to suggestion has been gained.
In chapter four, I follow with a description of Rapid Hypnotic Inductions, used in the domain of the street hypnotist. These are the more obvious hypnotic techniques, discussed in as much detail, within this volume, as is considered useful to our Life-man. Along with convincers, used to introduce rapport, compliance and the possibility of leverage into trance, they offer a route to Party-man-ship, in the social or party context. An arena where the abilities of our Life-man become known, and he finds himself challenged to demonstrate his persuasive ploys and hypnotic knowledge for the purpose of entertainment. Placed in this situation, our Life-man will naturally use his hypnotic skills to transform himself from dull Life-man to Party-man! Immediately becoming a focus for the curiosity of his audience, whilst instantly transforming himself into an object of great interest and intrigue, placing them at his feet, and him, so to speak, one-up; his social success being guaranteed from that moment forth!
In chapter five, I describe Conversational Hypnosis. Here Glimmer Techniques are used to throw a subliminal veil over hypnotic language used in normal speech. Our Life-man now employs the subtle power of silent command to covertly transform every conversation into a waking, hypnotic interaction, where the minds of others are entranced and bent to his will; following his suggestions and ploys predictably to their pre-determined outcome through the use of such hypnotic language. Conversational hypnosis has great relevance to instant and rapid hypnosis, where its use compounds suggestions made during these inductions to make them infinitely more powerful.
Hopefully, our Life-man will practice the subliminal, Glimmer Techniques of Conversational Hypnosis, ultimately to make them part of his very being, in order to achieve a state of continuous one-up-man-ship. Such techniques should be studied well and practiced until they can be delivered subconsciously, in an effortless, conversational flow, persuading his colleagues and those around him to act to his advantage always and if not, then to completely alter the situation he finds himself in by use of Instant Hypnosis and its Shadow Techniques; so that he constantly practices the art of one-up-man-ship to reap the benefits he so truly deserves.
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Instant and Rapid Inductions are faster than other inductions. They generally involve some physical manipulation of the subject such as giving a sharp pull to an arm or interrupting a handshake. They can be divided into three categories, shock inductions, pattern interrupt inductions and confusion inductions.
Confusion Inductions rely on the fact that you confuse the subject to the point where their conscious mind is occupied with information overload and their subconscious is unable to pass over the task of making sense of the situation to the conscious, critical mind to analyse what the hypnotist is saying or getting them to do; finding it much easier to just accept the suggestion to go into hypnosis. Confusion inductions can be either physical or verbal in nature, either telling the subject confusing things, using language ploys and conscious overload, or alternatively, getting them to perform a number of physical actions all at once, until they suffer confusion through conscious overload. At this stage, conscious, critical thinking ceases, leaving the subconscious to follow your suggestions uncritically. The suggestion they go into hypnosis is now the easiest option for their subconscious to take.
To summarise, it follows that some people need to relax into trance, others respond better if homage to their cultural beliefs is made, involving some arcane but plausible ritual, played out for example, by swinging a pendulum to pace and lead them into trance (Appendix 8). Others respond better to being shocked instantly into trance or led rapidly into trance by confusion or information overload. Conversational Hypnosis is also effective in its own right and may be used with Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) to shape opinions, influence decision making and shape future behaviours. It is also used with great effect to compound suggestion during instant and rapid hypnosis.
Hypnosis is not sleep itself, though subjects may go from a state of hypnosis to sleep if left unattended. That it is also possible to lead them from a state of sleep into hypnosis demonstrates that the hypnotic trance state is one level amongst multiple levels of consciousness (Appendix 5).
More practically, we can say that, hypnosis is a state of absorption, focussed attention and intense concentration; a state similar to when you are window shopping, gazing intently at a product on display, suddenly realising minutes have passed by without you noticing and you were oblivious to what was going on around you; ignoring the distractions of passers-by because your attention was focussed and fully absorbed. Hypnosis, as a state, is distinct from trance which is a state of introspection, where the unconscious mind is activated to a subconscious state by getting an emotional response or invoking the imagination (day-dreaming), to allow creative processes to be undertaken or problems solved.
A hypnotic trance is a combination of both these states. It is a level of consciousness between being asleep (unconscious) and being awake (conscious), that subconscious state of being consciously aware whilst clearly asleep, normally at the level where you drift off at night or in the morning, during the waking stage of sleep. Your role as hypnotist is to recreate this state, controlling and extending it for a longer time than usual, to gain your purpose (Appendix 5).
This may be achieved by getting the subject to focus their attention internally, for example, by paying attention to their breathing, normally an unconscious process. You then get them to access memories, using their imagination to re-create images of those events, or you can get them to imagine a situation by fantasising. These are activities that all take place in the subconscious mind. By getting them to re-vivify the sights, sounds, smells or other senses involved in an event, using their imagination to bring them to life, their experience is made more profound and their hypnotic response is amplified in consequence. Their attention is now directed internally as opposed to externally, activating the subconscious mind to its fullest potential. Having used the imagination to access the subconscious mind and obtained an emotional response, suggestion is used to lead the subject to a hypnotic trance state where the state of absorption, focussed attention and intense concentration (hypnosis), has been combined with introspection (trance). The hypnotist is then able to lead the subject through the necessary subconscious, creative processes, guiding them with appropriate suggestion to achieve their end purpose.
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