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- From: dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton)
- Subject: Re: Is hidden hypnosis possible?
- In-Reply-To: gpw@punisher.caltech.edu's message of 25 Jan 1993 16:25:09 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 15:27:30 GMT
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- I missed the original article in this thread. I must therefore
- respond to a partial quote.
-
- In article <1k0gfkINNfbs@rs2.hrz.th-darmstadt.de>,
- raab@vlsi.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Andreas Raab) writes:
- |> Is it possible to induce a hypnotic state in a person such that the
- |> person doesn't realize what happens?
-
- [ stuff deleted ]
-
- |> Well, can it be that A hypnotized B? I know that eye contact over
- |> extended periods of time can induce trace, but what then? There
- |> was a lot of body language involved, and A used his voice very
- |> much. It reminded me at the wizard Saruman a character from "The
- |> Lord of the Rings" who bewitched people with his voice.
- |> m really interested in the subject, it's fasconating to watch
- |> people interact. This "hidden hypnosis" technique seems to be
- |> used very frequent, especially in advertising, in particular in
- |> TV.
- |> Andreas
-
- Covert hypnotic inductions are certainly possible. Erickson has
- published many examples, as have many others. Erickson even
- recommends it in the case where a given client is clearly ambivalent,
- and the ambivalence results in considerable resistance.
-
- Not having seen the original article, I cannot comment on whether a
- trance was induced in this particular case. Hypnosis is not an
- "either-or" thing; being hypnotized is not a binary variable. The
- answer to your question is probably, "To an extent".
-
- Dave Barton
- dlb@hudson.wash.inmet.com
-