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- Subject: Re: Is hidden hypnosis possible?
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 17:59:28 GMT
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- In article <DLB.93Jan26102730@fanny.wash.inmet.com>, dlb@fanny.wash.inmet.com (David Barton) writes:
- > 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
-