How to Hypnotise.pdf

How to Hypnotise

Steven Hall MCOH MASC NLP

Published in Great Britain in 1995, 2001 by

Mindworks UK

PO Box 91

Nuneaton

CV10 7YR

IMPORTANT

Do not follow the induction techniques if you suffer from epilepsy or clinical depression.

The induction processes used in this publication are not suitable for medical or

psychiatric treatment.

Cover Illustration Copyright Steven Hall 2000

(Cover Illustration has been removed from PDF version to reduce download speed)

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Introduction

Reading about hypnosis and actually performing it are two very different things. Whilst I

was learning to induce trance I was unable to obtain a very important piece of material...

an actual induction script. This is one of the main reasons that I have written this book. It

will put you on the right track right from the beginning. It has been my aim whilst writing

this book that a reader with no former knowledge of hypnosis will be able to induce

trance on a subject, know what to do while they are there and safely bring the subject

back to their original state. This I feel I have accomplished this and, with a little practice,

it is very probable that you will soon be following the path I have taken and be

performing your own hypnotic public stage shows.

How I first became interested in hypnosis

I have always had an interest in the subject of hypnosis. However, it was not until the late

1980's that my curiosity grew and I began to learn the subject for myself. Like many

people I believed that hypnosis was an art performed using some mystical power. I had

never thought it possible that I would one day be able to perform the amazing feats that I

had once put down to miracles or myths.

I have many hobbies, one of which is juggling. To complete a routine where I juggled

with fire, I once wanted to be able to perform the amazing fire walk. Of course I do not

have asbestos feet and therefore tried to find some kind of explanation as to how I was to

perform such an impressive act. The only method that seemed remotely feasible was

mind over matter. I looked into the subject a little closer and whilst browsing through

what, if my memory serves me correctly, was an Arthur C. Clarke book, an illustration of

a man levitating caught my eye. I read the text and one of the possible explanations given

was that the guy had actually hypnotised a group of onlookers into believing that he was

floating when he was standing on a support they had been told they could not see. This

set a train of thought off in my mind. I began to think about the possibilities of hypnosis

all of the time. I decided that I wanted to be able to hypnotise people and began my

research, gathering as much information on hypnosis as I could find. This proved to be

the beginning of a fruitful career, which has now become a way of life.

What hypnosis is and why it works

Before I begin to tell you what hypnosis is, I must first tell you what it is not. One of the

most common misconceptions about hypnosis is that it is sleep. Although a hypnotised

subject does appear to take on the characteristics of somebody sleeping they are actually

quite alert. Hypnosis is very difficult to describe, as nobody actually knows what is going

on inside the mind of a subject. What we do know is that whilst in the trance state the

subject becomes very suggestible. A subject’s attention, whilst they are going into trance,

is narrowed down gradually. Firstly, the sense of sight is lost as the subject is requested

to close their eyes. After a little while it is not uncommon for the subject to lose complete

awareness of their body. Although one by one the senses are slowly slipping away, one

sense is greatly amplified by the induction process. This is the sense of hearing. A

hypnotised subject can often hear distant sounds that they would not be able to hear in the

normal waking state. This, of course, means that throughout the whole process the

subject is able to hear everything that the hypnotist might say. When you begin to induce

trance in people you will often find that upon awakening the subject, they will believe

they could not have been hypnotised as they could still hear your voice. The

misconception that they will not be able to hear your voice often comes from those

people who believe hypnosis to be the same as sleep.

A person in the state of hypnosis is very suggestible. One of the reasons for this is that,

whilst in the trance state, you are only able to concentrate on one thing at a time. For

example, if I were to tell you that you are a dainty ballerina, you would immediately

compare this suggestion with what you already know to be true, and, unless of course you

are a ballerina, you would tell me I am talking nonsense. The hypnotised subject however

is not able to entertain the thought that they might not be what I have suggested, as there

limited concentration is taken up by the very thought that they are actually a dainty

ballerina. The result, as desired, ends in the subject leaping to their feet to perform a

series of pirouettes across the stage.

The human mind is split into two very different sections. The conscious mind, which is

responsible for all our conscious thoughts and decisions, and the subconscious mind,

which regulates our autonomous activity (such as knowing how much pressure to apply

to your grip in order to pick up a delicate object without breaking it). The mind can be

best thought of as a computer, the subconscious as the processor and the conscious as the

monitor and keyboard. Our subconscious mind is a kind of guardian; it looks after our

body and helps us to survive. We cannot normally directly communicate with our

subconscious mind and it cannot directly communicate with us. When our subconscious

mind wants to tell us something it will often come across in a dream, of course, to

confuse matters, the message will be far from clear. It is as though our subconscious

speaks a different language. Communication from it appears in the form of cryptic clues,

metaphors or gut feeling.

Although our subconscious can do many a task that consciously would be impossible, it

also has one very basic characteristic. Somewhere between our two minds is what we call

the critical factor. This is probably best described as a door, at which is a guardian. Our

subconscious mind will process anything that enters it no matter how bizarre. So, as long

as you can get a suggestion through the door it will be obeyed. The purpose of the

guardian is to protect us. If there were no such function the world would be absolute

chaos. There are only a few things that can relieve the guard of his duties, and one of

these is hypnosis.

The door to the subconscious mind does sometimes open when it would be best kept

closed. An overload of stress upon the conscious mind can cause it to close down and

allow the subconscious to take over. The critical factor door swings open and before you

know it a ridiculous suggestive is willingly accepted, sorted and planted deep in the

subconscious. This often results in some deep-seated emotional problem. This process is

usually the cause of many phobias and, because they are planted at the subconscious

level, it is absolutely useless to try and overcome these problems consciously. They will

remain until another ‘conflicting suggestion’ replaces them. This is where hypnotherapy

comes to the rescue.

The guardian’s door can also be carelessly opened whilst we are deeply relaxed.

Although this would appear a danger, it is this very process that the ‘progressive

relaxation’ technique relies upon for its success. Suggestion can also enter your

subconscious through shock, confusion, daydreaming, authority figures, emotion and

rules. As you will see later these facts play an important role in the more dramatic instant

induction methods.

The door to the subconscious is also left open in children until around the onset of

puberty. This allows them to gather information on which they will base their adult life. It

is probably the main reason that most people will vote the same as their parents, after

hearing many a biased remark whilst in their childhood. It is also the reason that children

believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy. Thoughts can also enter the subconscious

mind through repetition, advertisers are very aware of this fact and exploit it to try and

push the sales of their products. This can also be seen in the child who no longer believes

in Santa. Who has ever heard of anybody having to go to a hypnotherapist to rid

themselves of such childhood beliefs?

My first hypnotic experience

After reading a great deal on hypnosis I became confident that I would have the ability to

induce trance in a subject. The first induction that I attempted was also my first success.

This gave me a massive confidence boost. Although the first induction I gave was a

success, I did leave plenty of room for failures. I often practised my newfound skill of

friends, sometimes the inductions were successful and sometimes they were not. At the

time it was a little disheartening when the subject did not 'go under' but as you begin to

practise your new skills bare in mind that there will be some failures in the beginning.

The first trance I induced was not premeditated. I was reading a book on the subject and

Mark, a friend of my sister, happened to notice. He was curious about hypnosis and was

keen to experience the trance state. He asked if I were able to hypnotise people and,

although I had never previously actually hypnotised anybody, I knew that in theory I

could. So, I told him I had been doing it for months. I used the ‘progressive relaxation’

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