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K A I D E N F O X

THE SATANIC WARLOCK

NLP AND THE S CIENCE OF S EDUCTION

“L ANGUAGE , n. The music with which we charm

the serpents guarding another’s treasure .”

A BROSE B IERCE

Dedicated to Barbara Herodas, my Fiancée and Research Subject.

THE SATANIC WARLOCK

NLP AND THE S CIENCE OF S EDUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Anton LaVey was more then a Lion Tamer. While he undoubtedly picked up a number of tricks for

dealing with the Human Animal from his experience with the majestic cats, his skills in Lesser Magic come

from his experiences as a photographer, and as a hypnotist. A photo-essay in the “Command to Look” would

be too large for a Word document, and I know nothing about cats. What I do know is Hypnosis. I originally

wrote this paper for my Psychology class. It quickly grew beyond that, as can be seen by the page count (four

to five times what it should have been).

This is a quick and dirty guidebook to how to manipulate people. It is in no means complete. To give full

credit where credit is due, I recommend anyone seriously interested in the subject visit the web sites listed in

the bibliography, especially www.seduction.com.

Before we start, I must give the Satanic Caveat. The information and techniques listed below assume the

existence of an unconscious mind. The unconscious mind is a reality, but not everyone has one . Even the founder

of NLP, Richard Bandler, warns about this. People with no unconscious mind never have disassociated

memories, have no self-image (in Buddhist terms, no “ego.”), and if they are influenced by process language, it

is by choice. This is because there is no chasm in them between “think” and “feel.” The core technique of my

brand of lesser magic, as outlined below, is to capture and lead the imagination and thereby indirectly influence

emotions on a level undetectable to the listener. This only works when what you’re thinking and what you’re

feeling are different. Like stage magic, misdirection is the key.

THE HISTORY OF HYPNOSIS

Hypnosis is the orphaned child of psychology. It has a reputation slightly better than that of eugenics

among the biological sciences. In fact, some otherwise brilliant people deny that hypnosis even exists. 1 Even

those who will concede to the existence of hypnosis still balk at its successor, Neurolinguistic Programming

(often abbreviated NLP).

The reason is complex. The primary reason is the conflict of themes within the science of psychology.

The first theme is our experience of the world is highly subjectiv e. 2 This forms the basis of hypnotic theory, as will be

shown in depth. Conflicting with the previous theme, psychology is empirical . 3 The conflict arises from there

being no way of empirically knowing another person’s state. Furthermore, the postulate of an unconscious mind

naturally leads to the conclusion that sometimes, we don’t even know our own states. Another common

misconception about hypnosis is that only small numbers of people are capable of going into a trance.

According to the theory of NLP, this is comply wrong, and has arisen because the standard model of testing a

theory is to do the same thing to everyone and see how many people respond. Because trance is a very

personal and unique experience, that kind of research has little validity.

1 Weiten, Wayne. Psychology, Themes & Variations, page 200 Brooks/Cole Publishing, Pacific Groove, 1998

2 Op cit., page 27

3 Op cit., page 22

The people who practice this art are even more damaging to its reputation. The most famous of

hypnotists is Anton Mesmer, whose name is preserved in our language as mesmerism . While he could be

described as a quack, a more accurate description would be that Mesmer was a medical researcher who was on

the wrong path with his theories of magnetism, yet, serendipitously, discovered the placeb o 4 effect, suggestion,

and hypnosis. While not a hypnotist, Freud’s theories of the unconscious mind constantly fall into greater and

greater disrepute as the Victorian era he represented moved further into the past. In modern times, stage

hypnotists give a popular misconception of what hypnosis is all about. Ross Jeffries is arguably the most hated

character in the field of NLP. His life’s work is the transformation of Neurolinguistic Programming into Speed

Seduction: using hypnotic language as a superior method to quickly establish trust, intimacy, and intense

physical relationships.

THE MODERN HYPNOTIC PARADIGM

Neurolinguistic Programming is the combination of many schools, but in essence, it is a study of the

internal human experience. John Grinder and Richard Bandler are the creators of the science known as NLP.

They took the hypnotic techniques of Milton Erickson, the family therapy of Virginia Satir and the basic

principles of Gestalt psychology as their foundation. To this, Bandler and Grinder added the transformational

grammar of Noam Chomsky and Gregory B. Bateson, as well as the metaphor of computer programming.

Together, this to created a coherent theory of the internal human experience. 5 They wanted to know how to

change other people, as a way of improving therapy. In doing so, they developed the theory of why this sort of

change works. The modern hypnotic paradigm is epistemological in nature. Experience and perception are

not raw, unfiltered views of reality. Far from it, humans filter experience through limited sensory organs, our

previous experiences, our expectations, and through our language. Neurolinguistic Programming is the study

of the internal experience of an individual… what happens on the inside of one’s mind… and how that can be

changed. Changing one’s internal experience is an act of altering states; trance is all about altered states.

What makes NLP both powerful and controversial is that it breaks out of the beliefs that most people

have about hypnosis. The most essential belief about hypnosis is that no one can be hypnotized against his or

her will. While there is a kernel of truth to this, NLP can hypnotize someone without his or her knowledge.

Hiding the commands of hypnotic trance inside of a normal conversation achieves this.

THE LANGUAGE OF THOUGHT

We don’t talk to ourselves the way we talk to other people. Conversely, if a person were to talk to you in

the same way you talked to yourself, your unconscious would believe it to be your own thoughts. This is the

basic premise behind the process language .

Process language gets its name from the idea that everything is a process. Anger, joy, love, admiration,

fascination; these are not quantum events. They are processes. It is possible to take any process and, using

skillful description, lead another person through that process. 6 The following is a short introduction to process

language.

4 The placebo effect has often been dismissed as only the placebo effect. Yet a cure that costs nothing, has no side-effects, and works 1/3 of the

time in psychological conditions is a powerful effect indeed.

5 Caroll, Robert Todd. (http://www.dcn.davis.ca.us/~btcarrol/skeptic/neurolin.html)

6 Jeffries, Ross. (http://www.seduction.com/18pgfull.html)

THE EMBEDDED COMMAND

In English, the flow of a sentence does not change tone much. Actually, do you believe this is the way it

works? Tell me that it does .

If you are a native speaker of English, the odds are you read the first sentence in a monotone. This is the

normal, default way of creating a statement. Did the second sentence ended with an upturned tonality?

English marks out a question with an upward inflection at the end of a sentence. The last sentence, being a

command, ends with a downward inflection. Tonality drops. 7 The best way to demonstrate this is through

the observation of interaction between pets and humans when pets vocalize. Mammals like cats and dogs

cannot speak English, nor do they understand more than a fraction of it. Yet, pets and humans understand

each other by listening to the tonality. The embedded works because it takes the LINGUISTIC FORM of a

question, but the TONAL QUALITY of a command. For example, “If you were to give me an A , do you think it

would be a high enough grade?”

An embedded command starts with either a question (or a universal statement) that starts the wheels of

the mind along a hypnotic path. For the sake of brevity, we will deal in depth with only three of these phrases.

Perhaps the most powerful is, “ HAVE YOU EVER ?” This is not a question. It only looks like a question. In

fact, this is a command , to search through one’s mind and remember a time that the experience I am about to

describe has occurred. 8 “ Have you ever read a paper so mind-blowing that you just had to give this person an

A?”

Another category worth mentioning is the negation. Here’s a classic hypnotic example, “Don’t think of a

purple balloon.” If you’re thinking of one right now, then you already have an intuitive understanding of how

negation works. It works on the theory that the only way to understand something is to experience just a bit of

it for yourself. The only way you could process the idea of not doing something is if you first process the idea

of doing it. 9

The third major way to embed a command is with quotes. 10 By quoting the experience of another person,

you make it safe and natural for the subject to experience the process you are going to describe. For example,

if I were to say to you 11 “I deserve an A on this paper,” the most natural reaction would be to question the

validity of my statement. Consider the beginning of a hypnotic pattern like “What’s it like when you see a

paper, and you can tell right away that you’re going to give it an A?” It still would be natural for you to think I

was giving you a direct command to give me a high grade. The truth is, I don’t know what kind of paper

deserves that kind of grade. However, I was talking to my friend, Jeff, who was a TA for the English

department of UWM, and he told me that his professor gave him very good advice on how to grade papers.

He told Jeff that when he was a TA, his professor told him about a lecture given by Milton Erickson, who said

that the grade A paper has three parts. First, it has to be different. An A-Class paper has to go outside of

what’s in the textbook, so that you know the person really looked. Second, it has to make you think… because

that shows that your student is capable of thought himself, and not just telling you what you want to hear.

Third, it has to be well organized, so that it’s easy to read.

7 Jeffries, Ross. Secrets of Speed Seduction. Page 18. Straightforward, Manassas, 1994

8 Op cit., page 24

9 Bandler, Richard and Grinder, John. Trance-formations , page 67, Real People Press, Moab, 1981

10 Op cit., 85

11 “ If I were to say to you” is a form of quotes in and of itself, as it really means pretend that I am going to ask you something, rather than asking it out

right.

TRANCE WORDS AND PRESUPPOSITIONS

Trance words and presuppositions must be explained together, because a trance word is a word that, in the

English language, presupposes trance.

A presupposition is a statement, which can only be understood if certain elements are understood to be

true. An example of a simple presupposition would be, “All hypnotists are evil.” This presupposes that there

is a class of objects, which the label “hypnotists” identifies. That all of them are evil is a matter of personal

morality. “Kaiden Fox is a hypnotist,” assumes that there is some person, named Kaiden Fox, who may or

may not be a hypnotist. The identity of Kaiden Fox is not called into question, only his skill as a hypnotist. A

more complex example would be: “If you fall into trance again, you will be my slave.” This assumes that you

have fallen into trance, because of the presupposition made by the word again . Furthermore, the verb fall into

describes some sort of change, and therefore presupposes that you are not now in trance . 12

Here’s how it works. Consider the following phrase, which is an example of a simple presupposition.

I am going to give this paper an A.

The opposite of that sentence would be, “I am not going to give this paper an A.” A presupposition is

anything that is true in both cases 13 . The most obvious is the existence of the speaker. The other

presupposition is the existence of a paper.

Now, let’s look at a more complex presupposition.

I am aware of my reasons for giving this paper an A.

The opposite of that would be your being unaware of your reasons for giving out an A. To me, it doesn’t

matter as a student if my teacher has awareness or not of all her motivations, so long as I get my result. This is

the presupposition is both one of action (you will give an A), and one of intention (you have reasons).

Included are, of course, the presuppositions that I exist, you exist and a paper exists.

Trance words presuppose that one is (or was) in trance. As you imagine what those words might be, you

might begin to suddenly realize that this sentence is full of them, to the point where you find yourself noticing

more and more of these in every day language. 14 Imagine is the classic trance word. When a person imagines,

they are using the part of the mind that dreams, that forms images, and that creates internal reality. Other

words in this category would be picture and wonder . The other category of trance words includes such gems as

find yourself and suddenly . Have you ever found yourself in a conversation so fascinating that although hours

have passed, it seems like only minutes? Finding yourself means that, previously, your conscious mind was

unaware of its surroundings. The same applies to suddenly . When you suddenly realize that this paper deserves

an A, it implies that beforehand, for reasons you probably won’t understand until after you’ve already given me

the highest mark possible, your mind so was absorbed that it’s like the rest of your environment disappeared.

The fact that you were reading a student’s paper never even entered your awareness, because the only thing that

mattered was the new ideas that you are being exposed to.

12 Bandler, Richard and Grinder, John. The Structure of Magic , pages 211-214, Science and Behavior Books, Palo Alto, 1975

13 Op cit., 52

14 The preceding was a demonstration of an embedded command. “As you” presupposes that what I am about to describe is taking place. “To the

point where” is a linkage phrase, and has the dual effect of making the previous state seem natural, as well as suggesting that the command that

follows is a natural outcome of the previous state.

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