Our love affair with psychology has led to many many phenomena being attributed to thought- or emotion- based causes. This includes explanations around how to hypnotize someone.But increasingly these assumptions are being tested.

For example, there has been a HUGE amount of research into hypnotizability. This research is basically attempting to identify whether some people are more hypnotizable than others and also attempts to discover why!

But findings of recent research published last week, suggests that hypnotizability may be related to biological factors not psychological factors!

Because a parasite has been found that hypnotizes rats to behave recklessly around cats. Why would a parasite want to do that? Well, it seems that the parasite has to breed inside the cats gut. But, it lives on rats! (How badly organized is that?)

Anyway, nature does have an amazing ability to “find a way” - and so it has here.

Researchers have known for some time that the parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a puppeteer that can force a rat to go against its own instincts and become attracted to the scent of cat urine

OK, we know that there are substances that can increase a person’s susceptibility to hypnosis. But this is a new twist to that that old saw - it will be interesting to see how these results will be commercialized.

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Can hypnosis make sex better or easier? Apparently we can get some answers to this on an upcoming episode of the raunchy and controversial UK TV show “Generation Sex”. The new season is about to start and according to Live-PR:

The programme, which will be aired on digital channel Fiver …. in November, explores how hypnosis can be used as a tool to help increase sexual pleasure.

Take a hypnotherapist, a glamor model who “wants to see if it was possible to increase her sexual pleasure” and a TV crew that are not shy about exploring this question with her - and we have a show that is guaranteed to get a big following!

Corinne was reported to be a good hypnosis subject, so when the hypnotherapist gave her the ‘right’ hypnotic suggestions, she was able to increase her sexual pleasure.

In other words, according to the press release on the show, the hypnotic suggestions did work!

Sexy model, Clair Meek, in a recently filmed ‘Generation Sex’ show

The show is entertaining, as well as informative and controversial as the following promo video shows”

Please, UK readers, put a copy of this part of the show on YouTube for those of us not in the UK !

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Check out this article by real estate sale experts, Kim and Charles Petty! They give ten “hypnotic” sales-copy statements that they say drive people wild to buy.

Consumerism is the result of mass hypnosis?

All you need do, they suggest, is slip these statements into your sales copy and you will get better sales results. Here are some samples of their ‘mass hypnosis’ copy:

3. After you read this short ad you will feel like your problems are almost completely solved, all you will have to do is order.

4. As you’re skimming through this, you’re beginning to think you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by trying out our product.

5. As you’re scanning over this ad copy, you are beginning to imagine using our product and enjoying all the benefits it brings.

And they are not entirely “out of their tree” on this, because research has demonstrated that “authoritative statements” contribute to success in hypnosis.

As previous posts have also revealed, some people are more hypnotizable than others. But for this technique to work, a business really needs to have a large enough customers base that the percentage that are suggestible will generate all the sales they need.

Because those that are not suggestible are likely to be put off by these transparent attempts at manipulation!

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Ready to start experimenting with hypnosis?

Maybe a good place to start is with the less critical creatures of the planet!

Urban myth says various animals can be hypnotized - and its true…. though perhaps the techniques involved are less sophisticated than those needed to hypnotize a human.

Still, if you can’t hypnotize a chook, then you know you need to do some more study!

Here is how its done (Wikipedia):

A chicken can be hypnotized, or put into a trance, by holding its head down against the ground, and continuously drawing a line along the ground with a stick or a finger, starting at its beak and extending straight outward in front of the chicken. If the chicken is hypnotized in this manner, it will remain immobile for somewhere between 15 seconds and 30 minutes, continuing to stare at the line.

If you want to develop this skill then check out Sergeant Oz who’s life dream is to become the “Kevin Stone” of the chicken world! Or if you want a more scientific approach then I recommend you get the details from chicken hypnotism instructor Dr Doris White. who outlines three methods for hypnotizing chickens.

Other animals can be hypnotized as well. Check out this croc getting hypnotized!

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Keen to try out hypnosis but don’t know how to go about it? Well, for starters, you need to decide which method of hypnosis you are going to use!

Did you know that there are four main techniques for hypnotizing a person? Briefly, these are:

1) Fixed gaze technique (eyes fixed on an object)

2) Gradual relaxation and imagery technique

3) Forceful commands technique

4) Rhythmic rocking technique

We will cover all these methods over the next few posts. For now, however, let’s look at the first method. It is the most well known technique and is commonly associated with the swinging watch!

Therapists, however, tend to favor the second technique. Not necessarily because it is the most potent method. Research suggests that few therapists are skilled or knowledgeable about hypnotic techniques and so are reluctant to experiment on their clients!

But there are some good guidelines provided for those who would like to try this method. Stamford University has developed the

STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY SCALE,

which provides quite a good overview of how to proceed and also hypnosis scripts for both easy and more difficult to hypnotize people.

As you will see when you read through the method, two aspects of the hypnosis process are particularly important.

Firstly, it is important that the person to be hypnotized trusts the person doing the hypnosis. Secondly, it is important that the person being hypnotized believes that they can be hypnotized!

More on this in later posts but research has shown that attitude to hypnosis is one factor that strongly influences susceptibility to hypnosis!

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