Writing As Trance Induction

[NOIRTRASH]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6s3LbwjmcY

Art is trance induction

The vid is Milton Erickson MD explaining hypnosis.

You may find it useful for writing.

 

[HandsInTheDark]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6s3LbwjmcY

Art is trance induction

The vid is Milton Erickson MD explaining hypnosis.

You may find it useful for writing.

It's factual enough, but nearly trance-inducing all on its own. People may want to look at my how-to instead; or if you want a deep dive there's good written material online that covers about as much as you'd ever want to know. (There is, of course, a ton of bullshit out there as well, but as soon as you find someone mentioning hypnosis as a way to get sex from the unwilling you can stop reading.)

 

[NOIRTRASH]

It's factual enough, but nearly trance-inducing all on its own. People may want to look at my how-to instead; or if you want a deep dive there's good written material online that covers about as much as you'd ever want to know. (There is, of course, a ton of bullshit out there as well, but as soon as you find someone mentioning hypnosis as a way to get sex from the unwilling you can stop reading.)

I posted the vid because Erickson pounds upon influencing people to cooperate, pay attention, and contemplate ideas offered them. Its what we want readers to do.

Erickson usta suggest that the quickest pathinto a woman's pantswas be who she wanted in her . eHarmony uses Ericksons methodology of matching people fpr romance.

 

[BuckyDuckman]

I've done hypnosis, self-hypnosis, and have experienced being hypnotized. Is it art? Hardly. It's a knack. A skill that can be learned by many. There are lots of limits to what hypnosis can or cannot do. Mostly, you won't do anything under a state of hypnosis that you wouldn't do without being hypnotized. Does that make hypnosis bullshit? Whatever. Believe what you want. With the right subject and the right practitioner, it can feel magical.

I first studied hypnosis as a gimmick to add to my magic show. I had seen stage hypnotists and thought, "Well, that's fun and seems like a good way to make a buck."

Later, I got into an argument with a psychology professor over the line between a hypnotic state versus a meditative state. He was fascinated with the abilities of meditating monks. I assured him everything they were doing could be replicated without the mumbo-jumbo of meditation. Many of the things he presented as the wonders of meditation were simply parlor tricks, like walking on a hot bed of coals. A few of the examples genuinely required something more.

We devised a test. Submerging my arm to nearly my wrist in 40 degree (F) in cold water for fifteen minutes. Yes, it's uncomfortable. No, most people can't do it without some sort of help. Yes, it can be accomplished through hypnosis or self-hypnosis. It can also be accomplished through mediation, but that was my point: anything these meditative masters could do, I could replicate.

I got an A in his psych class and changed his lectures.