How does one go about learning the art of Hypnosis?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I think this may be more of a general question but I am putting it here just because I want to hear about other’s experiences as well (thus keeping it open longer).

Is there a definitive book on hypnosis out there to get? How about online resources? How have you been affected through hypnosis?

My story, I used to listen to hypnosis tapes and they would put me in the hypnotic trance and that would be about it. I would sometimes get the guided imagery thing going if they did that part; however, for the most part, I just played with it for the trance work.

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It helps to have an impressionable (aka gullible) subject. Once you have that, the rest is duck soup.

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dorkusmalorkusmafia, you’re getting very sleepy. . . .

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Gullibility has nothing to do with it. Gullible people are bad hynopsis subjects.

Hypnosis is all about trust and concentration skills. It’s not sleep, it’s just intense, monomaniacal concentration on one person to the exclusion of all else.

Hmm… maybe I should hypnotize people at the next Dopefest :slight_smile:

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Where did you learn hypnosis, Barbarian?

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Perhaps not gullible, but the best subjects are indeed highly “suggestible.”
http://www.skepdic.com/hypnosis.html