From my perspective part of the basics is emotional self control. If I’m getting nervous while I’m hypnotizing there’s a good chance that will disturb the process.
A book can tell you not to be nervous but it’s unlikely to teach you the skill of not being nervous while in person training is better at teaching you to be in a certain state of mind.
If you have your own state of mind decently under control and you have a decently hypnotizeable and consenting subject you should be able to get some results by following a simple script. Reality is plastic does have a few simple scripts for hypnosis effects that can be done in an impromptu setting.
Hrm. Do you mean “emotional self control” as in “able to control what emotional signals you send via tone of voice or body language” or “you can decide what emotions you feel at to what extent”? I think I have the former, the latter is much harder for me.
What makes someone decently hypnotizeable? Is it something you can deduce from observation/measurement, or do you have to try and hypnotize someone and see whether it works or not?
Given two people with experience in hypnotism have recommended the same book, I’ll be reading it and seeing for myself soon enough I suppose :) Any important advice you’d give or pitfalls to avoid?
Having control over your tone of voice and body language is not enough. If you are in a good trance with another person the breathing rate is synced and when you are anxious your breathing rate is going to chance and the other person breathing rate is also going to change accordingly.
What makes someone decently hypnotizeable?
The ability to let go of control is useful. Unfortunately, the average rationalist is bad at letting go of mental control.
Ability to visualize well inside one’s own mind indicates good suggestibility.
Any important advice you’d give or pitfalls to avoid?
When doing hypnosis in a form where there’s no direct verbal feedback it’s useful to be able to read body language to see whether a suggestion gets accepted or whether it doesn’t and you have to try something different.
A good basis to noticing what the body of someone else is doing is to be able to notice what one’s own body is doing.
From my perspective part of the basics is emotional self control. If I’m getting nervous while I’m hypnotizing there’s a good chance that will disturb the process. A book can tell you not to be nervous but it’s unlikely to teach you the skill of not being nervous while in person training is better at teaching you to be in a certain state of mind.
If you have your own state of mind decently under control and you have a decently hypnotizeable and consenting subject you should be able to get some results by following a simple script. Reality is plastic does have a few simple scripts for hypnosis effects that can be done in an impromptu setting.
I skimmed the book but I haven’t read it deeply.
Hrm. Do you mean “emotional self control” as in “able to control what emotional signals you send via tone of voice or body language” or “you can decide what emotions you feel at to what extent”? I think I have the former, the latter is much harder for me.
What makes someone decently hypnotizeable? Is it something you can deduce from observation/measurement, or do you have to try and hypnotize someone and see whether it works or not?
Given two people with experience in hypnotism have recommended the same book, I’ll be reading it and seeing for myself soon enough I suppose :) Any important advice you’d give or pitfalls to avoid?
Having control over your tone of voice and body language is not enough. If you are in a good trance with another person the breathing rate is synced and when you are anxious your breathing rate is going to chance and the other person breathing rate is also going to change accordingly.
The ability to let go of control is useful. Unfortunately, the average rationalist is bad at letting go of mental control. Ability to visualize well inside one’s own mind indicates good suggestibility.
When doing hypnosis in a form where there’s no direct verbal feedback it’s useful to be able to read body language to see whether a suggestion gets accepted or whether it doesn’t and you have to try something different.
A good basis to noticing what the body of someone else is doing is to be able to notice what one’s own body is doing.