On Jun 30, 1:16 am, Vance <Vance.L...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 28, 7:02 am, terri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
> > I have been recommended to try out the following
>
> >www.latest-conversational-hypnosis.com
>
> > But I would prefer some re-assurance from someone here who may already
> > have it. It came up on a Google search but I do not want my fingers
> > burnt. It looks very good on the face of it.
>
> > Any thoughts would be helpful.
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > Terri
>
> I looked at the site. Personally, I would counsel anyone to stay away
> from any site promoting hypnosis that way. Almost invariably,
> whatever they offer doesn't live up to the hype.
>
> Hypnosis, as amazing as it really is, isn't as amazing as some would
> like you to believe. It is not a way to control people and have
> invisible and invincible power over them. It won't get you anything
> in life that you couldn't get without it. That said, it can make it
> more likely that you will realize a fuller capability in many areas of
> life than you would without it and make it easier to improve in areas
> where you already are progressing.
>
> Milton Erickson's work is literally legendary. So legendary that it
> sometimes bares little, or no resemblence to what he actually did, or
> could do. I have the greatest respect for the stage hypnotists who
> can be found on this NG. I have met Lee Darrow and have seen show
> videos of two others, so I feel that, in combination with their posts
> here, I know them all. I hope that they won't take this wrong, but
> what you see on stage, which is one of the two primary sources of
> information about hypnosis that people have, the other being really,
> really bad movies, is hypnosis in a highly artificial setting. In the
> real world, hypnosis isn't anywhere as dramatic as many people think
> and some would like you to believe.
>
> Anybody presenting hypnosis the way the site you provided a link to,
> can't, to my mind, be offering a quality product because their
> promotion is dishonest on its face. There really are no great secrets
> of hypnosis. How Milton Erickson worked isn't a secret held by a few,
> or known only to those who have done deep and arcane studying of
> hypnosis. Anything Erickson could do, someone else using a different
> type of induction can do if they know what to do with the state of
> hypnsosis. He was just extraordinarily talented and intuitively
> understood the basis of successful hypnosis and had an equally
> intuitive understanding of how to create the cir***stances of
> effectiveness in his patient.
>
> If you want to learn hypnosis, I suggest any of the established and
> recognised hypnosis organizations where you are. They can refer you
> to one or more of their members who can teach you hypnosis, or work
> with you on personal development using hypnosis, including self
> hypnosis.
>
> Regards,
> Vance
Vance, no offense taken and, to be honest, I quite agree with you -
hypnosis, as seen on stage, IS, most certainly, hypnosis viewed in a
highly controlled and unusual setting, and, additionally, being done
with highly motivated volunteers who want, very much, to be a part of
the show. Such a setting has little to nothing to do with what goes
on in a clinical or a so-called "covert" setting.
In fact, these settings, especially the so-called "covert" setting,
wold be, to my mind, diametrically opposed to a stage show as far as
the setting and motivational issues of the volunteer(s) goes.
Thanks for your, as usual, superbly written and clear summation of the
site in question.
Mine is a bit less flattering: I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot
pole.
Lee Darrow, C.H.
www.stagehypnosissafetyclass.com
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