New Realities Realities For my mind, hypnotic phenomena fall into 4 catagories: 1. $. &. 4.
Ideomotor Ideomotor - Motor Motor system system response responsess (e.g. atale atalepsie psies, s, stic!ing, stic!ing, mo"eme mo"ements#. nts#. Ideosenso Ideosensory ry - %ensory %ensory system system response responsess (e.g. anaesthe anaesthesia, sia, heat, heat, tingling, tingling, etc.# etc.#.. Ideoemot Ideoemoti"e i"e ' motiona motionall responses responses (e.g. (e.g. feeling feeling happy happy, feeling feeling calm etc.#. etc.#. Ideocogni Ideocogniti"e ti"e ' mental process processing ing responses responses (e.g. (e.g. amnesia, amnesia, conf)sion, conf)sion, *scenario* *scenario* +ased +ased s!its etc.#
%o I )se the term ideodynamics to co"er this whole range. lease +e aware that while some hypnotic responses fall clearly into one or another of these categories, many will act)ally +e cross-+o)ndary compo)nds. I +elie"e that part of the reason is that people are )st different in their cogniti"e styles/, and for that reason any gi"en indi"id)al will find some classes of hypnotic phenomena easier to manifest than others. %o they may find ideomotor easier than ideocogniti"e. 0his is worth +eing aware of, of, +eca)se yo) can often often o"erlap/ from a class that a s)+ect s)+ect finds easier, easier, to a class that that they find more more challenging. challenging. Introd)cing the ypnotic 2oop ypnosis is the engagement of a person/s beliefs and imagination in creating for them an altered subjectivereality. subjectivereality. 3 hypnotic loop is a circ)lar process ( feedback loop# loop# that consists in a self-perpet)ating self-perpet)ating loop of belief, imagination,physiology imagination,physiology and e xperience. xperience. All hypnotic phenomena phenomena are are generated out of hypnotic loops loops Imagine that we want someone to e5perience an altered subjective reality ' reality ' we want to to stic! their hand to a ta+le-top ta+le-top 0o 0o do so we need to to engage their cogniti"e processes in s)ch a way as they come to believe that their hand is stuck . 6nce they ha"e that belief, their imagination generates a physiological a physiological response that sim)lates st)c!ness. 0his experience of st)c!ness +ecomes their new subjective reality, which confirms or e"en reinforces the initial +elief ' and so it loops +ac! ro)nd. 0he fo)r !ey elements here are: 1. 7elief $. Imagination &. hysiological Response 4. 5perience The model presents presents fo)r points thro)gh which yo) can enter the loop. 3ltho)gh +elief is the prime dri"er, we don/t always ha"e to enter at that point. 0hat/s 0hat/s the first loo! at the hypnotic loop. 8e/ll 8e/ll come +ac! to it again later, +)t +efore we do I/d li!e to tal! a little more a+o)t +elief and share share with yo) another another simple model, model, which I +elie"e +elie"e can aid o)r o)r thin!ing. 7eliefs, Reality and the 7ig 7eca)se 3s 9r.2eonard 9r.2eonard 6rr has noted, the h)man mind +eha"es as if it were di"ided into two parts, the 0hin!er and the ro"er. 0he 0hin!er can thin! a+o)t "irt)ally anything. 0he ro"er is a m)ch simpler mechanism. It operates on one law only: 8hate"er the thin!er thin!s, the ro"er pro"es.; Now, Now, )nderstand this: If yo) are going going to ha"e someone +elie"e in the alternati"e alternati"e s)+ecti"e s)+ecti"e reality that yo) wish to lead them into< into<
8hen setting )p a +ig +eca)se, I will often do it s)+tly and indirectly (i.e. I may mention that I am a hypnotist, then do a few simple, self wor!ing mind tric!s/#. 3t this point I am engaging their +eliefs in what I can do. 6nce I feel that they are +elie"ers/ I will then say something li!e let me show yo) something really interesting< this is not hypnosis as s)ch +)t will gi"e yo) a good insight into how hypnosis wor!s<; 0hro)gh my actions (mind tric!s# and indirect s)ggestions I ha"e set the frame for the specific hypnotic wor!. Belief – Loop 1. 0he frame is set, so the hypnotist has the s)+ect place his hand on the ta+le and sets the conditions so as the s)+ect +egins to entertain entertain a +elief that their hand hand may +e +eginning to stic! (this (this is done with with a mini loop )sing pacing and leading leading lang)age#. lang)age#.
possi+ility. Imagination – Loop 1. 0he s)+ects mind imagines what it wo)ld +e li!e if it were stic!ing so as to either confirm or deny the possi+ility. Physiology – Loop 1. is physiology responds +y firing the appropriate ne)ral pathways and altering m)scle tone in s)ch a way that sim)lates what is imagined. Experience – Loop 1 . 0he s)+ect e5periences a little st)c!ness.
possi+ility, and starts to morph it into a +elief that it is Belief – Loop 2. 0he e5perience of st)c!ness compo)nds the +elief in the possi+ility, appening. Imagination – Loop 2. 0he imagination is f)rther engaged. Physiology – Loop 2. 0he physiology responds more powerf)lly. powerf)lly. Experience – Loop 2 . 0he e5perience of st)c!ness +ecomes more complete.
3nd so the loop contin)es so contin)es so long as nothing nothing happens to break break it3nd it3nd here is one of the primary !eys to )nderstanding hypnosis: As a hypnotist hypnotist it is your job to set up, maintain and manage manage hypnotic loops for the subject subject =o) do not ha"e any magical powers and yo) do not directly create the s)+ects altered reality, the s)+ect does that for themsel"es you just run the the process process that sets up and maintains the the loops >ey %!ills for Managing ypnotic 2oops 0o manage loops effecti"ely yo) need to +e a+le to do fo)r +asic things: %et )p loops Monitor and Maintain loops 0ransition
+etween 2oops lose loops