I have been asked many times if someone can be made to do something under hypnosis that they would not do if they were awake. Certainly an ethical hypnotist should not have someone do something they wouldn't or shouldn't do. Could it happen? Read on.
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I was bored and mad. It was Friday and I was sitting in my Statistics class at the University. It was boring. My girl friend, Judy, had broken up with me last night and I was feeling rejected and mad. I had told her that we had been dating for two months and it was time to put up or pass. She passed. She said she was saving it for marriage. I didn't want to save it for marriage. Oh well.
Tonight I was doing a hypnosis gig at the Unitarian Church. It was a fund raiser. They were paying me $100 for an hour gig. I did it anonymously. My stage name is Master Hypnotist. I come in black leotards and a black cape and black mask. I am paid in cash. I have told no one about my side business.
I am five feet, ten inches tall and well built. With my costume on I look like a thousand other men. I perfected a technique where I deepen my voice while I am doing my routine. I also ad a Russian accent.
I arrived at the Church ten minutes early as the organizers requested.
"You will go on stage in about fifteen minutes. Do you need any props?"
"Yes, I should have several chairs on stage facing the audience and if you have a wireless mike that will help. Set the mixer to maximize the bass."
"We have the mike and the mixer will be set as you requested. Here is your payment as you stipulated." The women in charge handed me $100. I thanked her and took the mike and went to inspect the set up from the back of the room. I planned to make a grand entrance. When I checked the room, I thought I saw Judy. Nah, that couldn't be.
Soon, the organizer came to me and told me they were ready. I told her to have a spotlight on the entrance and have it follow me to the stage with the amplifier on. I waited a moment and stepped through the door. The spotlight was on me. "Ladies prepare for zee thrill of all time. Total control. You will give up total control in zee wonderful way. Gentlemen watch your women without inhibition s you have never seen them."
By this time I was on the stage. "Of course you will never do anything immoral or that you wouldn't want to do. You will feel zee wonderful feeling and you will feel terrific tomorrow. If you need help studying, sleeping or anything I will make it easy for you if you come on stage. Who will come? Women only" I started doing that several months ago and had few complaints. If I got complaints from men I relented and let them participate.
With that statement, I went into the audience. I walked up to a woman sitting with an older couple. "How about you my dear, wouldn't you like to benefit from the wonders of hypnosis?" She acted shy and shook her head. I turned to the next table. "Wait, wait, I'd like to do it."
I turned back. "Fine, go up to zee stage and sit on zee chair." There were five chairs. I continued walking among the tables. The women I thought was Judy, was Judy. I was trying to determine if she could tell it was me. I had never discussed my work with her and indeed, had said that I didn't believe in hypnosis when she mentioned it a week ago. I didn't realize she was probably talking about the Church event.
Judy was sitting with her parents, who I had met briefly at her home. We had barely talked. I wouldn't have expected them to recognize me. I knew Judy was having trouble sleeping and it was bothering her. I went to the table next to her's and made my pitch. "How about you my dear, if you have trouble concentrating, sleeping or studying ziss will cure it." The woman at that table giggled and shook her head. I heard Judy's mother talking to Judy. "Judy, why don't you do it, he might help you with your sleeping?"
Judy did not seem to recognize me. "How about it Mizz, you will sleep like a baby tonight and feel wonderful?" I turned away before she could respond.
"Go ahead Judy, do it. You need some relaxation" I intentionally did not go right back to her. I did get three more volunteers. I went back to Judy. "Zo, miss, are you going to do it?"
"Go on, Judy, do it." Judy stood up. "Oh, all right, I will do it."
There were now five women sitting on the stage. "Give zee brave women a hand."
"All of you close your eyes. Stiffen every muscle of your bodies, tight, tight!" They were all following instructions. So far so good. "Now, complete relaxation, now!" I said that very forcefully. All five relaxed, three of them, including Judy, slumped in their chairs.
"You are all wonderful. I am counting to ten. With each number you will go deeper. Deeper. Deeper. I kept repeating deeper as I counted. They were all slumped now.
"As your trance goes deeper your arm will move and begin to rise."
This was a little risky, but, usually the desire to please makes the women who are only lightly hypnotized raise their hands. I was looking for more subtle changes. If they were really hypnotized deeply, their hands would rise slowly and with fits and jerks. That is the way Judy's hand began to rise.
Pretty soon they were all sitting there with an arm in the air.
I went up to the first woman. "What is your name, my dear?" She was sitting with her legs sprawled in front of her and her head on the back of the chair. She mumbled, "Susan."
"Susan, is there anything you want me to do for you?"
"I want to concentrate better." I walked behind her and whispered into her ear. "You are feeling terrific. Can you hear me?" She mumbled, "Yes."
I continued to whisper, "How do you feel?"
Very softly, "terrific."
Still whispering, "Whenever you need to concentrate you will think of me and your concentration will improve. Your mind will go blank with only the subject you want to concentrate remaining. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
I now spoke loudly for the audience. "Susan, stand up and take a bow." She did.
"Susan, from now on you will have wonderful concentration! You can wake up and go back to your seat when I say three. One, two, three." Susan stood up. Looking dazed and went back to her seat.
I went to the second women. I went through the same routine. She wanted to lose weight. I suggested that she would only eat three meals a day and would fill up after drinking a large glass of water. She then went back to her table.
The third woman was a stunning women named Ilene. This one I wanted. I whispered into her ear. "Ilene, you are feeling wonderful. You love to listen to my voice. That is true, yes?"
She answered, "Yes." Ilene, also, was sitting slumped back in her chair. "Who are you here with?"
"My girl friends." I could barely hear her.
"Your whole body is feeling relaxed and erotic. You can feel your whole body tingle. Do you like the feeling?"
"Yes."
"Whenever I say the word sleep to you, you will go into an even deeper trance where you will feel even better, do you understand?"
"Yes."