Anthony Jacquin - Reality is Plastic: The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis

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Reality is Plastic: The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis.

First published 2007. Reprinted with revisions 2008 and 2015.

Published digitally 2016.

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Code of Conduct

Remain disciplined

Conduct yourself ethically as a hypnotist

Practise courtesy and respect

Serve your audience and respect your subject

Love your fellow students

Be united and avoid conflicts

Train diligently

Maintain your skills

Develop tranquillity

Abstain from arguments and fights

Participate in society

Be moderate and gentle in your manners

Help the weak and young

Use hypnosis for the good of humanity

Pass on the tradition

Preserve this hypnotic art and its rules of conduct

The 17 Musts

Right attitude

Right intention

Right effort

Right action

Be firm with instructions

Be clear with suggestions

Be meaningful when communicating ideas

Be artfully vague only when necessary

Be accurate with timing

Be the master of personal space

Be alert with your eyes

Coordinate your words and actions

Unite your actions and intentions

Thinking must be agile

Reaction must be swift

Comprehend the principles of push and pull

Be still

Be grounded

Walk don't run

Pace and lead

Be steady with your breathing and strength

Be commanding with your demeanour

Test your work

Be sure to end clean

About Reality is Plastic:

The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis

This book is a resource for those professing to be or wishing to become hypnotists. It is not a substitute for hands-on training from a professional hypnotist who is accomplished at delivering training. However, if you follow the guidelines in this book and have the right attitude and aptitude, as well as enough front, talent and confidence, you will hypnotise people.

With this ability comes responsibility. Hypnosis can be used for fun, to create laughter and to provoke wonderful therapeutic changes in people. It can just as easily result in confusion, fear and unhelpful changes. If you know what you are doing, then the chances of causing even temporary distress or upset are extremely small.

With this in mind, this book closes with information about how to use hypnosis in a way that ensures the well-being of all concerned. Read that chapter. Use your common sense with regard to health and safety, and decent morals and ethics with regard to your application of hypnosis.

Throughout this book and my other training products and courses, I offer suggestions for words, phrases and in some cases complete scripts that will be useful to you; however, my emphasis when training people is that to be a good hypnotist, you must first become The Hypnotist and think of yourself as The Hypnotist. Your attitude, persona and confidence carry more weight than any script or linguistic trick. Where I have offered suggestions for what to say, please understand that these are the words I use; they work for me. I have belief in them. In some cases they may seem very brief, but I can assure you nothing has been left out, nothing superfluous added.

When hypnotising I use these words and techniques over and over without a huge amount of variation, just some personalisation depending on whom I am addressing. In that sense they have become my patter or script. Do not feel you must repeat them verbatimalthough that is not a bad place to start if you are a complete beginner. Use them as a starting point. The words you use to do your work as The Hypnotist must sound right to you. They must be easily understood and resonate with those you address. You are going to use them to focus the attention of your subject and suggest ideas to them. Take these scripts and branch off from them. Develop your own style of patter and you will be more effective. Scripts are not spells and should not be read. It is not the words that do the hypnotising; you do. Even if you use exactly the same words that I do, ensure that you take ownership of them; rehearse over and over until they become part of you.

A number of conventions have been used to make any scripted portions of the book easier to understand:

Throughout we will refer to the Hypnotist as The Hypnotist.

We will refer to the person being hypnotised as the subject. Any words intended to be spoken to the subject are in bold.

General text and any descriptive instructions are written in this plain text. These instructions should not be spoken to the subject.

In hypnosis you are primarily going to use words to influence your subject, so you should know what you are saying. Aim to become a master of communication. Reflect upon the words you use and their many meanings and associations. You should pay attention to how you deliver suggestions and how best to instruct your subject. Learn to use your vocal tone and tempo to communicate your intention clearly and understand when to use silence and emphasis.

All of this will improve your communication skills and help you become an excellent hypnotist. You will swiftly begin to develop your own favoured suggestions and style.

There is nothing wrong with imitating. It is one way of learning. Watch shows and clips of the best hypnotists at work. Read around the subject too. The best hypnotists appear totally confident, expecting nothing less than complete success. They appear knowledgeable and totally certain about what they are doing. Ultimately be yourselfjust more so.

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