Hey Teenwolf,
Check out my post before this one. I had just posted it when I decided to address your other question which appears to be your original topic.
TeenWolf wrote:Is there any way to become/act/feel/think like a Werewolf using text hypnosis?
I'd be very grateful if it were possible,
thanks
After thinking it over for some time, I would say yes. It is my unproven opinion that almost any results that can be obtained through hypnosis can be obtained through the medium of text.
I say this because of how I currently perceive the process of trance and hypnotism. There are various things that can contribute to the process. Some of them involve sound, some can involve sight. Almost any of our senses may be employed in the hypnotic process. Once could even make use of smell and physical sensations. However, it seems to me that most of the things involving sound and sight, smell or touch, are things that mostly just speed up the process.
To me, hypnosis is a matter of manipulating or massaging the mind into a condition or state where it is susceptible to suggestions, and once achieved presenting those suggestions in a way that will be accepted.
Certainly one may employ all the senses in doing this. Some may act quicker than others and it may be that the more senses employed at one time the quicker the likely results. Of course on the other hand there may come a point of diminishing returns or perhaps even a point where too much at one time is actually a hindrance.
Just the same, even with all those tool available, it is my opinion that the primary and best way of inducing trance is by gentle manipulation of the thought process. All of these things work toward that end. However, if someone is reading something, each word that they read creates a thought in their mind whether they like it or not, whether they agree with it or not. That is not to say that simply by them reading what you have written you are automatically controlling their mind.
What is does mean though, is that you are affecting their mind. Making things happen in their mind. When you are able to make things happen in the mind of another, if you are careful and skillful in what you make happen and how you make it happen you have the potential to help them into trance and implant suggestions. I guess what I am saying is that hypnosis is the manipulation of peoples minds by the manipulation of their thought processes. Good hypnosis is the skillful manipulation of peoples minds by skillful manipulation of their thought processes.
Not to change the subject, but just to keep things straight, not all manipulation of peoples thought processes and minds either result in or are intended to result in trance or hypnosis. Education is one example. A skillful educator will manipulate the thought process and the mind of the one they are attempting to educate. Of course it is my opinion, some may say warped opinion, that a truly genius educator may also employ hypnosis in the process of education.
But regarding text hypnosis as it relates to the question you asked. There is one additional difficulty. The difficulty is that when most people ask that question, what is in their mind is either short text messages or at most text that is not longer than the average hypnosis script for an audio file.
While that too is possible, I think it is likely only possible if the subject of the hypnosis has already been hypnotized and had various triggers and anchors embedded in their mind to facilitate the process.
Without triggers in place I think it likely that to have much effect it would be necessary for the intended text to at least be as long as a medium to long short story. An entire novel would likely be even more effective. And then, regardless of the length of the text it would require extended periods of sustained reading, unfortunately something few people seem to do these days. And of course to facilitate that the hypnotist-writer would need to write skillfully enough to maintain interest in the reader. Another skill that is in short supply these days. If you are reading this post there is no need for me to elaborate.
While I suspect what you were really looking for was a yes or no answer, I hope this long drawn out explanation helps answer your question. I probably mostly just wrote it because at the moment it happened to interest me and your question caused me to think about the subject a week or so ago. Ahhh, well it seems you manipulated my thinking with only a very short question. Perhaps I should learn something from your brevity.
Others may certainly disagree with me on this topic. It won't hurt my feelings in the least. I often enjoy other viewpoints and there may be some major issues regarding this that I have not considered. On the other hand I will be surprised if anyone is interested enough in my ramblings to bother to read all this, let alone reply.
Best regards,
Sarnoga.
Posted: May 25th, 2010, 2:01 pm