by rugbyjockca » June 30th, 2007, 11:55 am
I'm going to de-lurk and suggest that pot isn't necessarily a hindrance to hypnosis, but that it changes how hypnosis can be achieved. I'm just guessing (and I'm a bit of a pot-head, myself, so YMMV and {pos. or neg. anecdote here}), but it could explain why you'll find the occasional person who swears by pot as a trance-inducing drug, and a lot of people who say it hurts the process.
I expect most/all of the files here, and elsewhere, are intended for people who aren't using pot, and further that in person 'tists are using techniques that were practiced and perfected on sober-minded (in the loosest sense of the word) subjects. Since drugs change the way our brains and thoughts work, they likely change the best techniques needed to have a good/successful hypnosis experience.
I imagine that if a 'tist were to spend a LOT of time working with willing, stoned subjects, the 'tist could probably develop a technique that works better. But with all the time and effort that would take, and throw in the variability of effects pot has on each individual user, it would be a lot easier to just have the subjects smoke up after the session, instead.
I will add, though, that to date, the most startling and powerful experience I've ever had with a Grock file was when I was stoned to the gills. The effects have yet to be repeated, and not for lack of trying.