Hypnotic Induction Device and NLP at the HypnoMeet

Inspiration from a Japanese Hypnotist

This week I was inspired by some videos of a Japanese hypnotist. All I can gather is that on Google videos, he’s referred to as Red, as in “Red Hypnosis DX-9″ and all the videos of him that I found had a theme of erotic hypnosis. Red induced trances by fixing the subject’s gaze with a pocket penlight, similar to what a physician might carry in their breast pocket. In other inductions, Red also used a red, Zippo lighter by using the flame and the loud, distinctive metallic click of the lighter’s lid snapping shut. See the video below. It’s entirely in Japanese. No subtitles.

When I got ready to go to the HypnoMeet, I decided to give this approach a try. I don’t have a Zippo lighter or a working penlight. So instead, I brought my Infinity Trance Projector with me. This device is nothing more than a child’s toy that I purchased last Autumn at a greeting card shop. This $3 novelty is a series of battery-operated colored LED’s with 5 blinking patterns. One pattern is a slow, cycling morphing of all the colors. I bought it that day because I thought that it would be a goof to use it for hypnosis some day.

Core Group Braves the Cold To Get Their Hypno-Fix

The news weatherman said it was going to be the coldest night of the season so far. Altogether, nine people defied the icy winds to come out to the HypnoMeet.  There were couple of faces present that we hadn’t seen in awhile, E and also V, the founder of the group. Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these hypno-junkies from getting their weekly fix. Ha ha.

Soon after claiming a table and settling down, we got into a discussion about Dr. Herbert Spiegel, a clinical professor at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. He’s the person who came up with the Eye-Roll Test that reportedly can gauge a person’s susceptibility to being hypnotized.

The Debut of The Infinity Trance Projector

We went on about whether the Eye-Roll Test was a real test or yet another pre-induction induction (set-piece) like Magnetic Fingers and the like. I thought, what a great lead-in to try out my Infinity Trance Projector! I withdrew it from my pocket and showed it to D. I have never used this before in a hypnotic context. The timing couldn’t be better. I held it above D’s eye level from across the café table, turned it on, and began a patter. In less than a minute or two, I had eye-closure and I began to deepen his trance. I gave him some suggestions about accessing his learnings from his recently completed hypnosis seminar and then I brought him out. He verified that it was an interesting experience and that the device was a fun way to be led into a trance state.

Soon after, M showed up and she was curious to be caught up on what she had missed from arriving late. Well, I thought, what a great lead-in to try out my Infinity Trance Projector! Again, I withdrew it from my pocket and showed it to her. Her fascination with the mysterious, alien-looking chrome device soon gave way to nervous jocular skepticism; always a good sign with M that we’ve got her on the run! So I turned it on to show her and despite her giggling, I finally got her to look inside of it, deep inside of it. When I saw her eyelids flutter, I had her follow my Infinity Trance Projector with her eyes as I brought it down in front of her and got eye closure. I immediately began to deepen her trance, gently rocking her to and fro as I spoke softly and insistently to her, directing her to let go and relax. I brought her out and back in again, repeating this fractionating process three times before I felt that she was finally focussed on my voice. I gave her some suggestions for enhancing her experience at the HypnoMeet, and clearing her head and feeling clear and alert. Then I brought her back out. She seemed to have enjoyed that, as well.

NLP me, baby!

Meanwhile, there was alot of NLP-type activity going on at the table. There were at least three experienced NLP practicioners at the HypnoMeet. V worked on M2 and attempted to work on M with this new variation of EFT. I didn’t catch the full name. If anyone from the HypnoMeet is reading this and can remember it, please put it in a comment below. Then J worked with M for a bit, trying to get her to loosen up a bit more because she declined an invitation to do an induction. Also, M3 worked with D for about an hour, accessing a resourceful state and anchoring it, as D has just experienced some recent life changes. M3 is a licensed hypnotherapist and it’s very generous of him to provide that sort of experience when he comes to the HypnoMeet.

All in all, I had another awesome night at the HypnoMeet.