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From: killerb_0187
Date: Tue Oct 22, 2002 10:15am
Subject: Re: Yet more handhake interruption stuff
--- In a previous message mjm710 wrote:
> >
> > In MC 2, Derren does his photo-description trick on a young lady
> > who's just sat through an opera. I noticed that Derren used the
> > handshake interruption quite dramatically at one point, and the
> girl
> > was instantly hypnotised/semi-hypnotised. My question is, was the
> > girl only hypnotised at the very point when Derren interrupted
her
> > handshake pattern, or was this simply the most obvious of a
series
> > subtle hypno-techniques?
>
> I remember asking about this in the web chat(#758)...
>
> Derren: no I don't use hypnosis per se. I do use suggestion and so
on
> but there are no hypnotic inductions
> Mjm710: what about the opera?
> Derren: What about it?
> Mjm: was that a rapid induction?
> Derren: well, it depends how you define your terms. It can barely
be
> called hypnosis if I don't deepen it into a `hypnotic' state
>
> I didn't push it any further as I didn't want to expose my complete
> ignorance of the sybject!
Heh heh. :D
>
> /Mike
