Hypnosis is Really About Thinking

Hypnosis is not a “special power”.  It is a skill.

For the most part the hypnotist has to know a bit about how people think, and about how what he or she says will be dealt with by the thinking processes of the subject.

I mention this because thinking is not as common as it should be, and yet I see clever hypnotic thinking in everyday places in other guises.  Such as advertising, marketing, politics and religion.

Sometimes I feel that I should point out that the agency or public figure in question is using a certain hypnotic approach to persuade or to influence your thinking.

But if I did that people would label me as a weirdo crackpot.  Which would then influence your thinking about my thinking.  So I don’t say much about politics or religion or advertising.

Or food.

But that doesn’t mean I will never say anything at all either. I’m still thinking what to say.