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Permalink Reply by John Cleesattel on September 25, 2008 at 4:44am

That is one of his trance effects, and is very easy to do. I have come to understand that trance is when the body (read that as subconscious or unconscious mind) automatically reacts to outside input. In the case of hypnosis, this input can be suggestion. Suggest the subject feels drunk, and long term memory aids the imagination to enable the subject to experience it. They aren't really drunk, they just feel like they are.

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Permalink Reply by Ankit on September 25, 2008 at 4:52am

he also makes a persons feet stick to the floor and without hypnotizing him

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Permalink Reply by Steve Garf on September 25, 2008 at 8:51am

There is plenty of trickery in Derren Brown video's that you never get to see due to careful editing. Especially the parts where he induces trance, you'll notice in that video the camera cuts out for most of the formal induction. I hasn't watched it recently, but I do remember that happening.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Sandland, C.Ht. on September 25, 2008 at 9:04am

I did both those effects on Sunday with another member of this site who wanted to experience them. He is a student of hypnosis but not personally experienced, so I ran him through things like those.

Derren Brown is a very experienced and well trained hypnotist (in addition to many other things).

Ankit, allow me to demonstrate my amazing Derren Brown-like powers on you Without Even Meeting You!
We are going to glue your eyes shut for a full 7 seconds. read all the instructions twice, THEN follow them from memory. If you do exactly as I say you will be unable to open your eyes for exactly 7 seconds.

What you will do:
1. take a deep breath in, as you exhale close your eyes.
2. Imagine each muscle in your eyelid is becoming as relaxed as a wet towel, nice and heavy, comfortably relaxed. (take a few seconds to really imagine this and feel them getting relaxed)
3. Imagine a window at the very top of your head.
4. With your eyelids still relaxed and closed, roll your inner eyes up like you are looking through your brain, through that window, up at the ceiling.
5. As long as you are looking up you will be unable to open your eyes. The harder you try the more they will shake, but your eyes won't open until you go on to the next step.

6. Finally, look down at the tip of your noes and your eyes will open.

Read this twice so you remember it all. As long as your eyes are looking up through that window they will be glued shut. It should last around 7 seconds.

No hypnosis necessary.

Enjoy,
Scott

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Permalink Reply by John Cleesattel on September 25, 2008 at 9:15am

Other than it being physically impossible to open your eyes if they are rolled back up like looking through the top of your head, nice misdirection!

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on September 26, 2008 at 7:01am

Hi,

I guess we have to define hypnotized- in that sense "waking-hypnosis" is an oxymoron -- But in real life people are hypnotized in and out of "conventional" trances--
In my opinion, if a person is told that their feet are stuck to the floor and the person's feet stick to the floor - they are hypnotized!
If a person is told your eyes will be stuck for exactly 7 seconds and their eyes are stuck for exactly 7 seconds - the person has been hypnotized

It is enlightening to discover that conventional entrancement is not necessary for a person to be profoundly hypnotized...

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Permalink Reply by Chuck Eubanks on December 11, 2008 at 7:02am

Maybe I am missing something here Scott, and you can straighten me out. :)

The paragraph before the steps is the pretalk with the suggestion that the effect lasts only 7 seconds.

Steps 1-4 you achieve eye closure and relaxation.
Step 5 you achieve selective thinking.
Step 6 you return to normal state.

Final paragraph you reaffirm the 7 second suggestion along with reinforcing the selective thinking.

Isn't that, by it's very nature, creating a state of hypnosis?

Chuck Eubanks

I am but the student, you are the master....

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Permalink Reply by Ken Dubner, C.Ht. on September 25, 2008 at 9:36am

Ankit

Look up recreating drug states nlp, and waking suggestion foot stuck. I agree with the comment about editing, with enough time virtually anyone can be taken in to a deep enough state to experience almost anything. Both of these are tried and true stage hypnosis bits. With very little practice you can do them too.

Also Derren utilizes mentalism and magician skills in many of his routines.

Scott nice ... I call it the Bruce Lee technique--"look at the moon, not at my finger" (3 points for the first person to get that reference)
K

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Permalink Reply by Michael Ellner on September 26, 2008 at 7:14am

(3 points for the first person to get that reference)

Me, me, me....

"look at the moon, and not at my finger" is from the teachings of the Buddha...

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Permalink Reply by James Hazlerig on September 25, 2008 at 8:52pm

Derren Brown is a good hypnotist, but don't make the mistake of thinking that just because he LOOKS like he's using hypnosis, he is. The man's a trickster, and he employs a lot of misdirection and clever camera work.

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Permalink Reply by Ankit on September 26, 2008 at 1:48am

thank you very much what about the name amnesia which he performes casually

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Permalink Reply by Ankit on September 26, 2008 at 1:56am

hi scott thats nice . i also have one pseudo hypnotic effect
1 ask your spectator to sit on a chair and relax and just calm down .
2 tell him that you are going to take his enegy from his body .
3 then put your index fingers on their for head and tell him to imagine that he is getting glued up to the chair and then tell that you will count from 1 -3 and after that all their power will get lost
4 tell them to close their eyes and count 123 and then with their eyes closed tell them to stand without taking the support of chair.
just use suggestion at the beggining and rest is mechanism

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