Reality is Plastic: Proper Mental. Volume One

Anthony Jacquin

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Contents
The Set Up: Creating a context for hypnosis ..........................5 The Set Piece: Using Mentalism ......................................................9 Induction: The Eyelock ........................................................................10 Technique: The Perception Peek...................................................13 Effect: 9 Bar Perception ...................................................................15 References..................................................................................................22

This is the first in a short series of supplements for those who have purchased the book Reality is Plastic – The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis {RIP} and have an interest in magic, especially mentalism. I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for buying my book, answer some of the most common questions I am asked in relation to it and offer a few thoughts on other bits and pieces.

I have included a mentalism effect of mine ‘9 Bar Perception’ that ties together some of the ideas discussed in this supplement. I appreciate that the effect may not suit your taste or performing style but if you wish to use it and I have sent you this supplement then you have my permission to do so. If you do not use it then hopefully it will give you something to think about. General text and descriptive instructions are in this plain text. Words spoken to your spectators are in bold.

The Set Up: Creating a context for hypnosis Many people, who purchased RIP, with little or no prior knowledge of hypnosis, have simply picked up a few of the techniques and applied the basic approach with incredible results. Success breeds confidence and confidence goes a long way when hypnotizing. I love receiving progress reports of ‘Hypno Attacks’ worldwide. Keep them coming. However I have had emails from others who simply have not been able to find a variety of people to practice on and are therefore unlikely to build hypnosis into their performances. If you have to pressurize an unwilling or uninterested relative or close friend into having a go then often the hypnotic situation you are attempting to create can collapse before it even gets started as the mood is all wrong. It makes it much less likely you will hypnotize with success. This is hard to take as a fledgling hypnotist when all you really want is to practice your techniques. I have been there. I was at University when I first started learning about hypnosis. I got one induction under my belt and I just told people I could hypnotize and kept my doubts to myself. I only did therapeutic stuff at that time and just went in well armed - meaning that at first I had it all scripted on paper just past the point of getting the subject to close their eyes. I was fortunate in that my first few attempts went well. In fact disturbingly so, my first ever subject later became my wife! However after I left University it became harder to find subjects. It is easy to get out of practice and lose confidence in your