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Title: Everyday Brainwashing Pt1  (14/18)
 From: Tom Betz  (ID=70)
 Date: Tue Apr 07 09:02:08 1987

Dick Sutphen is a professional hypnotist who makes a good portion of his  living
training  other  professional  hypnotists...   and  another good portion selling
tapes of his lectures and "subliminal learning" tapes to help people with  their
problems.  This file is a transcript of a taped lecture with information he felt
was  important  enough  that  he  asked  for  it to be as widely disseminated as
possible, at NO CHARGE.  I found it on Illumi-Net in Decatur GA, and it  hit  me
where I live, so I ask that all who read it pass it along as widely as possible.
I have broken it up into four parts... please be sure that all four are printed,
uploaded, etc.  together, so that none of the information is lost, for it is all
VITAL!

It could mean the return of free thought to this nation, or the end of it.

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       THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND, by Dick Sutphen -- 22.2 KB
Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public Today


                       SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

The  Birth  of  Conversion/Brainwashing  in  Christian  Revivalism in 1735.  The
Pavlovian  explanation  of  the  three  brain  phases.   Born-again   preachers:
Step-by-Step, how they conduct a revival and the expected physiological results.
The  "voice  roll"  technique  used  by  preachers, lawyers and hypnotists.  New
trance-inducing churches.  The 6 steps to conversion.  The decognition  process.
Thought-stopping techniques.  The "sell it by zealot" technique.  True believers
and  mass  movements.   Persuasion  techniques:  "Yes set," "Imbedded Commands,"
"Shock and Confusion," and the "Interspersal Technique."  Subliminals.   Vibrato
and  ELF  waves.   Inducing  trance  with  vibrational sound.  Even professional
observers will be  "possessed"  at  charismatic  gatherings.   The  "only  hope"
technique to attend and not be converted.  Non-detectable Neurophone programming
through the skin.  The medium for mass take-over.


I'm  Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk
I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention  in  Las
Vegas,  Nevada.   Although  the  tape  carries  a  copyright  to protect it from
unlawful duplication for sale  by  other  companies,  in  this  case,  I  invite
individuals  to  make copies and give them to friends or anyone in a position to
communicate this information.

Although I've been interviewed about the subject  on  many  local  and  regional
radio  and  TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication appears to be blocked,
since it could result in suspicion or investigation of the very media presenting
it or the sponsors that support the media.  Some government agencies do not want
this information generally known.  Nor do  the  Born-Again  Christian  movement,
cults, and many human-potential trainings.

Everything  I will relate only exposes the surface of the problem.  I don't know
how the misuse of these techniques can be stopped.  I don't think it is possible
to legislate against that which often cannot  be  detected;  and  if  those  who
legislate  are using these techniques, there is little hope of affecting laws to
govern usage.  I do know that the first step to initiate change is  to  generate
interest.   In  this  case,  that  will probably only result from an underground
effort.

In talking about this subject, I am talking about my own business.  I  know  it,
and  I  know  how  effective it can be.  I produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes
and, in some of my seminars, I use conversion tactics to assist participants  to
become  independent and self-sufficient.  But, anytime I use these techniques, I
point out that I am using them, and those attending have a choice to participate
or not.  They also know what the desired result of participation will be.

So, to begin, I want to state the most basic of all  facts  about  brainwashing:
IN  THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF MAN, NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN BRAINWASHED AND REALIZED, OR
BELIEVED, THAT HE HAD BEEN BRAINWASHED.  Those who have  been  brainwashed  will
usually  passionately  defend their manipulators, claiming they have simply been
"shown the light" .  .  .  or have been transformed in miraculous ways.

The Birth of Conversion

CONVERSION  is  a  "nice"  word  for  BRAINWASHING  .   .   .   and any study of
brainwashing has to begin with a study of  Christian  revivalism  in  eighteenth
century  America.   Apparently,  Jonathan  Edwards  accidentally  discovered the
techniques during a religious crusade in 1735 in Northampton, Massachusetts.  By
inducing guilt and  acute  apprehension  and  by  increasing  the  tension,  the
"sinners" attending his revival meetings would break down and completely submit.
Technically,  what Edwards was doing was creating conditions that wipe the brain
slate clean so that the mind accepts new programming.  The problem was that  the
new  input was negative.  He would tell them, "You're a sinner!  You're destined
for hell!"

As a result, one person committed suicide and another  attempted  suicide.   And
the  neighbors of the suicidal converts related that they, too, were affected so
deeply that, although they had found "eternal  salvation,"  they  were  obsessed
with a diabolical temptation to end their own lives.

Once  a preacher, cult leader, manipulator or authority figure creates the brain
phase to wipe the brain-slate clean, his subjects are wide open.  New input,  in
the  form  of  suggestion, can be substituted for their previous ideas.  Because
Edwards didn't turn his message positive until the  end  of  the  revival,  many
accepted the negative suggestions and acted, or desired to act, upon them.

Charles J.  Finney was another Christian revivalist who used the same techniques
four years later in mass religious conversions in New York.  The techniques  are
still   being  used  today  by  Christian  revivalists,  cults,  human-potential
trainings, some business rallies, and the United States Armed Services .   .   .
to name just a few.

Let  me  point  out here that I don't think most revivalist preachers realize or
know they are using brainwashing techniques.  Edwards  simply  stumbled  upon  a
technique that really worked, and others copied it and have continued to copy it
for  over  two  hundred  years.   And  the  more sophisticated our knowledge and
technology become, the more effective the conversion.  I feel strongly that this
is one of the major reasons for the increasing rise in Christian fundamentalism,
especially the televised variety, while  most  of  the  orthodox  religions  are
declining.

The Three Brain Phases

The  Christians  may have been the first to successfully formulate brainwashing,
but we  have  to  look  to  Pavlov,  the  Russian  scientist,  for  a  technical
explanation.   In  the  early  1900s,  his  work with animals opened the door to
further investigations with humans.  After the revolution in Russia,  Lenin  was
quick to see the potential of applying Pavlov's research to his own ends.

Three   distinct   and  progressive  states  of  transmarginal  inhibition  were
identified by Pavlov.  The first is the EQUIVALENT phase,  in  which  the  brain
gives  the  same  response  to  both strong and weak stimuli.  The second is the
PARADOXICAL phase, in which the brain responds more  actively  to  weak  stimuli
than  to  strong.   And  the  third  is  the  ULTRA-PARADOXICAL  phase, in which
conditioned responses and behavior patterns turn from positive  to  negative  or
from negative to positive.

With  the  progression through each phase, the degree of conversion becomes more
effective and complete.  The way to achieve conversion are many and varied,  but
the  usual  first  step in religious or political brainwashing is to work on the
emotions of an individual or group until they reach an abnormal level of  anger,
fear, exitement, or nervous tension.

The  progressive  result  of  this  mental  condition is to impair judgement and
increase  suggestibility.   The  more  this  condition  can  be  maintained   or
intensified,  the  more it compounds.  Once catharsis, or the first brain phase,
is reached, the  complete  mental  takeover  becomes  easier.   Existing  mental
programming can be replaced with new patterns of thinking and behavior.

Other  often-used  physiological  weapons  to  modify normal brain functions are
fasting, radical or  high  sugar  diets,  physical  discomforts,  regulation  of
breathing,  mantra  chanting in meditation, the disclosure of awesome mysteries,
special  lighting  and  sound  effects,  programmed  response  to  incense,   or
intoxicating drugs.

The  same  results  can  be  obtained  in  contemporary psychiatric treatment by
electric shock treatments and even by purposely lowering a person's blood  sugar
level with insulin injections.

Before  I  talk  about exactly how some of the techniques are applied, I want to
point out that hypnosis and conversion  tactics  are  two  distinctly  different
things--and  that conversion techniques are far more powerful.  However, the two
are often mixed .  .  .  with powerful results.

How Revivalist Preachers Work


If you'd like to see a revivalist preacher at work, there are  probably  several
in  your  city.   Go  to  the  church  or  tent early and sit in the rear, about
three-quarters of the way back.  Most likely repetitive  music  will  be  played
while  the  people  come in for the service.  A repetitive beat, ideally ranging
from 45 to 72 beats per minute (a rhythm close to the beat of the human  heart),
is very hypnotic and can generate an eyes-open altered state of consciousness in
a  very high percentage of people.  And, once you are in an alpha state, you are
at least 25 times as suggestible as you would be  in  full  beta  consciousness.
The music is probably the same for every service, or incorporates the same beat,
and  many  of  the  people will go into an altered state almost immediately upon
entering the sanctuary.  Subconsciously, they recall their state  of  mind  from
previous services and respond according to the post-hypnotic programming.

Watch  the  people waiting for the service to begin.  Many will exhibit external
signs of trance--body relaxation and slightly dilated eyes.  Often,  they  begin
swaying  back  and  forth  with  their  hands  in the air while sitting in their
chairs.  Next, the assistant pastor will probably come out.  He  usually  speaks
with a pretty good "voice roll."

Voice Roll Technique

A  "voice  roll"  is a patterned, paced style used by hypnotists when inducing a
trance.  It is also used by many lawyers, several of  whom  are  highly  trained
hypnotists,  when  they  desire  to  entrench a point firmly in the minds of the
jurors.  A voice roll can sound as if the speaker were talking to the beat of  a
metronome  or  it  may  sound  as  though  he  were  emphasizing every word in a
monotonous, patterned style.  The words will usually be delivered at the rate of
45 to 60 beats per minute, maximizing the hypnotic effect.

Now the assistant pastor begins the "build-up" process.  He induces  an  altered
state  of  consciousness  and/or  begins  to  generate  the  excitement  and the
expectations of the audience.  Next, a group of young women in "sweet and  pure"
chiffon  dresses  might  come  out  to  sing a song.  Gospel songs are great for
building excitement and INVOLVEMENT.  In the middle of  the  song,  one  of  the
girls might be "smitten by the spirit" and fall down or react as if possessed by
the Holy Spirit.  This very effectively increases the intensity in the room.  At
this  point, hypnosis and conversion tactics are being mixed.  And the result is
the audience's attention span is now  totally  focused  upon  the  communication
while the environment becomes more exciting or tense.

Right  about  this  time,  when an eyes-open mass-induced alpha mental state has
been achieved, they will usually pass the collection plate or  basket.   In  the
background,  a  45-beat-per-minute  voice roll from the assistant preacher might
exhort, "Give to God .  .  .  Give to God .  .  .  Give to God .  .  ."  And the
audience does give.  God  may  not  get  the  money,  but  his  already  wealthy
representative will.

Next,  the  fire-and-brimstone  preacher  will  come  out.   He induces fear and
increases the tension by talking about "the devil,"  "going  to  hell,"  or  the
forthcoming Armegeddon.

In  the  last  such  rally  I attended, the preacher talked about the blood that
would soon be running out of every faucet in the land.   He  was  also  obsessed
with a "bloody axe of God," which everyone had seen hanging above the pulpit the
previous  week.   I  have no doubt that everyone saw it--the power of suggestion
given to hundreds of people in hypnosis assures that at least 10 to  25  percent
would see whatever he suggested they see.

In  most revivalist gatherings, "testifying" or "witnessing" usually follows the
fear-based sermon.  People from the audience come up on stage and  relate  their
stories.   "I  was  crippled and now I can walk!"  "I had arthritis and now it's
gone!"  It is a psychological  manipulation  that  works.   After  listening  to
numerous  case histories of miraculous healings, the average guy in the audience
with a minor problem is sure he can be healed.  The room is charged  with  fear,
guilt, intense excitement, and expectations.

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