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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.
<<Continued>>