Friday, December 13, 2013

I BEEN HIP-MOTIZED!: IS THERE A DARK SIDE TO HYPNOSIS?

"BLUE" JIMMY:  HIP-MOTIZER

BLIND DOG OZZY:  NEUROTIC CHIHUAHUA

"She got me hip-motized! Brother, I ain't even gonna lie!
 She got me hip-motized!  When she come up in here flashing those thighs..." 
(From the song, "Hip-motized" by "Blue" Jimmy& Blind Dog Ozzy)
"BLUE" JIMMY:  
I come across a chapter in a book entitled "The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved" by Colin & Damon Wilson who are well known writers on the topic of the occult and the unexplained.  The chapter details a case in England which took place at the Brittania Lodge Health Center in Appledore, Devon where a man by the name of Nelson Lintott was tried and convicted to 11 years in the joint for much sexual naughtiness with women and young girls.  He was supposed to be be curing these female clients of various bad habits such as nail biting and overeating with hypnosis and instead, was inflicting his bad habits on them.

BLIND DOG OZZY:  Dun Dun Dun!  I thought when under hypnosis, you're not supposed to do anything contrary to your own moral code.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  That's where our discussion begins.  According to many well-known experts on hypnosis, it is a harmless state of deep relaxation into which you enter several times daily on your own.  Some call this daydreaming while scientists refer to it as a time when on the brain wave scale, you have reached alpha or theta brain waves with beta being your normal, everday state and gamma being the domain of yogis and holy men.

BD OZZY:  And people who listen to Pink Floyd backwards after a hit of some primo hash.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  The idea that someone can "mesmerize" you and make you do things against your will seems to have originated, in modern times, from the 1894 book "Trilby" which describes the escapades of a young, half-Irish woman working as an artist's model in Paris who was known to (gasp!) take off her shoes in the company of gentlemen.  Seriously, this bit of risque' business caused the novel to become the "50 Shades of Grey" of its time although it's likely that many were also drawn to the character of Svengali, a man who seemed to have total hypnotic control over the young Trilby. It was also very delicately implied (not said) that Trilby had become his sex slave.

BD OZZY:  And saw a lot more than her feet!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Yes, and to this day, the word "Svengali" refers to anyone who has manipulative control over another person.  But again we've been told many times that hypnosis simply allows us to put to sleep the left (scientific) hemisphere of the brain and access the right (artistic) hemisphere of the brain which is the realm of geniuses such as Da Vinci, Mozart and Tesla.

BD OZZY: Hypnotists have been known to allow people to overcome lifelong bad habits, exhibit incredible physical feats and display amazing artistic talents.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  And bark like a Chihuahua.

BD OZZY:  Oh! bite me!


"BLUE" JIMMY:  Yet, stories persist that people have been made to commit unethical, immoral and psychotic acts while under hypnosis or under post-hypnotic suggestion.  Many former cult members swear that hypnosis was an essential part of their induction into the cult.  Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard was a professional hypnotist before he started his Church of Scientology.  Even professional hypnotherapists have a long list of cautions for people undergoing hypnosis.  Did you ever see the movie "Stir of Echoes"?

BD OZZY:  I would hate to be in a situation like that!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  What -- to have horrible paranormal visions under the influence of post-hypnotic suggestion?

BD OZZY:   No, to be as bad an actor as Kevin Bacon.

"BLUE" JIMMY:  Yikes!  So what is happening?  Are unscrupulous hypnotists using powerful drugs or psychotropic plants in combination with hypnosis to gain control over people?  Is it a myth that hypnosis is a harmless, benevolent method to access your subconscious mind?  Or is there a form of hypnosis that is deeper and darker than we ever imagined and is known only by an inner circle of adherents?

BD OZZY:  If anyone knows more about this subject, please comment with more information.  In fact, I  command you to comment ... (holding pendulum) you are getting s-l-e-e-p-y!

"BLUE" JIMMY:  "Sake's Alive!'

BD OZZY:  "Wow!  Wow!"