Tony Gaschler - MODERN HYPNOSIS TECHNIQUES. Advanced Hypnosis and Self Hypnosis

Why the pendulum swings Why the pendulum swings It is a well-known effect that a pendulum will swing in the direction that has been visualized vividly. In earlier times, the pendulum’s movement was deemed to have been caused by secret and magical powers, or by magnetic rays etc. Today we know that it is ideomotor actions that cause the pendulum to move. As a result of vivid vsualization, which is identical to creating vivid ideas (vital ideas), very slight muscle movements are triggered in the ideomotor system (unconscious state) in the arm muscles, which correlate with the visualization, and these cause the pendulum to move. This phenomenon is actually one of the most important and most fundamental aspects of suggestion and hypnosis.V i v i di d e a s (produced by vivid visualization)c a u s ei d e o m o t o ra c t i o n s .This is the first basic law of suggestion.

The second basic exercise The second basic exercise Sit at the table again with the pendulum and the pendulum board ( ill. 2 ) and bring the pendulum to a standstill. Now picture the pendulum in your mind as it swings back and forth from left to right along the thick L - R line. Once the pendulum starts swinging distinctly along the line, change the image in your mind, so that now you picture the pendulum swinging from top to bottom along the O - U line. In just a few seconds the pendulum’s movement will change. First of all, it will form the shape of a flat oval, and then it will gradually change and adjust to the new direction. When the pendulum swings distinctly along the O - U line, then you have completed the exercise.

The task-oriented ideomotor system The task-oriented ideomotor system This exercise shows clearly that the ideomotor system is task-oriented. The pendulum’s movements (ideomotor actions) always adjust to match the goal of the vivid mental visualization. In other words, dynamic ideas (triggered by vivid mental visualization) cause task-oriented actions through the ideomotor system. This is what hypnotherapy, for example, is based on. In hypnotherapy, task-oriented suggestions for healing are made to the patient’s ideomotor system (subconscious), which then produces the appropriate effect (ideomotor actions). The second basic law therefore is:t h ei d e o m o t o rs y s t e m(subconscious)w o r k si nat a s k - o r i e n t e dm a n n e r .This is especially important for the suggestion technique, as it follows from this law that each suggestion must be clearly formulated and expressed with a clear goal to achieve, so that the ideomotor effect triggers the desired action in just the same way. Suggestions that are formulated unclearly not only lead to failure, they can also be dangerous!

The third basic exercise The third basic exercise Sit at a table with the pendulum and the pendulum board ( ill 2 .). Think about a time early tomorrow morning when you want to wake up. Now choose a time that is half an hour earlier than you would usually wake up. Hold the pendulum still and picture the pendulum vividly in your mind as it swings over the area where the number is that represents the hour you want to wake up. (For the half hour, use the dividing line between the individual number sections). After just a few seconds, the pendulum will start to swing. Now follow the pendulum with your eyes as it swings back and forth, and on every swing say the hour quietly and monotonously, for example: “ eight o’clock – eight o'clock …” and so on. Remain seated for about three to five minutes and then stop the exercise. You will find that you really do wake up at the time that you visualized and that you repeated to yourself as the pendulum swung.

Dynamic ideas take effect on schedule Dynamic ideas take effect on schedule From this exercise you will see that dynamic ideas can also take effect on schedule, that is, the desired ideomotor action can be triggered at a given time (which in this instance is demonstrated by waking up at the scheduled time). This effect is the basis of the so-called post-hypnotic suggestion (post-hypnosis). The third basic law is as follows:D y n a m i ci d e a sc a nb es t o r e di nt h ei d e o m o t o rs y s t e m .T h e s ew i l lt h e nt r i g g e ri d e o m o t o ra c t i o n sa tt h er i g h tt i m e .

Tips on successful self-study Tips on successful self-study Self-study is not simply a matter of reading through the lessons. Self-study involves much more. First of all, read all six lessons in each section all the way through, so that you get the total picture and overview. Then go back to the first lesson and go through it slowly, studying it carefully. Mark everything that you think is particularly important with a red pen. Only start practicing the individual exercises when you have studied all six lessons. You should proceed in the same way with all eight parts (booklets) of the “Modern Hypnosis Techniques”. Before you start an exercise, think carefully about every specific detail. Only start the exercise itself when you are completely clear on all the details. This applies to all the exercises in this book. You can prepare yourself to carry out the suggestion exercises using the imagination exercises. These consist, first of all, of carrying out the entire exercise in your head with an imaginary test person. Form a vivid mental picture in your head of a test person standing in front of you. Act and talk to this person, and do everything that you need to do to carry out the exercise. This will help you to become familiar with the specific details and, when you have a real test person in front of you, it will then seem completely normal and will not be new to you. For exercises that appear difficult to you, repeat the exercise with your imaginary person as often as necessary until you feel more confident.

Lesson 2 Lesson 2 The Carpenter effect As early as 1874, the English doctor, W.B. Carpenter, had already identified the “ideomotor principle”. This principle states that simply the mental image alone of a movement will cause the movement to happen to a lesser extent. This phenomenon, which we can see in the pendulum exercises, is also known as the “Carpenter effect”. When awake, and when the entire consciousness of SELF is alert, the mental picture of a movement causes only a slight, often scarcely discernible, duplicate of this movement. In a hypnotic state, when the SELF-conscious state has been entirely or partly deactivated, a mental picture which is created by suggestion (emotional influence) can trigger the corresponding movement in its entirety. It is important for us to know that the mental picture of a movement can be enough to trigger it. Mental pictures therefore have a tendency to become reality.

The Carpenter effect Lesson 2 The Carpenter effect As early as 1874, the English doctor, W.B. Carpenter, had already identified the “ideomotor principle”. This principle states that simply the mental image alone of a movement will cause the movement to happen to a lesser extent. This phenomenon, which we can see in the pendulum exercises, is also known as the “Carpenter effect”. When awake, and when the entire consciousness of SELF is alert, the mental picture of a movement causes only a slight, often scarcely discernible, duplicate of this movement. In a hypnotic state, when the SELF-conscious state has been entirely or partly deactivated, a mental picture which is created by suggestion (emotional influence) can trigger the corresponding movement in its entirety. It is important for us to know that the mental picture of a movement can be enough to trigger it. Mental pictures therefore have a tendency to become reality.

What are “ideomotor actions”? What are “ideomotor actions”? Ideomotor actions are those actions (activities, undertakings, movements, effects etc.) that are triggered by ideas. At this point I would like to emphasize that these ideas must be vivid and dynamically (vitally) animated. In no way should they be considered to be simply thoughts or imaginary words. The more vivid and animated (dynamic) an idea is, the clearer and more perceptible the action. You must bear this in mind in all the following suggestion and hypnosis experiments. The distinction between thoughts and dynamic ideas will be made clear to you by the fourth basic exercise, which now follows. Repeat the exercise until the difference is clear to you.