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Hypnosis Without Trance TM

Hypnosis Mastery

Programme

Bonus - Sticky Card!

Original ‘Proper

Mental’ Write-up!

 James Rolph and Hypnosis Without Trance . Unauthorised copying

and distribution are prohibited

Introduction

Early in 2009 Anthony Jacquin asked me to write up my take on the ‘card

stick’, for the Proper Mental 3 – the third issue of the ‘magicians only’

supplement to his best selling book Reality is Plastic . I was totally stoked to

be asked to contribute to this, and even more so with the response that the

piece got. Indeed it was this that first got me thinking that maybe my

approach and ideas may be of interest to others!

While this write up pre-dates the full Hypnosis Without Trance methodology, it

really marks the beginnings of the developing that methodology into

something teachable, and for that reason I have included it here as a bonus.

Please note that I no longer issue the initial challenge as it is written up here.

While this works fine, the way that you see me doing it on the DVD’s is an

evolution and works better.

It is also worth baring in mind that this was written for performing magicians,

so if some of the references go past you, it probably just means that you are

not a magician (at least, not that kind).

I hope that you enjoy it!

James

Sticky Card

This little bit of ‘hypno-business’ is something that I have been doing for a

long time now, and is in fact the first thing I ever did to elicit a genuine

hypnotic phenomenon. I still love it and do it a lot, and have developed it into

a bit of a utility tool.

The idea is simple – you take a business card or playing card and have it so

the subject cannot drop it! This ALWAYS elicits a response of astonishment

and/or total fascination from the subject and serves as a massive convincer

and great ‘wedge’ into full-on hypnosis.

First things first: the original idea for this came from a recording called

Hypnotic Techniques by David Calof (Calof is an interesting hypnotist and

worth checking out). Having performed it so many times, I have evolved it into

something that I can get to work 99% of the time. So here’s how it goes:

The Set Up

I want to have a sense that the person is going to be responsive (I personally

don’t like the term ‘suggestible’) before I start the piece. For me, I will either

have been watching their response to my mentalism and looking for signs of

absorption, or I will uses magnetic fingers and magnetic palms as a warm-up.

Sometimes I go straight in with this if I feel the person is the right type.

Going into the piece proper, I arrange the so as their feet are together, they

are standing up straight and breathing clearly. Then I bring their arm (usually

the right, but there is no reason for this) out in directly in front of them with the

elbow straight and the wrist bent down pretty much as far as it will go (please

don’t force this).

In setting them up, I do a lot of the moving and positioning myself, supported

by appropriate instructions – all the time monitoring keenness and

compliance. It is very easy in this phase to judge whether they want it or not

(this is the key to making this work at 99%).

I then place the business/playing card between their thumb and index finger

(the wrist is still bent down and the other fingers are curled in) and elevate the

hand so as they have to look up slightly at the card.

Once set up, tell the subject: “and just pick a point on that card that you can

focus on absolutely and completely”. Or you can draw an X on the back of

the card with a Sharpie. And ask them to focus on the centre of the X. Or you

can use the + card from an ESP deck (my current preference).

This is the set up complete!

The Suggestion Phase

So the subject is standing up straight with their arm out straight, wrist bent

and holding a playing/business card. They are staring at a point on the card

‘absolutely and completely’. If all is as it should be you have both compliance

and anticipation at this point. Now I’ll give you the ‘script’.

“That’s right, and as you continue to focus on that point just notice your

breathing…and continue to focus…and breath… and feel your finger and

thumb gripping the card (make sure you get this bit) as you repeat - inside

your mind only - the words ‘I am going to drop this, over and over looping

round’… ‘‘I am going to drop this, I am going to drop this over and over as you

continue to focus…and as you continue to repeat those words, just try and

drop the card and notice with amusement that you can’t... as you continue to

repeat those words…that’s right…trying to drop the card as your hand sticks

and locks tighter and tighter - locking and becoming more stuck in this

moment.”

From this point you escalate the challenge as much as you need to, wish to or

feel is appropriate.

What is Happening

The above script is an example of the type of wording and the concepts I use.

The idea is not to stick to the script, but simply to understand what you are

doing and what you want to achieve. Don’t rush this bit, just focus on making

it all happen. Here’s my thinking on what’s going on:

First of all, put yourself in the set up position and hold a card. With your arm

straight out (elbow locked) and your wrist bent, a lot of tension is created in

the arm, wrist and hand. This tension is strongly felt and will later create a

kinaesthetic base for feelings of lockedness and stiffness. I also think that it is

physiologically slightly harder to open your fingers in this position (not

massively but slightly – enough to use). Also elevating above eye level adds

something here (beyond just eye fatigue).

Try doing this and taking a moment to convince yourself that your fingers are

stuck and that you cannot drop the card. This will give you some great insight

into how to make this work with others.

Now after the physical set up, we encourage multiple points of fixation, and for

those with an NLP bent you will notice that we have visual, kinaesthetic and

auditory:



Visual – focusing on a point on the card.



Kinaesthetic – focusing on the breathing and especially the finger and

thumb gripping the card (see script ).



Auditory (internal) – focusing on the phrase “I am going to drop this”

My reckoning here is that if they are truly focusing in these three channels,

their ‘critical faculty’ is well off-line. So this is my aim for this section – get

them simultaneously focusing on these three things. If you like, you can think

of this bit as a ‘trance induction’.

For those who are fans of ‘indirect’ suggestion, think about ”I am going to drop

this” – it presupposes that you are holding the card and really doesn’t make

any sense if you are not. The idea is that this ‘linguistic logic’ keeps the

person holding the card in order to keep reality constant. Feel free to ponder

that idea or disregard it – I think it is pretty powerful and uses conditioned

logic and expectation to your advantage.

Now for the main suggestion that triggers the phenomena

“and as you continue to repeat those words and hear those words, just try and

drop the card and notice with amusement that you can’t... as you continue to

repeat those words…that’s right…try to drop it and continue to feel your hand

sticking and locking and becoming more stuck and locked in this moment.”

This is a simple challenge, but I want to make sure they continue to do things

my way (don’t want them taking control at this critical juncture). This is why I

place so much emphasis on them continuing with the “I am going to drop this’

loop. I sandwich the challenge between two instructions to continue with the

auditory loop.

I am highlighting this because doing this has increased my success rate with

this by about 40% when doing it all from cold. Another element to this

suggestion is ‘notice with amusement that you can’t’. I think this works to

create an extra layer of processing and something else to draw the mind.

This increases the moment of indecision and overload and compounds the

suggestion. It also suggests enjoyment of the experience, which is all for the

good.

After this ‘sandwiched suggestion’ I continue with further suggestions toward

the hand sticking and locking.

I think there may be a couple of other factors at play that make this work:

Firstly, a lot of subjects believe on some level (it has been reported to me)

that you are setting them up to involuntarily drop the card, so when you

suggest the opposite it derails their thinking and throws them into a moment of

confusion (and therefore openness to suggestion).

Secondly, as soon as they experience a hesitation in dropping the card they

start to autosuggest (inside their own minds) that they are unable to drop it.

Suggestions that come from within are, I believe, the most powerful.

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