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any, positive results can come from mind-altering techniques based on human : ‘potential, hypnosis or subliminal awareness; as witnessed by some services or products advertised in Nexus. These can lead to understanding how your mind imprints reality, and prepare you'to deal with more widespread but much less ethical uses of such techniques... A Ithough I've been interviewed on this subject by many radio and TV talk shows, large-scale mass communication of these facts 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 don't want this known; nor do the Born-A gain Christian movements, some cults or human-potential trainings want this to become common knowledge. Everything I will relate here 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’s possible to legislate against that which often cannot be detected, and if those who legislate are using these techniques, there is little hope of effecting laws to govern usage. However, 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’m talking about my own business. I know it, and I know how effective it can be. 1 produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes and, in some of my seminars, I use conversion tactics to assist participants to become independent ( a From a talk delivered > t theWorld’s Congress of |: and self-sufficient. But, any time I use these techniques, I point out that I am using them, and those attending have achoice 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 humanity,no one has ever Professional Hypnotists been brainwashed and realised, or believed, that they had been brainwashed. Convention, Las Vegas, Those people who have been brainwashed will usually passionately defend their _| Nevada USA manipulators, claiming they have simply been “shown the light” or have been transformed in miraculous ways. THE BIRTH OF CONVERSION Nevada USA Conversion is a ‘nice’ word for brain washing, and any study of brainwashing has to begin with a study of Christian revivalism in 18th century America. Jonathan Edwards apparently discovered the techniques by accident during a religious crusade in 1735 in Northampton, Massachusetts. By inducing guilt, acute appreh- ension and by increasing tension, the ‘sinners’ attending his revival meetings would break down and completely submit. Technically, what he did was create conditions that wipe the brain/ mind slate clean to accept new programming. The problem was that the new input was negative. He'd tell them, “You’re a sinner - destined for hell!” As a result, one person-committed suicide, another attempted suicide, and the neighbours 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. deeply that, although they had found Let me point out that I don’t think ‘eternal salvation’, they were obsessed most revivalist teachers realise or know with a diabolical temptation to end their they are using brainwashing techniques. own lives. Edwards simply stumbled upon a Once a preacher, cult leader, technique that really worked, and others manipulator or authority figure creates + copied itand have continued to copy itfor the brain phase to wipe the brain-slate over 200 years. And the more clean, their subjects are wide open. New sophisticated our knowledge and input, in the form of suggestion, can be technology become, the more effective substituted for their previous ideas. the conversion. Because Edwards didn’t turn his message I feel strongly that this is one of the positive until the endoftherevival,many major reasons for the increasing rise in accepted the negative suggestions and Christian fundamentalism, especially the acted, or desired to act, upon them. televised variety, while most of the Charles J. Finney was another orthodox religions are declining. Christian revivalist who used the same techniques 4 years later in mass religious THE 3 BRAIN PHASES conversions in New York. These The Christians may have been first to techniques are still used today by successfully formulate brainwashing, Christian revivalists, some human- but we have to look to Pavlov, the potential trainings, business rallies Russian scientist for a technical and US Armed Services,tonameafew. explanation. __...continued over >>> The Christians may have been first to successfully formulate brainwashing, but we have to look to Pavlov, the Russian scientist for a technical explanation. Convention, Las Vegas, THE 3 BRAIN PHASES ..continued over >>> Nexus *10 29