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y Battle for Dick Sutphen MIND YOUR moments later she was possessed by the music and began dancing in atrance around the Voodoo meeting house. A brain phase had been induced by the music and ex- citement, and she awoke feeling reborn. The only hope of attending such gatherings without being affected is to be a Buddha and allow no positive or negative emotions to surface. Few people are capable of such detachment. ~ daca oe Cel Bn conversions. The sad truth is that high a percentage of people want to give away their power — they are known as true “believers”! Cult gatherings or human- potential trainings are an ideal environment to observe first-hand what is technically called the “Stockhoim Syndrome”. This is a situation in which those who are intimidated, controlled, or made to suffer, begin to love, admire and evensometimes sexually desire their controllers or captors. PART 2 (Cont from Nexus #10 Sept 90). From a talk delivered by Dick Sutphen —at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. one has ever been brainwash- ed and realised, or believed, that he had been brainwashed. Although 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 do not want this generally known. Nor do the born-again Christian move- ments, cults and many human- potential trainers. Over the years, I've conducted seminars to teach people to be hypnotists, trainers, and counsellors. I've had many of those who conduct training and rallies come to me and say, “I’m here because | know that what I’m doing works, but | don’t know why”. After showing them how and why, many have gotten out the business or have decided to approach it differently or in a much more loving and supportive manner. Many of these trainers have become personal friends, and it scares us all to have experienced the power of one person with a microphone and aroom fullofpeople. Add a little charisma and you can count on a high percentage of I n the entire history of man, no Before | go on, let's go back to the six tip-offs to conversion. | want to mention the US Government and military boot camp. The Marine Corps talks about breaking men down before “rebuilding” them as new men -—as marines! Well, that is exactly what they do, the same way cults break people down and rebuild them as happy flower sellers on your local street corner. All of the six conversion techniques are used in boot camp. Considering the needs of the military, I’m not making a judgementas to whether that is good or bad. It is a fact that the men are effectively brainwashed. Those who won't submit must be discharged or spend much of their time in the brig. high percentage of people want to give away their power— they are known as true “believers”! Butlet meinject a word of warning here: If you think you can attend such gatherings and notbe affected, you are probably wrong. A perfect example is the case of awoman who went to Haiti on a Guggenheim Fellowship to study Haitian Voodoo. in her report, she related how the music eventually induced uncon- Ob 2, cd ed DECOGNITION PROCESS Once the initial conversion is effected, cults, armed services and similar groups cannothave cynicism among their members. Members must respond to commands and do as they are told, otherwise they are dangerous to the organisational control. This is normally accomplished as a three- step Decognition Process. trollable bodily movement and an altered state of consciousness. Although she understood the process and thought herself above it, when she began to feel herself become vulnerable to the music, she attempted to fight it and turned away. Anger or resistance almost always assures conversion. A few 37 ne —_ The sad truth is that a LY