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Hypnotism and False Memories

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Hypnotherapy A friend of mine went on a cruise and had a great time with all aspects of it, including the hypnotist entertainer. He hypnotized several of the passengers, got them dancing on stage and thinking they were naked in their room in front of their mirror, etc. All harmless entertainment. He also induced a group of women to think that the minute a certain employee came down the aisle, they were to run up to him and tell him that they had a ticket to prove that they had just won the lottery. When that employee appeared in the ailse, he was accosted by all of those women. In other words, although the hypnotist used his powers to influence people in amusing, harmless ways, he demonstrated that hypnotism is a power to be reckoned with. He planted a false memory in their minds. Used in wrong ways, such abilities could bring about tremendous deception and harm. In the book Extraordinary Knowing , therapist Elizabeth LLoyd Mayer shared about the psychic bond that can appear out of now