The Battle For Your Mind.pdf

The Battle For Your Mind

Mass Mind Control Techniques In America

By Dick Sutphen

Persuasion and Brainwashing

Techniques Being Used On The Public Today

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Introduction

The Birth of Conversion: Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735. The Three Brain Phases:

The Pavlovian Explanation

How Revivalist Preachers Work

The "Voice Roll" Technique The Build-up Process.: Inducing Altered States Assured Continuation:

Fleecing the Flock Bonding by Fear and Suggestion Testimony: Creating Community Spirit

Miracles The Grey Area of Legitimacy A Game in Which the Rules Keep Changing

Six Conversion Techniques

Isolation Intimidation, Deprivation and Indoctrination. The "Sell It By Zealot" Technique. Wearing

Down Resistance Increasing Tension Introducing Uncertainty About Identity Jargon Lack of

Humor: No Release, No Resistance

Not Always a Bad Thing

Cults: A Captive Course in Stockholm Syndrome The Only Hope of Immunity The US Marines as a

Brainwashing Cult

Steps in the Decognition Process

Alertness reduction Programmed Confusion Thought Stopping

Thought-Stopping Techniques

Marching Meditation Chanting

True believers and mass movements.

Persuasion techniques: "Yes Set" Embedded Commands The Power of NLP Interspersal

Technique Practical Examples Shock and Confusion

Subliminal Programming

Does Subliminal Programming Work? Mass Misuse of Subliminal Programming Vibrato Extra-low

Frequency Vibrations (ELFs) The Neurophone Technological Tools for Mass Manipulation In

Closing...

Introduction

I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the

World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the tape

carries a copyright to protect it from unlawful duplication for sale by other companies, in this

case, I invite individuals to make copies and give them to friends or anyone in a position to

communicate this information.

Although I've been interviewed about the subject on many local and regional radio and TV talk

shows, large-scale mass communication 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 information generally known. Nor do the Born-Again

Christian movement, cults, and many human-potential trainings.

Everything I will relate 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 is possible to legislate against that which often

cannot be detected; and if those who legislate are using these techniques, there is little hope of

affecting laws to govern usage. 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 am talking about my own business. I know it, and I know how

effective it can be. I produce hypnosis and subliminal tapes and, in some of my seminars, I use

conversion tactics to assist participants to become independent and self-sufficient. But, anytime I

use these techniques, I point out that I am using them, and those attending have a choice 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 man, no one has ever been brainwashed and realized, or believed, that he had been

brainwashed. Those who have been brainwashed will usually passionately defend their

manipulators, claiming they have simply been "shown the light" ...or have been transformed in

miraculous ways.

The Birth of Conversion: Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in 1735.

Conversion is a "nice" word for brainwashing...and any study of brainwashing has to begin with a

study of Christian revivalism in eighteenth century America. Apparently, Jonathan Edwards

accidentally discovered the techniques during a religious crusade in 1735 in Northampton,

Massachusetts. By inducing guilt and acute apprehension and by increasing the tension, the

"sinners" attending his revival meetings would break down and completely submit. Technically,

what Edwards was doing was creating conditions that wipe the brain slate clean so that the mind

accepts new programming. The problem was that the new input was negative. He would tell

them, "You're a sinner! You're destined for hell!"

As a result, one person committed suicide and another attempted suicide. And the neighbors 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.

Once a preacher, cult leader, manipulator or authority figure creates the brain phase to wipe the

brain-slate clean, his subjects are wide open. New input, in the form of suggestion, can be

substituted for their previous ideas. Because Edwards didn't turn his message positive until the

end of the revival, many accepted the negative suggestions and acted, or desired to act, upon

them.

Charles J. Finney was another Christian revivalist who used the same techniques four years later

in mass religious conversions in New York. The techniques are still being used today by Christian

revivalists, cults, human-potential trainings, some business rallies, and the United States Armed

services...to name just a few.

Let me point out here that I don't think most revivalist preachers realize or know they are using

brainwashing techniques. Edwards simply stumbled upon a technique that really worked, and

others copied it and have continued to copy it for over two hundred years. And the more

sophisticated our knowledge and technology become, the more effective the conversion. I feel

strongly that this is one of the major reasons for the increasing rise in Christian fundamentalism,

especially the televised variety, while most of the orthodox religions are declining.

The Three Brain Phases: The Pavlovian Explanation

The Christians may have been the first to successfully formulate brainwashing, but we have to

look to Pavlov, the Russian scientist, for a technical explanation. In the early 1900s, his work with

animals opened the door to further investigations with humans. After the revolution in Russia,

Lenin was quick to see the potential of applying Pavlov's research to his own ends.

Three distinct and progressive states of transmarginal inhibition were identified by Pavlov. The

first is the equivalent phase, in which the brain gives the same response to both strong and weak

stimuli. The second is the paradoxical phase, in which the brain responds more actively to weak

stimuli than to strong. And the third is the ultra-paradoxical phase, in which conditioned

responses and behavior patterns turn from positive to negative or from negative to positive.

With the progression through each phase, the degree of conversion becomes more effective and

complete. The way to achieve conversion are many and varied, but the usual first step in

religious or political brainwashing is to work on the emotions of an individual or group until they

reach an abnormal level of anger, fear, exitement, or nervous tension.

The progressive result of this mental condition is to impair judgement and increase suggestibility.

The more this condition can be maintained or intensified, the more it compounds. Once catharsis,

or the first brain phase, is reached, the complete mental takeover becomes easier. Existing

mental programming can be replaced with new patterns of thinking and behavior.

Other often-used physiological weapons to modify normal brain functions are fasting, radical or

high sugar diets, physical discomforts, regulation of breathing, mantra chanting in meditation,

the disclosure of awesome mysteries, special lighting and sound effects, programmed response

to incense, or intoxicating drugs.

The same results can be obtained in contemporary psychiatric treatment by electric shock

treatments and even by purposely lowering a person's blood sugar level with insulin injections.

Before I talk about exactly how some of the techniques are applied, I want to point out that

hypnosis and conversion tactics are two distinctly different things--and that conversion

techniques are far more powerful. However, the two are often mixed...with powerful results.

How Revivalist Preachers Work

If you'd like to see a revivalist preacher at work, there are probably several in your city. Go to the

church or tent early and sit in the rear, about three-quarters of the way back. Most likely

repetitive music will be played while the people come in for the service. A repetitive beat, ideally

ranging from 45 to 72 beats per minute (a rhythm close to the beat of the human heart), is very

hypnotic and can generate an eyes-open altered state of consciousness in a very high percentage

of people. And, once you are in an alpha state, you are at least 25 times as suggestible as you

would be in full beta consciousness. The music is probably the same for every service, or

incorporates the same beat, and many of the people will go into an altered state almost

immediately upon entering the sanctuary. Subconsciously, they recall their state of mind from

previous services and respond according to the post-hypnotic programming.

Watch the people waiting for the service to begin. Many will exhibit external signs of trance--

body relaxation and slightly dilated eyes. Often, they begin swaying back and forth with their

hands in the air while sitting in their chairs. Next, the assistant pastor will probably come out. He

usually speaks with a pretty good "voice roll."

The "Voice Roll" Technique

A "voice roll" is a patterned, paced style used by hypnotists when inducing a trance. It is also

used by many lawyers, several of whom are highly trained hypnotists, when they desire to

entrench a point firmly in the minds of the jurors. A voice roll can sound as if the speaker were

talking to the beat of a metronome or it may sound as though he were emphasizing every word

in a monotonous, patterned style. The words will usually be delivered at the rate of 45 to 60

beats per minute, maximizing the hypnotic effect.

The Build-up Process: Inducing Altered States

Now the assistant pastor begins the "build-up" process. He induces an altered state of

consciousness and/or begins to generate the excitement and the expectations of the audience.

Next, a group of young women in "sweet and pure" chiffon dresses might come out to sing a

song. Gospel songs are great for building excitement and involvement. In the middle of the song,

one of the girls might be "smitten by the spirit" and fall down or react as if possessed by the Holy

Spirit. This very effectively increases the intensity in the room. At this point, hypnosis and

conversion tactics are being mixed. And the result is the audience's attention span is now totally

focused upon the communication while the environment becomes more exciting or tense.

Assured Continuation: Fleecing the Flock

Right about this time, when an eyes-open mass-induced alpha mental state has been achieved,

they will usually pass the collection plate or basket. In the background, a 45-beat-per-minute

voice roll from the assistant preacher might exhort, "Give to God...Give to God...Give to God...."

And the audience does give. God may not get the money, but his already-wealthy representative

will.

Bonding by Fear and Suggestion

Next, the fire-and-brimstone preacher will come out. He induces fear and increases the tension

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