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THE BATTLE FOR YOUR MIND, by Dick Sutphen — 22.2 KB

Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public Today

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

The Birth of Conversion/Brainwashing in Christian Revivalism in

1735. The Pavlovian explanation of the three brain phases. Born-

again preachers: Step-by-Step, how they conduct a revival and the

expected physiological results. The “voice roll” technique used by

preachers, lawyers and hypnotists. New trance-inducing churches.

The 6 steps to conversion. The decognition process. Thought-

stopping techniques. The “sell it by zealot” technique. True

believers and mass movements. Persuasion techniques: “Yes set,”

“Imbedded Commands,” “Shock and Confusion,” and the “Interspersal

Technique.” Subliminals. Vibrato and ELF waves. Inducing trance

with vibrational sound. Even professional observers will be

“possessed” at charismatic gatherings. The “only hope” technique

to attend and not be converted. Non-detectable Neurophone

programming through the skin. The medium for mass take-over.

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 apes 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

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,