Welcome to The Hypnotic Suggestibility Checklist.

Perhaps the most fascinating part of conversational

hypnosis - or hypnosis in general - is the concept of the
instant induction.
And instant induction is where you are able to
instantly put someone into a hypnotic trance. There is
a catch to this though and that is that the person needs
to be suggestible.
So what I want to share with you are five suggestibility
tests that you can use to identify suggestible people.

Suggestibility Test #1:

Hand Clasp Technique
The first one to which I want to introduce you is the

one which you can use at the parties. I personally enjoy

this one at parties. The unsuspecting person on whom
you are doing the test is simply asked to clasp their
hands together, as if they were praying. Their fingers
would be like the laces on the football.
Then, all you do is tell the person that you want them
to pull their hands apart, however, their hands are
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stuck together. Say this, I want you to try to pull your

hands apart, but when you try; you will realize that you
cant because your hands are stuck together. Now, a
lot of people will simply pull their hands apart thinking
that it does not work on them. That is fine because it is
a suggestibility test. You are testing to see who is
suggestible and every now and then you are going to
get luck.
The first time it happens, you are not going to believe
it. I am telling you right now that you are going to
think that they are just faking it and playing along. You
must understand that there are a lot of people in this
world who really are that suggestible. When you find
one of them, you know that all the little covert tricks
are not necessary. You will give them a direct
suggestion and they will follow it. That, my friends, is a
wonderful thing because it makes your job easier. If
you want to persuade someone and you have someone
who is suggestible, your job just became a lot easier.
You do not have to try a lot of covert techniques any
longer.
Another suggestibility test which I like for parties is
similar to the first one. They have their hands clasped
together but they also have their thumbs pressed
together. The part of your thumb that would make a
print is pressed against your thumbprint part of the
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other. The hands are clasped together, fingers

interlaced and thumbs are thumbprint to thumbprint
pushing together. You explain to the person that you
heard of a new trick that you want to show to them.
Once they are in this position, you explain further by
saying, Because of the angle of your thumbs, because
they are pressed together so tightly, it is impossible for
you to pull them apart. Try as you may, you cannot pull
them apart.
You will see them struggling to pull their thumbs apart.
Keep in mind, this is a suggestibility test and some
people fail this test, thus pull their thumbs apart. You
know that you have to continue to use the covert
hypnosis techniques with them, as they are not that
suggestible. However, every now and then we will find
someone whose thumbs are pressed together. A neat
trick that I like to do on top of this, when I have
someone suggestible, I would say, When I snap my
fingers, your thumbs will come apart. I snap my
fingers and their thumbs come apart. Not only are they
amazed but everyone around them is amazed also.
You had just improved your social proof. People are
always judging you, sizing you up, deciding whether
you are powerful or not, good or bad, smart or not
smart. They look for social proof and what you do in
front of people. They look at how other people react to
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you. Trust me, you are at a party and this happens, your
social proof level rises considerably. Suddenly,
everyone likes you. If you are in a dating situation, you
find that life just got a little easier for you. In a sales
position, youve also increased your status as now,
people see you as someone who is powerful and can
control other peoples minds and actions. That is part
of raising your social proof.

Suggestibility Test #2:

Amnesia Technique
Another suggestibility test that you can use is amnesia.
You can simply walk up to someone at a party or
anywhere else. Parties are great venues because you
have an opportunity to socialize with people most of
whom you will never see again. If you walk up to
somebody and say whatever it is you want to say to
introduce your technique, then say, Hey, are you into
hypnosis? Another example is, Hey, have you ever
heard of a suggestibility test? Very few people have
ever heard anything about any of these techniques and
you usually do not have to concern yourself. Most
people are up for a good time. They see this as an
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opportunity to interact with someone, which is the

reason for being at the party in the first place. They
also see it as an opportunity to have some fun.
Amnesia works like this. You tell them that you will
give them some instructions and test how well they
worked. For the next five minutes, you will forget the
number seven. It does not have to be the number seven
and it can be any number. I recommend picking a
number 1-10. You will not be able to remember the
number seven or even to speak about the number
seven. This will last for five minutes. Also, you will
forget that I told you to forget about the number seven.
Then you will simply say, Okay, that part is over. Now
Id like you to count one to 10. Believe it or not,
someone who is highly suggestible will say one, two,
three, four, five, six, eight, nine and ten. They will then
look at you with a straight face because they do not
realize what happened. If you ask them to do it again,
they will repeat it the exact same way. You may even
think that they are kidding as this works for you for the
first few times; however, you will notice that they dont
start laughing. They do not understand what is so
funny about someone counting from one to ten.
As far as they know, theyve added all the numbers in
there. The only one who does not know what is going
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on is them and everyone else is aware. Now, never use

this to pick on anyone. After it is over, explain to them
what happened. Also, as to make them feel better,
explain to them that very intelligent people are more
suggestible. That is a fact which may ensure that they
do not feel stupid or inadequate. It is very important
that you balance this out with common sense and not
causing people to dislike you. Conversational Hypnosis
is all about getting people to like you.

Suggestibility Test #3:

Anesthesia Technique
The next suggestibility test that Id like to share with
you is anesthesia. We just looked at the amnesia
causing people to forget about you. Anesthesia means
getting someone to not feel pain. You have to be
careful with this one as this caries the risk of physically
hurting them. When you do the anesthesia, you want
to make sure to do something that would not cause any
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physical damage to anyone. Let me explain the process

and you will see what I mean.
Anesthesia simply means that you are going to numb a
certain part of the persons body so that they dont feel
any sensations, good or bad on that part of the body.
First, you must do your introduction and introduce it
as fun. After doing your clever spiel to get the person
to go along with your test, you would say, Here is how
it works. I am going to touch your hand on a certain
part. Depending on the rapport that you have with
them you can really touch any part of their body.
Hopefully you have anchored yourself and done a few
other conversational tricks along the way to have a
good rapport with them. Throw in some pacing and you
have a flow with them. I like to use the hands because
the hands are a good default if youve got nothing else
that comes to mind, no other part of the body that
comes to mind or if you are concerned that they may
think of you as too forward.
The palms are the most sensitive because of the nerve
endings. With the touching of the fingertips, you are
getting intimate with this person already as you tell
them, When I put my hand on your hand, it is going to
become numb. Then you simply touch with you hand
part of their hand on a certain area. You can touch part
of their fingers, the center of their palm or the large
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area at the base of their thumb. You can also touch

near the wrist on the palm of their hand. This wont
work with anyone but, as you can see, its a great way
to get to touch someone. When you are touching
someone, you have a lot more rapport automatically.
People feel closer to you when you are touching them
because you are physically closer to them.
There is some intimacy going on. I had a friend who
red palms. We were doing something together in NBC
studies in Burmaic where they feel the Tonight Show.
The palmist was a male and although he had his lovely
bride with him, he was going around and reading all of
the ladies palms. He was a big hit and the ladies were
lined up to have their palms read. His wife, a very
understanding woman, put up with all of that and he
read all of their palms. He definitely established
contact with them and you could definitely tell that
there was some intimacy going on. If you are a palm
reader, you are in touch. That is not my area of
teaching but you may want to write a book on that. It is
a great way to become very intimate with people
quickly and to have them want to touch their hands.
That is a free little tip for you.

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After you touch that part of their hand, explain to them

that that part will now be numb, as you told them prior,
Wherever I touch, it will be numb. The next test is to
pinch them there and see if they can feel it. Do not get
carried away with this. People who are very suggestible
can be pinched to the point of bleeding and still not
feel anything. Do not push it to the limit or draw their
blood Stick to the little pinch and something that
ordinarily would be felt and would not harm them. Be a
little easy feeling, otherwise you will lose the rapport
and may be asked to leave the party. Hopefully they do
not feel it; however, not all people are so suggestible to
respond to this or any other suggestibility test. Give it
a try. The beauty of a technique like this is that you are
establishing intimacy even if they fail. You have still
won because you have held their hand. That is
anesthesia.
The pendulum technique revolves around the
pendulum which hangs on a thread. It can be a ball or
yarn dangling on a threat of yarn, anything that can
swing including the belt. Hopefully, you have
reasonably tight pants or else you may succeed in
establishing a lot of rapport very quickly or you may be
asked to leave the party. You can use your belt as long
as it is something that you can hold in the air which
can swing back and forth. It does not necessarily have
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to be a ball on a chain. Have them hold it and explain

to them that a pendulum can move around in a lot of
different ways. It can swing around, clock or
counterclockwise. It can swing in any different way. As
they hold it in their hand, tell them that you want them
to focus on making it swing a certain way which may be
any of the possible ways.
This test tends to be very shocking in a good way to the
person holding the pendulum. To everyone else it looks
like they are faking it and making it move. They are
not. Subconscious commands move out of the brain
into their arm and hand. They cause usually
independent movements. The pendulum is not moving
because of magic or an invisible force is making it
move. The only force is them and, if you watch them
closely, you can see their hands move, yet they are not
consciously making it move. Their brain is responding
to your commands. If you see the pendulum move the
way you told them, you know that they are very
suggestible.

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Suggestibility Test #4:

The Fall Back
Technique
Another test for parties with which you must be careful
is the fall back technique. This technique is to stand
behind the person as they stand upright. Tell them that
they are beginning to feel themselves falling
backwards. The more you relax your voice, the more
they fall backwards. You will be able to feel their body
although it is upright and stiff. You tell them, Your
body is upright and stiff and it is falling back, you are
leaning back now. That is right, lean back. Lean back.
Everything is monotone, nothing is jumpy and very
suggestible people will lean back far enough where
they will fall into your arms. You must be prepared to
catch them. Beware that some people fall right away
which is the reason why I like to tell them that their
body is stiff and upright. You do not want them
collapsing as if they are passing out.

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As they fall back, their body should be stiff so that you

can catch them and give them a hug. You must be
careful with whom you do these techniques in the
physically intimate category. If you are trying to find
out if your boss is suggestible, you may not want to
touch your boss palm in a suggestive way or have them
fall into your arms to hug them. Depending on what
your motives are, perhaps you do. You have to realize
that there is a time and a place for everything. These
techniques are best used in a dating situation. Any
other prior mentioned techniques are all fine for
anyone. Intimate techniques you may want to save for
those with whom you may want to be intimate.

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Suggestibility Test #5:

Reverse Hallucination
Rather than regular hallucination where you see
something that is not there, here you do not see
something that actually is there. The way the
technique works is telling them that hey will not see
the television or something else that is in the room.
They are unable to see it and explain to them that they
should close their eyes and let go of that object in their
mind. Then, have them open their eyes and ask them if
they see the object you told them to forget from that
room or the area. If they see it, you will know that the
test did not work on them.
If one suggestibility test does not work on someone,
you may try two or more as the case may be that they
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simply do not respond well to that specific test. You

can find out by trying multiple times. Also, you need to
undo anything that you do. If you give someone
amnesia, anesthesia or reverse hallucination, make
sure it is undone. There are to ways to do this. You may
chose to tell them that, for the next 20 seconds they
wont be able to see television, or they wont feel
anything. Therefore, you are limiting the effect in time.
Second option is telling them that its over and they,
from now on, will know the number seven and they will
see the television. Its best to do both, if you remember
to do so, which you will hopefully do. This way you will
not cause any problems.
These are the suggestibility tests. The hands clench
technique, amnesia, anesthesia, fall back and reverse
hallucination. I think that you have enough tools in
your box right now to have some fun and to do some
suggestibility tests.

Are You Ready To Start

Hypnotizing People Using
Covert Commands?
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Now that you know how to tell if someone is

suggestible or not, its time to start making the actual
suggestions.
We do this using covert commands.

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Talk soon,
Dr. Steve G. Jones

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