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Banned Mind ControlTechniques UnleashedLearn the Dark Secrets ofHypnosis, Manipulation,Deception, Persuasion,Brainwashing and HumanPsychologyBy Daniel SmithCopyright 2014 by Make Profits EasyLLCprofitsdaily123@aol.com
Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1: Types of Mind eceptionChapter 2: BrainwashingWhat is Brainwashing?Steps UsedBreaking Down of SelfAssault on IdentityGuilt
Self-betrayalBreaking PointPossibility of SalvationLeniencyCompulsion to ConfessionChanneling of GuiltReleasing of GuiltRebuilding of SelfHarmonyFinal Confession and StartingOverBrainwashing as Court DefenseLee Boyd Malvo CaseCommon Tactics Used inBrainwashing
Chapter 3: HypnosisWhat is ionsHypnotherapyMilitary ApplicationsSelf-hypnosisStage HypnosisTypes of HypnosisTraditional HypnosisEricksonian HypnosisEmbedded TechniqueNero-Linguistic Programming
NLP AnchoringNLP FlashNLP ReframeVideo HypnosisSubliminal HypnosisChapter 4: ManipulationWhat is Manipulation?Requirements to SuccessfullyManipulateHow to Control VictimsHarriet BraikerSimonTechniques of ManipulationBlackmailEmotional Blackmail
Putting Down The Other PersonLyingCreating an IllusionChapter 5: PersuasionWhat is Persuasion?Elements of PersuasionModern PersuasionMethods of PersuasionUsage of ForceWeapons of InfluenceReciprocityCommitment and ConsistencySocial ProofLikingAuthority
ScarcityPersuasion TechniquesCreate a NeedAppealing to Social NeedsUsing Loaded Images and WordsChapter 6: DeceptionWhat is Deception?Types of DeceptionMotives for DeceptionDetecting DeceptionMain Components of DeceptionCamouflageDisguiseSimulationResearch on Deception
Social ResearchPsychological ResearchPhilosophyConclusion
IntroductionMind control is an idea that hasfascinated people for many years.Stories have been told by the mediaand in movies about groups of peoplewho have been brainwashed orhypnotized into doing things that theywould have never done otherwise.There are people on both sides of theissue; some believe that there is nosuch thing as mind control and that it isall just made up while others believethat they could be manipulated by mindcontrol at any moment. This guidebookis meant to explain some of thedifferent types of mind control, howthey work, and whether or not they can
have a daily life application.Chapter 1 starts out talking about thedifferent types of mind control that areavailable and which will be discussedin more detail throughout the book.These mind control techniques involvebrainwashing, hypnosis, manipulation,persuasion, and deception. This chapteris meant to give a nice introduction toeach of these types of mind control inorder to set the stage for the laterchapters.Chapter 2 continues on with talkingabout brainwashing. Topics such aswhat brainwashing is, the steps that areused during brainwashing, how
brainwashing has been used as a courtdefense throughout history, and someof the common tactics that can be usedduring the brainwashing process. Muchof this chapter is devoted to discussingthe different steps that are used duringthe brainwashing processes such as thethree stages; the breaking down of theself, the possibility of salvation, andthe rebuilding of the new self.Next, chapter 3 discusses the mindcontrol technique of hypnosis. The firstsection spends some time talking aboutwhat hypnosis is and includesinformation on the induction,suggestion, and susceptibility stages.Other topics that are discussed in this
chapter include the applications ofhypnosis, such as hypnotherapy, andthe different types of hypnosis rangingfrom traditional hypnosis to videohypnosis and even subliminal hypnosis.Chapter 4 changes course a little todescribe some of the mind controltechniques that might be occurring indaily life. While the first twotechniques would require isolation ofthe subject and the subject to bewilling, these other forms cansometimes occur without the subjectsconsent or even knowledge. Chapter 4talks about the first of these which ismanipulation. This chapter will spendsome time discussing what
manipulation is and some of thetechniques that will be used inmanipulation.Chapter 5 spends some time discussingthe mind control technique ofpersuasion. It will delve into whatpersuasion is including the differentelements of persuasion along with themethods used to persuade the subjectand different persuasion techniques.Chapter 6 is the final chapter of thisguidebook and will take a look at themind control technique of deception.Deception is something that manypeople are familiar with although manymight not recognize it as a form ofmind control. In this chapter, topics
about deception including what isdeception, the main components ofdeception, and the uses of deceptionwill be discussed.There is a lot of information providedin the world about the various forms ofmind control. While some of them willrequire a lot of time and effort tochange the mind of the subject, such asin the case of brainwashing, others willoccur throughout daily life, such aswith deception, manipulation orpersuasion. Understanding thesedifferent forms of mind control canhelp to make it easier to be in controlof your own mind and limit theinfluence that others have on your own
belief systems and identity. Also byunderstanding these various mindcontrol techniques you will be able toapply some of the methods. However,if you decide to take this path makesure you do so with extreme caution,because mind control if appliedmaliciously can be a dangerous thingand get you into serious trouble. Sowithout further ado let’s begin andexplore the fascinating topic of mindcontrol.
Chapter 1: Types of MindControlThe idea of mind control has beenaround for many years now. Peoplehave had both fascination and fear ofwhat would happen if someone whereable to control their minds and makethem do things against their will.Conspiracy theories run abound aboutgovernment officials and other peopleof power using their talents to controlwhat small groups of people are doing.Even some court cases have beenbrought up using the excuse ofbrainwashing as an explanation for whythey committed the crime they areaccused of. Despite the dramatization
of mind control that has been portrayedin the media and the movies, there islittle that is known about the differenttypes of mind control and how each ofthem work. This chapter will explore alittle bit about the most common typesof mind control as an introduction toexplaining more about this interestingtopic.While there are many different types ofmind control that can be used tocontrol the intended victim, there arefive that are most commonly thoughtof. These include brainwashing,hypnosis, manipulation, persuasion,and deception. These will all bediscussed below.
BrainwashingBrainwashing is the first type of mindcontrol to discuss. Brainwashing isbasically the process where someonewill be connived to abandon beliefsthat they had in the past in order to takenew ideals and values. There are a lotof ways that this can be done althoughnot all of them will be considered bad.For example, if you are from anAfrican country and then move toAmerica, you will often be forced tochange your values and ideals in orderto fit in with the new culture andsurroundings that you are in. On theother hand, those in concentrationcamps or when a new dictator
government is taking over, they willoften go through the process ofbrainwashing in order to convincecitizens to follow along peacefully.Many people have misconceptions ofwhat brainwashing is. Some peoplehave more paranoid ideas about thepractice including mind control devicesthat are sponsored by the governmentand that are thought to be easily turnedon like a remote control. On the otherside of things, there are skeptics whodo not believe that brainwashing ispossible at all and that anyone whoclaims it has happened is lying. For themost part, the practice of brainwashingwill land somewhere in the middle of
these two ideas.During the practice of brainwashing,the subject will be convinced to changetheir beliefs about something through acombination of different tactics. Thereis not just one approach that can beused during this process so it can bedifficult to put the practice into a neatlittle box. For the most part, the subjectwill be separated from all of the thingsthat they know. From there, they willbe broken down into an emotional statethat makes them vulnerable before thenew concepts are introduced. As thesubject absorbs this new information,they will be rewarded for expressingideas and thoughts which go along with
these new ideas. The rewarding is whatwill be used in order to reinforce thebrainwashing that is occurring.Brainwashing is not something that isnew to society. People have been usingthese techniques for a long time. Forexample, in a historical context, thosewho were prisoners of wars were oftenbroken down before being persuaded tochanges sides. Some of the mostsuccessful cases of these would resultin the prisoner becoming a very ferventconvert to the new side. Thesepractices were very new in thebeginning and would often be enforceddepending on who was in charge. Overtime, the term of brainwashing was
developed and some more techniqueswere introduced in order to make thepractice more universal. The newertechniques would rely on the field ofpsychology since many of those ideaswere used to demonstrate how peoplemight change their minds throughpersuasion.There are many steps that go alongwith the brainwashing process. It is notsomething that is going to just happento you when you walk down the streetand talk to someone that you have justmet. First off, one of the mainrequirements that come withbrainwashing being successful is thatthe subject must be kept in isolation. If
the subject is able to be around otherpeople and influences, they will learnhow to think as an individual and thebrainwashing will not be effective atall.Once the subject is in isolation, theywill undergo a process that is meant tobreak down their own self. They aretold that all the things they know arefalse and are made to feel likeeverything they do is wrong. Aftermonths of going through all of this, thesubject will feel like they are bad andthe guilt is going to overwhelm them.Once they have reached this point, theagent will start to lead them towardsthe new belief system and identity that
is desired. The subject will be led tobelieve that the new choices are alltheir own and so it is more likely tostick.The whole process of brainwashing cantake many months to even years. It isnot something that is going to happenin just a conversation and for the mostpart it will not be able to happenoutside of prison camps and a fewisolated cases. Chapter 2 will go intomore detail of what occurs during thethree main stages of brainwashing andhow the whole process occurs.For the most part, those who undergobrainwashing have done so when
someone is just trying to persuadethem of a new point of view. Forexample, if you are in an argumentwith a friend and they convince youthat their ideas make sense, you havetechnically gone through brainwashing.Sure, it might not be evil and you wereable to think about it all logically, butyou were still convinced to change thebeliefs that you held before. It is veryrare that someone undergoes truebrainwashing where they will havetheir whole value system replaced. Itwill usually occur during the process ofcoming around to a new point of view,regardless of whether the tactics usedwere forcible or not.
HypnosisThe next type of mind control that iswell-known is hypnosis. There are a lotof different definitions of whathypnosis is. According to the AmericanPsychological Association, hypnosis isa cooperative interaction where thehypnotist will provide suggestions thatthe participant will respond to. Manypeople have become familiar with thetechniques of hypnosis thanks topopular performances whereparticipants are told to do ridiculous orunusual tasks. Another form ofhypnosis that is gaining in popularity isthe kind that uses this practice for itstherapeutic and medical benefits,
especially when it comes to thereduction of anxiety and pain. In someinstances, hypnosis has been able toreduce dementia symptoms in a fewpatients. As you can see, there are a lotof different reasons that hypnosis thatcan be used. The point where it starts tobecome mind control is when thehypnotist is able to recommendsuggestions that can be harmful orchange the way that the participant actsin their surroundings.For most people, when they hear abouthypnosis they think about a person onstage who is swinging a watch back andforth in order to put the participant in atrance. If you have been to a stage
show for entertainment, you may havesome images in your head of theridiculous acts that the participantsperformed. In reality, those who aregoing through what is considered realhypnosis are going through a processthat is very different from this image.“The hypnotist does not hypnotize theindividual. Rather, the hypnotist servesas a sort of coach or tutor whose job isto help the person become hypnotized,”said John Kihlstrom. This means thatthe hypnotist works to get theparticipant into an altered state of mindso that they are more open tosuggestions that are given.Many of the people who undergo
hypnosis say that they are in a sleeplike trance kind of state. Despite thesethoughts, while under hypnosis theparticipant is in a state that includesvivid fantasies, heightenedsuggestibility, and focused attention.This new state makes them moresusceptible to the suggestions that thehypnotist will be giving to them.It is hard to detail the effects thathypnosis can have on subjects since theexperiences will vary quite a bit foreach person who undergoes it. Somesubjects will report feeling like theyare detached from the wholeexperience, some will feel extremelyrelaxed during the hypnosis, and still
others will feel that the actions they aredoing will occur outside of theirconscious choices. On the other side ofthings, individuals will state that theyare fully aware of their surroundingsand will even be able to carry outconversations during their hypnoticstate.Some experiments that have been doneby Ernest Hilgard shows that hypnosiscan be used in order to alter theperceptions of the subjects. Theexperiment conducted by Hilgardincluded an instruction of the subject tonot feel any pain in their arm. Afterthey were told this, the subject hadtheir arm placed in some ice water.
Those who did this experiment andwere not hypnotized needed to taketheir arms out of the water in just a fewseconds since they felt pain. Those whowere hypnotized were capable ofleaving their arms in the water for afew minutes without experiencing pain.While more research will need to bedone, this study shows how strongmind control can be when using thetechnique of hypnosis.There are many different applicationsdemonstrated through research thathypnosis can be used for including:Treating chronic pain suchas that found with
rheumatoid arthritis.Treating and reducing thepain that comes duringchildbirth.Reducing the symptoms thatare associated withdementia.Some ADHD patients haveseen reduction in theirsymptoms after usinghypnotherapy.Reducing cases of vomitingand nausea in chemotherapypatients.Controlling of pain duringdental procedures.Eliminating and reducingskin conditions such as
psoriasis and warts.Alleviating symptoms thatare associated with IrritableBowel Syndrome.These are just a few of the uses thathave become common with hypnosis.While many people are under themisconception that using hypnosis isused to control the subject and makethem perform horrific acts or denouncetheir own beliefs, the most commonuses are those for improving the healthof the individuals.Most experts are in agreement that theeffect of hypnosis as a form of mindcontrol is not really a reality. While it
may be possible to convince the mindto make a few changes in the habits andbehavior of the subject, it is not likelythat the subject will change their wholesystem of beliefs just through thisprocess. Many of the people who arecertified in this profession will use it toassist the subject in self-improvementand pain management rather than fortrying to take over their minds.
ManipulationManipulation is another form of mindcontrol that can be used in variousways to determine the way theindividual will think. In thisguidebook, manipulation will refer topsychological manipulation. This is atype of social influence that works tochange the behavior or perception ofothers. This is done using abusive,deceptive, and underhanded tactics.This form of mind control is used toadvance the interests of the onemanipulating, often at the expense ofothers. The methods that are used areoften considered deceptive, devious,abusive, and exploitative. Many people
will recognize when they are beingmanipulated or when others are beingmanipulated around them, but they donot recognize this as a form of mindcontrol. This can often be a difficultform of mind control to avoid due tothe fact that the manipulation willusually occur between the subject andsomeone they know well.Manipulation leaves the subject feelinglike they have no choice in the matter.They will have been told outright liesor half-truths and did not realize thefull extent of the situation until it is toolate. If they find out about the situationahead of time, the agent will be able toblackmail and use the subject in order
to get to the final goal. The subjectessentially becomes stuck because theagent will have crafted everything outin such a way that they will not get introuble, the subject can take the blameor get hurt if it comes to that, and theagent will make it to their final goal.The most difficult thing about this isthat the agent is incapable of feelingthe needs of their subject or any otherperson; they are not going to care if thesubject gets harmed in the processwhether it is emotional or physicalharm. While the subject will beemotionally invested in the situation,the agent will be able to walk away (aslong as they meet their final goal)
without feeling any remorse or regretat what occurred along the way. Thiscan be a dangerous form of mindcontrol because the agent is going to bean expert at it, being able to blackmail,threaten, and do whatever else isnecessary; at times they may even beable to turn things around so thesubject feels like they are going insane.
PersuasionPersuasion is another form of mindcontrol that is similar to manipulationin that it works in order to influencethe behaviors, motivations, intentions,attitudes, and beliefs of the subject.There are many different reasons thatpersuasion could be used in everydaylife and often it is a necessary form ofcommunication in order to get peopleof differing ideas on the same page.For example, in business, the processof persuasion will be used in order tochange a person’s attitude toward someobject, idea, or event that is going on.During the process, either written orspoken words will be used in order to
convey reasoning, feelings, orinformation to the other person.Another time that persuasion can beused is to meet a personal gain. Thiswould include trial advocacy, whengiving a sales pitch, or during anelection campaign. While none of theseare considered bad or evil, they are stillused in a way to influence the listenerto act or think in a certain way. Oneinterpretation of persuasion is that ituses one’s positional or personalresources to change the attitudes orbehaviors of others. There are alsoseveral different types of persuasionthat are known; the process of changingthe beliefs or attitudes through appeals
to reason and logic is known assystematic persuasion; the processwhere beliefs and attitudes are changedbecause of an appeal to emotions orhabits is known as heuristic persuasion.Persuasion is a form of mind controlthat is used in society all of the time.When you talk to someone aboutpolitics you might try to persuade themto think the same way that you do.When you are listening to a politicalcampaign, you are being persuaded tovote a certain way. When someone istrying to sell you a new product, thereis a lot of persuasion that is going on.This form of mind control is soprevalent that most people do not even
realize that it is occurring to them atall. The issue will occur when someonetakes the time to persuade you intobelieving ideals and values that do notmatch up to your own system of values.There are a lot of different kinds ofpersuasion that are available. Not all ofthem have an evil intent, but all ofthem are going to work to get thesubject to change their minds aboutsomething. When a political candidatecomes on television, they are trying toget the subject, or the voter, to vote acertain way on the ballot on electionday. When you see a commercial ontelevision or online, the company whopresented that advertisement is trying
to get the subject to purchase thatproduct. All of these are types ofpersuasion that are bent at trying to getthe subject to change the way that theythink.
DeceptionFinally, deception is also considered aform of mind control because of theeffect that it can have on the subject.Deception is used in order to propagatein the subject beliefs in events andthings that just are not true, whetherthey are complete lies or just partiallies. Deception can involve a lot ofdifferent things including sleight ofhand, propaganda, and dissimulation,concealment, camouflage, distraction.This form of mind control is sodangerous because the subject oftendoes not know that any mind control isgoing on at all. They have beenconvinced that one thing is true when
the complete opposite is right. This canget dangerous when the deceit is hidinginformation that could keep the subjectsafe.Often, deception is seen duringrelationships and will usually lead tofeelings of distrust and betrayalbetween the two partners. Whendeception occurs, there has been aviolation of the relational rules and canmake it difficult for the partner to trustthe other for a long time. It can beparticularly damaging because mostpeople are use to trusting those aroundthem, especially relational partners andfriends, and expect them to be truthfulto them for the most part. When they
find out that someone they are close tois deceiving them, they may haveissues with trusting others and will nothave the sense of security that they areused to.Deception can cause a lot of issues in arelationship or within the agent andsubject. The subject will have a lot ofissues trusting the agent in the futureonce they find out about the deception.There will be times when the deceptionwill be done in order to help out therelationship. These would includethings such as not telling a spousewhen someone says something meanabout them. Other times the deceptionis more spiteful or harmful in nature
such as when the agent is hidingimportant information from the subjector is even deceiving in the person thatthey really are. No matter what type ofdeception is being deployed, mostpeople agree that deception is harmfuland should not be done.
Chapter 2: BrainwashingThis chapter is going to focus on theprocess of brainwashing and all thecomponents that come with it. Throughthe media and the movies that are seen,many people see brainwashing as anevil practice that is done by those whoare trying to corrupt, influence, and togain power. Some who really believe inthe power of brainwashing believe thatpeople all around them are trying tocontrol their minds and their behavior.For the most part, the process ofbrainwashing occurs in a much moresubtle way and does not involve thesinister practices that most peopleassociate with it. This chapter will go
into a lot more detail about whatbrainwashing is and how it caninfluence the subject’s way of thinking.
What is Brainwashing?Brainwashing in this guidebook will bediscussed in terms of its use inpsychology. In this relation,brainwashing is referred to as a methodof thought reform through socialinfluence. This kind of social influenceis occurring all throughout the day toevery person, regardless of whetherthey realize it or not. Social influenceis the collection of methods that areused in order to change other people’sbehaviors, beliefs, and attitudes. Forexample, compliance methods that areused in the workplace could technicallybe considered a form of brainwashingbecause they require you to act and
think a specific way when you are onthe job. Brainwashing can becomemore of a social issue in its mostsevere form because these approacheswork at changing the way someonethinks without the subject consentingto it.For brainwashing to work effectively,the subject is going to need to gothrough a complete isolation anddependency due to its invasiveinfluence on the subject. This is one ofthe reasons that many of thebrainwashing cases that are knownabout occur in totalistic cults or prisoncamps. The brainwasher, or the agent,must be able to gain complete control
over their subject. This means that theymust control the eating habits, sleepingpatterns, and fulfilling the other humanneeds of the subject and none of theseactions can occur without the will ofthe agent. During this process, theagent will work to systematically breakdown the subject’s whole identity tobasically make it not work rightanymore. Once the identity is broken,the agent will work to replace it withthe desired beliefs, attitudes, andbehaviors.The process of brainwashing is still upfor debate whether or not it will work.Most psychologists hold the beliefsthat it is possible to brainwash a
subject as long as the right conditionsare present. Even then, the wholeprocess is not as severe as it ispresented in the media. There are alsodifferent definitions of brainwashingthat make it more difficult todetermine the effects of brainwashingon the subject. Some of thesedefinitions require that there must besome sort of threat to the physical bodyof the subject in order to be consideredbrainwashing. If you follow thisdefinition, then even the practices doneby many extremist cults would not beconsidered true brainwashing as nophysical abuse occurs.Other definitions of brainwashing will
rely on control and coercion withoutphysical force in order to get thechange in the beliefs of the subjects.Either way, experts believe that theeffect of brainwashing, even under theideal conditions, is only a short termoccurrence. They believe that the oldidentity of the subject is notcompletely eradicated with thepractice; rather, it is put into hidingand will return once the new identity isnot reinforced anymore.Robert Jay Lifton came up with someinteresting thoughts on brainwashing inthe 1950s after he studied prisoners ofthe Chinese and Korean War camps.During his observations, he determined
that these prisoners underwent amultistep process to brainwashing.This process began with attacks on thesense of self with the prisoner and thenended with a supposed change inbeliefs of the subject. There are 10steps that Lifton defined for thebrainwashing process in the subjectsthat he studied. These included:1. An assault on the identity ofthe subject2. Forcing guilt on the subject3. Forcing the subject into selfbetrayal4. Reaching a breaking point5. Offering the subjectleniency if they change
6. Compulsion to confess7. Channeling the guilt in theintended direction8. Releasing the subject ofsupposed guilt9. Progressing to harmony10. The final confession beforea rebirthAll of these stages must take place inan area that is in complete isolation.This means that all of the normal socialreferences that the subject is used tocoming in contact with are unavailable.In addition, mind clouding techniqueswill be employed in order to expeditethe process such as malnutrition andsleep deprivation. While this might not
be true of all brainwashing cases, oftenthere is a presence of some sort ofphysical harm which contributes to thetarget having difficulty in thinkingindependently and critically like theynormally would.
Steps UsedWhile Lifton separated the steps of thebrainwashing process into 10 steps,modern psychologists organize it intothree stages in order to betterunderstand what goes on for the subjectduring this process. These three stagesinclude the breaking down of the self,introducing the idea of salvation to thesubject, and the rebuilding of the selfof the subject. Understanding each ofthese stages and the process thathappens with each of them can helpyou to understand what is going on tothe identity of the subject with thisprocess.
Breaking Down of SelfThe first stage of the brainwashingprocess is the breaking down of theself. During this process, the agentwants to break up the old identity ofthe subject in order to make them feelmore vulnerable and open to thedesired new identity. This step isnecessary in order to continue on theprocess. The agent is not going to bevery successful with their endeavors ifthe subject is still firmly set in theirresolve and their old identity. Breakingup this identity and making the personquestion the things around them canmake it easier to change the identity inthe later steps. This is done through
several steps including assault on theidentity of the subject, brining on guilt,self-betrayal, and then reaching thebreaking point.Assault on IdentityThe assault on the identity of thesubject is basically the systematicattack on the subjects’ sense of self, ortheir ego or identity along with theircore system of belief. It makes thesubject question who they are bymaking them think that everything theyhave ever known is wrong. The agentwill spend a great deal of time denyingeverything that
different types of mind control that are available and which will be discussed in more detail throughout the book. These mind control techniques involve brainwashing, hypnosis, manipulation, persuasion, and deception. This chapter is meant to give a nice introduction to each of these types of mind con
