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friday@netcom.com (Carol Anne Ogdin) writes:
: In <1k0gfkINNfbs@rs2.hrz.th-darmstadt.de> raab@vlsi.informatik.th-darmstadt.de (Andreas Raab) writes:
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: >Finally, after half an hour or so, B had told everything and was
: >in a completely puzzeled state of mind. Even though I only
: >observed and listened to them, I felt also very puzzled and
: >distorted afterwards.
: 
: >Later, when I was alone at home, I realized that some kind of
: >magic was involved here, but I didn't know exactly what it was.
: >Yes, I did ask A what he did and how he did it, but he was not
: >able to tell me exactly what happened, it seems to have a lot to
: >do with intuition.
: 
: My guess is that "A" has a finely developed sense for the detection
: of incongruity, and the flexibility to change tactics until the
: incongruity is surmounted.
: 
: Incongruity is the dissonance between one part of behavior and

This could explain the change in B's behaviour. It does not explain
the puzzled feeling I experienced after observing the scene for a while.
Normally, I should not have experienced such an altered state of mind.
It is hard to describe what it was like -- something like day-dreaming,
not being fully aware of myself. 

B had a very similar experiencd, only much stronger. 

I'm not sure if hypnosis ist the correct term for what happened, at least
there were  two things:

- the ability to change a person's state of mind (not very precise I'm 
  afraid)

- suggestive talk/actions in order to provoke a change in behaviour

These together with the use of the voice and eye contact made me think
of hypnosis. Probably hypnosis is not the right word, suggestion would
be more accurate. What makes the difference? I think hypnosis is very
advanced suggestion, but maybe I'm wrong.

What are the properties of "covert hypnosis"? 

Perhaps I'm mixing up things that are completely different. I hope this
is the right place to make things clear.

	Andreas