The Hypnotic Handshake [Advanced] 11-30-2013, 10:43 PM
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Today I would like to share with you a method of hypnotizing people which just uses a handshake. No it doesn’t require you to be a master hypnotist or a street hypnosis performer. It’s just one of many techniques used to induce trance while you’re in or about to start a conversation. As a real world social engineer, I really like to have the upper hand right from the start.
Note that this guide only briefly describes the technique, how it’s done and why it works. How you use it is entirely dependent on you. This is usually effective when stacked up with NLP language patterns.
Using the handshake as a way of inducing a hypnotic trance into people was began by the great hypnotist Milton Erickson. He could shake hands with someone and the next moment, the other person can’t move from their place. This is known as the Ericksonian Handshake.
Note that this guide only briefly describes the technique, how it’s done and why it works. How you use it is entirely dependent on you. This is usually effective when stacked up with NLP language patterns.
Using the handshake as a way of inducing a hypnotic trance into people was began by the great hypnotist Milton Erickson. He could shake hands with someone and the next moment, the other person can’t move from their place. This is known as the Ericksonian Handshake.
The Ericksonian Handshake
I’ll just list out the steps for doing the handshake directly. This is the original version that he used. Explanation will be provided whenever possible.
• Approach the person with a smile and just throw out your right hand for a hand shake. Nothing fishy here.
• Do the handshake. Nothing super here either, just don’t let go of that hand.
• This is where it gets tough and people start shitting up. You let the grip go loose from a firm one, making sure that the other person doesn’t pull away their hand.
• This is to be done immediately after the last step. Gently touch the person’s hand with your thumb, something like a round motion. Immediately follow it up by moving away your little finger and bringing it back again. Follow this up by slightly brushing their hand with your middle finger.
• Approach the person with a smile and just throw out your right hand for a hand shake. Nothing fishy here.
• Do the handshake. Nothing super here either, just don’t let go of that hand.
• This is where it gets tough and people start shitting up. You let the grip go loose from a firm one, making sure that the other person doesn’t pull away their hand.
• This is to be done immediately after the last step. Gently touch the person’s hand with your thumb, something like a round motion. Immediately follow it up by moving away your little finger and bringing it back again. Follow this up by slightly brushing their hand with your middle finger.
Explanation:
Spoiler:
This step is really really hard and it requires a lot of practice. What it does is create a pattern break in their brains. They were expecting a regular handshake but you start doing that and their brain goes ---> @_@. In other words, they enter a blank zone, which is exactly what we’ll have to use to provide them the suggestions. They usually won’t withdraw because their unconscious curiosity is raised. This has never happened to them before, they want to know it.
• Now, gently give their wrist an upward push. Make it very gentle, so that it barely suggests something like an upward push.
• At this point, you can actually shift your gaze down at their hand and use some form of eye fixation to intensify the trance (about eye fixation and other stuff on a different guide which would discuss the various induction types).
• You can also make use of NLP language patterns to further utilize their state of trance. This is slightly advanced and requires more knowledge as well as skill.
Practice Tip:
• At this point, you can actually shift your gaze down at their hand and use some form of eye fixation to intensify the trance (about eye fixation and other stuff on a different guide which would discuss the various induction types).
• You can also make use of NLP language patterns to further utilize their state of trance. This is slightly advanced and requires more knowledge as well as skill.
Practice Tip:
Spoiler:
When I first started out practicing this, I would do all the steps up to where I’m supposed to give them the upward push on their wrists. I would then simply let go of their hand. If their hand just stays in air (catalepsy), it means I have succeeded and they are in a hypnotic trance (pwned xD).
A Variant of the Ericksonian Handshake
This is one of those few impromptu hypnotic inductions which I regularly used in my street/party performances last year; good times they were. This can be used both to induce a full blown hypnotic trance or a mild trance to use for social engineering and stuff.
• As usual, reach out for the handshake.
• This time, as their hand moves forward to yours, use your other hand and just grab their wrist. (Pattern break, Induction Type: Shock and Surprise)
• If you were performing, you could just move their hand to a little above their eye level and…that’s not really our concern. We need only a mild trance. In this case, I just turn their hand around so that their palm faces upward, shift my gaze slowly down at it and say something like, “Hmm…Interesting.” (Random palmistry and cold reading pwns.)
• Again, the use of NLP patterns and the use of the trance as well as of the created expectancy have to be utilized according to your needs and skills.
The reason this works is because people often don’t expect it, allowing us to create that blank zone in their heads for a short amount of time, which has to be rapidly utilized. This is a bit advanced and a little bit of practice and skill is required. What you should try doing is learning how to use people’s expectancies to your own favor.
• As usual, reach out for the handshake.
• This time, as their hand moves forward to yours, use your other hand and just grab their wrist. (Pattern break, Induction Type: Shock and Surprise)
• If you were performing, you could just move their hand to a little above their eye level and…that’s not really our concern. We need only a mild trance. In this case, I just turn their hand around so that their palm faces upward, shift my gaze slowly down at it and say something like, “Hmm…Interesting.” (Random palmistry and cold reading pwns.)
• Again, the use of NLP patterns and the use of the trance as well as of the created expectancy have to be utilized according to your needs and skills.
The reason this works is because people often don’t expect it, allowing us to create that blank zone in their heads for a short amount of time, which has to be rapidly utilized. This is a bit advanced and a little bit of practice and skill is required. What you should try doing is learning how to use people’s expectancies to your own favor.
Here is a great video, just to give you a more visual understanding. Notice that he uses his other hand to give her that upward push.
Try it out < < I fucking love this video. 
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I C&Ped this but I have actually done this. SO FUCKING HILARIOUS.
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