Hypnotic Induction
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It's over
Congratulations on reading so far into the Tarot zone! You'll notice that this phantom zone is not listed in the Tarot Zone Main Menu and does not appear on the site map. In normal speech, where hypnotic anchors are theoretically not present or removed, small words such as 'over' can carry a helluva lot of weight. This one often refers to the world you left before entering the new one, occasionally called the Grand Ballroom, where things look the same but feel different.
Rules
There are no hard-and-fast rules in hypnotic induction, only guidelines, as is equally the case when offering Tarot readings. Induction always involves suggestion, whether therapeutic or otherwise. Usually, one effectively programmes the unconscious mind, manipulating or influencing what is remembered and forgotten at given moments. A trigger is generally required to release any particular behavioural programme, which may constitute anything from stripping off and masturbating furiously whilst sucking one's left thumb to entertaining or applying the suggestion of a particular thought, or command.
Most stage hypnotists are reluctant to admit how they do it, or impart any significant information on the subject. This is not because they are afraid of being involuntarily hypnotised themselves (as is often the case with hypnotism as a function of everyday relationships); they had to 'go there' themselves before sending other people, and once barriers separating unconscious and conscious awareness are removed, one can 'carry through' as much or as little as one wishes when returning to 'normal' experience. This is sometimes a problem for stage hypnotists, as more and more members of the audience already have some degree of knowledge and control over their behaviour in the twilight zone into which they're being sent, which makes them considerably more difficult to hypnotise.
Paranormal experience
Semantic issues have already been broached, but it is also worth noting that in the hellish realms of the collective unconscious many buzz-words have become unstuck, float about and attach themselves willy-nilly to ideas, and even half-formulated conceptions in the mind of the individual who has chosen to tune in, or is hearing voices involuntarily. Steer clear of this area if putting a client under, or attempting to hypnotise people as part of your daily business.
The sensation of the senses crossing, or appearing to cross, can be experienced first-hand by taking hallucinogenic drugs. This is hardly recommendable either. You can read about this stuff, however, in many mainstream neurological works, and it is usually touched upon in certain branches of clinical psychology. If you can't find anything in your central library under lending, then head for the reference section, since this is usually where these works reside.
Another important factor is the apparent stopping of time and suspension of movement, or thought. If you catch sight of yourself gliding along the street, performing simple actions such as putting your hands in your pockets almost robotically, then you are in the area, but still lucid where punters would normally have gone blank; just be careful when you cross the road, and stay ahead of the automatism which is driving you at every stage, if you don't want to get nicked for involuntary shoplifting: instincts tend generally to make sense but they're not infallible. If you find yourself in this zone with a date but without a paddle, then be sure not to confuse the heat of the moment with the somewhat fuzzier time-zone you've recently entered: always use a condom, unless you're sure!
Power
If your punter is apparently now successfully under, please don't poke fun at the poor bastard in his or her state of comparative docility. However big you may feel as the inductor, be sure to expect some karmic feedback if you've grown too big for your boots.
Techniques
Walking in time with someone in the street, mirroring their body language, copying superficial elements in a person's conditioned reactions are all contributory here. What you need to remember is when to slow things down, and how smoothly. You won't be speeding them up much as your punter exits the trance state: a click of the fingers or similar is usually much more effective, a kind of short, sharp shock to bring them back down to earth. Actions visible only peripherally to the punter are most effective, and if you feel your thought space is being invaded such that, through E.S.P., your punter is at least unconsciously aware of what you are doing, then try thinking inappropriate things, which will help throw them off the scent.
Synchronicity
Synchronicity has no proactive role in induction, but can be effective as a suggestive catalyst to keep your punter under while you're programming. Shock is, however, sometimes used in putting people under as well as bringing them back, and if this is the case then synchronicity, and general lateral associations will probably have more impact on things. Be(a)ware here though: sudden, violent card-cutting, evil-sounding, spellbinding utterances and unexpected handshakes are far from foolproof: conditioned reactions such as handshakes can also produce cross-wires when you get deeper into the induction process. The happy spellbooks to your left are much lighter on the soul!
Belief
Your punters beliefs will be objectified to the point
where he or she will be observing him - or herself believing them. Be sure
to handle institutionalised belief systems with caution: rocking the boat
too much could lead to nightmarish backlash, once your punter has exited the
trance-state. Be sure to provide an anchor to trigger this exit, and another
to return to the trance-state whenever you issue a specific command.
We don't want people falling back into trance-state at the wheel of their
car, for example. Be sure you know what you're doing before unleashing your
powers in the real world.
Loops
Do not use loops to put people under unless they get narrower, and wider as appropriate with the induction process. Synchronicity has no place here and established loops, although ready-made and therefore initially tempting to the beginner, will yield only strife. Circumvential activities are however thoroughly recommendable, and are actually the bread-and-butter of object-oriented computer programming in languages such as straight Java (not JavaScript), wherein all objects and behaviours, and the classes which define them and to which they belong are always relative: there are no constants, only variables which may be fixed under certain conditions, stipulated by the programmer. This attitude to programming, and indeed to life, suppresses the need for a solution to the chicken-and-the-egg riddle, when things become so deep they're actually daunting. In hypnotic induction, one changes things by surrounding them with suggestion, rather than programming directly. Notice also how stage hypnotists start off with, say, twenty presumably free-thinking 'volunteers' on stage, ending up with often only two.
Associations
Associations outside of synchronicity can be engineered at any stage in the process. The illusion that they existed before you put them there can be useful. But don't get carried away here: remember that you are yourself a mere rung in the ladder when it comes to making things happen and that there is a finite number of possibilities, albeit vast, for every next second in life. Do not try reversing the Big Bang, by circumnavigating this unknown number. Ordinary maths may indeed be quite dumb when it comes to zero and infinity, but it does not hold a candle to the thoughts of control freaks using hypnotism to play God: whether you like the idea of an expanding universe or would prefer to suspend it for a few seconds just so you can get to see it properly, you can be sure that all associations made by yourself will be variables, which can easily become unstuck from the things - however big or small - to which they are attached. Concepts can only be suggested effectively through linear thought programming; remember that many words have several meanings, and avoid using these as anchors if you can.
Over-assertiveness
Many professional male Tarot readers - often half-baked, amateur hypnotists into the bargain - display a tendency towards over-assertive body language and sometimes inordinately urgent speech when actually clutching straws, or making the whole thing up and sensing that their punter is losing faith in them. Gullibility, tiredness, religious conditioning and general fear of the unknown in the client all play a part in this grotesque game of poker, which is sad to witness on a professional platform. Tarot readers are not mystics - they're just counsellors with a general eye on what's moving in on or away from their client at given times - impatience and over-assertiveness are bad signs in a Tarot reader, and also characterise crap hypnotists!
Cannabis
Cannabis heightens awareness in some areas, whilst channelling the mind in a progressively deeper fashion and therefore lends itself well to hypnotic induction. Questions of legality in your country aside, please do not administer any drugs involuntarily - unless you want to get banged up, of course!