The Transparent Hypnotist

Photograph by Big Grey Mare

Quotes of the Week

You’ve got to make a choice: How do you really, really want to live your life? And what are you living your life for – quote from East Bridgewater, MA hypnotist Larry Quemere in an article on enterprisenews.com.

When Martin Bremmer of rural Venango established his hypnotherapy practice in January of this year, he thought he’d be standing alone in a field of corn, so to speak, about accepting hypnosis. He has since found out that a lot of people are receptive of its use – from an article about Venango, NE hypnotist Martin Bremmer in The Imperial Republican.

The Good

• The Bristol Zoo in Ireland is helping people to overcome their fears of spiders. That is right, they offer a class with a hypnotist Mary Ison. How awesome is that? (www.herald.ie)

• Yes, there is another slightly smarmy article titled “Look into my eyes.” This on is on the Times Online and starts out with suppositions that hypnotism may have a bad rap and such, but do note that I have put this article under The Good category. It actually offers a nice run down of how hypnotism can be very helpful and cites three hypnotists who work in specialized areas. These include addiction work, sexual issues, infertility (all discussed by hypnotist Georgia Foster), weigh loss (Susan Hepburn – Lily Allen’s hypnotist), and financial anxiety (Paul Cullingworth).

The Ugly

Ah, the corruption just reeks!

“[Deleted] stated that he had constantly used hypnotism as a means of inducing young girls to engage in sexual intercourse with him.” According to this revealing government document, the person mentioned here was the instructor in a secret CIA mind control training program back in 1951 – from a series by Fred Burks published in the Examiner.com. The hypnotic suggestion used was that she was to believe that the instructor was her husband and she desired intercourse with him.

• Is Frederick Freeman innocent? According to an article in the Detroit Metro TImes, he got a bum deal in his case. Everything that could be wrong with the case, is wrong. From one witness who testified “under hypnosis” (when several alibi witness testified otherwise), to a lawyer who had cocaine issues, to a snitch in the jail house who was paid by prosecutors to say Freeman confessed to the murder in Port Huron. Good grief.

• Jurors in Turkey are now debating about a legal case involving hypnosis. Though Turkish law prohibits testimony gained from hypnotic techniques, for some reason the juror is still considering the information and whether it is admissible or not. This is not the ugly part (I kind of like that it is an issue). The ugly part is that the case itself is an utter mess, but it is the hypnosis part that rings the alarm bells. Let me quote:
  

  The petition also says that Balta was interrogated by Gürol Doğan, who identified himself as a retired lieutenant commander, and that the interrogator used medication and hypnosis to drug him and psychological pressure to extract statements from him.

  What? Medication? Psychological pressure? And here is the oddist thing of all - the testimony this man gave under the influence of not only hypnosis, but medication and psychological pressure, this testimony he has no problem with. Instead, when he was later hypnotized (and just hypnotized), this is the problem. Ummm. Is no one else concerned about the medication or psychological pressure? (www.todayszaman.com)

Now to Leave you with Something Positive from our 10 Question Alumni

Debbie Lane is back in the news. News station WTSP feature an articled about her smoking cessation program.

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