Posted on Wednesday, March 15, 2006 - 1:20 am:

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"Back to the book "Frogs into Princes." Once again, its authors, Richard Bandler and John Grinder, are co-founders of NLP. Speaking of a technique called "anchoring" (you'll have to get this material!) page 85 of "Frogs into Princes" says: ". . .

It constitutes, in my opinion, one of the most covert tools that you can use as a therapist or as a communicator." You know what covert means: concealed, done secretly, etc. Remember this is the technique that our ex-pastor tried to use on one of our members at prayer meeting!

A few moments ago I said that I thought these people would use hypnosis even while training without prior knowledge of the students, remember? Here's why I think that as we read a quote from the above book on page 91:

"Once I was lecturing to two hundred and fifty fairly austere psychologists, being academic, talking about representational systems and books, and drawing equations. In the middle of my academic lecture I just walked up to the edge of the stage, looked up for a moment, and said 'That's weird' and then continued. A little later I looked up again: 'Well, that's really weird.' I did that a couple more times during my talk, and most of the people in the first four or five rows became fixated, staring at this spot on the ceiling. Then I moved over to the side, and talked right through to them. I could get arm levitation and other unconscious responses." (Emphasis supplied).

Remember, seemingly casual onversations? These people had no idea what was happening to them."

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(Frogs into Princes)
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Reviewer: Joseph Riggio (Ridgewood, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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For what it is this book is a 10, and it's a hoot to read as well! Even though it's now over 20 years old this is the first (and best-IMHO) book introducing the still cutting edge technology of human communication and cognition - Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLPô). As far fetched a claim as it may seem, this is surely a seminal book in the field of human communication, linguistics, perception, cognition and psychology. The impact of NLPô is present in all of these fields, often with more than a little kicking and yelling. After reading the book you're sure to understand why - Bandler and Grinder hold very little about traditional approaches and academic thinking as sacred. Although it's actually about a shift in the paradigm of how change can and does occur, it sometimes reads more like an exploration into the world of Svengali like magic and illusion. The material is presented in the form of a transcript of a live training superbly edited by Steve Andreas. The book is an example of 'doing' NLPô as opposed to 'describing' it. It puts you in the training as Richard and John present it. As the editor of the book states in the forward, keep your mind open as you read because the authors are more often then not doing what they're describing. You'll want to read it with your eyes open - sometimes more easily said then done, since what the authors are doing is often presented in hypnotically engaging language. I've talked to more than one person who kept finding themselves waking up a few hours after having read through a few pages in this book. It is best to read this book as you would a novel, continuing through to the end, rather than trying to figure out or understand an individual section before moving on. The material is written is such a way as to resolve itself as you read. This is an example of "nested loops" a teaching technique Bandler and Grinder use extensively. However you get through it, in the end you'll find your thinking about thinking changed, and the journey as well worthwhile as the destination. As they say themselves, this book has nothing to do with theory or even the truth about things - instead it's "all about what works." --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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