Underground Hypnosis

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Have you ever read a book or watched a show on hypnotism and wished that you, too, could do something like that?  Ever imagined how convenient it would be, to look into someone’s eyes, speak a few words and voila… they were mincemeat in your grasp?   Few children, who have ever watched a magic show, can say that they never thought how neat it would be, to hypnotize someone… and why not?  Not only does it have comedic amusement but just think of how useful it could be, being able to bend the will of others.

Underground Hypnosis claims to be able to teach you the art of hypnosis.  True hypnosis - the kind that is kept in secret, due to its power, rather than its ineffectual cousin and the parlor tricks that are so commonly taught to other people.  But how do you tell one variety of hypnosis from other?  Do any of them really work and, if so, how do I get my hands on a copy?  Let’s face it; being able to hypnotize someone would have so many uses.  Is Underground Hypnosis the real deal or is it yet another internet scam?

Visiting Underground Hypnosis on the web, one is immediately struck by how… plain it is.  If you expect to see all the whistles and bells, you definitely won’t find them here.  In fact, this website is almost painfully understated, to a point of where it’s not hard at all to just out and tag it boring - A plain white-on-white background and simple black lettering that is only occasionally broken up by a little bold or a dash of red highlighting.  In fact, it’s almost reminiscent of that old joke: “What’s black and white and red all over.”  Except for the fact that this site probably doesn’t have that many readers.

But you can’t judge a book by its cover or a hypnotist by his website, so it’s time to delve deeper. 

“These are the covert hypnosis tactics leaked by THE UNDERGROUND,” the website claims, immediately grabbing attention.  Everyone loves to hear about the Underground.  It’s taboo and, therefore, must always have something good, something better than what we all have.  “The astonishing secrets of the most respected…most knowledgeable… and most dangerous hypnotist in the world!”  Making claims like this, this website undoubtedly has to have a small conspiracy theorist following at the very least.

To make it look even more authentic, the website now changes tactics and pretends to be in the form of an in-office memo:

From: The Desk of Taylor Starr
Date: October 29, 2006
Atlanta, GA

Throughout my visit to this website, I couldn’t help but wonder, over and over again, whether or not this was someone’s idea of a joke.  Listening to this person go on about how the underground hypnosis groups are in mayhem, of how they have made “insane” attempts to keep this knowledge from us, and how “the hypnosis world is in shambles,” one can’t help but let go with the occasional chuckle.  It’s hard to read this and not imagine some wild-haired eccentric, climbing atop a soap box.

Offering up information that supposedly scared the author “to death,” Underground Hypnosis relies upon sensationalism, scare-tactics and a degree of talking down to potential clients in order to sell their product.  Informing us that “99% of the ‘hypnosis sites’ out there are complete crap,” Taylor Starr informs us that he cannot reveal the names of his informant or mentors, but instead, we should “trust [him], this is real.  This is almost TOO real.”  Of course, the majority of people I know aren’t inclined to buy something, just because someone says, “trust me,” but then you never know. 

If you’re not completely turned off by the general feeling of being talked down to, or the plethora of secretive comments about covert operations, give this Starr individual time and he’s sure to disappoint and annoy.  At some points, he even resorts to cursing, just to sell his product.  Whatever it takes, apparently, to push the reader into buying his product.

Of course, you’d have to be pushed pretty hard, in order to spend $97 on a product, just because Mr. Starr informs you that you should “trust [him].”  Even better, if you want the super-dooper special version of the lessons, you can get those for $137. 

If you have money to waste, why not go and drop it on a pony at a race track or, better yet, use it to line the toilet in a public restroom.  Surely there are more creative ways of losing your hard-earned cash, rather than resorting to something like this.  Underground Hypnosis is too blatant to even be considered a scam - at best; it’s simply a horrible waste of money.  Starr brags that the techniques he has been taught allowed his mentors to hypnotize him via email… perhaps he should stick a little of that hidden hypnotism into his website and try to sell some of his tapes.  Might work better that way.

admin | April 8th, 2011
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