What does it mean when we say that TV hypnotizes us? I asked a professional hypnotherapist how this happens, what a trance is, and how exactly television has managed to shut down the minds of millions. At the bottom is our own willing participation, and soon after we turn on the set our conscious mind takes a holiday. In my recent readings, I had stumbled across the term "confusion technique," attributed to Milton Erickson. Mentioning this in an email to Mike Williams (hypnotherapist) and writing back and forth a few times resulted in light bulbs going off in my mind. I rearranged Mike's responses such that there was a nice flow, and walla! (as they say in America) -- I had a huge REVELATION! I wrote a newsletter to explain it and did this interview with Mike, whose own radio shows and activist postings can be found at SageofQuay.blogspot.com

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