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Use Of Hypnosis In The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion

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Can hypnosis be used to make someone commit a crime or even kill someone?
Can hypnosis be used to make someone do something against his or her own will? This question has been the source of great controversy. I served as a consultant about hypnosis to Woody Allen’s film The Curse of the Jade Scorpion where Voltan uses hypnosis to get others to steal for him without recalling the event. So, what do you think, can hypnosis be used for mind control?
There has certainly been quite a lot of research on the subject. The CIA and KGB have experimented with hypnosis to create the perfect spy or even assassin. I have read many stories about these experiments but have never seen any proof of their success. University research on the possibility has been conducted by many groups but the research was always limited by ethics. In the dark and sinister underworld of spies and madmen much more is possible. So, could you be hypnotized and forced to do something illegal or even diabolical? The general answer is NO! However, there is a possibility that if you had unlimited …show more content…

This story is very unlikely but, there is another possibility. These dark force evil doers may be able to research and recruit the type of individual whose personality already is eager and ready for violence, like a combat veteran who killed many people in active duty. Together with philosophical leanings that following orders is correct regardless of the consequences. If such a person volunteers for a covert project and then enough time is spent applying all sorts of techniques to reprogram this individual – well, then anything is possible. In that case, hypnosis could be used to promote a more complete mind reprogramming and to solidify a specific plan with great detail. Watch out James Bond, your ultimate enemy could be a hypnotized walking

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