The entertainment part of the hypnosis can be termed as the hypnosis show. It is more of an art form and is not used for healing. Hypnosis when used for healing is used to change the behavioral pattern of the individual, but in the case of a hypnosis show, the effect ceases to last after the show is over.
In order for a show to go on smoothly, the hypnotist has to select his volunteers carefully. He needs to consider the subject matter of the show and he has to choose his volunteer wisely. This is because once the volunteer is in a trance; he can make any suggestions or plant any idea into the mind of the volunteer.
As in all hypnosis cases, total coordination and cooperation from the volunteer is required in order for the hypnotist to be able to put the volunteer under a trance successfully. For him to selected suitable volunteers, the hypnotist uses a process call induction. During this process, the hypnotist, tell the audiences to close their eyes and listen to his command. By doing so, he will be able to see who is cooperative or not.
Those people who resistant to the hypnotist commands will be alert within the audiences. Based on this observations, these people will not be selected as volunteers. Only those who represent the willing participants will be selected as volunteers.
The actual stage performance of the hypnotist starts when he starts to call upon the volunteers on stage. There are certain techniques that the hypnotist uses to call upon the willing volunteers. One such trick is to arrange lesser number of chairs than the number of people actually required. This will help in creating a competition amongst the audience to participate in the show.
When the hypnotist puts all the volunteers under a trance, he will be able to make them anything by commanding them. While under a trance, the volunteers are totality susceptible to the commands of the hypnotist. If the hypnotist wishes the volunteers to act out that they are drunk, then the volunteers will follow as commanded. Or if the hypnotist wishes the volunteers to pretend that they are aliens conversing in a strange tongue, the volunteers will do so as well. Once the show is over, the volunteers will come out of the trance with no effect at all.
