Now, how does covert hypnosis work in the monographs?

In certain groups, if you were given an exercise, the effects of that exercise might be deliberately withheld so that the student would discover them him or herself- and not have the experience preprogrammed into him by suggestion.

Imagine you are working with a spiritual teacher. And the teacher says- “I want you to focus on your breathing. This is very hard. You will not be able to do it for a long time.” Well, if this actually happened, wouldn’t the student’s attitude towards the exercise be affected? Might it decrease his chances of really trying- and then finding out for himself how hard it is.

But the Rosicrucian monographs leave nothing to the imagination. They tell you exactly what you might- could- or probably would experience- in some cases very specific sensations or events. That is why they open themselves up to the Mind Control hypothesis so easily. Are there students really experiencing anything themselves- or just the warm, fuzzy stuff they are suggested into experiencing. In my next blog, we will explore this concretely.

Is suggestion really omnipresent in the Monographs?

Yes, I think it is everywhere.