www.michael-anthony.comGet ready to be hypnotized when Michael C. Anthony comes to Cabrini on Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Grace Hall Atrium. Some may even recognize him from his Jan. 7, 2002 appearance on the Ananda Lewis Show.
On the show he was able to cure six different women of their phobias. Some of them included spiders, heights, snakes, costume puppet people, frogs and fur. The audience and Ananda were convinced of his abilities when the woman who was afraid of snakes fearlessly allowed one to slither through her fingers.
“It is really going to be a great event to attend. Michael Anthony is becoming more and more popular. I am surprised we even got him to come here,” junior Jeff Sy said.
Hypnosis is best described as a state of focused attention when surroundings become less important. It is not a sleep state, just incredibly deep relaxation. People are always aware of what is going on outside of them.
Sophomore Jamie Lewis claims that she has been hypnotized several times, but the time it was most effective was at orientation her freshman year here at Cabrini.
“I didn’t believe in hypnosis at first until orientation here, when we all went to see the hypnotist. I was one of the many chosen to go up on stage. I remember beginning to take my clothes off because the guy kept telling me I was really hot. Then he snapped me out of it and I still felt warm so I continued to fan myself in order to cool down. It was amazing,” Lewis said.
Everyone can be hypnotized; in fact most people do it themselves. For instance when a person becomes deeply absorbed in a book or a movie, they tend to block out everything around them. Also, when driving a car by yourself for a long period of time, people tend to block out other cars and sometimes even pedestrians.
“Driving home from school once, I was really in deep thought. I was driving through a small elementary school when the crossing guard came out to stop traffic. I continued to drive, I snapped out of it at the last second realizing that I had to stop,” senior Rita Horning said.
Wary on hypnosis, freshman Dana Malmstrom said, “I have never been hypnotized. It doesn’t look like something I would enjoy. Everyone I have ever witnessed being hypnotized appears to fake it.”
Anthony has hypnotized over 15,000 people at various colleges including Lynchburg College, Va., University of Akron, Ohio, and St. Vincent College, Pa. Anthony was able to identify people’s phone numbers, addresses and social security numbers just by studying the person.
All of these schools agree he is the best and people just can’t stop talking about him.
