I will have to get ahold of my friend and ask him what the book was. I got the impression by the heft of it that it was a seriously comprehensive tome on the matter. The 'induction' I guess is bringing someone into the hypnotic trance, which you are 100% correct, they have to accept it... I've heard that its more like you 'hypnotize' yourself other than someone else doing it, i.e. you have to be willing and believe it and for sure some people are 'easier' to hypnotize than others. We snapped him out of being a strawberry and he seemed to have no other ill effects afterwards. I remember also we made him think he was in the game Halo to which he freaked out and ran and hid... that was probably worse than the strawberry. He was definitely a willing subject though. Apparently it doesn't work very well if you're high either - I went and saw a hypnotherapist one time and she specifically said that and I had to pretend like I hadn't gotten high before coming (instead of just fessing up and coming back another time) because that lead to me having to pretend it worked to save further awkwardness...yes the folly of youth. Thanks for the beer and the 'za! :)