Just a little about my chosen name here. Cognitive Excursionist means mind traveler basically. It means someone who enjoys spending time thinking if you break it down even further. I feel as though I’m getting somewhat old mentally, despite the fact that my life has just begun. I just have my life planned out so far ahead that I don’t have much else to do but follow my preconceived path. I’m tired of hearing the same stories over and over again and that is all the media does. That is how mostly everything is to me, so I search for a new challenge. That is why I know what I know about this arcane stuff. I have to search for what I want to know. I have to see through the lies that the common media exhibits. This is something interesting you may not have heard of. This is to add a little detail to my last blog, but there was a guy in Italy that hypnotized a clerk in order to gain access to money. Click here to see. I will tell you I have looked into this power of persuasion. You can make people feel certain ways just by saying or doing certain subtle things at the right time. This looks like it would tie in with the subconscious like the subliminal messages. Keeping in mind the woman didn’t consciously realize money was being stolen right in front of her.