Kaniaz wrote
There have been cases where hypnosis actually creates \"false memories\". Not sure where I read that now... *
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I read something about that in Carl Sagans "The Demon Haunted World" (an excellent book for anyone interested in superstition, by the way) there was a case in the 80s' (I think) where a man was accused by his daughter of forcing her to engage in santanic sacrifice rituals. He didn't remember any of it (because in reality it hadn't happened, the daughter made it up) but he was encouraged to undergo hypnosis because it was thought the memories might have been "repressed".

Soon after the therapy began he began to "remember" just what they wanted him to and actually "confessed" to the crime his false memories were so vivid. Only evidence that proved the daughters guilt saved him from prison.

None of this is new of course. Jung urged psychologists to stop using hypnosis because of things like that, and interragators looking for "thought criminals" in fascist countries have known about the phenomenon for years, using it to get innocent people to "confess" to crimes against the state. Scary when you think about it really.