The Art of Seduction

(How Predators Do It)

by Robert Greene

Charm, persuasion, the ability to create illusions: these are some of the many dazzling gifts of the Seducer, the compelling figure who is able to manipulate, mislead, and give pleasure all at once. When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections, and enslaved great minds.

Seductive Hypnosis. Seduce ... or be seduced

Choose the Right Target
Study your prey thoroughly. The right targets are those for whom you can fill a void. The perfect target allows for the perfect chase.

Create a False Sense of Security - Approach Indirectly
The seduction should begin at an angle so that the target only gradually becomes aware of you. Haunt the periphery of your target's life.

Send Mixed Signals
A mix of qualities suggests depth, which fascinates as it confuses.

Appear to Be an Object of Desire
Make your targets hungry to possess you. It will become a point of vanity for them to be the preferred object of your attention.

Create a Need - Stir Anxiety and Discontent
A perfectly satisfied person cannot be seduced.

Master the Art of Insinuation
Create a sublanguage - bold statements followed by retraction and apology, banal talk combined with alluring glances. Make everything suggestive.

Enter Their Spirit
Play by your targets' rules. In doing so you will stroke their deep-rooted healthy narcissism and lower their defenses.

Create Temptation
Lure the target by creating a glimpse of the pleasures to come.

Keep Them in Suspense
The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, you spell on them is broken. Give the target a thrill with a sudden change of direction.

Use the Power of Words to Sow Confusion
The trick to making people listen is to say what they want to hear. Flatter them.

Pay Attention to Detail
Lofty words of love and grand gestures can be suspicious. The subtle gestures and the offhand things you do are often more charming.

Poeticize Your Presence
Intrigue your target by altering an exciting presence with a cool distance, exuberant moments followed by calculated absences.

Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
Too much maneuvering on your part may raise suspicion. The best way to cover your tracks is to make the other person feel superior and stronger.

Confuse Desire and Reality
Create the Perfect Illusion - Aim at secret wishes that have been thwarted or repressed, stirring up uncontrollable emotions, clouding a victim's powers of reason.

Isolate the Target
Take your targets away from their normal milieu, friends, family, home. With no outside support, an isolated person is easily led astray.

Prove Yourself
One well-timed action that shows how far you are willing to go to win your target over will dispel doubts.

Effect a Regression
People who have experienced a certain kind of pleasure in the past will try to repeat or relive it.

Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
People yearn to explore their dark side. Take your targets further than they imagine - the shared feeling of guilt and complicity will create a powerful bond.

Use Spiritual Lures
Everyone has doubts and insecurities about their physical presence. Lure them out of their insecurities by making them focus on something sublime and spiritual.

Mix Pleasure with Pain
The greatest mistake in seduction is being too nice.

Give Them Space to Fall
The Pursuer is Pursued - Hint that you are growing bored. Seem interested in someone else. Create the illusion that the seducer is being seduced.

Use Physical Lures
Targets with active minds are dangerous. Put their minds gently to rest and waken their dormant senses by combining a non-defensive attitude with a charged sexual pleasure.

Master the Art of the Bold Move
Don't give the target time to consider the consequences. One person must go on the offensive, and it is you.

Beware the After-effects
Never let the other person take you for granted. Use absence, create pain and conflict, to keep the seduced on tenterhooks.

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