In 1998, Keith Raniere's then-partner Toni Natalie met Nancy Salzman, a nurse and trained practitioner of hypnotism and Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Natalie recalled:
"Nancy said 'You're so wonderful, how can I help you?' So I said well, you can help me with my boyfriend. He had grandiose ideas and his hours were becoming erratic again... She listened and she said 'Oh that's easy, I can help you. He's a sociopath'... They met, and four days later, she came out with the glazed eyes and gave me the 'you don't know who he is' and I was like 'wow, there goes another one'.
Also in 1998, Raniere met Christine Marie Melanakos, a recently divorced mother who had won the title "Mrs. Michigan 1995". She recalled that Raniere "explained how there was a profound event that would often happen to the women who became intimate with him, sometimes they would even see a blue light. ... Ultimately I agreed to be intimate with Keith, and it was just as he said. I even saw a blue light, but I don't think I told him so. I remember thinking, 'Wow, my brain is really susceptible to the power of suggestion.'"
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