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TRANCE SHOULD BE DEAD

Hypnosis: A Scientific Approach – Theodore Xenophon Barber

BooksKev Sheldrake13 December 2024Theodore Xenophon Barber, Theodore X Barber, Barber, LSD, academia, science, trance, amnesia, hypnotic analgesia, state, god, inductions, magician, magic

WATCH HIS ANTICS

Entertaining with Hypnotism – S Edward Dexter

BooksAmy Ellingham16 July 2024S Edward Dexter, Ed Wolff, Calostro, magician, magic, stage hypnosis, Magic Wand Publishing Co, International Brotherhood of Magicians, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Ralph Slater, inductions, trance, The Bridge, age regression

HOW TO START HYPNOTISING

Honest, simple, practical advice for the aspiring mind controller

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake20 February 2024hypnosis, hypnotist, hypnotism, trance, inductions, state, role-play, Martin Orne, Stanley Milgram, Derren Brown, CIA, mind control, phenomenological control

YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK

Hypnotism, Imagination, and Human Potentialities – Theodore X Barber, Nicholas P Spanos and John F Chaves

JOHN F KIHLSTROM INTERVIEW (PART 2)

The second part of an epic interview with renowned academic researcher, John F Kihlstrom.

InterviewsKev Sheldrake8 May 2023John F Kihlstrom, hypnosis, state, statist, inductions, Martin Orne, G H Estabrooks, scales, amnesia, Clark L Hull, ideomotor, André M Weitzenhoffer, Sjoberg, Ernest Hilgard, Jack Hilgard, Charles Tart, Theodore X Barber, Nicholas Spanos, Eysenck, Amir Raz, Stroop effect, Arthur Deikman, Heidi Wenk-Sormaz, Irving Kirsch, suggestibility, suggestion, Kenneth S Bowers, Ivan Pavlov, K.I. Platonov, Zoltan Dienes, Josef Perner, cold control theory, higher order thoughts, David Rosenthal, neodissociation theory, Graham Wagstaff, William C Coe, Charcot, Hippolyte Bernheim, social-cognitive theory, social compliance, John Chaves, Fred Evans, hypnotic analgesia, placebo, placebo effect, Steven Jay Lynn, Edward J Frischholz, George Barton Cutten, William McDougal, Gardner Murphy, J B Rhine, Adolf Hitler, FBI, CIA, OSS

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

The Silent Brain: Explorations In Hypnosis – Garry R J Craven and Penny A Craven

BooksKev Sheldrake23 November 2022Garry R J Craven, Penny A Craven, hypnosis, trance, past-life regression, mesmerism, inductions, scales

GPT-3 INTERVIEW

Google’s GPT-3 human-like-language-producing robot shares its insights into hypnosis.

WE WILL BEGIN THE HYPNOSIS PROCEDURE NOW

Hypnotic Induction: Perspectives, Strategies and Concerns – V K Kumar and Stephen R Lankton (editors)

MICHAEL HEAP INTERVIEW

Kev chats with Michael, a retired clinical and forensic psychologist who has lectured and taught extensively in the field of hypnosis.

JAMES BROWN INTERVIEW

We talk bravado, creativity and the value of a magician’s mindset when it comes to hypnosis with ‘the professional opportunist’.

InterviewsAmy Ellingham1 February 2022James Brown, stage hypnosis, magician, magic, mentalism, pickpocket, pickpocketing, hypnosis, hypnotist, inductions, Paul McKenna, Allen Carr, smoking cessation, Adam Eason, amnesia, suggestion, handshake induction

MARTIN S TAYLOR INTERVIEW

He’s famously the hypnotist who inspired Derren Brown – and yet is also “the hypnotist who doesn’t use hypnosis”…?

LIES AND TRUTH

Myths and misconceptions about hypnosis and suggestion: Separating fact and fiction – Steven Jay Lynn, Irving Kirsch, Devin B Terhune, and Joseph P Green

PapersKev Sheldrake5 January 2022academia, hypnosis, suggestion, Steven Jay Lynn, Irving Kirsch, Devin B Terhune, Joseph P Green, hypnotherapy, inductions, state

ZOLTAN DIENES INTERVIEW

Kev chats cold control theory, phenomenological control and much more with the UK’s leading hypnosis researcher.

BE MORE MELVIN

Advanced Techniques of Hypnosis – Melvin Powers

BooksAmy Ellingham1 December 2021Melvin Powers, hypnotist, hypnotism, inductions, hypnotic disc

UNSOLICITED STORIES

My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H Erickson – Sidney Rosen

BooksAmy Ellingham2 December 2020Milton Erickson, Sidney Rosen, trance, conversational hypnosis, inductions, hypnotic storytelling, handshake induction, Betty Erickson, Clark L Hull, Aldous Huxley, belief, NLP, Jay Haley

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