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The Female Hypnotist – Donald K Hartman (editor)

BooksAmy Ellingham17 March 2025Donald K Hartman, women in hypnosis, Judith Pintar, Amanda Barnier, George du Maurier, Derren Brown, Trilby, Dr John Elliotson, Charcot, Alexis Didier, Chauncy Hare Townshend, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, Jack the Ripper, witchcraft, Felix Moscheles

HIGHER THAN THE SUN

Vivid Fantasy and Hallucinatory Abilities in the Life Histories of Excellent Hypnotic Subjects – Sheryl C Wilson and Theodore X Barbers

BooksKev Sheldrake12 March 2025Sheryl C Wilson, Theodore Xenophon Barber, Eric Klinger, Theodore R Sarbin, Graham Wagstaff, Nicholas Spanos, Primal Scream, suggestion, science, academia, statistics, Josephine Hilgard, Ernest Hilgard, fantasy, hallucination, Automatic Imagination Model, sociocognitive theorists

THE MAGIC OF MESMERISM

Kev explains why Animal Magnetism is distinct from hypnosis, in this 25-minute read

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME THRICE

That Devil’s Trick – William Hughes

THE TORTURED HYPNOTISTS DEPARTMENT

Practical Lessons in Hypnotism – Dr WM Wesley Cook

BooksAmy Ellingham20 January 2025Dr WM Wesley Cook, hypnotism, mesmerism, animal hypnosis, possession, stage hypnosis, Indian rope trick, crime, religion, Trilby, Richard Bandler, god

HI! MY NAME IS…

Sybil – Flora Rheta Schreiber

BRAVE NEW WORLD (WITH STATISTICS)

LSD, Marihuana, Yoga and Hypnosis – Theodore X Barber

HYPNOTISING HYPNOTISTS IS EASY

The Search for Cosmic Consciousness – Ormond McGill, PhD, and Shelley Stockwell, PhD

BooksAmy Ellingham1 January 2025Ormond McGill, Shelley Stockwell, stage hypnosis, witchcraft, women in hypnosis, hypnotherapy, past-life regression, psychology, sex, magician, magic, New Thought, the law of attraction, International Hypnosis Federation, Neuro-linguistic programming

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

THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

Stage Hypnotism: A Text Book of Occult Entertainments – Professor Leonidas

BooksAmy Ellingham29 November 2024Professor Leonidas, stage hypnosis, mesmerism, Derren Brown, Andy Nyman, Andrew O'Connor, New Thought, hypnotic horse, clairvoyance, clairvoyant somnambulist, Psychic, Unbelievable, Showman, Only Human, The Simpsons, Gift from GONDO

TIME TRAVEL RETURNS!

Mind Probe – Hypnosis – Irene Hickman

BooksAmy Ellingham21 November 2024Irene Hickman, past-life regression, hypnoanalysis, hypnotechnician, Helen Wambach, Harry Arons, Bridey Murphy, age regression, multiple personality, split personality, possession, Edgar Cayce, G H Estabrooks

HE WANTS TO BELIEVE

Essentials of Hypnosis – Michael D Yapko, PhD

BooksKev Sheldrake11 November 2024Michael D Yapko, Milton Erickson, trance, neodissociation theory, Pierre Janet, Nicholas Spanos, Neuro-linguistic programming, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Clark L Hull, Loftus, memory, false memory, age regression, revivification, hypermnesia

WRITTEN IN THE STARS

The Truth About Hypnosis – William W Hewitt

BooksAmy Ellingham31 October 2024William W Hewitt, hypnosis, Human Potential Movement, self-hypnosis, smoking cessation

WELCOME TO THE SANE ASYLUM

Mysteries of Hypnosis – Georges De Dubor (translated by G M Hort)

BooksAmy Ellingham17 October 2024Georges De Dubor, G M Hort, Mesmer, Charcot, Trilby, paranormal, supernormal, telepathy, witchcraft, Donato, Donatism, women in hypnosis, animal hypnosis

THIS IS NOT PORN

Please, Don’t Touch Me – Ron Ormond

FilmsAmy Ellingham6 October 2024Ormond McGill, Ron Ormond, porn, erotica, erotic hypnosis, hypnokink, age regression, hypno-analysis, Vittorio Di Naro, Franz Mesmer, James Esdaile, RuPaul, Lash LaRue, Dr Dre

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