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Hypnotism – Fernando Institute of Science

BooksAmy Ellingham14 August 2025Professor Fernando, Ernest C Freyer, Fernando Institute of Science, Fernando Publishing Co, Theron Q Dumont, William Walker Anderson, sex magick, religion, hypnosis, hypnotist, stage hypnosis, The Bridge, Carl Jung

MIND OVER PLATTER

Hypnotism: Psychic Powers, Telepathy, E.S.P., Sex and Hypnosis – Zolar

RIDERS ON THE STORM

Sex Magnetism – Cris W Wiegand

MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Hypnotisme et Suggestion: Petit Cours Pratique – le Medium Aquila

SEX, LIES AND SMOKING

Master Course in Hypnotism – Peter Diamond

BooksKev Sheldrake6 July 2025hypnotism, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Peter Diamond, magic, hypnosis, hypnosex, hypnokink, women in hypnosis, pamphlet, course, mail-order course in hypnosis, mentalism, Derren Brown

BABY, YOU CAN’T DRIVE MY CAR

Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles – David A Noebel

BooksAmy Ellingham13 June 2025Communism, Beatles, David A Noebel, Christianity, hypnosis, Ivan Pavlov, mass hypnotism

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU’RE HALLUCINATING?

Toward a Theory of “Hypnotic” Behavior: Positive Visual and Auditory Hallucinations – Theodore Xenophon Barber

BooksKev Sheldrake21 May 2025Theodore Xenophon Barber, Barry Thain, Derren Brown, change | phenomena, science, academia, seers

GUESS WHO'S BACK?!

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

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

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