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WORK LIKE ROBOTS

WORK LIKE ROBOTS

Comment Devenir Médium – Edouard Saby

INVISIBLE FORCES AT WORK

INVISIBLE FORCES AT WORK

The Invisible Influence – Alexander Cannon

BooksAmy Marlowe11 January 2026Alexander Cannon, psychiatrist, hypnotist, occultist, magician, records, telepathy, psychic, World War II, animal magnetism, aura reading, mass hypnotism, mass hysteria, hypnotic scales, animal hypnosis

INDOCILIS PRIVATA LOQUI

INDOCILIS PRIVATA LOQUI

The How-To Book of Hypnotism – Tom Silver and Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Marlowe2 January 2026Tom Silver, Ormond McGill, Hypnotism Act 1952, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, 1972 Hypnotism Act Amendment, CYBERSUGGESTION™️, Aquila, ASMR, proto-science, pseudo-science

UN/CONSCIOUS UN/COUPLINGS

UN/CONSCIOUS UN/COUPLINGS

Normal and Abnormal Sex-Ways – Leo Klein

BooksAmy Marlowe20 November 2025Leo Klein, Edward Uhlan, hypnosis, hypnotism, The Double Standard, psychologist, psychology, marriage counselling, hypnokink, sex

THE ARROGANT FINGER

THE ARROGANT FINGER

How To Hypnotize – Bradford Chambers

BooksAmy Marlowe2 November 2025Bradford Chambers, psychologist, Dr Kenneth S MacLean, prestige, rapport, stage hypnotist, 1952 British Hypnotism Act

THE THIRTEENTH COMMANDMENT

THE THIRTEENTH COMMANDMENT

Remote Depossession – Irene Hickman

BooksAmy Marlowe22 October 2025Irene Hickman, Edgar Cayce, exorcism, possession, hypnotism, hypnotherapy, seance, Remote Depossession, past-life regression, witchcraft, spiritualists, hypnotechnician, hypnoanalysis, multiple personality, multiple personality disorder

CUE THE SLUMBER MUSIC!

CUE THE SLUMBER MUSIC!

The Science of Hypnotism – Alexander Cannon

THE BREAKFAST QUESTION

THE BREAKFAST QUESTION

Instantaneous Personal Magnetism – Edmund Shaftesbury

BooksAmy Marlowe30 September 2025Boston University School of LawEdmund Shaftesbury, mesmerist, mesmerism, Albert Webster Edgerly, Ralston Health Club, Ralstonism, The Magnetism Club of America

A HORSE WITH NO NAME

A HORSE WITH NO NAME

What is Mesmerism? – Alexander Wood

BooksAmy Marlowe23 September 2025Alexander Wood, mesmerism, medical hypnosis, electro-biology, animal magnetism, homeopathy, placebo effect, conditioning, James Braid, drugs, hypnosis and drugs

SEXUAL DISPLEASURE

SEXUAL DISPLEASURE

Hypnosis and Sexual Pleasure – Judon Riordan

BooksKev Sheldrake23 September 2025Judon Riordan, hypnosis, sex therapy, psychoanalysis

SMILE MONEY HYPNOSIS

SMILE MONEY HYPNOSIS

Hypnosi$: How to Put a Smile on Your Face, and Money In Your Pocket – Shelley Stockwell

BooksAmy Marlowe20 September 2025Shelley Stockwell, Ormond McGill, hypnotist, magician, stage hypnotist, NLP, Neuro-linguistic programming, psychology, psychologist, self-hypnosis, Pat Collins, John Milne Bramwell, George du Maurier, Charles Dickens, Edgar Allan Poe, Scientology

BANDLERSNATCH

BANDLERSNATCH

Trance-formations – John Grinder and Richard Bandler

EVERLASTING FLOWER

EVERLASTING FLOWER

The Complete Book of Fortune – Anonymous

YOU GOT MAIL

YOU GOT MAIL

Hypnotism – Fernando Institute of Science

BooksAmy Marlowe14 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

MIND OVER PLATTER

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