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WELCOME TO THE SANE ASYLUM

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

JOHN F KIHLSTROM INTERVIEW (PART 2)

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

BIOLOGY LESSON

BIOLOGY LESSON

Scientific Hypnotism – Ralph B Winn

BooksAmy Ellingham22 March 2023Ralph B Winn, Melvin Powers, hysteria, Charcot, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, psychoanalysis, Christian Science, Freud, murder, oneirosis, drugs

PLOT TWIST

PLOT TWIST

Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy: An Historical Synthesis – E M Thornton

BooksAmy Ellingham22 February 2023E M Thornton, hypnotism, epilepsy, hysteria, autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, mesmerism, magnetiser, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Charcot, Donato, Donatism, tribe

MEASURING UP

MEASURING UP

Master Course in Hypnotism – Harry Arons

BooksAmy Ellingham12 November 2022Harry Arons, trance, Melvin Powers, Rasputin, stage hypnosis, hypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotherapy, Charcot, hysteria

INCONVENIENT WOMEN

INCONVENIENT WOMEN

The Mad Women’s Ball – Victoria Mas

Books, FilmsAmy Ellingham2 November 2022Victoria Mas, Andrew Scull, Charcot, psychiatrist, psychiatry, hypnosis, hysteria, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Louise Augustine Gleizes

BOOKSHELF FAIL

BOOKSHELF FAIL

Hypnotism – André M Weitzenhoffer

BooksAmy Ellingham10 March 2021André M Weitzenhoffer, suggestibility, suggestion, hypnosis, Ernest Hilgard, Milton Erickson, Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales, Clark L Hull, state, statist, Rorscharch test, Charcot

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Hypnosis – Michael Karoly

LET’S (NOT) TALK ABOUT SEX, BABY

LET’S (NOT) TALK ABOUT SEX, BABY

Sexual Joy Through Self Hypnosis – Dr Daniel L Araoz and Dr Robert T Bleck

BooksAmy Ellingham4 November 2020self-hypnosis, sex, Hypnosex, Dr Daniel L Araoz, Dr Robert T Bleck, NLP, Coué, Milton Erickson, Puységur, Charcot, Sarbin, Barber, Dr Paul Sacerdote, sophrology, Mesmer, Mesmerism, James Esdaile, Ernest Hilgard