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Posts tagged Paul McKenna

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME TRICE

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME TRICE

That Devil’s Trick – William Hughes

RING MY BELL

RING MY BELL

What is Hypnosis – Andrew Salter

ABRACADABRA 2.0

ABRACADABRA 2.0

Cosmic Pancakes!-themed hypno-‘art’ using Midjourney – back by popular demand

MiscellaneousAmy Ellingham13 December 2023AI, artificial intelligence, art, Cosmic Pancakes, Mesmer, Derren Brown, Paul McKenna, hypnosis, aliens

GPT-3 INTERVIEW

GPT-3 INTERVIEW

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

COSMIC PANCAKES, ANYONE?!

COSMIC PANCAKES, ANYONE?!

Cosmic Pancakes!-themed hypno-‘art’ using DALL-E Mini AI – just because

MiscellaneousAmy Ellingham8 June 2022AI, artificial intelligence, art, Cosmic Pancakes, Mesmer, Derren Brown, Paul McKenna, hypnosis, aliens

THE END OF THE WORLD IS (ALWAYS) NIGH

THE END OF THE WORLD IS (ALWAYS) NIGH

Dreams of the Future – Chet B Snow

BooksAmy Ellingham4 May 2022Chet B Snow, Paul McKenna, Helen Wambach, past-life regression, prenatal regression, future-life regression, hypnosis, Bridey Murphy, hypnotherapy, prophecy, New Age, Nostrodamus, Edgar Cayce, Dr Leo Sprinkle, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, metaphor

SUMMER OF PSYCHONAUTICS

SUMMER OF PSYCHONAUTICS

The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna – Paul McKenna

BooksAmy Ellingham9 February 2022Paul McKenna, Richard Bandler, Derren Brown, Martin S Taylor, Lee Fone, NLP, hypnosis, The Hypnotic World of Paul McKenna, TV hypnosis, Gurdjieff, William Joseph Bryan, Project MK-Ultra, Operation ARTICHOKE, Robert Anton Wilson

JAMES BROWN INTERVIEW

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

HYPNOSIS COOKBOOK

HYPNOSIS COOKBOOK

The New Encyclopedia of Stage Hypnosis – Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Ellingham29 December 2021Ormond McGill, Gil Boyne, Paul McKenna, stage hypnosis, past-life regression

THE STRUCTURE OF BULLSH*T

THE STRUCTURE OF BULLSH*T

The Structure of Magic II – Richard Bandler and John Grinder

BooksAmy Ellingham3 November 2021NLP, NLP source books, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir, Tony Robbins, Paul McKenna

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Tricks of the Mind – Derren Brown

EMPOWERED

Overpowered! The Science and Showbiz of Hypnosis – Christopher Green

BooksAmy Ellingham18 November 2020Christopher Green, hypnosis, hypnotist, Derren Brown, Paul McKenna, Rasputin, Aleister Crowley, Gurdjieff, Mesmer, Mesmerism, mesmerist