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VIVA LAS VEGAS

VIVA LAS VEGAS

The Little Black Book of Stage Hypnosis Secrets – Michael Johns and Richard K Nongard

BooksAmy Ellingham25 June 2024Michael Johns, Richard K Nongard, Head Hacking, Anthony Jacquin, mesmerism, music hall, Derren Brown, Notes From A Fellow Traveller, stage hypnosis, Tony Robbins, Eugene Burger, Ormond McGill, Dave Elman, Desmond Dunne

WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD

WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD

The Wizard from Vienna – Vincent Buranelli

Books, FilmsAmy Ellingham27 March 2024Vincent Buranelli, Franz Anton Mesmer, Mesmer, Alan Rickman, Maria Theresia Paradis, mesmerism, mesmerist, Benjamin Franklin, Cagliostro, Casanova

AND THEN, SUDDENLY, ROLLO APPEARED

AND THEN, SUDDENLY, ROLLO APPEARED

The Black Art – Rollo Ahmed

BooksAmy Ellingham9 March 2024Rollo Ahmed, Dennis Wheatley, Occult, voodoo, Indian mysticism, Aleister Crowley, magic, hypnosis, sex, animal magnetism, mesmerism, Cagliostro, Derren Brown

DEAR JOHN

DEAR JOHN

Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism – Chauncy Hare Townshend

BooksAmy Ellingham6 September 2023Chauncy Hare Townshend, Elliotson, Dr John Elliotson, Charles Dickens, mesmerism, mesmerist, Royal Commission, telepathy, Marquis de Puységur, Mesmer

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

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France – Robert Darnton

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

The Silent Brain: Explorations In Hypnosis – Garry R J Craven and Penny A Craven

BooksKev Sheldrake23 November 2022Garry R J Craven, Penny A Craven, hypnosis, trance, past-life regression, mesmerism, inductions, scales

THE SCIENCE OF THE VIBRATING CORONET

THE SCIENCE OF THE VIBRATING CORONET

‘Hypnotism – A Science’ – Kathleen Schlesinger and Charles Geniaux

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake28 September 2022Edgar Bérillon, Kathleen Schlesinger, Charles Geniaux, mesmerism, neurasthenia, hypnosis, hypnosis machine, James Braid, Clark L Hull, somnambulism

HISTORY BUFFS

HISTORY BUFFS

Hypnosis: A Brief History – Judith Pintar and Steven Jay Lynn

GPT-3 INTERVIEW

GPT-3 INTERVIEW

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

SHIP OF THESEUS

SHIP OF THESEUS

Hypnotism and the Supernormal – Simeon Edmunds (reprise)

BooksAmy Ellingham22 June 2022hypnosis, mesmerism, psychic, parapsychology, Simeon Edmunds, Melvin Powers, telepathy, clairvoyance, past-life regression, reincarnation, Mesmer, James Esdaile, Dr Walter P Clayton, SG Soal, animal hypnosis, banquet

THE PSYCHICAL ‘SCEPTIC’

THE PSYCHICAL ‘SCEPTIC’

Hypnotism and the Supernormal – Simeon Edmunds

BooksAmy Ellingham15 June 2022hypnosis, mesmerism, psychic, parapsychology, Simeon Edmunds, Melvin Powers, telepathy, clairvoyance, past-life regression, reincarnation, Mesmer, James Esdaile, Dr Walter P Clayton, SG Soal, animal hypnosis, banquet

PAMPHLET FAIL

PAMPHLET FAIL

Entertaining with Hypnotism – ‘Calostro’

BooksAmy Ellingham9 March 2022pamphlet, Calostro, magician, hypnosis, mesmerism, G H Estabrooks, Ralph Slater

HYPNOSIS MADE ME DO IT

HYPNOSIS MADE ME DO IT

The Hypno-Ripper – Donald K Hartman (editor)

BooksAmy Ellingham2 March 2022Donald K Hartman, hypnosis, Fiction, murder, mesmerism, suggestion, self-hypnosis, Jack the Ripper, Whitechapel murders, NT Oliver, Edward Oliver Tilburn

MOSCHELES… OR MEPHISTOPHELES?

MOSCHELES… OR MEPHISTOPHELES?

In Bohemia with du Maurier – Felix Moscheles

BooksAmy Ellingham23 February 2022Felix Moscheles, George du Maurier, Trilby, Svengali, mesmerism, seance, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Head Hacking