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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

JUST LOVE YOURSELF AND RESET

Hypnotism – Dr S J Van Pelt

BooksAmy Ellingham10 April 2024Dr S J Van Pelt, Dr Sydney James Van Pelt, British Journal of Medical Hypnotism, British Society of Medical Hypnotists, US Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, state, Mesmer, Freud, Dr Walter P Clayton

HOW TO START HYPNOTISING

Honest, simple, practical advice for the aspiring mind controller

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake20 February 2024hypnosis, hypnotist, hypnotism, trance, inductions, state, role-play, Martin Orne, Stanley Milgram, Derren Brown, CIA, mind control, phenomenological control

CURIOUS, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS TO CHANGE MY MIND

Hypnosis For The Seriously Curious – Kenneth S Bowers

BooksKev Sheldrake22 November 2023Kenneth S Bowers, Theodore R Sarbin, William C Coe, state, statist, hypnosis, role-play, trance, suggestion, Graham Wagstaff, Theodore X Barber, Nicholas Spanos, John Chaves, Zoltan Dienes

DERREN BROWN IS A MAGICIAN

Kev on why Derren Brown can’t tell you his secrets!

Miscellaneous, NewsKev Sheldrake12 November 2023hypnosis, trance, state, statist, academia, psychology, magic, magician, science

IF LIFE IS A STAGE, THEN HYPNOSIS IS A ROLE

Hypnosis: A Social Psychological Analysis of Influence Communication – Theodore R Sarbin and William C Coe

HOW TO REPLACE YOUR TAPE RECORDER WITH A FRIEND

Hypnosis with Friends & Lovers – Freda Morris

BooksKev Sheldrake18 October 2023Freda Morris, heterohypnosis, self-hypnosis, sex, hypnosis, trance, state, NLP, Ericksonian, Dave Elman, mutual hypnosis

YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK

Hypnotism, Imagination, and Human Potentialities – Theodore X Barber, Nicholas P Spanos and John F Chaves

DELUSIONS THAT RUN DEEP

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: A Patient’s Guide – Hellmut W A Karle

BooksKev Sheldrake19 July 2023Hellmut W A Karle, Theodore X Barber, state, statist, trance, social-cognitive theory, hypnosis, psychologist, stage hypnosis

RESTING BITCH FACE

The Key To Hypnotism Simplified – James T McBrayer

BooksKev Sheldrake5 July 2023James T McBrayer, hypnotist, hypnosis, trance, state, women in hypnosis, self-hypnosis

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

JOHN F KIHLSTROM INTERVIEW (PART 1)

The first part of an epic interview with renowned academic researcher, John F Kihlstrom.

WHAT THIS HYPNOTIST DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT HYPNOSIS

Mind Control Hypnosis – Dantalion Jones

BooksKev Sheldrake19 April 2023Dantalion Jones, David Barron, mind control, hypnotherapy, state, trance, sex

HISTORY BUFFS

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

DRUG-ASSISTED HYPNOSIS

The Uses And Abuses Of Hypnosis – W A H Stevenson

BooksKev Sheldrake3 August 2022statist, W A H Stevenson, pamphlet, lecture, medical hypnosis, dental hypnosis, Royal Society of Medicine, hypnoanalysis, drugs, state, abreaction

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