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EVEN A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND IT

EVEN A CHILD CAN UNDERSTAND IT

Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France – Maria Rockliff, with illustrations by Iacopo Bruno

BooksAmy Ellingham7 October 2020Benjamin Franklin, Maria Rockliff, hypnosis children's book, Mesmerism, mesmerist, Mesmer, hypnosis

TL;DR

Challenge Instant Hypnosis and Mass Hypnotism – George Armstrong

BooksAmy Ellingham23 September 2020stage hypnosis, George Armstrong, The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis

GET ON WITH IT!

GET ON WITH IT!

The Theory and Practice of Hypnotism – William J Ousby

BooksAmy Ellingham9 September 2020William J Ousby, hypnosis, suggestion, stage hypnosis, J B S Haldane, self-hypnosis

NONE THE WISER

Your Mesmeric Forces and How to Develop Them – Frank H Randall

BooksAmy Ellingham26 August 2020Mesmerism, mesmerist, Frank H Randall, mesmeric passes, trance, state

JUDGED BY ITS COVER

JUDGED BY ITS COVER

Hypnotic Power: Its Cultivation, Use, and Application to Psychotherapy – Colin Bennett

BooksAmy Ellingham12 August 2020Colin Bennet, hypnosis, stage hypnosis, psychotherapist, music hall, Mesmerism, mesmerist

A DOSE OF SCIENCE

A DOSE OF SCIENCE

The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth – Irving Kirsch

BooksAmy Ellingham29 July 2020Irving Kirsch, placebo, placebo effect, antidepressants, science, academia

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

The Power of Mesmerism: A Highly Erotic Narrative of Voluptuous Facts and Fancies – Anonymous

BooksAmy Ellingham15 July 2020Mesmerism, porn, erotica, hypnosis, Victorian, passes, trance

A RETRO HYPNO TIME-CAPSULE

A RETRO HYPNO TIME-CAPSULE

Hypnosis: Fact and Fiction – F L Marcuse

BooksAmy Ellingham1 July 2020Freud, Clark L Hull, Trance, Mesmer, Puységur, stage hypnosis, past-life regression, future-life regression, F L Marcuse, G H Estabrooks

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

DRAWING CONCLUSIONS

Hypnography – Ainslie Meares

BooksAmy Ellingham17 June 2020Ainslie Meares, Hypnography, hypnotic drawing, Freud, Jung, hypnoanalysis, telepathy, Psychic

THE POWER TO DISAPPOINT

THE POWER TO DISAPPOINT

Telecult Power: The Amazing New Way to Psychic and Occult Wonders – Reese P Dubin

BooksAmy Ellingham3 June 2020Psychic, Occult, Reese P Dublin, The Secret, laws of attraction

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

LIFE, DEATH, AND SOMETHING IN BETWEEN

Tales of Mystery and Imagination – Edgar Allan Poe

BooksAmy Ellingham20 May 2020Fiction, Mesmerism, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, George du Maurier, Chauncy Hare Townshend