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RIDICULOUS JUGGLERY

An Essay of Instruction, on Animal Magnetism – Marquis de Puységur, translated by Dr John King

BooksAmy Ellingham27 January 2021Marquis de Puységur, Puységur, Dr John King, Mesmer, mesmerist, Mesmerism, mesmeric passes, James Braid, Royal Commission, animal magnetism, Trilby

BAG OF SNAKES

Hypnosis and the Sexual Life – Dr Walter P Clayton, with Stephan Gregory

BooksAmy Ellingham13 January 2021Dr Walter P Clayton, Stephan Gregory, hypnosis, post-hypnotic suggestion, sex, trance, self-hypnosis

THE TRILBY CONNECTION

Trilby – George du Maurier

BooksAmy Ellingham30 December 2020George du Maurier, Trilby, Svengali, Head Hacking, Anthony Jacquin, The Trilby Connection, Felix Moscheles, Mesmerism, hypnotism

THE GRUDGE

Hypnotism Made Practical – J Louis Orton

BooksAmy Ellingham16 December 2020J Louis Orton, Dr Alexander Kennedy, Emile Coué, James Braid, Nancy School, Christian Science, Indian mysticism, William Maxwell, Donatism, Jenny Lind, Mesmer, animal magnetism, hypnosis, sleep

UNSOLICITED STORIES

My Voice Will Go With You: The Teaching Tales of Milton H Erickson – Sidney Rosen

BooksAmy Ellingham2 December 2020Milton Erickson, Sidney Rosen, trance, conversational hypnosis, inductions, hypnotic storytelling, handshake induction, Betty Erickson, Clark L Hull, Aldous Huxley, belief, NLP, Jay Haley

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

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

NO SH*T, SHERLOCK

A Hypnotist’s Case Book – Alex Erskine

BooksAmy Ellingham21 October 2020Alex Erskine, hypnosis, hypnotist, Mesmer, James Braid, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Spiritualism, Houdini, suggestion, astral projection, mind-reading, Christian Science

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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