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A METAPHORICAL INTERVENTION

Monsters and Magical Sticks: There’s No Such Thing as Hypnosis? – Steven Heller and Terry Steele

BooksAmy Ellingham20 October 2021Steven Heller, Terry Steele, Robert Anton Wilson, NLP, hypnosis, metaphor, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Christian Science

HYPNOSIS BY NUMBERS

Discovering Statistics Using R – Andy Field, Jeremy Miles and Zoë Field

BooksKev Sheldrake6 October 2021Andy Field, Jeremy Miles, Zoë Field, statistics, psychology, maths, hypnosis, academia, University of Sussex, Gorassini, Spanos

REPRESSED RAGE

Alias Grace – Margaret Atwood

Books, TVAmy Ellingham22 September 2021Margaret Atwood, seance, psychiatrist, hysteria, peddler, magician, clairvoyant somnambulist

A PAINFUL EXPERIENCE

Hartland’s Medical and Dental Hypnosis – Michael Heap and Kottiyattil K Aravind

BooksAmy Ellingham8 September 2021medical hypnosis, dental hypnosis, Michael Heap, Kottiyattil K Aravind, pain, Derren Brown

A TRULY PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFINITION

Psychology – Graham Davey

BooksKev Sheldrake25 August 2021Graham Davey, psychology, hypnosis, Anil Seth, trance, Zoltan Dienes, Irving Kirsch, Perner, cold control theory, higher order thoughts, social-cognitive theory, neodissociation theory, state, amnesia, Stanford prison experiment, University of Sussex

PICTURE THIS

How To Use Hypnosis – Dr David F Tracy

BooksAmy Ellingham11 August 2021Dr David F Tracy, hypnosis, New York School of Modern Hypnotism, Emile Coué, Christian Science, stage hypnosis, The Bridge, sports hypnosis

A HIGHLY CREDIBLE BOOK?

The Highly Hypnotizable Person – Michael Heap, Richard J Brown and David A Oakley

DOES NOT COMPUTE

The Structure of Magic I – Richard Bandler and John Grinder

NUMBERWANG

The Mind Readers: Some Recent Experiments in Telepathy – SG Soal and HT Bowden

BooksAmy Ellingham30 June 2021SG Soal, HT Bowden, mind-reading, telepathy, parapsychology, hypnosis, Jack Salvin, The Magic Circle, The Magic Circle Occult Committee

AN ABSOLUTE BOMBSHELL

Clinical Hypnosis and Self-Regulation – Irving Kirsch, Antonio Capafons, Etzel Cardeña-Buelna and Salvador Amigó

BooksKev Sheldrake16 June 2021Irving Kirsch, Antonio Capafons, Etzel Cardeña-Buelna, Salvador Amigó, Milton Erickson, Dave Elman, G H Estabrooks, NLP, Theodore R Sarbin, Barber, Lynn, Spanos, Gorassini, Graham Wagstaff, Chaves, hypnosis, academia

(WO)MAN OF MYSTERY

Who was Dr Charlotte Bach? – Francis Wheen

BooksAmy Ellingham2 June 2021Michael Karoly, Dr Charlotte Bach, Baron Carl Hajdu, Karoly Hajdu, hypnotist, hypnosis, WG Warne-Beresford

GETTING SERIOUS

The Student Psychologist’s Handbook – Theodore R Sarbin and William C Coe

BooksKev Sheldrake19 May 2021Irving Kirsch, Zoltan Dienes, Theodore R Sarbin, William C Coe, psychology, statistics, academia, science

BEGINNER’S LUCK

Reality is Plastic! The Art of Impromptu Hypnosis – Anthony Jacquin

Books, AudiobooksAmy Ellingham5 May 2021Anthony Jacquin, Amit Badiani, Kev Sheldrake, Head Hacking, Milton Erickson, Dave Elman, hypnosis, impromptu hypnosis

TIME TRAVELLING

The Manual of Hypnotism – Desmond Dunne

BooksAmy Ellingham21 April 2021hypnosis, mesmerism, Desmond Dunne, yoga, the evil eye, James Coates, hypnotic gaze, subjects, stage hypnosis, animal hypnosis, Indian rope trick

SCIENCE AND REASON… AND EQUALITY

Hypnotism – G H Estabrooks

BooksAmy Ellingham7 April 2021G H Estabrooks, hypnosis, witchcraft, spiritualism, Houdini, mentalism, MK-Ultra, Project MK-Ultra, CIA, LSD, brainwashing, psychological experiments

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