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HISTORY BUFFS

HISTORY BUFFS

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

QUOTE-UNQUOTE

QUOTE-UNQUOTE

Course in the Science of Hypnotism – Axel Wayne Bacon

50 SHADES OF HYPNOSIS

50 SHADES OF HYPNOSIS

Sex and Hypnosis – L T Woodward, MD

BooksAmy Ellingham17 August 2022Hypnosex, L T Woodward, Dr Walter P Clayton, Don Pendleton, Robert Silverberg, Mesmer, Puységur, James Braid, Liebeault

DRUG-ASSISTED HYPNOSIS

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

THE H-FILES

THE H-FILES

Handbook of Hypnosis – Harvey Day

BooksAmy Ellingham20 July 2022hypnosis, Harvey Day, yoga, voodoo, trance, animal hypnosis, stage hypnosis, mind control, mass hypnosis, murder

HEAPS OF HYPNOSIS

HEAPS OF HYPNOSIS

Kind of Cruel – Sophie Hannah

BooksAmy Ellingham6 July 2022Sophie Hannah, Michael Heap, Fiction, hypnotherapy, murder, psychotherapist, George du Maurier, Psychic, hidden observer, goal-directed fantasy

BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR

BABY, YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR

Communism, Hypnotism and the Beatles – David A Noebel

BooksAmy Ellingham5 July 2022Communism, Beatles, David A Noebel, Christianity, hypnosis, Ivan Pavlov, mass hypnotism

‘GAME OF HYPNOSIS’ OR ‘COMEDY OF ERRORS’?

‘GAME OF HYPNOSIS’ OR ‘COMEDY OF ERRORS’?

Hypnosis, Compliance and Belief – Graham F Wagstaff

BooksKev Sheldrake2 July 2022Graham Wagstaff, state

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUL

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUL

Not Hypnotism But Suggestion: A Lesson In Soul Culture – Henry Harrison Brown

BooksKev Sheldrake29 June 2022hypnosis, suggestion, Henry Harrison Brown, animal magnetism, trance, telepathy

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

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS

Complete System of Personal Influence and Healing – Professor Elmer E Knowles

BooksAmy Ellingham1 June 2022Professor Elmer E Knowles, hypnosis, suggestion, clairvoyance, animal magnetism, Trilby, Gassner, Greatrakes, Perkins, Albert Moll, stage hypnosis, women in hypnosis

SPLENDID HAT

SPLENDID HAT

Hypnotism Made Easy – Anonymous

BooksAmy Ellingham18 May 2022pamphlet, hypnosis, hypnotic sleep, passes

PRINCE CHARMING

PRINCE CHARMING

Frogs into Princes – Richard Bandler and John Grinder (live)

BooksAmy Ellingham11 May 2022NLP, NLP source books, Neuro-linguistic programming, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Milton Erickson, Steve Andreas, hypnosis, hypnotist, suggestion, Virginia Satir

THE END OF THE WORLD IS (ALWAYS) NIGH

THE END OF THE WORLD IS (ALWAYS) NIGH

Dreams of the Future – Chet B Snow

BooksAmy Ellingham4 May 2022Chet B Snow, Paul McKenna, Helen Wambach, past-life regression, prenatal regression, future-life regression, hypnosis, Bridey Murphy, hypnotherapy, prophecy, New Age, Nostrodamus, Edgar Cayce, Dr Leo Sprinkle, Dr Rupert Sheldrake, metaphor