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INCONVENIENT WOMEN

INCONVENIENT WOMEN

The Mad Women’s Ball – Victoria Mas

Books, FilmsAmy Ellingham2 November 2022Victoria Mas, Andrew Scull, Charcot, psychiatrist, psychiatry, hypnosis, hysteria, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Louise Augustine Gleizes

A LOT TO ANSWER FOR

A LOT TO ANSWER FOR

How to Hypnotize and Self Hypnotize – Ralph Slater

BooksAmy Ellingham26 October 2022Ralph Slater, David Britland, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, Diane Grace Rains-Bath

THE SECRET BEFORE THE SECRET

THE SECRET BEFORE THE SECRET

How to Control Fate Through Suggestion – Henry Harrison Brown

BooksKev Sheldrake12 October 2022New Thought, Henry Harrison Brown, The Secret, suggestion, affirmation, clairvoyance, psychometric

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