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AN ENLIGHTENING READ

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France – Robert Darnton

NO NOSTRADAMUS

NO NOSTRADAMUS

Hypnosis in Everyday Life – Francis J Avison (“Jayson – The Hypnotist”)

BooksAmy Ellingham11 January 2023Francis J Avison, Jayson – The Hypnotist, self-hypnosis, suggestion, firewalking, Andrew Scull, Melvin Powers

SPANOS, OH WHERE ART THOU?

SPANOS, OH WHERE ART THOU?

Hypnosis and Imagination – Edited by Robert G Kunzendorf, Nicholas P Spanos, and Benjamin Wallace

BooksKev Sheldrake28 December 2022Nicholas Spanos, Robert G Kunzendorf, Benjamin Wallace, Peter Sheehan, Graham Wagstaff, James R Council, Irving Kirsch, Steven Jay Lynn, Joseph P Green, Judith Rhue, William C Coe, Donald Gorassini, Helen Crawford, imagination, Anthony Jacquin

BLACK SHEEP

BLACK SHEEP

The Law of Suggestion – Santanelli

BooksAmy Ellingham21 December 2022Santanelli, James H Loryea, James Minnock, Gurdjieff, stage hypnosis, hypnotic horse, hypnosis

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

The Search for Bridey Murphy – Morey Bernstein

BooksAmy Ellingham7 December 2022Morey Bernstein, Bridey Murphy, past-life regression, hypnosis, Ruth Simmons, Virginia Tighe, J B Rhine, Edgar Cayce

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS FONT

The Silent Brain: Explorations In Hypnosis – Garry R J Craven and Penny A Craven

BooksKev Sheldrake23 November 2022Garry R J Craven, Penny A Craven, hypnosis, trance, past-life regression, mesmerism, inductions, scales

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SO SEXY

EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SO SEXY

Sex Therapy – Irving Kirsch and Brenda Smith

BooksKev Sheldrake16 November 2022Irving Kirsch, Brenda Smith, sex, Freud, Masters and Johnson

MEASURING UP

MEASURING UP

Master Course in Hypnotism – Harry Arons

BooksAmy Ellingham12 November 2022Harry Arons, trance, Melvin Powers, Rasputin, stage hypnosis, hypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotherapy, Charcot, hysteria

VOMIT ON PAPER

VOMIT ON PAPER

Comply With Me: Trump’s Hypnosis Toolkit Exposed – Lisa Morgan

BooksKev Sheldrake9 November 2022Lisa Morgan, Donald Trump, hypnosis, UK Guild of Hypnosis Practitioners, handshake induction, trance, NLP, Neuro-linguistic programming

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