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WHAT THIS HYPNOTIST DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT HYPNOSIS

WHAT THIS HYPNOTIST DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT HYPNOSIS

Mind Control Hypnosis – Dantalion Jones

BooksKev Sheldrake19 April 2023Dantalion Jones, David Barron, mind control, hypnotherapy, state, trance, sex

HYPNOSIS DOESN’T EXIST

HYPNOSIS DOESN’T EXIST

They Call It Hypnosis – Robert A Baker

BIOLOGY LESSON

BIOLOGY LESSON

Scientific Hypnotism – Ralph B Winn

BooksAmy Ellingham22 March 2023Ralph B Winn, Melvin Powers, hysteria, Charcot, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, psychoanalysis, Christian Science, Freud, murder, oneirosis, drugs

PREACHER MAN

PREACHER MAN

Hypnotism and the Power Within – Dr S J Van Pelt

BooksAmy Ellingham8 March 2023Dr S J Van Pelt, Dr Sydney James Van Pelt, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Ralph Slater, British Journal of Medical Hypnotism, British Society of Medical Hypnotists, hypnosis, Christian Science, Freud, psychoanalysis

PLOT TWIST

PLOT TWIST

Hypnotism, Hysteria and Epilepsy: An Historical Synthesis – E M Thornton

BooksAmy Ellingham22 February 2023E M Thornton, hypnotism, epilepsy, hysteria, autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, mesmerism, magnetiser, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Charcot, Donato, Donatism, tribe

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

Seeing The Unseen: A Past Life Revealed Through Hypnotic Regression – Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Ellingham8 February 2023past-life regression, Ormond McGill, magician, stage hypnosis, mentalism, Bridey Murphy, Spiritualism, metaphor, Martin Roberts

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