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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

OH, HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

Mesmerized: Powers of Mind in Victorian Britain – Alison Winter

BooksAmy Ellingham24 March 2021Alison Winter, mesmerist, Mesmerism, Trilby, subjects, O'Key Sisters, Alias Grace, The Island of Mesmeria

BOOKSHELF FAIL

Hypnotism – André M Weitzenhoffer

BooksAmy Ellingham10 March 2021André M Weitzenhoffer, suggestibility, suggestion, hypnosis, Ernest Hilgard, Milton Erickson, Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales, Clark L Hull, state, statist, Rorscharch test, Charcot

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

Tricks of the Mind – Derren Brown

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

Hypnosis – Michael Karoly

RIDICULOUS JUGGLERY

An Essay of Instruction, on Animal Magnetism – Marquis de Puységur, translated by Dr John King

BooksAmy Ellingham27 January 2021Marquis de Puységur, Puységur, Dr John King, Mesmer, mesmerist, Mesmerism, mesmeric passes, James Braid, Royal Commission, animal magnetism, Trilby

BAG OF SNAKES

Hypnosis and the Sexual Life – Dr Walter P Clayton, with Stephan Gregory

BooksAmy Ellingham13 January 2021Dr Walter P Clayton, Stephan Gregory, hypnosis, post-hypnotic suggestion, sex, trance, self-hypnosis

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