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THE BEARD QUESTION

THE BEARD QUESTION

The Key to Hypnotism – Walter B Gibson

JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

JUST ANOTHER BRICK IN THE WALL

Hypnotism and Self-Education – A M Hutchison

BooksAmy Marlowe15 July 2026A M Hutchison, Dr Alice Marion Hutchison, hypnotism, medical hypnosis, psycho-therapeutics, Franz Anton Mesmer, mesmerism, James Braid, Dr John Elliotson, hypnosis and drugs, stage hypnosis, stage hypnotism, stage hypnotist, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, Rudolf Heidenhain, feminism

SO NEAR BUT YET SO FAR

SO NEAR BUT YET SO FAR

Dunninger’s Master Methods of Hypnotism – David J Lustig (La Vellma)

NOT THE MANCHURIAN APPROACH

NOT THE MANCHURIAN APPROACH

You, Too, Can Be A Hypnotist – David J Lustig (La Vellma)

BooksKev Sheldrake10 June 2026David J Lustig, La Vellma, vaudeville hypnotism, vaudeville hypnosis, vaudeville, stage hypnosis, stage hypnotist, stage hypnotism, magic, magician, Kanter's Magic Shop

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO THIS DANCE

THE DEVIL MADE ME DO THIS DANCE

Elon Musk – Walter Isaacson

BooksAmy Marlowe28 May 2026Elon Musk, Walter Isaacson, magician, hypnotist, hypnosis, magic, Summerland, Nazis, fascism, psychology, psychiatry, marihuana, trance, demon mode, autism

FETCH ME MY PSYCHOSTETHOKYRTOGRAPHMANOMETER!

FETCH ME MY PSYCHOSTETHOKYRTOGRAPHMANOMETER!

Powers That Be – Alexander Cannon

BooksAmy Marlowe31 March 2026Alexander Cannon, psychiatrist, hypnotist, occultist, magician, World War II, World War I, mesmerism, animal magnetism, fakir, Cannon Psychograph, telepathy, Mary Baker Eddy, The Magic Circle, The Magic Circle Occult Committee, Black Magic

STRYCHNINE BALLROOM

STRYCHNINE BALLROOM

Methods and Uses of Hypnosis and Self-Hypnosis – Bernard Hollander

BooksAmy Marlowe13 February 2026Bernard Hollander, Melvin Powers, clairvoyance, self-hypnosis, Professor Bechterev, Forel, Asylum for the Insane at Zürich, Abbot Prince of Hohenlohe, Professor Delboeuf, somnambules, magic, stage hypnotism, stigmata, psychiatrist, psychiatry

WORK LIKE ROBOTS

WORK LIKE ROBOTS

Comment Devenir Médium – Edouard Saby

INVISIBLE FORCES AT WORK

INVISIBLE FORCES AT WORK

The Invisible Influence – Alexander Cannon

BooksAmy Marlowe11 January 2026Alexander Cannon, psychiatrist, hypnotist, occultist, magician, records, telepathy, psychic, World War II, animal magnetism, aura reading, mass hypnotism, mass hysteria, hypnotic scales, animal hypnosis

INDOCILIS PRIVATA LOQUI

INDOCILIS PRIVATA LOQUI

The How-To Book of Hypnotism – Tom Silver and Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Marlowe2 January 2026Tom Silver, Ormond McGill, Hypnotism Act 1952, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, 1952 British Hypnotism Act, 1972 Hypnotism Act Amendment, CYBERSUGGESTION™️, Aquila, ASMR, proto-science, pseudo-science

UN/CONSCIOUS UN/COUPLINGS

UN/CONSCIOUS UN/COUPLINGS

Normal and Abnormal Sex-Ways – Leo Klein

BooksAmy Marlowe20 November 2025Leo Klein, Edward Uhlan, hypnosis, hypnotism, The Double Standard, psychologist, psychology, marriage counselling, hypnokink, sex

THE ARROGANT FINGER

THE ARROGANT FINGER

How To Hypnotize – Bradford Chambers

BooksAmy Marlowe2 November 2025Bradford Chambers, psychologist, Dr Kenneth S MacLean, prestige, rapport, stage hypnotist, 1952 British Hypnotism Act

THE THIRTEENTH COMMANDMENT

THE THIRTEENTH COMMANDMENT

Remote Depossession – Irene Hickman

BooksAmy Marlowe22 October 2025Irene Hickman, Edgar Cayce, exorcism, possession, hypnotism, hypnotherapy, seance, Remote Depossession, past-life regression, witchcraft, spiritualists, hypnotechnician, hypnoanalysis, multiple personality, multiple personality disorder

CUE THE SLUMBER MUSIC!

CUE THE SLUMBER MUSIC!

The Science of Hypnotism – Alexander Cannon

THE BREAKFAST QUESTION

THE BREAKFAST QUESTION

Instantaneous Personal Magnetism – Edmund Shaftesbury

BooksAmy Marlowe30 September 2025Boston University School of LawEdmund Shaftesbury, mesmerist, mesmerism, Albert Webster Edgerly, Ralston Health Club, Ralstonism, The Magnetism Club of America