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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

GEMINI INTERVIEW

The “Ghost in the Google Machine”, Gemini, on human potentiality, ‘hypnotism’, and suggestibility in the new age of Artificial Intelligence.

CLAUDE INTERVIEW

Anthropic’s Claude AI assistant explores concepts of human consciousness as they pertain to hypnotism – and robotism.

WORK LIKE ROBOTS

Comment Devenir Médium – Edouard Saby

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

GROK INTERVIEW

xAI’s generative artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, shares its insights into hypnotism.

A HORSE WITH NO NAME

What is Mesmerism? – Alexander Wood

BooksAmy Marlowe23 September 2025Alexander Wood, mesmerism, medical hypnosis, electro-biology, animal magnetism, homeopathy, placebo effect, conditioning, James Braid, drugs, hypnosis and drugs

MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Hypnotisme et Suggestion: Petit Cours Pratique – le Medium Aquila

THE MAGIC OF MESMERISM

Kev explains why Animal Magnetism is distinct from hypnosis, in this 25-minute read

LET THEM EAT CAKE

The Power To Control – J G Leonard

BooksAmy Marlowe21 July 2024J G Leonard, Derren Brown, animal magnetism, hypnosis, power of suggestion, religion

AND THEN SUDDENLY ROLLO APPEARED

The Black Art – Rollo Ahmed

BooksAmy Marlowe9 March 2024Mayfair HotelRollo Ahmed, Dennis Wheatley, Occult, voodoo, Indian mysticism, Aleister Crowley, magic, hypnosis, sex, animal magnetism, mesmerism, Count Cagliostro

HISTORY BUFFS

Hypnosis: A Brief History – Judith Pintar and Steven Jay Lynn

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

BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS

Complete System of Personal Influence and Healing – Professor Elmer E Knowles

BooksAmy Marlowe1 June 2022Professor Elmer E Knowles, hypnosis, suggestion, clairvoyance, animal magnetism, Trilby, Gassner, Greatrakes, Perkins, Albert Moll, stage hypnosis, women in hypnosis

RIDICULOUS JUGGLERY

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

BooksAmy Marlowe27 January 2021Marquis de Puységur, Puységur, Dr John King, Mesmer, mesmerist, Mesmerism, mesmeric passes, James Braid, Royal Commission, animal magnetism, Trilby, Société Harmonique des Amis Réunis

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