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BANDLERSNATCH

Trance-formations – John Grinder and Richard Bandler

EVERLASTING FLOWER

The Complete Book of Fortune – Anonymous

MESSAGES FROM THE OTHER SIDE

Hypnotisme et Suggestion: Petit Cours Pratique – le Medium Aquila

SEX, LIES AND SMOKING

Master Course in Hypnotism – Peter Diamond

BooksKev Sheldrake6 July 2025hypnotism, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Peter Diamond, magic, hypnosis, hypnosex, hypnokink, women in hypnosis, pamphlet, mail-order course in hypnosis, mentalism, Derren Brown

THE MAGIC OF MESMERISM

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

HYPNOTISING HYPNOTISTS IS EASY

The Search for Cosmic Consciousness – Ormond McGill, PhD, and Shelley Stockwell, PhD

BooksAmy Ellingham1 January 2025Ormond McGill, Shelley Stockwell, stage hypnosis, witchcraft, women in hypnosis, hypnotherapy, past-life regression, psychology, sex, magician, magic, New Thought, the law of attraction, International Hypnosis Federation, Neuro-linguistic programming

TRANCE SHOULD BE DEAD

Hypnosis: A Scientific Approach – Theodore Xenophon Barber

BooksKev Sheldrake13 December 2024Theodore Xenophon Barber, Theodore X Barber, Barber, LSD, academia, science, trance, amnesia, hypnotic analgesia, state, inductions, magician, magic

WATCH HIS ANTICS

Entertaining with Hypnotism – S Edward Dexter

BooksAmy Ellingham16 July 2024S Edward Dexter, Ed Wolff, Calostro, magician, magic, stage hypnosis, Magic Wand Publishing Co, International Brotherhood of Magicians, UK Hypnotism Act 1952, Ralph Slater, inductions, trance, The Bridge, age regression

AND THEN, SUDDENLY, ROLLO APPEARED

The Black Art – Rollo Ahmed

BooksAmy Ellingham9 March 2024Rollo Ahmed, Dennis Wheatley, Occult, voodoo, Indian mysticism, Aleister Crowley, magic, hypnosis, sex, animal magnetism, mesmerism, Cagliostro, Derren Brown

NOT SO HYPNO

Hypno-Trix: A Complete Act of Fake Hypnotism Without Stooges – Val Andrews

BooksKev Sheldrake17 January 2024Val Andrews, magic, magician, mentalism, stage hypnosis, Edwin Hooper, Ian Adair, The Supreme Magic Company, animal hypnosis

DERREN BROWN IS A MAGICIAN

Kev on why Derren Brown can’t tell you his secrets!

Miscellaneous, NewsKev Sheldrake12 November 2023hypnosis, trance, state, statist, academia, psychology, magic, magician, science

THE LABORIOUS OMG

The Amazing Life of Ormond McGill – Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Ellingham16 August 2023Ormond McGill, stage hypnosis, magician, magic, yoga, Indian mysticism, DeWaldoza, hypnotist

MARC KERSTEIN INTERVIEW

The wizard-behind-curtains magician got in touch to confess his secret formative interest in hypnosis. We chat magic, mentalism, hypnosis, and the power of suggestion.

InterviewsAmy Ellingham3 July 2022Marc Kerstein, magician, magic, Ed Wolff

RODNEY JAMES PIPER INTERVIEW

House of Illusion’s Rodney James Piper shares his literal ‘journey’ into hypnosis and takes us on a much-needed hypno-holiday.

InterviewsAmy Ellingham21 February 2022Rodney James Piper, House of Illusion, hypnosis, hypnotist, stage hypnosis, Mike Rose, magician, magic, The Magic Circle

JAMES BROWN INTERVIEW

We talk bravado, creativity and the value of a magician’s mindset when it comes to hypnosis with ‘the professional opportunist’.

InterviewsAmy Ellingham1 February 2022James Brown, stage hypnosis, magician, magic, mentalism, pickpocket, pickpocketing, hypnosis, hypnotist, inductions, Paul McKenna, Allen Carr, smoking cessation, Adam Eason, amnesia, suggestion, handshake induction

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