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HYPNOSIS IS A METAPHOR FOR A METAPHOR

HYPNOSIS IS A METAPHOR FOR A METAPHOR

Cosmic Pancakes!-themed hypno-art courtesy of… Meta AI

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

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

A HORSE WITH NO NAME

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

EVERLASTING FLOWER

EVERLASTING FLOWER

The Complete Book of Fortune – Anonymous

RIDERS ON THE STORM

RIDERS ON THE STORM

Sex Magnetism – Cris W Wiegand

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME THRICE

WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME THRICE

That Devil’s Trick – William Hughes

THE TORTURED HYPNOTISTS DEPARTMENT

THE TORTURED HYPNOTISTS DEPARTMENT

Practical Lessons in Hypnotism – Dr WM Wesley Cook

BooksAmy Marlowe20 January 2025University of ChicagoDr WM Wesley Cook, hypnotism, mesmerism, animal hypnosis, possession, stage hypnosis, Indian rope trick, crime, religion, Trilby, Richard Bandler

THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

Stage Hypnotism: A Text Book of Occult Entertainments – Professor Leonidas

BooksAmy Marlowe29 November 2024Professor Leonidas, stage hypnosis, mesmerism, Derren Brown, New Thought, hypnotic horse, clairvoyance, clairvoyant somnambulist, Unbelievable, Showman, Only Human

VIVA LAS VEGAS

VIVA LAS VEGAS

The Little Black Book of Stage Hypnosis Secrets – Michael Johns and Richard K Nongard

BooksAmy Marlowe25 June 2024Michael Johns, Richard K Nongard, Head Hacking, Anthony Jacquin, mesmerism, music hall, Derren Brown, stage hypnosis, Tony Robbins, Eugene Burger, Ormond McGill, Dave Elman, Desmond Dunne

WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD

WE’RE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD

The Wizard from Vienna – Vincent Buranelli

Books, FilmsAmy Marlowe27 March 2024Vincent Buranelli, Franz Anton Mesmer, Mesmer, Maria Theresia Paradis, mesmerism, mesmerist, Benjamin Franklin, Cagliostro, Casanova

AND THEN SUDDENLY ROLLO APPEARED

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

DEAR JOHN

DEAR JOHN

Facts in Mesmerism or Animal Magnetism – Chauncy Hare Townshend

BooksAmy Marlowe6 September 2023Chauncy Hare Townshend, Elliotson, Dr John Elliotson, Charles Dickens, mesmerism, mesmerist, Royal Commission, telepathy, Marquis de Puységur, Mesmer

PLOT TWIST

PLOT TWIST

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

BooksAmy Marlowe22 February 2023E M Thornton, hypnotism, epilepsy, hysteria, autism, ADHD, neurodiversity, mesmerism, magnetiser, Salpêtrière School of Hypnosis, Charcot, Donato, Donatism

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

AN ENLIGHTENING READ

Mesmerism and the End of the Enlightenment in France – Robert Darnton

BooksAmy Marlowe25 January 2023Robert Darnton, mesmerism, Mesmer, mesmerist, French Revolution, Marquis de Puységur, Royal Commission, somnambulism, clairvoyant somnambulist, clairvoyance, astral projection, Spiritualism, martinism, Swedenborgianism, hypnotism, James Braid, Madame de Girardin