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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

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

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

CLAUDE INTERVIEW

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

GROK INTERVIEW

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

YOU GOT MAIL

Hypnotism – Fernando Institute of Science

BooksAmy Marlowe14 August 2025Professor Fernando, Ernest C Freyer, Fernando Institute of Science, Fernando Publishing Co, Theron Q Dumont, William Walker Anderson, sex magick, religion, hypnosis, hypnotist, stage hypnosis, The Bridge, Carl Jung

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

HYPNOTISING HYPNOTISTS IS EASY

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

BooksAmy Marlowe1 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

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

WATCH HIS ANTICS

Entertaining with Hypnotism – S Edward Dexter

BooksAmy Marlowe16 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

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

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

A THOUSAND TIRESOME MONKEYS

Hypnotism – Peter Casson

BooksAmy Marlowe25 October 2023Peter Casson, stage hypnosis, hypnotism, hypnotist, stooge, TV hypnosis, Federation of Ethical Stage Hypnotists, FESH

THE LABORIOUS OMG

The Amazing Life of Ormond McGill – Ormond McGill

BooksAmy Marlowe16 August 2023Ormond McGill, stage hypnosis, magician, magic, yoga, Indian mysticism, DeWaldoza, hypnotist

DELUSIONS THAT RUN DEEP

Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy: A Patient’s Guide – Hellmut W A Karle

BooksKev Sheldrake19 July 2023Hellmut W A Karle, Theodore X Barber, state, statist, trance, social-cognitive theory, hypnosis, psychologist, stage hypnosis

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