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GROK INTERVIEW

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

BANDLERSNATCH

Trance-formations – John Grinder and Richard Bandler

BRAVE NEW WORLD (WITH STATISTICS)

LSD, Marihuana, Yoga and Hypnosis – Theodore X Barber

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

HE WANTS TO BELIEVE

Essentials of Hypnosis – Michael D Yapko, PhD

BooksKev Sheldrake11 November 2024Michael D Yapko, Milton Erickson, trance, neodissociation theory, Pierre Janet, Nicholas Spanos, Neuro-linguistic programming, Richard Bandler, John Grinder, Clark L Hull, Loftus, memory, false memory, age regression, revivification

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

HOW TO START HYPNOTISING

Honest, simple, practical advice for the aspiring mind controller

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake20 February 2024hypnosis, hypnotist, hypnotism, trance, inductions, state, role-play, Martin Orne, Stanley Milgram, Derren Brown, CIA, mind control, phenomenological control

THE GAME OF HYPNOSIS

Are you playing ‘The Game of Hypnosis’ – or are you being played?

MiscellaneousKev Sheldrake8 January 2024trance, Danny Boyle film Trance, Scooby Doo, The Manchurian Candidate, Dean Koontz novel False Memory, V K Kumar, Stephen R Lankton, academia, science, suggestion, hypnokink, hypno-kink, role-play, sleep, hypnotic sleep

CURIOUS, BUT NOT SO MUCH AS TO CHANGE MY MIND

Hypnosis For The Seriously Curious – Kenneth S Bowers

BooksKev Sheldrake22 November 2023Kenneth S Bowers, Theodore R Sarbin, William C Coe, state, statist, hypnosis, role-play, trance, suggestion, Graham Wagstaff, Theodore X Barber, Nicholas Spanos, John Chaves, Zoltan Dienes

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

IF LIFE IS A STAGE, THEN HYPNOSIS IS A ROLE

Hypnosis: A Social Psychological Analysis of Influence Communication – Theodore R Sarbin and William C Coe

HOW TO REPLACE YOUR TAPE RECORDER WITH A FRIEND

Hypnosis with Friends & Lovers – Freda Morris

BooksKev Sheldrake18 October 2023Freda Morris, heterohypnosis, self-hypnosis, sex, hypnosis, trance, state, NLP, Ericksonian, Dave Elman, mutual hypnosis

YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK

Hypnotism, Imagination, and Human Potentialities – Theodore X Barber, Nicholas P Spanos and John F Chaves

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

RESTING BITCH FACE

The Key To Hypnotism Simplified – James T McBrayer

BooksKev Sheldrake5 July 2023James T McBrayer, hypnotist, hypnosis, trance, state, women in hypnosis, self-hypnosis

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